AFRICAUsing mobile phones to fight HIV
Kampala: Uganda's rising HIV prevalence is forcing policy-makers to look for inventive ways of educating people about the virus. Their latest tool is mobile phone technology, whose rapid growth has provided an avenue that could potentially reach millions with messages. 5 Sep 2008 10:14
AFRICAUganda: SMS marketing irks MTN subscribers
[Walter Wafula] Mobile phone communication is meant to ease life and add flavour to it, however it is also turning out to be a nuisance to Ugandans. In the past three weeks, fed up subscribers of MTN Uganda have continuously and publicly complained of unsolicited marketing messages from the company with threats to quite its network. 4 Sep 2008 13:52
AFRICAExactmobile denies allegations made by NORM
Exactmobile responded today to a press release issued by the National Organisation for Reproduction Rights in Music in Southern Africa (NORM). Exactmobile emphatically denies the allegation made by NORM that the company is in any way infringing the rights of NORM's members. 4 Sep 2008 10:22
AFRICANORM issues summons against Exactmobile
The National Organisation for Reproduction Rights in Music in Southern Africa (NORM) has issued a multi-million rand summons against Exactmobile. 3 Sep 2008 13:33
AFRICAMTL rolls out mobile fixed phones
[Gregory Gondwe] Malawi Telecoms Limited (MTL), the country's only fixed-line operator, has launched a wireless fixed telephone, expected to give users flexibility of mobility within a coverage zone. 2 Sep 2008 11:31
AFRICAMTN Uganda selects Opera Mini
Opera Software yesterday, 27 August, announced that Opera Mini is going to Africa. Opera Software has partnered with MTN Uganda to bring the mobile web to the company's nearly three million subscribers. By expanding into Africa, Opera is making the web available to more people, on any device, from anywhere in the world. 28 Aug 2008 14:59
AFRICASaudi Arabia joins Zain's One Network
[Gregory Gondwe] Zain Malawi announced that Malawians can now easily link with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, after launching commercial services on 26 August 2008, in that country. 28 Aug 2008 10:57
AFRICASouth African makes top 50 women in mobile list
According to a recent article published by Mobile Entertainment, Emma Kaye, together with well-known industry names such as Amelia Gammon, director of NBC Universal Mobile, Peggy Johnson, executive VP of Qualcom for the Americas and India, and Sissel Henriette Larsen, director of content for Telenorhave all been named as some of the top 50 women in the mobile industry today. 22 Aug 2008 16:07
AFRICA21% increase in African mobile web traffic - AdMob
SAN MATEO: AdMob, on Wednesday, 20 August 2008, released its July Mobile Metrics Report. The report focuses on increasing usage of the Mobile Web in Africa and worldwide mobile browser marketshare. 22 Aug 2008 09:40
AFRICAVodafone completes purchase of Ghana Telecom stake
London: Mobile phone giant Vodafone annonuced today, it had completed the purchase of a 70% stake in state-run Ghana Telecommunications. 18 Aug 2008 11:30
AFRICAUgandan minister: Africa needs to harness mobile tech
Africa needs to devise ways to harness mobile technology, considering the explosive growth the technology and services have had on the continent, Uganda's minister of ICT has said. 13 Aug 2008 09:47
AFRICAWill Zain be the better option in Kenya?
[Carole Kimutai] A majority of Kenyans have at least two mobile lines - Safaricom, Zain and/or a Telkom Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) line. Usually, a mobile phone user will have one regular line influenced by which operator friends, relatives and business contacts use because it is cheaper to call within the same network and a second or third line used occasionally. 11 Aug 2008 12:18
AFRICACyber Lotto partners with Zain on mobile lottery
[Gregory Gondwe] Cyber Lotto Limited has acquired African Lotteries Limited (AFLOT) and has partnered with the mobile service provider, Zain Malawi to operate online and mobile lottery games. 7 Aug 2008 12:44
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