UNICEF Ethiopia has developed a platform that uses mobile phone text messages (SMS) to monitor the distribution of high protein food to under nourished children in over 1,800 feeding centers in Ethiopia. The SMS reporting system is used to coordinate distribution, supplies and find out the number of fed children and the need for more [...]

Intel, the inventor of microprocessors and the world’s largest semiconductor company has signed a contract with Kenya Data Networks (KDN) and Alcatel Lucent to offer Kenya the first mobile WiMax trail using Wimax 802.16e technology. The technology will provide wireless broadband service at affordable prices, sending data up to 75mbps without cables. According to [...]

Christian Kreutz explores the growing trend of mobile devices as a disruptor in developing countries…

The simplest and most powerful form of mobile activism in the future will probably still be ordinary communication. However, in all fields of activism such as advocacy, awareness, research and protest, the mobile phone can be a strategic tool for communication, [...]

Wow, the mobile industry is twelve 0’s after the 1, 1 trillion dollars. This is very significant and it defines the future of digital marketing.
Here are some statistics to indicate this predicted future…
- Presently, 46% of the world’s population owns a mobile phone, that is 3.05 billion people, far above only 1.4 billion TV sets. [...]

Is the African mobile more lucrative than India’s? Indian VAS (Value Added Service Provider) Companies are racing to tap emerging African and Middle Eastern Markets…

African and Middle Eastern countries are becoming new playground for the Indian mobile value-added services (VAS) industry. With improvement in telecom infrastructure, mobile markets in these countries are growing at a [...]

Following the example of Apple and Google Android, Vodafone has extended it’s application development platform BetaVine with WidgetZone. Which they describe as “an open community and mobile development resource hub.”

Available now, the Widget Zone enables our mobile developer community to explore emerging widget technologies and experiment with ideas and concepts for their use. Widgets are [...]

Zoopy, the South African social media website has undergone a massive make-over. According to the companies blog:

Almost a year ago to the day, we launched the second version of Zoopy; the Zoopy that many of you have come to know and use over the last 12 busy months. The site was a massive overhaul of [...]

Nokia wants the VAT scrapped across Africa…
Nokia, the mobile phone manufacturer is lobbying African governments to scrap Value Addition Tax (VAT) on cellular phones. Vice President for Sales Sub-Saharan Africa Loren Shuster has said such a move may not necessarily result in a loss in revenue for governments as subscribers could recover the same [...]

Last month Daniel Berninge posted some comments on GigaOM about his recent trip through Ghana…
A recent two-week visit to Ghana, Africa, offered up scenes that seemed frozen in time. Most of the buildings and infrastructure date back to the 1950s, before seven military coups over a period of 30 years made investment impossible. Open sewers [...]

VoxOx is a unified communication application that combines your Phone, video conferencing, Instant Messaging, Text Messaging, Social Networking Accounts, your email and file sharing services in one place. In other words it’s like Skype + Xoopit with a side order of Trillian.
I decided to test it out to see what it’s like for international [...]