According to a report by Canadian research firm Technology Strategies International, Ethiopia’s telecommunication market is rapidly expanding and is expected to reach almost 20 million mobile subscribers by 2014, at a 43% annual growth rate. (more…)
Tags: Ethiopian telecoms, Ethiopia’s telecommunication market
As voice services reach saturation, Kenya’s mobile operators are turning their focus to providing more data services to Kenyan subscribers and investing in infrastructure to enhance mobile data transmission writes IT News Africa. (more…)
Tags: Kenyan mobile operators, MTN, Safaricom, Telkom Kenya, Zain Kenya
Day 2 at Digital Africa has covered a variety of topics in sunny Kampala today. (more…)
Tags: 8 th Digital Africa Summit, chat to sms, digital, digital africa, digital divide debate, email to sms, internet penetration in Africa, SMS
The conference opened with a standing ovation and a song! The arrival of the Vice President of the Republic of Uganda followed by a rendition of the Ugandan national anthem kicked of Digital Africa 2010. (more…)
Tags: Bridging the digital divide, digital divide debate, digital revolution, Dr Hamadoun Toure, ForgetMeNot Africa, the ITU Secretary General
The ForgetMeNot Africa team are in Kampala this morning looking forward to day one of the 8th Digital Africa Summit which will start this afternoon at the Munyonyo Commonwealth Resort & Speke Conference Centre. (more…)
Tags: 8 th Digital Africa Summit, Bridging the digital divide, eTXT, ForgetMeNot Africa
Zain Kenya faces yet another rebranding exercise, recent reports indicating that it will start trading as Airtel as soon as Indian operator Bharti Airtel acquires Zain’s African arm. (more…)
Tags: Airtel, Bharti Airtel, Zain
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