Mobile, Page 17
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Thu, May 29th, 12:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Anti-mosquito app wins Kenyan Technovation Challenge
A team of three girls from the Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT) - Team Wabuni - has won the Technovation Challenge award in Kenya. → Read more
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Thu, May 29th, 11:30 · Chris Udemans
Equity Bank to issue ultra-slim SIM cards
Kenya’s Equity Bank plans on issuing subscribers with ultra-slim SIM cards to access mobile money accounts provided by the bank while saving users the trouble of migrating networks, according to a report. → Read more
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Thu, May 29th, 11:00 · Paul Adepoju
SA, Nigerian apps win at Ericsson Application Awards
South Africa’s Team WorkMode and Nigeria’s Team SOP won first prize in the Student and Company categories respectively at the 2014 Ericsson Application Awards, beating off competition from 300 teams from 63 countries. → Read more
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Wed, May 28th, 16:30 · Gabriella Mulligan
Orange unveils smartphone for Africa, Middle East
Orange has unveiled the Alcatel One Touch Pixi 2 smartphone, with the operator saying the affordable device is designed specifically to respond to the preference for Alcatel devices in the African and Middle East markets. → Read more
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Wed, May 28th, 16:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
Court throws out WBS case against Vodacom bulk SMS contract termination
A South African court has thrown out the application for an urgent interdict by WBS, the parent company of internet provider iBurst, regarding mobile operator Vodacom’s termination of its contract over alleged non-payment of outstanding invoices. → Read more
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Wed, May 28th, 14:30 · Gabriella Mulligan
Vodacom’s Neotel purchase will benefit industry – WAPA
The proposed acquisition of South African fixed line operator Neotel by the country’s leading mobile operator Vodacom would benefit the industry at large, providing a nationwide high-quality operator capable of servicing consumers and businesses alike, according to the Wireless Access Providers’ Association (WAPA). → Read more
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Wed, May 28th, 13:30 · Chris Udemans
PIVOT finalist Beyonic deploys cloud to track mobile money payments
Ugandan startup Beyonic has developed a cloud-based platform allowing businesses to make, track and manage payments to mobile money accounts across numerous providers. → Read more
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Tue, May 27th, 08:00 · Paul Adepoju
Q&A: Emeka Onyenwe, co-founder, Find-A-Med
The Find-A-Med healthcare app won the apps challenge at the recent Mobile West Africa 2014 conference in Lagos, Nigeria. Co-founder Emeka Onyenwe spoke to HumanIPO on the app, the challenges the company is battling with and deployment strategies being considered, in addition to the influence the challenges is having on the startup. → Read more
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Mon, May 26th, 18:30 · Chris Udemans
Mobile micro-polling platform wins GovHackSA
Team “Pulse”, developers of a mobile micro-polling platform, won the GovHackSA event, which took place in Cape Town over the weekend. → Read more
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Mon, May 26th, 15:30 · Gabriella Mulligan
Mapture launches verification app for photos, videos
Egyptian startup Mapture has launched a photo and video verification mobile app aimed at preventing the proliferation of misinformation and falsified images, while also directing the focus of online content back to the content itself as opposed to the individual posting it. → Read more
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Mon, May 26th, 15:00 · Chris Udemans
Joburg set for Africa’s first Bitcoin ATM
South African IT education firm Tremendis Learning will launch the first Bitcoin ATM in Africa in Johannesburg by the beginning of next month, hoping to educate and boost support for the cryptocurrency. → Read more
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Mon, May 26th, 10:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Vooka allows Kenyans to access StarTimes channels through mobile
Mobile applications services company Rapid Communications has launched Vooka Online, which will stream live StarTimes television channels along with from Bollywood and Usalama content, allowing Kenyans to watch TV on their smartphones. → Read more
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Mon, May 26th, 09:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
FEATURE: SA operators’ investment plans
With pressure mounting on South African mobile operators to cut the costs of communication and improve the quality of their services, while also contributing to government plans to achieve universal mobile and internet access by 2020, HumanIPO spoke to the four mobile operators to find out how much they plan to spend on infrastructure upgrades over the next year, and what their investment priorities are. → Read more
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Fri, May 23rd, 18:00 · Paul Adepoju
NCC extends ban on Glo, MTN, Airtel SIM card sales
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has extended the one month ban it placed on the sale of new SIM cards by operators Glo, MTN and Airtel last month over poor quality of service (QoS). → Read more
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Fri, May 23rd, 15:30 · Gabriella Mulligan
ICASA may scrutinise telecoms mergers, acquisitions
The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) has said a number of high-profile mergers and acquisitions in the telecommunications sector may be subject to the regulator’s scrutiny regardless of any rulings by the Competition Commission, while also disputing the regulator’s failure to allocate more spectrum is responsible for the mergers. → Read more
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Fri, May 23rd, 12:00 · Chris Udemans
Internet Solutions takes full ownership of AlwaysOn
South African internet service provider (ISP) Internet Solutions (IS) has increased its shareholding in Wi-Fi provider AlwaysOn to 100 per cent for an undisclosed sum. → Read more
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Fri, May 23rd, 10:30 · Chris Udemans
Mobile money not customer friendly
The current mobile money climate is not a customer friendly experience, according to Ruan Swanepoel, commercial manager of Tigo Pesa Tanzania. → Read more
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Fri, May 23rd, 09:00 · Chris Udemans
Rural Ugandan women relying on agents to make mobile transactions
Women in rural Uganda are relying on mobile money agents to make transactions for them, highlighting a lack of mobile and numerical literacy, according to Lisa Kienzle, mobile financial services programme director at the Grameen Foundation. → Read more
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Thu, May 22nd, 18:30 · Paul Adepoju
Smile to launch in Abuja, Port Harcourt in August
Smile Communications has announced plans to extend its services to Nigeria’s capital city Abuja and Port Harcourt in August following launches in Ibadan and Lagos. → Read more
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Thu, May 22nd, 17:30 · Gabriella Mulligan
ICASA begins MTR review
The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) has commenced a review of mobile termination rates (MTRs), issuing questionnaires to licensees to submit their input. → Read more
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