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Tue, January 8th, 14:56 · Brandon Gregory

African mobile advertising revenue may reach US$1.3 billion

Informa Telecoms and Media has conducted a survey indicating African telecoms firms could generate revenues of approximately US$1.3 billion by 2016 through mobile advertising. → Read more
Tue, January 8th, 13:59 · Tom Jackson

Kenya’s Jubilee Coalition to conduct nominations through SMS

Kenyan voters will be able to vote in and find out up-to-date results of the Jubilee Coalition’s nominations process through a free SMS service, in the latest use of technology in the Kenyan electoral process. → Read more
Tue, January 8th, 13:33 · Vincent Matinde

Nigerian digital agency HotSauce courts new American partner

HotSauce, a Nigerian digital and marketing agency, has partnered with US-based integrated telecommunications conglomerate East Coast Diversified Corporation (ECDC) to have Vir2o, the latter’s social media engagement platform, launched in Nigeria. → Read more
Tue, January 8th, 09:57 · Vincent Matinde

M-Shwari crosses KSh1 billion mark, sets sights on Tanzania

Despite disputes over idea ownership, M-Shwari, a Kenyan m-banking concept, has seen transactions totalling over KSh1 billion in barely three months. → Read more
Tue, January 8th, 09:40 · HumanIPO

MWEB and Cell C collaborate for economic data offer

South African mobile operator Cell C and internet provider MWEB have entered into an agreement to provide lower rates on data to customers nationwide. → Read more
Tue, January 8th, 08:26 · Elly Okutoyi

SIM card registration praised for leading to arrest of police imposter

The SIM card registration process in Kenya has led to the arrest of a police impersonator caught swindling several Kenyan politicians out of money. → Read more
Tue, January 8th, 07:44 · Tom Jackson

iOS downloads reach 40 billion

Apple customers downloaded almost 20 billion apps in 2012, taking the total to over 40 billion as the tech giant paid out over US$7 billion to developers. → Read more
Mon, January 7th, 15:14 · HumanIPO

MTN and Smile competes for first LTE launch in Uganda

While MTN has announced it is about to launch the first Long-Term Evolution (LTE) services to Uganda as the competition tightens as network operator competitor Smiley Telecom has already spent thousands in the same area. → Read more
Mon, January 7th, 14:43 · Paul Adepoju

Firm projects Samsung to increase lead over Apple in 2013

The world’s leading electronics company, Samsung Electronics Limited, has been projected to increase its lead over its closest rival in worldwide sales of smartphones, Apple, by 35 percent this year. → Read more
Mon, January 7th, 13:09 · Elly Okutoyi

Huawei to take lucky customers from Africa to Dubai

Huawei, a leading global ICT solutions provider, has officially launched the second phase of the ‘Ascend to New Heights’ campaign that will see winners from Kenya and other countries globally win an all-expenses-paid trip to Dubai, UAE. → Read more
Mon, January 7th, 10:07 · HumanIPO

SIM deactivation delays disempowers authority threats

Despite multiple threats of SIM card deactivation of unregistered Kenyan mobile subscribers and prison sentences, millions of unregistered users are still able to continue as before as the operators struggle to keep up. → Read more
Mon, January 7th, 08:32 · Elly Okutoyi

Rwanda to join other African countries in SIM-card registration

Rwanda is set to join other African countries in a nationwide SIM-card registration, a process set to be carried out from February 4 to July 31, 2013, targeting more than five million subscribers in the country. → Read more
Mon, January 7th, 07:16 · Paul Adepoju

Nigerian businessmen condemn phones-for-farmers policy, Minister defends initiative

Following the government’s decision to gift 10 million phones to farmers, the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has blasted the project they claim will cost 60 billion naira (US$382,897). → Read more
Fri, January 4th, 12:25 · HumanIPO

Liberian cell phone stove saves cooking time

Liberian Louis K. Teakleah has invented a cell phone operated stove that can be controlled with a few dials, even away from home. → Read more
Fri, January 4th, 11:30 · HumanIPO

Mobile banking poses threat to Zimbabwean banks

Zimbabwean banks are working on the collaboration between banks and mobile operators to promote the use of mobile money services (MMS) in the country to prevent competition between the two industries. → Read more
Fri, January 4th, 10:29 · Elly Okutoyi

Nokia says African factory would not make economic sense

Nokia will not be setting up a phone manufacturing plant in Africa just yet, despite the huge market that it has on the continent, as it would not make economical sense. → Read more
Fri, January 4th, 08:14 · Kamau Mbote

COFEK says prosecution of unregistered SIM card users unwarranted

The Consumers Federation of Kenya (COFEK) has condemned a decision by the government to prosecute unregistered SIM card holders, saying the focus should be on the network providers switching them off. → Read more
Thu, January 3rd, 16:49 · Paul Adepoju

Nigeria’s communications minister predicts mobile money boom

Nigeria’s Minister for Communications Technology, Omobola Johnson, has announced that by 2015 the value of mobile money transactions in Nigeria will have jumped to almost US$1 billion. → Read more
Thu, January 3rd, 16:27 · Gabriella Mulligan

No LTE services yet for SA iPhone5 users

iPhone 5 users in South Africa will not be able to access Long-Term Evolution (LTE) services via their mobile devices until Apple has completed network vetting procedures of local operators. → Read more
Thu, January 3rd, 13:22 · Tom Jackson

Nokia Siemens merges Middle East and Africa operations

Nokia Siemens Networks is merging its Middle East and Africa (MEA) businesses into a single organisation covering the whole region, in a bid to strengthen the quality of mobile broadband focus for operators. → Read more