Innovation
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Lack of trust hampering app downloads
Trust remains the largest single obstacle to growth in the mobile content and commerce industry with 40 per cent of people stating...
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3.0KOrange and Ecobank launch money transfer tie-up
A new pan-African service between Orange and Ecobank will enable users who hold accounts with both companies to transfer money between them...
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Consolidation best bet for profitable e-commerce businesses in Africa
The year 2014 for South African e-commerce platform Takealot adequately sums up all that is good and all that is bad for...
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Data hungry Africans creating data storage challenges
Data consumption continues to grow at an incredible pace globally. Over 90% of all the data in the world was created in...
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MTN launch Amazon Web Services (AWS) in Africa
MTN Group will be the first African company to offer Amazon Web Services (AWS) Direct Connect to business customers across multiple countries...
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3.2K2Want to become a software developer in Lagos?
Andela a new kind of academic experience in Lagos is looking for aspiring developers. It’s sort of like a university, except instead of...
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Local internet hosting is key to internet development in Africa
The development of locally relevant content that is attractive to users has been shown to have a positive impact on internet adoption....
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African payments firm achieves rapid growth using Google cloud platform
Nomanini, a Cape Town-based mobile point of sale service that specialises in facilitating cash payments in emerging markets, has successfully scaled into...
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Tigo subscribers to enjoy 36m music tracks on their smartphones
Music streaming is the fastest growing area for the global music industry and music content is already the second most popular mobile...
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The first mobile money service to pay profit to its users
Tigo has announced the first of its regular quarterly payments worth 3bn/- (US $ 1.8 million) to Tigo Pesa users in Tanzania
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Mobile money to drive financial inclusion in Nigeria
Back in 2012 a survey conducted by Enhancing Financial Innovation and Access (EFINA) indicated that 56.3 million adults, representing 64.1 per cent...
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SMS, not apps, key to content distribution in Africa
SMS and audio based distribution methods should be pivotal to content providers’ strategies today, as the time is not yet ripe for...
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African online recruitment pushes beyond traditional jobs boards
Online recruitment in Africa has been on an upward curve in the past few years, both for full-time and temporary work, with...
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Mobile online streaming, downloads future of music in Africa
As increasing numbers of innovative online music streaming and download platforms emerge across Africa, local music lovers are rushing to make use...
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Africa makes resilient payment products for the world
It was back in 2009 that Vahid Monadjem first saw the window of opportunity to reach the millions of underserved people in...
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Mobile networks turn to device insights to boost marketing
Mobile marketing has long promised to be an extraordinarily effective way for networks to reach their customers with relevant, timely messages –...
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Nigerians to pre-register for new iPhone
Airtel Nigeria, has announced that Nigerian customers can begin to pre-register for the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus.
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Airtel and Grameen Foundation to launch mobile health services
In an effort to reduce infant and maternal mortality rate in Nigeria, Airtel Nigeria has partnered with Grameen Foundation and VAS2nets Technologies...
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Wiko mobile phone brand launches in Nigeria
After establishing a strong market position in Europe in just three years, Wiko started its operation in West Africa by launching its...
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5.5KIndependent video on demand providers the future of video in Africa
With video on demand (VoD) services and independent VoD providers on the rise in Africa, many believe VoD is the future of...
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Airtel Nigeria launches new data campaign
Airtel has unveiled the ‘Always On’ data campaign for Nigerian customers, particularly the youth segment to drive data usage and keep Nigerians...
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Tanzanian edu-tainment cartoon Ubongo targets expansion
Tanzanian social enterprise Ubongo is planning on launching its edu-tainment cartoon Ubongo Kids, which went live on terrestrial television in January, in...
