Mobile, Page 16
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Wed, June 4th, 08:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Kenyan startup Somo to cater for Rwandan Catholics
Kenyan startup Somo, which seeks to assist Catholic faithfuls by providing daily readings via mobile technology, is looking to extend its services to Rwanda, which records 50 per cent of its population as Catholic. → Read more
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Wed, June 4th, 07:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Microsoft unveils Nokia XL in Kenya
The Nokia XL smartphone has officially launched in Kenya, promising users extra value with features including a five-inch display and five megapixel autofocus camera. → Read more
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Tue, June 3rd, 19:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
SA leads world in mobile network customer satisfaction
South Africa’s mobile network industry is a global leader in terms of customer satisfaction, according to this year’s South African Customer Satisfaction Index (SAcsi). → Read more
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Tue, June 3rd, 18:30 · Paul Adepoju
Tigo, IFC, MasterCard sign $2m agreement to expand mobile money in Ghana
Tigo has signed a US$2 million agreement with the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the MasterCard Foundation as part of efforts to expand mobile financial services in Ghana. → Read more
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Tue, June 3rd, 17:30 · Gabriella Mulligan
Lack of spectrum, high costs hinder African mobile broadband
A lack of spectrum and high data costs are hindering the spread of mobile broadband in Sub-Saharan Africa, according to the 2014 Ericsson Mobility Report. → Read more
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Tue, June 3rd, 16:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
ICASA corrects errors in QoS data
The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) has issued corrections to data released as part of its Western Cape Quality of Service Report, revealing errors in the retainability test figures previously released. → Read more
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Tue, June 3rd, 15:00 · Tom Jackson
Kenya’s Maramoja broadens taxi app concept through social connections
Kenyan relationship-based transport app Maramoja Transport is seeking to connect customers with safe, reliable transport services through mobile, broadening the Uber-style model to other forms of transport. → Read more
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Tue, June 3rd, 13:30 · Gabriella Mulligan
Rwandan startup to launch game-based language teaching app
Rwandan startup Jifunza is set to launch a game-based language teaching app which relies on crowd-sourced content to promote the learning of African languages. → Read more
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Tue, June 3rd, 13:00 · Paul Adepoju
Orange fined $14m in Mali over illegal mobile bandwidth
Orange Mali has been fined US$14.23 million for illegally using mobile bandwidth for a fixed-line service, according to Choguel Maiga, managing director of the country’s regulatory body AMRTP. → Read more
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Tue, June 3rd, 12:30 · Paul Adepoju
hellofood app to be preinstalled on Tigo smartphones
Online food ordering service hellofood has announced its app will be preinstalled on Tigo smartphones as part of a new partnership with the communications provider. → Read more
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Tue, June 3rd, 10:00 · Tom Jackson
Spotify in talks over Africa launch – report
Spotify and Vodacom are discussing a partnership which would see the music streaming service launch in Africa for the first time, according to a Bloomberg report. → Read more
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Mon, June 2nd, 10:30 · Susan Mwenesi
Easy Taxi registers 200 Kenyans drivers in two months
Africa Internet Holding (AIH)-owned taxi app Easy Taxi has signed up 200 drivers and recorded 300 rides since a soft launch in Nairobi, which it attributes to the high usage of smartphones amongst drivers. → Read more
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Mon, June 2nd, 10:00 · Paul Adepoju
Tutor.ng, Sterio.me launch full-stack mobile learning across Nigeria
African online learning platforms Tutor.ng and Sterio.me have partnered to launch a full-stack mobile learning experience across Nigeria, including SMS and voice based VAS mobile education services using the Sterio.me platform and e-learning via the mobile web and the Tutor.ng app. → Read more
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Fri, May 30th, 17:30 · Susan Mwenesi
Spice launches Mziiki app for music streaming
Mobile value added services firm Spice VAS Africa has launched its Mziiki app, allowing users to stream and shares music of all genres. → Read more
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Fri, May 30th, 16:00 · Susan Mwenesi
MobiKash launches mobile merchant payment service in Kenya
MobiKash Afrika has unveiled a merchant payment service to deliver mobile money transactions in real time, making cashless transactions at the grassroots level a reality for thousands of Kenyans. → Read more
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Fri, May 30th, 13:00 · Paul Adepoju
Petition launched to bring PayPal to Nigeria
A petition has been launched on Change.org asking PayPal to bring its online payment service to Nigeria by Lagos-based design company CreativityKills. → Read more
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Fri, May 30th, 11:30 · Gabriella Mulligan
Kenya’s Anza launches iOS real estate app
Kenyan real estate platform Anza.co.ke has launched an iPhone app to cater for high levels of iOS access to its website, in a bid to facilitate real estate searches across all platforms. → Read more
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Fri, May 30th, 09:00 · Chris Udemans
Smartphone shipments to pass 1.8bn in 2018 – IDC
Smartphone shipments are expected to exceed 1.8 billion in 2018, representing a 12 per cent compound growth rate from 2013, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC). → Read more
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Fri, May 30th, 08:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
Egyptian startup looks to end need for physical addresses
Egyptian startup LocName is set to launch a web and mobile service intended to remove the need for physical addresses and long directions by marking locations with unique usernames. → Read more
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Thu, May 29th, 15:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
Kenyan handset sales fuelled by “grey” market – IDC
Kenya’s mobile handset market boomed in the first quarter of 2014 compared to the previous year, fuelled by an increasing “grey” market resulting from the reintroduction of value added tax (VAT) on handsets and other electronic devices, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC). → Read more
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