On the road up to Wa (Upper West Region of Ghana) last week, I noticed something. I tried to capture it on the way back to Accra, yesterday. I snapped the shots from a moving vehicle, so they are not great quality. I posted several, because the remarkable thing for me was their sheer quantity. (I am only posting about half the shots, and I was asleep for about 4 of the 10 hour drive). See for yourself. As far as I could tell these are not mobile phone company offices or kiosks, but houses and buildings used for advertising. Reminds me of political graffiti or turf wars you see between gangs. [Note – if you have similar shots, please add a link in the comments!]
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- Vodafone building
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- MTN building
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- aaaand more Vodafone
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- aaaand more MTN
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- Vodafone again
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- MTN again
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- more Vodafone
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- more MTN
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- and that would be MTN
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- oh, and if somehow you missed it, Vodafone
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- side by side
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- in town
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- out of town
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- player
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- co-existing
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- MTN painting in process
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- maybe this house is next for the paint job
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- Vodafone highway banners
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- MTN highway banners
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- Zain makes an entrance
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- turqouise Zaintown
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- Vodafone and Zain battle for this town
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- Tigo’s on the scene with a welcome sign in each district
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- GLO appeals to the younger generation with control/power message
Wait... What? 
@majiwater shared these photos from Kenya: http://ow.ly/1OZEW http://ow.ly/1OZIe http://ow.ly/1OZM2 http://ow.ly/1OZMv http://ow.ly/1OZMQ http://ow.ly/1OZOD http://ow.ly/1OZOU
couldn’t find a single photo in my album, but Burkina Faso is full of horrible turquoise Zain buildings, which used to be yellow and red when it was still Celtel.
the Telecel white and blue exist aswell, but much rarer and also rare are the telmob from the goverment Fasotel company
Good shots.
So far as your house is by the roadside, they have to paint it with their colors for adverts.
Oh, when I went back to Kitgum for R&R this spring after being away for a year and a half, in the interim MTN had painted at least 3/4 of the buildings in town bright BRIGHT yellow!!! Even some of my friends HOUSES. I will look for photos…
All I could find, doesn’t give you the full picture, but it’s one of my friends and her kid in front of their freshly painted MTN-yellow home!
Hey all, thanks for the photos and comments. It’s everywhere!!