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Fri, November 30th, 12:40 · Brandon Gregory

Nashua and Cell C call for a reduction of termination rates

Nashua and Cell C agree wholesale mobile termination rates should be reduced in order to promote competition. → Read more
Fri, November 30th, 08:05 · Vincent Matinde

Mobile phone penetration to surpass 80 percent in Q1 of 2013

Africa’s mobile penetration will jump to above 80 percent from the current 54 percent by early next year, aided by cheaper call and gadget prices, according to a new report by ABI Research. → Read more
Fri, November 30th, 07:54 · Tefo Mohapi

Mobile phones and social media crucial to travel experience, says study

88 percent of people take a mobile device capable of 3G or Wi-Fi connectivity on holiday with them, with the same percentage under the age of 34 using Facebook to inspire their holiday destination. → Read more
Fri, November 30th, 07:40 · Vincent Matinde

Kenyans on Twitter mobilise car pooling in the wake of transport hitch

Stranded Kenyans are this morning using Twitter to carpool their way to various destinations in the wake of the transport strike across the country, using the hashtag #CarPoolKe. → Read more
Thu, November 29th, 15:17 · Gabriella Mulligan

Odinga to use AR apps for election campaign

Kenyan presidential hopeful Raila Odinga is launching an augmented reality (AR) application to further his election campaign, allowing voters to access content on the campaign via mobile and Internet. → Read more
Thu, November 29th, 12:46 · Vincent Matinde

Gamsole ready to take African gaming global

Nigerian gaming company Gamsole has become the newest entrant into an industry that is slowly taking shape, with companies such as Maliyo Games and Kuluya gaining international recognition and eying the US$67 billion global market. → Read more
Thu, November 29th, 11:43 · Robin Okuthe

The Curious Case of Nyagaka Anyona Ouko, Conclusion – Part IV

Safaricom’s rejoinder to this HumanIPO series seems to rebuff Ouko’s claims to be the originator of M-Pesa mobile money transfer platform. → Read more
Thu, November 29th, 10:44 · Tefo Mohapi

thumbzup for Absa’s “world-first” payment device

A world-first payment device for small businesses has been launched by South African bank Absa in Johannesburg today (Thursday). → Read more
Thu, November 29th, 07:43 · Vincent Matinde

Safaricom and Britam launch new insurance product via M-Pesa

Safaricom, Britam and Changamka Health have unveiled Linda Jamii, a new insurance facility that enables low income earners to make contributions via M-Pesa mobile money transfer service. → Read more
Thu, November 29th, 06:37 · Paul Adepoju

Liberia’s Cellcom rewards subscribers with 100 motorbikes, provides protective jumpsuits

Liberia's National Excellence Award winning telecommunications company, Cellcom, is to give away a motorbike to a customer each day for 100 days, hoping will empower citizens. → Read more
Thu, November 29th, 05:49 · Kamau Mbote

Safaricom’s MShwari doesn’t threaten M-pepea’s emergency micro-credit facility, founder

Two developers have created ‘M-pepea,’ an emergency micro credit solution accessible via mobile phones, and insist that they are not threatened by the launch of Safaricom’s MShwari product yesterday. → Read more
Wed, November 28th, 15:31 · Richard Cutcher

Battle between smartphone giants and their patents resurface

Nokia has filed lawsuits against Blackberry-maker RIM in three countries as the smartphone patent wars erupt again, with Ericsson having reportedly filed a suit against Samsung. → Read more
Wed, November 28th, 13:00 · Kamau Mbote

Nokia launches Lumia smartphone in East Africa

The launch of the first Lumia smartphone that runs on the Windows platform into the East African market is expected to trigger smartphone competition in the region. → Read more
Wed, November 28th, 10:36 · Tefo Mohapi

Mobile Web Africa returns to Johannesburg

More than 200 people from the mobile industry gathered at The Venue Melrose Arch, Johannesburg, for the fourth annual Mobile Web Africa conference today. → Read more
Wed, November 28th, 08:40 · Vincent Matinde

Orange launches open-ended solution for innovators in Africa

Orange has unveiled an innovation resource called Emerginov at the InnovAfrica forum taking place in Dakar, Senegal to help organisations and SMEs to launch SMS and vocal products. → Read more
Wed, November 28th, 06:58 · Tefo Mohapi

Highlights from Mobile Marketing Africa Focus Day at Mobile Web in Africa 2012

The Mobile Web in Africa 2012 conference began in Johannesburg yesterday (Tuesday) and was titled “Mobile Marketing Africa Focus”. → Read more
Tue, November 27th, 15:33 · Kamau Mbote

Safaricom launches paperless, no collateral credit service MShwari

Kenyan integrated mobile services operator Safaricom has teamed up with Commercial Bank of Africa (CBA) to offer M-Pesa users a chance to save as well as access money in a partnership that could help make the bank the largest in terms of customer base. → Read more
Tue, November 27th, 14:01 · Richard Cutcher

Clean techies set to tackle dirty problem in Cape Town

With 2.5 billion people worldwide lacking access to proper sanitation, a toilet inspired hackathon will take place in 14 countries this weekend (December 1 and 2). → Read more
Tue, November 27th, 12:47 · Elly Okutoyi

Mobile money transfers in Kenya close to country’s national budget

The amount of money transferred via mobile money in Kenya is close to the East African country’s national budget value, new statistics from the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) show, with some KSh1.117 trillion (US$13.5 billion) transacted. → Read more
Tue, November 27th, 12:30 · Tefo Mohapi

South Africa’s top musicians and DJs to remix the classic Nokia tune

Finnish phone maker Nokia, ailing internationally but popular in Africa, has challenged some of South Africa’s top musicians and DJs to remix the classic Nokia tune, originally known as the Grande Valse. → Read more