Africa Telecoms Magazine - December 2010
Mobile is Moving Africa Growth opportunity on the “plateau continent” These are exciting times for the mobile industry. Estimates at the time of this writing indicate that the industry is currently adding one billion mobile connections every 18 months worldwide, 40% of which are 3G; meaning that total connections are…
AUGMENTING OUR WORLD One gadget I really would love is a pair of specs that cunningly displays information about the person I’m looking at. So I can shake hands with enthusiasm while I’m reading a little note in the corner of my eye that says ‘Robert Ndlovu, works at IBM.…
Taking on the Big Guys A bold little idea and the dedication of some truly brilliant people has resulted in a combination hardware/software product that – in the hands of some entrepreneurs – could change the telecoms landscape across the continent. - Africa Telecoms takes a closer look at the…
Despite the past eighteen months’ economic downturn and the near stagnation of the information and communications technology industry as a result of that slowdown, 2010 was a good year if you’re into new technologies, the maturation of others and the invention of entirely new categories of product. Often it takes…
This issue of Africa Telecoms is focused on New Technologies. With your area of expertise being Mobile and Wireless, how would you describe the current condition on the Mobile and Wireless market when talking about Innovation? Innovation is still very rapid and operates at several levels: Device hardware is evolving…
The days of the great old school revolutionary, tearing through countries in the name of the glorious workers uprising, is well and truly over. There was a time, not thirty years ago, that the mere mention of Karl Marx, conjured up images of cold wars, iron curtains and quarrelling superpowers.…
