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. [...]

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Second Life as a Developing Nation?
Every now and then someone likes to come along and make the distorted statement that the 3D virtual world SecondLife has a per [...]

MiniBarCampKampala is gathering to share and learn about mobile phone innovation happening in both Uganda and the international sphere. Please come and share your thoughts and innovations.
The event will feature discussions, demos, and interaction from participants. Want to know how to connect a cell phone to a computer and send text messages? Curious about who [...]

Erik van Veen is the Chief Commercial Officer of MTN Uganda one of the continental telco and mobile leaders in Africa. When it comes to corporate executives, he just might also be one of the most approachable, down-to-earth people ever. I emailed Erik following a discussion on Uganda’s I-Network mailing-list about the costs of bandwidth [...]

Erik van Veen is the Chief Commercial Officer of MTN Uganda. When it comes to corporate executives, he just might also be one of the most approachable, down-to-earth people ever. I emailed Erik following a discussion on Uganda’s I-Network mailing-list about the costs of bandwidth in Uganda for consumers. Erik is a [...]

I’m not sure I get the purpose of this report from 3G America criticizing SMS messaging for it’s short comings as a communication method? Did we stop using phones beause people sometimes don’t answer them? Do we stop using TV’s as a medium because some people don’t have them?
All communication mediums are [...]

From IT News Africa:
“In Africa, most people use a mobile phone to send messages, photos or videos, and they can be sent easily to a circle of contacts,” said Jeanne Mercier, head of the photographer exchange platform “Afrique in visu.”
“So at the same time users can inform themselves about the latest trends, whether it’s some [...]

Farmers in South Africa are using cellphone-based technology to help decide when to irrigate crops. Indications are that the mobile-based initiative can reduce farmers’ irrigation costs by approximately €200/ha. The system, called My Canesim, uses automatic weather stations, the Internet and cellular technology to produce information about when to irrigate. Extrapolating information from real-time [...]

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Back in March ItNewsAfrica reported on a Nokia program that would begin recycling mobile devices in East Africa…
Nokia has launched a recycling initiative in East Africa that offers consumers a structured way to dispose of old mobile phones and accessories. The move comes amid fears that cast-off mobile phones are posing an increasing [...]

ItNewsAfrica is reporting that the somewhat secret talks between Vodafone and Ghana Telecom have reached a conclusion:
Vodafone is expected to be confirmed the new owner of Ghana Telecom (GT) today according to Ghana’s newspaper the Daily Guide citing the ministry of finance sources.
Vodafone was said to have concluded negotiations with government to acquire a [...]