Africa has a dearth of telecommunications facilities, despite having an overwhelming population and an adequate disposable income to make any investments in this sector lucrative.

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Jones, who travels to Liberia every three months to oversee the group's projects, says that at least half of Liberia's 4 million population lack access to adequate drinking water.

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Meanwhile, more than 750 million people (more than 10% of the world's population) still don't have adequate access to drinking water, according to the United Nations.

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But who will provide adequate long-term care to this population as it grows older, frailer and more dependent remains an open question.

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"That's quite adequate for a village of 5, 500 population, " she said.

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The metropolis has grown so big and fast that the once-adequate public water supply now serves less than half of the population.

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