Mobile

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…

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…

App Annie Raises $55 million, launches new product for tracking app usage

App Annie has announced a new $55 million round of Series D funding. App Annie is a resource that has become a go to…

WhatsApp, Snapchat could be banned in the UK

Snapchat and WhatsApp might be banned in Great Britain if Prime Minister David Cameron has anything to do with it. Cameron said that he…

Spotify user base migrates to mobile, grows to 52%

More than half of Spotify’s users are now listening to music on-the-go, with mobile overtaking desktop for the first time in the streaming service’s…

Samsung reveals poor earnings, bets on the Internet of Things

Samsung has released its Q4 earnings results, revealing a rather big drop in profit. That said, it’s not all that doom and gloom. The…

Droidfooding: Facebook encourages its staff to switch to Android

Well well. It seems that Facebook has decided to take some proactive steps towards encouraging its employees to think more about Android. Recently companies…

Android cements Chinese dominance: has 140m users

China has, at present, 390-million mobile internet users among its billion-strong phone subscribers. And now new data for 2012 Q3 from Beijing-based mobile analytics…

Samsung Galaxy Note II sales go past 5m mark

It’s big, it’s bold and it’s not selling too badly either. Samsung’s 5.5-inch Galaxy Note II has now gone past the five-million channel sales…

Apple vs Samsung round #234 648… oh we’ve stopped counting

The iPad mini is set to become the latest cast member in ongoing soap opera lawsuit between Apple and Samsung. Samsung has swung back…

Tyme Capital: MTN and Pick ‘n Pay team up to launch mobile bank in South Africa

It seems the mobile money space in Africa just became a little bit more crowded. MTN has partnered with retail chain Pick ‘n Pay…

Mozilla lets you give Firefox OS a whirl from your desktop

We recently wrote about Firefox OS — Mozilla’s attempt at a mobile OS. At the demo we got, it seemed promising. Now you can…

Emerging markets growth, convenience push mobile content and commerce

If you think mobile content and commerce are just buzzwords at the moment, or concepts you should look at for the future, think again….

10 tips to ensure your smartphone is smart about protecting your data

Who’d have thought 10 years ago, sitting behind that clunky desktop PC behemoth, that just one decade down the line we’d be carrying computers…

More of the same: Apple, Samsung still winning in shrinking mobile market

Yawn. If you were expecting a massive change in the mobile device landscape over the last quarter, sorry. Apple and Samsung are still on…

Nokia’s new mapping service is HERE and set to hit iOS and Android

Maps are important, just ask Apple. There is superior mapping software though, and it belongs to Nokia. Nokia’s new mapping product HERE is not yet…

Free voice calls over Wi Fi comes to BBM in beta

While RIM is focusing on the BlackBerry 10 OS launch, a new feature for BBM users is also ready to roll. Free voice calls…

MEF launches Africa office to showcase mobile innovation

MEF, a global community for mobile content and commerce, has launched a dedicated African office to help promote mobile growth and showcase innovation on…

Africa to spend $18.5bn on mobile data by 2016

Mobile data is about to explode on the African continent. In fact, it could represent as much as US$18.5-billion in revenue across the continent…

The trend continues: mobile money services keep growing in Africa

It’s been widely heralded as the medium for Africa: the mobile phone is giving people on the continent a means to do everything from…

Africa to have 1bn mobile subscribers by 2015

We all know that mobile in Africa is a big deal. It allowed countries to leapfrog some Western technologies and has fostered innovative products…

Motorola and Swarovski Bring Foldable Luxury to South Africa with the Brilliant Collection

Sanlam Fintech Expands Its AI Coach to Tackle South Africa’s Medical Access Gap

OPPO A6 Pro 5G launches in South Africa with bigger battery and tougher build

Innovate47 Launches Global Food & Agri Accelerator to Back Climate-Smart Startups

Simbi Wabote’s 10-Year Roadmap: How Nigeria Achieved 54% Local Content Growth

Records Tumble In Best Year Yet For South Africa’s Hedge Fund Industry

Acer Unleashes Beastly New Predator BiFrost and Nitro GPUs with AMD Radeon RX 9000 Series

Philips Evnia Drops Jaw-Dropping QD OLED Monitors: 240Hz, Ambiglow, and All the Good Stuff

Omoda C5 X review

TDK enhances IMUs for extreme temps

Data centres and defence are reviving diesel