Tag Archives: sms

Google Trader Extends Service to Web Users

November 5, 2009 | Email This Post Email This Post | Print This Post Print This Post
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 ...
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The Grid Launches in Nigeria

November 2, 2009 | Email This Post Email This Post | Print This Post Print This Post
The Grid is a geographically aware social network launched in South Africa that allows you to share photos, videos, and information with friends based ...
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UNICEF Informs Parents of Free Polio Vaccine by SMS

July 27, 2009 | Email This Post Email This Post | Print This Post Print This Post
UNICEF has teamed up with Zambia’s Ministry of Health, Zain, and MTN to send text messages to parents reminding them that free polio vaccines will ...
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Should Government Force Mobile Carriers to Lower SMS Prices?

July 15, 2009 | Email This Post Email This Post | Print This Post Print This Post
A few weeks ago, Google, Grameen Foundation and MTN Uganda launched a premium SMS service aimed at delivering health tips and critical agriculture tips to the poor. A ...
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Status.ug: A Local Mobile Portal for Facebook

May 8, 2009 | Email This Post Email This Post | Print This Post Print This Post
Last week I rebutted an article from the New York Times about the developing world being a collective boost to Web 2.0 application user numbers, ...
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Deploying OhmSMS in Uganda

May 7, 2009 | Email This Post Email This Post | Print This Post Print This Post
One of the apps I’m most excited about that we’re working on at Appfrica Labs is a mobile midlet we’re calling OhmSMS. The project targets ...
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Using SMS to Respond to Drought Crippled Ethiopia

December 24, 2008 | Email This Post Email This Post | Print This Post Print This Post
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 ...
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MiniBarcampKampala

October 23, 2008 | Email This Post Email This Post | Print This Post Print This Post
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 ...
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Interview With MTN’s Erik van Veen – Part 2

October 9, 2008 | Email This Post Email This Post | Print This Post Print This Post
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 ...
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Interview With MTN’s Erik van Veen – Part 1

October 7, 2008 | Email This Post Email This Post | Print This Post Print This Post
Erik van Veen is the Chief Commercial Officer of MTN Uganda. When it comes to corporate executives, he just might also be one of ...
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