F5.5G Leap-forward Development of Broadband in Africa The Africa Broadband Forum 2024 (BBAF 2024) was successfully held in Cape Town, South Africa recently, under…
Ship Your Enemies Glitter site sells to anonymous buyer for $85 000
Two weeks ago, the founder of the site that offered customers the service of sending their enemies glitter asked users stop buying his product….
Tigo Music launches its music streaming service in Tanzania this weekend
Tigo Music is launching in Tanzania this coming weekend on the 24 January 2014, expanding its reach in Africa. The market in Tanzania is…
App Annie December 2014 data shows rise in security and selfie apps
App Annie, the intelligence company and analyst firm, has released data on what apps people downloaded in December 2014. Interestingly, apps in two categories…
MTN partners with WorldRemit for mobile money payments for Africans
WorldRemit, an online money transfer service, and MTN, the giant telecoms operator, have entered into a global partnership that will enable WorldRemit customers to…
Facebook tweaks news feed to crack down on hoaxes and spam
Facebook is cracking down on hoaxes with changes to its news feed that will ensure its users see less hoax and spam posts, while…
Facebook report claims that it adds more than $200bn to global economy
A new report from consulting firm Deloitte and Touche, and commissioned by Facebook, claims that the social network generates sizable economic activity. In 2014…
Vodacom to deploy M-Pesa linked prepaid EMV cards
Digital security company Gelmato has announced that it is going to deploy prepaid EMV banking cards to complement Vodacom’s m-pesa mobile wallet service in…
Smartphones now make up 75% of mobiles sold in Gulf States
International Data Corporation (IDC), the premier global provider of market intelligence, has released new research that reveals that shipments of 4G LTE handsets to…
Xiaomi acquires 3% of Chinese games and software giant Kingsoft for $68M
Xiaomi, the world’s third largest smartphone distributor, has acquired 2.98% of Kingsoft, a games and software company, for HK$527 million (~US$68 million). The Xiaomi…
Google Play gained more new apps than Apple’s app store in 2014
A new report by appFigures, an analytics service that monitors data from the thousands of apps that use its platform, claims that Google’s Play…
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