FMNA and Ghana National Association of Farmers and Fishermen (GNAFF) to cooperate in providing enhanced messaging and information service to millions of farmers and fishermen in Ghana.
Technology to help boost agricultural production The use of technology to help boost agricultural production, be it pre-cultivation, crop cultivation and harvesting or post harvest management is one of the key areas that the Government of Ghana wants to strengthen. (more…)
ForgetMeNot Africa’s Message Optimiser technology took home the title at the events ceremony on Wednesday, June 22. The Message Optimiser system bypasses the need for fixed telephone line Internet access, PCs, expensive subscriptions, smartphones, Java downloads and data connections to provide email, online chat, instant messaging and social networking to even the most rural communities in Africa. It transforms even the most basic SMS-enabled device into a virtual smartphone.
Jeremy George, Chief Operating Officer for ForgetMeNot Africa, said:“This award celebrates ForgetMeNot Africa’s continued progress in bridging the digital divide in Africa. Our goal remains to provide internet messaging on every mobile phone on the continent. In the past year our technology has enabled access to Facebook, in addition to email and online chat, for more than 47.5 million people in east, west, central and southern Africa, with further expansion planned in the next 12 months.”
ForgetMeNot Africa was also nominated for the Messaging Application: Consumer award for its Facebook through Message Optimiser service.
Yu Kenya has played down reports that it was planning to sell off its local operations after failing to conclude the intended acquisition of Warid Telecom in Uganda and Congo. The company, which has been operating in Kenya since 2009, says it will be staying on and even plans to boost its operations soon. (more…)
The World Bank on Thursday launched a regional mobile applications laboratory in Nairobi as part of its global 13 million Euros program to stimulate innovation and competitiveness among small and medium enterprises (SME) ICT in developing countries. (more…)
ForgetMeNot Africa has been nominated for two categories at 160 Characters’ Mobile Messaging Awards, which celebrate the very best in messaging innovation and development. (more…)
He explains that in Niger, to bridge the Digital Divide we must first tackle illiteracy. More than 80% of population cannot read or write to send and SMS and much rather use voice. Until this is tackled The Digital Divide in Niger will only grow and it is a major problem which needs to be addressed.
ForgetMeNot Africa has been nominated for two categories at this year’s prestigious Meffys Awards.
The Meffys – regarded as “the benchmark in the mobile media industry” has shortlisted ForgetMeNot Africa for both the Best Technology Innovation Award for eTXT Facebook from Econet Wireless Zimbabwe, and in the Best Mobile First Innovation category for Message Optimiser. (more…)
About 10 million South Africans connected to SA’s four mobile networks may be switched off on 1 July 2011, due to unregistered sim cards. As the RICA deadline looms, a majority of the population’s personal details have not been registered by the network providers. (more…)
The use of technology to help boost agricultural production, be it pre-cultivation, crop cultivation and harvesting or post harvest management is one of the key areas that the Government of Ghana wants to strengthen. (more…)
