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Africa Trends Roundup: Internet-Anywhere, Smart cities, & Jobs creation
Getting insights from the noisy coverage of Africa can be very hard. We’ve sifted through all the news and views and identified these recent stories which more accurately indicate what Africa’s...
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Facebook has 100 million monthly active users in Africa. 80% use mobile
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Africa is 2nd largest mobile phone market in world
Africa is now the fastest growing and second largest mobile phone market in the world. More than 8 in 10 Africans have a mobile phone. Average penetration rate has also risen from 37% in 2010 to 80%...
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Nigeria, Egypt top list for intenet penetration in Africa
Click image for larger view Top 10 African countries with highest intenet penetration (2012) Nigeria Egypt South Africa Morocco Kenya Sudan Tanzania Algeria Uganda Tunisia Source: African Development...
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Nigerian internet usage skyrockets. Government begins smart cities initiative
Ventures Africa reports Nigeria’s Ministry of Communications Technology has initiated a Smart States initiative aimed at reducing Right of Way (RoW) fees and standardizing state levies and taxes on...
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Connecting Africa through satellite technology
IDG Connect reports: These companies seem to be walking away from the traditional provision of information, where a live internet connection is needed. This is an area that Facebook’s Internet.org and...
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Nigeria & Kenya consumers fueling African music sector
Billboard magazine writes: PricewaterhouseCoopers has forecast consumer spending on recorded music revenues to hit $43 million and $19 million for Nigeria and Kenya respectively this year. Both markets...
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3 ways tech can help the UN achieve the Sustainable Development Goals
Virtual reality Storytelling at the UN’s 2015 NGO Conference Travel in New York City is a mess this week. At least for regular folks anyway. But it’s for a good reason. The United Nations head of...
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Is Africa “impoverished” or “rising”? The competing media perspectives
Journalism Professor Suzanne Franks writes: In more recent years it looks as if the single story has shifted gear. Instead of the relentless negative image of suffering and impoverished victims there...
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Chinese megacity, PRD, already has a population bigger than Canada,...
#Business Insider writes: China’s Pearl River Delta is swallowing up nearby cities. As the largest urban area in the world, the region features a population of roughly 42 million housed inside a...
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