Africa is the world’s fastest growing mobile phone market and soon poised to have 735 million people using their phones for everything from transferring money to tracking animals for wildlife studies, an industry group said Wednesday. Mobile penetration in Africa is now second only to Asia, according to the report by the industry group GSMA,… Continue reading Africa Mobile Market Is Fastest Growing On Earth
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Mobile Phone Access Varies Widely in Sub-Saharan Africa; South Africa Leads
This is the first of two articles that examine access to information and communications technology in sub-Saharan Africa. WASHINGTON, D.C.– Fifty-seven percent of the adult population — or more than an estimated 151 million people — have mobile phones across the 17 countries Gallup surveyed in sub-Saharan Africa in 2010. The percentage of adults with… Continue reading Mobile Phone Access Varies Widely in Sub-Saharan Africa; South Africa Leads
Hazards of Cell Phone to Your Health
Since the 1980s when mobile phone otherwise known as cell phone, made an in-road into the market and became very popular in developed nations, its spread has been a blessing to all manners of people across gender, race and age. Even at the time, the number of cell phones in the world was a mere… Continue reading Hazards of Cell Phone to Your Health
Mobiles ‘May Cause Brain Cancer’, WHO
The World Health Organization’s cancer research agency says mobile phones are “possibly carcinogenic”.
Africa’s Big Social Media Explosion
In the mid-1990s, as the use of mobile phones spread in much of the developed world, few thought of Africa as a potential market. Now, with more than 400 million subscribers, its market is larger than North America’s and is growing faster than in any other region.
Unusual Place to Hunt For Treasure
Some 400 high-tech South African traffic lights are out of action after thieves in Johannesburg stole the mobile phone Sim cards they contain. The thieves ran up bills amounting to thousands of dollars by using the stolen cards to make calls. Johannesburg Road Agency (JRA) said it is investigating the possibility of an “inside job”… Continue reading Unusual Place to Hunt For Treasure