Mobile money: The next generation // Argent mobile : la prochaine génération
By DOMINIC DUDLEY Africa has forged a reputation as a global leader in mobile financial services. There are relatively few bank branches across the continent,...
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Banning Mobile Phones In Cars Saves Lives. No It Doesn’t. Yes It Does. No It Doesn’t // Interdiction Des Téléphones Portables Dans Les Voitures Sauve Des Vies. Non Ce N’est Pas. Oui, il Le Fait. Non Ce N’est Pas
Restrict cellphone use in cars and accident rates go down, right? Not necessarily. The results are mixed. Some studies show a correlation between using a...
IBM Partners With Airtel And Echo Mobile To Launch Ebola Containment Initiatives In Africa // Partenaires IBM Avec Airtel Et Mobile De l’Echo Pour Lancer Des Initiatives De Confinement Du Virus Ebola En Afrique
By Matthew IBM Research Africa, Airtel and Kenya’s Echo Mobile have joined forces to launch several initiatives to help curb the spread of...
Why Google wants to replace Gmail // Pourquoi Google veut remplacer Gmail
MORE FROM MIKE ELGAN Gmail represents a dying class of products that, like Google Reader, puts control in the hands of users, not signal-harvesting algorithms...
Apple Transforming payments Mobile from 20 October // Apple Transformer Les Paiements Mobiles à Partir Du 20 Octobre
Apple® today announced that customers can start making payments with the touch of a finger on Monday, October 20, when Apple Pay™ becomes available in...
MTN Rwanda To Unveil Cross-Border Money Service // MTN Rwanda De Dévoiler Money Service Transfrontalière
MTN Rwanda will integrate its mobile money system with that of MTN Uganda this coming November. This will, according to the company, allow subscribers to...
Gionee To Launch Thinnest Smartphone In Nigeria // Gionee Pour Lancer Smartphone Le Plus Fin Au Nigeria
Nigeria has been named as one of the first markets where the Gionee ELife S5.1 smartphone will launch this month. The new smartphone will be...
Facebook , $19 Billion Takeover Of Mobile Messaging Startup WhatsApp // Facebook, 19 Milliards De Dollars Rachat De Messagerie Mobile De Démarrage WhatsApp
Facebook , the world’s most popular social network , the world’s most popular social network, gained European Union clearance on Friday for its proposed $19 billion...
HP Announces Split Into Two Companies, But Sadly They Won’t Be Called H and P // HP Annonce Scinder en Deux Sociétés, Mais Malheureusement, ils Ne Seront Pas Appelés H et P
HP, after years of will-they-won’t-they deliberation, has officially announced that it will be split into two separate companies: HP Inc, which will focus on PCs...
Airtel, Grameen Foundation, VAS2nets Launch Mobile Health Services //Airtel, La Fondation Grameen, VAS2nets Lancement Des Services De Santé Mobiles
By Kokumo Goodie, Lagos, Nigeria Airtel Nigeria has partnered with Grameen Foundation and VAS2nets Technologies Ltd to unveil two innovative mobile health services dubbed Mobile...
TomTom Telematics To Support Sasol Solar Challenge // TomTom Télématique Soutient Sasol Défis Solaires
TomTom Telematics, a leading supplier of Telematics Software as a Service is proud to support the Sasol Solar Challenge, which starts on 27th September 2014 in...
Globacom’s New Direction For Mobile Money Development In Nigeria
When the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) launched mobile money service in 2010, many industry observers believed the country held all the aces to become...
Ethiopia to Host Second Annual Cyber Security Africa’s Banking & ICT Summit 2014
Cyber Security Africa has announced the second annual Ethiopia Banking & ICT Summit 2014 edition, a platform for all stakeholders in Banking and ICT Sectors...
iPhone 6 Sales The Best Ever
Apple Inc said it sold more than 10million iPhones in the weekend after its new models went on sale on Friday. CEO Tim Cook said...
Twitpic To Stay Alive With New Owner
Twitpic is being acquired in a deal that will give renewed life to...
Airtel Africa Announces Leadshiper Shuffle
Bharti Airtel has announced the appointment of three key business leaders in The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Niger. The leadership roles, according to...
Kaymu Reveals Mobile App For Africa
Kaymu.com has expanded to mobile marketing with the launch of its mobile app. According to the online portal, the mobile app is designed to make...
Tim Cook Holds Firm On iMessage Security: It’s Encrypted, We Don’t Have A Key
As Apple continues to come under some attack for how it handles iCloud security, the company’s CEO Tim Cook is holding firm on the company’s...
Africa Marked As Fastest Growing Technology Market
According to Singh, Africa has 6 of the world’s top 10 fastest growing countries over the last decade. To add to this, Singh stated that...
Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends For 2015
The 2014 Gartner Symposium, which is being held at CTICC in Cape Town, has presented a variety of different topics throughout the day. However,...