Mobile, Page 43
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Wed, January 8th, 15:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
Zambia extends SIM registration deadline
The Zambian government has extended the deadline for SIM card registration until the end of January, in response to strong last minute turnout to comply with the registration requirement. → Read more
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Wed, January 8th, 12:20 · Gabriella Mulligan
Zambia increases duty on airtime
The three Zambian mobile network operators have implemented a 15 per cent excise duty on airtime as decreed by government in the 2014 national budget. → Read more
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Wed, January 8th, 10:20 · Paul Adepoju
MTN Nigeria denies involvement in hike in prices of recharge cards
Nigeria’s largest telecoms network MTN has told HumanIPO it is not responsible for the hike in the prices of the various denominations of its recharge cards. → Read more
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Wed, January 8th, 07:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
Android to ship over 1bn devices this year – report
Android will ship over one billion devices in 2014, seeing demand grow by 26 per cent from the last year, according to the latest report by Gartner. → Read more
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Wed, January 8th, 05:00 · Tom Jackson
BlackBerry announces another executive appointment
BlackBerry has announced another executive appointment, with former The OpenNMS Group chief executive officer (CEO) Ron Louks joining the company as president of devices and emerging solutions. → Read more
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Tue, January 7th, 17:40 · Gabriella Mulligan
Zimbabwe operators subject to mobile money tax
A new Zimbabwean government tax on mobile money has taken effect, meaning operators and consumers are now subject to a US$0.05 tax on every transaction. → Read more
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Tue, January 7th, 16:20 · Nick Sato
Uganda telecoms industry braces for tough competition in 2014
Competition in Uganda’s communication industry is set to increase in 2014 following a surge in demographics and a rise in disposable incomes. → Read more
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Tue, January 7th, 15:40 · Nick Sato
All Kenyan operators fail to meet minimum quality of service
The Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) has released a Quality of Service (Qos) report showing Kenya’s four mobile operators all failed to meet their compliance target for Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for 2012-13. → Read more
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Tue, January 7th, 09:40 · Gabriella Mulligan
Q&A: Afam Anyika, head of offline marketing, Jumia Nigeria
In the year and a half since its inception, e-commerce platform Jumia has seen its reputation grow as the pioneer of the African e-commerce market, and made particular headway in getting online shopping in Nigeria off the ground. HumanIPO spoke to Jumia Nigeria head of offline marketing Afam Anyika about the successes and lessons of 2013, and the market going forward in 2014. → Read more
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Tue, January 7th, 08:00 · Tom Jackson
HTC reports smaller than expected Q4 profits
Taiwanese smartphone manufacturer has reported fourth quarter profits of T$0.3 billion (US$10 million), lower than expected despite cost cutting at the company. → Read more
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Tue, January 7th, 06:00 · Tom Jackson
Google acquires Bitspin
Google has acquired Bitspin, known mainly for its Android alarm clock Timely, as it continues a flurry of recent acquisitions. → Read more
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Mon, January 6th, 17:30 · Gabriella Mulligan
SA matric results available via SMS through SABC
The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) has launched a new service allowing students awaiting their matriculation (matric) examination results tomorrow to register to receive their personal results via SMS. → Read more
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Mon, January 6th, 15:20 · Gabriella Mulligan
Smartphones at centre of Nigerian e-commerce – Jumia
Smartphones are the most popular products purchased online in Nigeria, seeing the biggest uptake in 2013, according to local e-commerce site Jumia. → Read more
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Mon, January 6th, 13:20 · Paul Adepoju
Most health and fitness mobile apps useless in Africa – HIFA2015
A large number of the mobile health and fitness apps used in Africa are useless in such low-resource settings, in spite of their rising popularity, according to Health Information For All by 2015 (HIFA2015). → Read more
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Mon, January 6th, 11:20 · Paul Adepoju
Government agency demands to blame for poor service – Nigerian operators
Telecoms companies in Nigeria have blamed excessive demands by various government agencies for the poor quality of service (QOS) in the sector. → Read more
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Mon, January 6th, 08:00 · Guest Post
Guest Post: Simbarashe Mabasha, co-founder, Wabona
In this exclusive guest post for HumanIPO, Simbarashe Mabasha, co-founder of online entertainment streaming service Wabona, discusses the emergence of Africa as a force in video entertainment, and looks forward to a future in mobile entertainment. → Read more
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Sun, January 5th, 08:00 · HumanIPO
MEF’s 10 mobile trends for 2014
Global mobile content and commerce community MEF has revealed its predictions for the global mobile landscape in the next year, using insights from its General Board of Directors and its third Global Mobile Consumer Survey. → Read more
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Mon, December 30th, 08:00 · Guest Post
Guest Post: Vodacom’s Richard Boorman looks back on telecoms in 2013
In an exclusive guest post for HumanIPO, Richard Boorman, executive head: media relations and social media at South Africa’s largest operator Vodacom, takes a look back at how the country’s mobile industry fared in 2013 and what it needs to do to progress in 2014. → Read more
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Mon, December 23rd, 21:06 · Nick Sato
Kenya digital migration effective from today
The Kenyan High Court has dismissed a petition by three media houses - the Standard Group, Nation Media Group and Royal Media Services - against the immediate digital migration. → Read more
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Fri, December 20th, 17:00 · Selipha Kihagi
88mph to launch in Nigeria next year
African accelerator and investment fund 88mph will expand its operations to Nigeria in the first quarter of 2014, adding to the programmes it has already run in Kenya and South Africa. → Read more
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