By Bradley Shaw, Managing Editor, Africa Telecoms Sub-Saharan Africa is one of the fastest-growing regions globally for mobile penetration, usage and revenues. While the world has been rocked by economic crises, the region’s mobile ecosystem has seen continued subscription growth and now accounts for over 454m connections, according to Wireless…
Africa Telecoms chats with Lars Linden, Head of sub-Saharan Africa, Ericsson Globally, the telecoms industry has been facing rough trading conditions, but Africa seems to be growing from strength to strength. Is there a specific reason for this? Communication is a universal need. This, alongside evolving user demands and rapid…
1. What do you think 2013 has in store for the telecoms industry in Africa? MVDB – Data demand will continue to grow exponentially, driven by the widespread introduction of 3G mobile networks and the early buildout of LTE. Smartphones will increasingly become the preferred access device of choice for…
BIG BAD MOBILE INTEL The big daddy of the computing revolution, Intel, is focusing all its considerable resources on Africa. Intel is currently the global leader in computer processors that power the vast majority of servers, desktops and laptops across the globe and their innovative and cost-effective products have enabled…
by Arthur Goldstuck Few events generate more noise than the launch of a groundbreaking new gadget. In that sense, the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), held in Las Vegas at the beginning of every year, was unexpectedly quiet for many this January. Jaded hacks, hungry bloggers and knee-jerk tweeters alike bemoaned…
Big sky country Building the cloud – African style Say the words ‘cloud computing’ to anyone in the African technology landscape and, almost immediately, their thoughts go to big data centres filled with hosted instances of Microsoft Exchange, Office and SharePoint. But, argues Madoda Khuzwayo, CEO of MynextMail® and a…
by Lesley Stones Could 2012 see the world start to recover from the dire economic and political turmoil of the past few years? Maybe. Africa Telecoms reckons these 10 companies are going to fly anyway. An interesting trait most of them share is that they ‘get’ Africa and understand its…
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