Articles by Richard Cutcher

Articles by Richard Cutcher, Page 52

Mon, November 19th, 07:10 · Richard Cutcher

Two hundred Zambia locations to receive the Africa Connect treatment

Africa Connect, the ambitious social entrepreneurs who hook up rural communities to SMS, voice and data services, aim to connect 200 Zambian villages within 12 months. → Read more
Fri, November 16th, 11:30 · Richard Cutcher

Google waiting for operators to be “bold” in improving Internet access in Africa

Google continues to work on advancing technology to make the Internet more accessible, but the web giant told HumanIPO “everybody will win” once operators come up with an affordable price plan. → Read more
Fri, November 16th, 10:28 · Richard Cutcher

Music streaming service signs up hundreds of African artists

A growing music streaming service, active in 13 African countries, has signed up more than 600 artists to its networks. → Read more
Thu, November 15th, 14:12 · Richard Cutcher

Combat piracy by providing ‘cheaper, faster and better access’ to content

Representatives of Universal, Endemol and YouTube believe the power is in their hands to fight the spread of music and movie piracy. → Read more
Thu, November 15th, 07:33 · Richard Cutcher

Orange Group, Prezence Digital and Helios Towers Africa among the big winners of AfricaCom 2012 awards

The AfricaCom Awards 2012 honoured companies and personalities for their “exciting and innovative work” in Africa during the past 12 months last night (Wednesday). → Read more
Thu, November 15th, 06:29 · Richard Cutcher

MEF opens its first African office in Johannesburg

Growing African membership of a global mobile community has forced its leaders to open its first base on the continent. → Read more
Wed, November 14th, 12:31 · Richard Cutcher

Mobile networks hope to piggy back on Facebook, Google and YouTube popularity

Network chiefs are embracing the rise of the ‘over the top (OTT) players’ in Africa, so long as they remain the gateway to access them → Read more
Wed, November 14th, 07:26 · Richard Cutcher

The ‘dos’ and ‘don’ts’ of launching a start-up in Africa – the investors’ view

Entrepreneurs and innovators risk alienating potential investors by demanding non-disclosure agreements (NDA), according to the ‘money men’. → Read more
Tue, November 13th, 16:16 · Richard Cutcher

‘Techies and social activists’ need to work together

To make real social change in Africa, technology developers and entrepreneurs need to start thinking about the “bottom billion”, according to a British investment executive. → Read more
Tue, November 13th, 14:27 · Richard Cutcher

Mobile broadband set to remain revenue priority for next five years

More than 80 percent of African telecoms companies have backed mobile broadband to be their biggest money-maker for the next five years. → Read more