Afrinnovator » MOBILE & MOBILE WEB http://afrinnovator.com Technology Innovation & Entrepreneurship in Africa Tue, 21 May 2013 08:46:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Nigeria Telecommunications, Mobile and Broadband Report http://afrinnovator.com/blog/2013/04/26/nigeria-telecommunications-mobile-and-broadband-report/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=nigeria-telecommunications-mobile-and-broadband-report http://afrinnovator.com/blog/2013/04/26/nigeria-telecommunications-mobile-and-broadband-report/#comments Fri, 26 Apr 2013 11:15:07 +0000 Will Mutua http://afrinnovator.com/?p=7440 Nigeria is one of the biggest and fastest growing telecom markets in Africa, attracting huge amounts of foreign investment, and is yet standing at relatively low levels of market penetration.Read More

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The following is a guest post by Rudy De Waele, CEO & Founder of Nyota Media. The article is based on the below embedded slideshow which is a result of his company Nyota Media‘s latest research and in-depth analysis of the African mobile market focusing on ... Read More

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]]> http://afrinnovator.com/blog/2013/02/25/the-most-exciting-mobile-apps-from-africa/feed/ 6 E-commerce & Mobile Payments in Africa will not scale without Business Process Integration http://afrinnovator.com/blog/2013/01/25/e-commerce-mobile-payments-in-africa-will-not-scale-without-business-process-integration/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=e-commerce-mobile-payments-in-africa-will-not-scale-without-business-process-integration http://afrinnovator.com/blog/2013/01/25/e-commerce-mobile-payments-in-africa-will-not-scale-without-business-process-integration/#comments Fri, 25 Jan 2013 09:10:10 +0000 Mbwana Alliy http://afrinnovator.com/?p=7111

E-Commerce (or M-Commerce) and Mobile Payments in Africa gets a lot of attention.  I get a number of mobile payments pitches every month, and you can imagine how tough my skin has become over the last 6 months. Especially as ... Read More

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]]> http://afrinnovator.com/blog/2013/01/25/e-commerce-mobile-payments-in-africa-will-not-scale-without-business-process-integration/feed/ 7 Technology Transforming Elections in Africa http://afrinnovator.com/blog/2012/12/13/technology-transforming-elections-in-africa/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=technology-transforming-elections-in-africa http://afrinnovator.com/blog/2012/12/13/technology-transforming-elections-in-africa/#comments Thu, 13 Dec 2012 08:46:14 +0000 Will Mutua http://afrinnovator.com/?p=6945

This article is a follow up to a previous article on ‘The Influence of Technology on Governance in Africa‘ in which we observed how technology is shaping how governments operate, how citizens expect their governments to operate, and the interaction ... Read More

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Oil and natural gas discoveries across multiple African countries have graced the headlines of many local and international media outlets this past year. 2012 has seen many governments in Africa experience renewed enthusiasm as prospects for economic progress loom amidst ... Read More

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]]> http://afrinnovator.com/blog/2012/12/04/powering-up-innovating-to-solve-the-cost-of-energy-in-africa/feed/ 2 Mobile Technology in East Africa http://afrinnovator.com/blog/2012/10/11/mobile-technology-in-east-africa/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mobile-technology-in-east-africa http://afrinnovator.com/blog/2012/10/11/mobile-technology-in-east-africa/#comments Thu, 11 Oct 2012 08:24:00 +0000 Will Mutua http://54.243.44.221/?p=6803

In this presentation I take a look at some statistics about mobile technology in Eastern Africa, looking at specific countries in the region.

Overall, the observations are quite consistent:

  • Feature phones still rule
  • Mobile penetration is increasing steadily in ... Read More

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It’s amazing what you can fit into 110 characters or less. I am constantly receiving please call me messages from my cousin who is a university student and on the please call me is a small piece of text based ... Read More

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]]> http://afrinnovator.com/blog/2012/07/04/how-to-set-off-in-mobile-advertising-in-africa-please-call-me-wap-metrics-more/feed/ 1 Where Opportunities Lie in the African Mobile Space http://afrinnovator.com/blog/2012/05/29/where-opportunities-lie-in-the-african-mobile-space/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=where-opportunities-lie-in-the-african-mobile-space http://afrinnovator.com/blog/2012/05/29/where-opportunities-lie-in-the-african-mobile-space/#comments Tue, 29 May 2012 05:54:18 +0000 Muchiri Nyaggah http://afrinnovator.com/?p=6231

This is the second in a 4-part series on Africa: The Present frontier. 

Africa straddles two realities. One is underpinned by the belief that Africa is the next frontier and measures the continent’s progress against an expected trajectory and momentum ... Read More

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Most web and mobile startups in Africa need to have to some sort of messaging or notification layer that incorporates SMS. Wider businesses, large and small also too to communicate with customers . I have certainly blogged about the importance ... Read More

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]]> http://afrinnovator.com/blog/2012/04/06/disrupting-sms-apps-space-telerivets-distributed-mobile-sms-servive-using-android-phones/feed/ 0 Kenya Technology, Innovation & Startup Report 2012: A Preview http://afrinnovator.com/blog/2012/04/02/kenya-technology-innovation-startup-report-2012-a-preview/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=kenya-technology-innovation-startup-report-2012-a-preview http://afrinnovator.com/blog/2012/04/02/kenya-technology-innovation-startup-report-2012-a-preview/#comments Mon, 02 Apr 2012 09:00:38 +0000 Will Mutua http://afrinnovator.com/?p=5914

It is my pleasure to present a preview of the upcoming report “Kenya Technology, Innovation & Startups Report 2012“.

The aim of the report is to look into where Kenya currently stands as far as innovation and startup culture is ... Read More

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