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Mon, April 8th, 07:52 · Kamau Mbote

Regional sales in Europe, Asia and Africa boost Huawei’s margin

Huawei has posted a net profit of US$2.47 billion for 2012, with the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region accounting for the highest sales revenue. → Read more
Fri, April 5th, 13:50 · Igor Hobotov

Vodacom Tanzania launches solar phone charging

Vodacom Tanzania has unveiled a new phone charging product for the Tanzanian market that will use solar and bicycle charging options. → Read more
Fri, April 5th, 12:09 · Nanine Steenkamp

SA Snapplify releases foreign content template

South African digital publishing company Snapplify has launched its foreign language content template ePub to cater for the digital publishing market in foreign languages. → Read more
Fri, April 5th, 11:59 · Richard Cutcher

Investec joins SA’s banking app club

Investec are the latest South African bank to launch a mobile app, though it is initially only available on the iPad. → Read more
Fri, April 5th, 11:55 · Tom Jackson

Samsung expects Q1 operating profit increase

Samsung has estimated its first quarter operating profit increased by 53 per cent to US7.7 billion, marking the end of five straight quarters of record profits. → Read more
Fri, April 5th, 11:21 · Paul Adepoju

Tecno partners with Co-Creation Hub for Nigerian app development challenge

Mobile manufacturers Tecno Nigeria have teamed up with Co-Creation Hub, a Lagos-based technology development centre, to build apps relevant to the Nigerian market. → Read more
Fri, April 5th, 07:49 · Nanine Steenkamp

African success stories pave way for mobile innovation

Integrated mobile solutions company ComzAfrica (comza) believes Africa can play a leading role in mobile innovation despite the progress the continent still has to make in the field. → Read more
Fri, April 5th, 07:09 · Gabriella Mulligan

Facebook launches Home

Facebook has launched the “Home” experience for Android devices, which the company says will change the way computing devices are used, and make handsets more socially connected. → Read more
Thu, April 4th, 14:58 · Nanine Steenkamp

Jamless now active on Tigo network

Ghanaian mobile and online traffic service Jamless is now available to Tigo subscribers in Accra as the startup expands its market reach. → Read more
Thu, April 4th, 14:49 · Gabriella Mulligan

NCC again postpones MNP

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has delayed the launch of Mobile Number Portability (MNP) until the end of April, in order to give network operators enough time to prepare their networks. → Read more
Thu, April 4th, 14:19 · Igor Hobotov

Samsung to open a laptop, TV assembly plant in Kenya

Samsung is planning to unveil an assembly plant for laptops and televisions in Kenya by the end of the year, bringing down the price for local consumers. → Read more
Thu, April 4th, 14:10 · Gabriella Mulligan

Amazon phone rumoured

Amazon’s appointment of an ex-Microsoft executive who worked on the Windows phone has sparked rumours the e-commerce company may be developing a smartphone. → Read more
Thu, April 4th, 11:19 · Igor Hobotov

Tanzania health app records 100,000 users in 15 weeks

An app to help expectant mothers in Tanzania has reached a subscription of 100,000 users in 15 weeks and accumulated four million text messages. → Read more
Thu, April 4th, 11:15 · Tefo Mohapi

New ABSA banking app to be launched next week

ABSA will be launching their long awaited banking app at an event in Johannesburg next Wednesday. → Read more
Thu, April 4th, 10:41 · Tefo Mohapi

Nokia Music+ to launch in SA

Nokia South Africa has announced a new subscription-based upgrade to its popular free-to-stream mobile music service is to launch in South Africa. → Read more
Thu, April 4th, 09:12 · Brandon Gregory

Airtel Zambia records US$31 million profit

Telecommunications company Celtel Zambia Limited, trading as Airtel Zambia, generated a profit of US$31 million for the 2012 financial year. → Read more
Wed, April 3rd, 14:22 · Nanine Steenkamp

40th mobile conversation anniversary celebrated today

Today marks the fourtieth anniversary of the first mobile phone conversation in 1973, when Motorola employee Martin Cooper made the first call in New York to its competitor AT&T. → Read more
Wed, April 3rd, 14:19 · Elly Okutoyi

Video-sharing app for mobile ads launched in Kenya

A new video-sharing app aimed at stirring mobile advertisements has been launched by a Swedish company in Kenya, where companies will be able to set up channels and post and share their adverts with the public. → Read more
Wed, April 3rd, 14:10 · Gabriella Mulligan

Rumours of new iPhone this summer

Apple is rumoured to be set to begin production of a new iPhone in the second quarter of this year, suggesting a new model will be launched by the summer. → Read more
Wed, April 3rd, 12:06 · Vincent Matinde

GSMA introduces Mobile Enabled Community Services programme

The Groupe Speciale Mobile Association (GSMA) has launched the Mobile Enabled Community Service programme, backed by £4.1 million from the British government, to leverage on the power of the mobile to enhance basic services around the world. → Read more