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Roscoe Nsumbuga: Banking the Unbanked Using Biometrics
Roscoe Nsumbuga of Mapswitch on using biometric identification cards used as part of a money transfer service that is enabling millions of Ugandans to access ...
Posted in Business, Mobile Also tagged biometrics, location, mapping, mapswitch, money, tedx, tedxkampala, tedxkla Leave a comment
This Ain’t a Phone, It’s An Arms Race
It goes without saying that mobile is exciting business these days across Africa. Chris Andrews writes….
If you want a picture of explosive growth in mobile ...
Google Trader Extends Service to Web Users
Earlier this year Google introduced a suite of SMS services that brought things like search and electronic market places to the mobile devices so common ...
The Grid Launches in Nigeria
The Grid is a geographically aware social network launched in South Africa that allows you to share photos, videos, and information with friends based ...
Mobile Money Comes to Ghana
Four months after MTN’s Mobile Money launched in Ghana, it has 20,000 users and 1,200 merchants. Uptake has been slow, but as Bruno Akpaka ...
110m New Potential Twitterers in India
India’s largest mobile operator, Bharti Airtel, has partnered with Twitter, allowing Airtel subscribers to Tweet without having to pay for an international SMS. Incoming updates ...
LG Announces Solar e-Reader
As sub-Saharan Africans schools increasingly turn to ICTs in order to reduce the cost of education and improve learning, e-books can be a powerful ...
Coming Soon, Twitter in Your Language!
Long limited to English and Japanese, Twitter is crowd-sourcing translations for its interface. Starting with German, French, Spanish, and Italian, Twitter is going multi-lingual. ...
Awesome Video of Nokia Crash Testing Phones
Ever wonder why low-end Nokias just keep going and going and going? Engadget toured Nokia’s factilities in San Diego, and put together a great video ...
Stephane Boyera on the Evolution of the Mobile Web