For malaria app developer, smartphones are key to daily life This year the number of smartphone users across the globe is expected to top 3 billion, little more than a decade after Apple's gamechanging iPhone first went on sale and transformed the way people interact with their phones. As worldwide sales of smartphones decline for the first time since their creation, AFPTV speaks to men and women around the world to understand their relationship with this technology, deemed essential by many. Moris Awine, a mobile phone app developer and one of the people behind a malaria detecting app called Matibabu, explains why smartphones are key to his daily life. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES