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The Grid, a South African mobile social network, goes global!

Clement Nyirenda — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:08:30 +0000

The Grid, Vodacom’s mobile social network, was originally launched in South Africa in 2008. In 2009, The Grid launched into both Tanzania and Nigeria – both developing African countries with high volumes of mobile web traffic. With effect from today, people from all over the world can sign up and join the social network.(...)
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Afridocsearch:Verifying and Rating Africa Healthcare Providers

Clement Nyirenda — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 05:30:30 +0000

Afridocsearch is yet another interesting directory for Africa. The founder, David Amakobe, is based in the US, but he grew up in Africa. Afridocsearch provides a voice for clients of healthcare providers. They verify, list and rate the services rendered by these providers.
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International Airtime Transfer to African countries

Clement Nyirenda — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 06:29:32 +0000

The international remittance market is currently estimated at more than US$320 billion. It is expected to reach US$700 billion by 2012. On the other hand, the rapid growth of the mobile phone industry in low income countries has opened up yet another avenue, the international airtime transfer (IAT), through which folks in diaspora help to improve the quality of life in their home countries.(...)
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InfoAfricaNow, a business directory for Africa

Clement Nyirenda — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 13:26:09 +0000

Two young Kenyan ladies, Akinyi Adongo and Zahra Haji, have developed InfoAfricaNow, a business directory for Africa. They started working on it after realizing that information on Africa was little and scattered all over the internet.

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Ukash, the ideal online payment medium for Africa

Clement Nyirenda — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 13:44:20 +0000

A lot has been said about why Paypal, the biggest online payment system in the world, continues to limit its features in Africa. Some have even suggested that Africans should create their own e-payment service, tailored for the business environment in Africa. As some African geeks are trying to come up with their own solutions, it is interesting to see the emergence of the Ukash service, currently the world’s fastest growing prepaid-cash issuing network.(...)
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The 2010 Africa Awards for Entrepreneurships

Clement Nyirenda — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 14:00:21 +0000

The 2010 Legatum Africa Awards for Entrepreneurship is receiving applications from small and medium-sized businesses in 15 countries in sub-Saharan Africa. The Grand Prize is US$100,000 with a further five runners-up winning prizes of US$50,000 each.

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Phone interconnection problems in Malawi?

Clement Nyirenda — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 05:06:26 +0000

Yesterday, Chimwemwe Msuku, one of the most active Malawian Twitter users, tweeted about telephone interconnection problems in Malawi and urged the authorities to sort out these problems as soon as possible, before someone takes them to court.(...)
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Mobile operators in Malawi now charging in Kwacha

Clement Nyirenda — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 07:56:37 +0000

With effect from 1st August 2010, Telecom Networks Malawi (TNM) and Zain (Malawi) are both charging for their services in Malawi Kwacha. This comes after consumer rights bodies criticized the mobile operators for discreetly pegging their rates to the United States dollar.

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