The era of mobile telecommunications has arrived. According to the World Bank, there are more than 5.96 billion mobile subscriptions. In many continents, mobile technology has the highest penetration of all ICTs. In the poorest of nations and Africa as a continent, the impact is growing, though it lags in the rural and farming communities. The four countries with the largest subscriber base in Africa are Nigeria, South Africa, Kenya and Ghana (Rao, 2011). The Middle East and Africa will have the strongest mobile data traffic growth of any region at 129 percent compound annual growth rate in the next couple of years. The reliability in rural areas where most farming takes place is not as robust, and the cost for rural families is often very high.