Mobile Technology in East Africa

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

Where Opportunities Lie in the African Mobile Space

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

5 Reasons You Need to Be At Mobile Web East Africa 2012 This February

In Kenya’s technology past over the past four years there have been some hallmark moments that have began waves and changes that shifted the course of history in technology here. Contacts, coffees and conversations have been sparked in boardrooms, hallways, … Read More

Visa gets serious: Let the Africa Mobile Payment Wars Begin

A student at the University of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania was asked by a former lead engineer at paypal during a mentoring session almost a year ago “Why are you not using Amazon web services for cloud computing?”, he … Read More

A Look at Mobile Broadband in Kenya [infographic]

This post was originally from the Nairobi innovation hub blog and is reposted here with their permission…

The arrival of the undersea fiber cables in Kenya in 2009 has revolutionized the technology and economic sectors. Kenya is one of very few countries in … Read More

Mobile Money Bridging the Gap to Online Payments in Kenya

Mobile Money has come a long way in the last few years. Kenyan mobile network operator, Safaricom, introduced their MPESA service 4 years ago in 2007 and the service literally took off, setting the stage for quite the revolution. Safaricom’s MPESA … Read More

Analysis of Google Africa & Wananchi Group's Wazi WiFi: "Pay-per-Device" Freemium Wireless Internet In Nairobi

Google Africa, based out of Nairobi, Kenya along with the Wananchi Group have began a pilot of what could be compared to something akin to Google’s free wifi in Mountain View, California?

Questions of net neutrality aside, it … Read More

Africa's Top Dogs of the MNO World

Africa is probably the most fertile ground for mobile in this time. Mobile subscriber growth and penetration is growing steadily, and predictions are that the trend will continue. So who are the top dogs of the Mobile Network … Read More

Analysing The Impact of Safaricom’s New Internet Browsing Tariff & Their Outlook on Data for 2011

Kenyan integrated telecoms firm Safaricom today introduces a new tariff. Far from the confusing days of multiple tariffs, Safaricom recently aggregated all voice-related tariffs to the single “Uwezo” tariff. Today, Safaricom makes a leap forward with the country’s first data-focused tariff, priced at Ksh. 2 per minute. Afrinnovator’s Mark Kaigwa uncovers the impact of this move in the competitive telecommunication landscape.Read More

Breaking: Safaricom Introduces 2 Ksh. Per Minute Internet Browsing Tariff

Kenyan integrated telecoms firm Safaricom launches the market’s first data-focused tariff targeted at maintaining their lead in the market. Afrinovator’s Mark Kaigwa look at the statistics of Safaricom’s performance in the data market and where the new tariff fits in.Read More