Fri, January 17th, 09:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
Mobile phones will be used by 4.55 billion people across the world in 2014, taking global penetration to 63.5 per cent, according to a new report by eMarketer, driven by developing regions. → Read more
Fri, January 17th, 08:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
Sony Mobile has unveiled the Xperia T2 Ultra smartphone, saying the new large-screen model was designed for emerging market audiences such as Africa. → Read more
Fri, January 17th, 06:00 · Chris Udemans
Apple has agreed to pay a minimum of US$32.5 million in order to settle a Federal Trade Commission (FTC) complaint, refunding costs incurred by children purchasing in-app upgrades from the App Store. → Read more
Thu, January 16th, 17:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
The number of internet subscribers in Kenya has declined by almost one million people in three months, showing negative growth for the first time on record, Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) figures show. → Read more
Thu, January 16th, 16:20 · Gabriella Mulligan
Nokia Solutions and Networks has opened a new office in Tripoli, Libya, in a bid to improve delivery of its mobile broadband infrastructure to support operators in the North African country. → Read more
Thu, January 16th, 10:20 · Chris Udemans
mapIT, a division of TomTom Africa, has built a system that accurately links GPS coordinates to physical addresses, potentially streamlining the process of mail delivery. → Read more
Thu, January 16th, 09:40 · Nick Sato
Nokia has announced the appointment of Leo McKay as head of communications for Nokia South East Africa, replacing Delia Sieff who has been promoted to head communications for Nokia in the Middle East and Africa. → Read more
Thu, January 16th, 08:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
Taxes imposed on international phone calls by Kenya’s neighbouring countries in East Africa are pushing up calling charges and need to be removed, according to Bob Collymore, chief executive officer (CEO) of Safaricom. → Read more
Wed, January 15th, 17:40 · Tom Jackson
The shortage of mobile app development skills in South Africa has become more pronounced and is set to worsen, driving up salaries and the costs of software development and squeezing resources. → Read more
Wed, January 15th, 15:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
Kenya’s leading mobile operator Safaricom will engage with the country’s regulator and other operators to establish a “robust methodology” for determining quality of service (QoS) ratings, according to Bob Collymore, the company’s chief executive officer (CEO). → Read more
Wed, January 15th, 11:00 · Nick Sato
Candidates who sat for the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) examinations last year can check which high schools they have been selected to join via SMS and online after the selection process kicked off yesterday (Tuesday). → Read more
Wed, January 15th, 08:00 · Chris Udemans
The fourth MobileMoneyExpo in Lagos next month will focus on low-income individuals and attempt to introduce banking to “the bottom of the pyramid in Africa”, the continent with the largest market for mobile money. → Read more
Wed, January 15th, 06:00 · Paul Adepoju
Transferbee, a United Kingdom-based money transfer company, has announced a partnership with Eskimi for the launch of its money transfer service in Nigeria. → Read more
Wed, January 15th, 05:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
The increasing complexity of the digital space is leading to a new era of consolidation, with companies looking to integrate a wider skills pool to compete on a customer service level, according to South African company EOH Digital. → Read more
Tue, January 14th, 15:40 · Nick Sato
The Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) today met the country's four mobile network operators (MNOs) to discuss various issues including the recently released Quality of Service (QoS) report that saw all MNOs fail to comply with the minimum threshold. → Read more
Tue, January 14th, 15:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
A team of international observers monitoring the voting process in the Egyptian constitutional referendum currently underway is using mobile data gathering application Formhub for the first time, allowing the collection of real-time data from members of the team. → Read more
Tue, January 14th, 14:20 · Chris Udemans
South African musician Spoek Mathambo has been chosen as one of three individuals to launch Vodafone’s Firsts initiative, which aims to document major 'world's-first' events and experiences. → Read more
Tue, January 14th, 13:40 · Gabriella Mulligan
The “hyperactive” mobile applications market will see only 0.01 per cent of consumer apps achieve financial success by 2018, as most consumers use apps only for fun, according to a report by Gartner. → Read more
Tue, January 14th, 07:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
BlackBerry has appointed Eric Johnson as president of global sales, the latest in a string of high level appointments. → Read more
Tue, January 14th, 05:00 · Nick Sato
The growing demand for smartphones, mass adoption of cashless services and hotspot services that provide free Wi-fi to customers has resulted in the expansion of the mobile wallet industry, according to a new report. → Read more
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