Lots of news on Ebola, phones and smart phones from Amazon. Financial services, such as Safaricom's Mpesa are money transfer services based on the continent. (M for mobile, pesa is Swahili for money)
Unsold Fire phones and Ebola in Africa
Bank on poor women and phones to drive growth in Africa, experts say
Reuters UK
A woman repairs phones in front of a building during the Osun State governorship election at Ifofin village, Ilesa, southwest Nigeria August 9, 2014. Mobile phone technology can help to bring financial services to the 80 percent of African women who do not have a bank account and bolster the growth of the world's poorest continent. Diamond Bank to develop a pilot savings account, called Beta (pidgin English for 'good') to reach this vast, untapped market.
Okonjo-Iweala: Bank on poor women and phones to drive growth in Africa - BusinessDay
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2014/11/24/uk-africa-women-finance-idUKKC…
GoMetro ready for inclusion on Firefox OS phones
ITWeb Africa
South Africa's Metrorail mobile application GoMetro will be ready for ... available on Firefox OS ready for when the phones come to SA," he tweeted. Firefox OS has gained support from three partners on the continent namely Airtel, MTN South Africa and Tigo, operated by Millicom.
See more at: http://www.itwebafrica.com/mobile/320-south-africa/233820-gometro-ready…
Andrew Fenwick: Social media – opportunity or threat for SA business?
BizNews
This would obviously be seen to be an opportunity, particularly when one hears about how many smart phones are now in circulation in South Africa ...
Just as Africa may leapfrog other more developed countries, with mobile phone and green energy and other technologies, we could also do so in entrepreneurship and small businesses.
http://www.biznews.com/thought-leaders/2014/11/24/social-media-opportun…
40% fewer Galaxy S5s sold than Samsung expected
htxt.africa
It's a tough time for Samsung, on top of the fact that its Android rivals are producing much better phones than they were a couple of years ago, high ...
Ericsson Mobility Report: African mobile subscriptions reach 880 million
Bizcommunity.com
... in smartphone subscriptions is that "subscribers in Asia Pacific, the Middle East and Africa are exchanging their basic phones for smartphones.
rapid growth in smartphone subscriptions is that "subscribers in.. Africa are exchanging their basic phones for smartphones.. ..the increased availability of lower cost smartphones."
http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/410/78/121772.html
Ebola – why storytelling trumps smartphones in West Africa
http://www.biznews.com/health/2014/11/20/ebola-storytelling-trumps-smar…
BizNews
That's particularly the case in remote rural communities of West Africa ... infrastructures collapse, poor people have few phones, and messages from ...
Storytelling Trumps Smartphones in Ebola Crisis, Experts Say - Thomson Reuters Foundation
http://allafrica.com/stories/201411200582.html
More people have cell phones than access to toilets in 21st century
Catholic Online
http://www.catholic.org/news/green/story.php?id=57709
The issue is extremely relevant, with the recent outbreak of Ebola in West Africa. It's estimated that more people have cell phones than access to ...
Smart phone donation helps in fight against Ebola
Examiner.com
http://www.examiner.com/article/smart-phone-donation-helps-fight-agains…
The Allen Foundation website has provided a detailed list of specific resource commitments to fight Ebola in West Africa. The list has been ...
Can 1000 Smartphones Make A Difference In The Fight Against Ebola? Or Just Make Us Feel Better?
Co.Exist
Because it's running on a smartphone, aid workers can use it to take a picture of the patient and use the phone's location awareness capabilities to plot the exact place where the patient is located.
But other workers on the ground think the phones will do more damage ... phone can help health workers wind down West Africa's Ebola outbreak. he company may have lost a lot of money on its Fire phone, but I hope Amazon stockholders and employees are feeling a lot better about that loss, knowing those unsold phones will be used to help save lives.
http://www.montereyherald.com/general-news/20141117/magid-exclusive-how…
Is It Really a Good Idea for Jeff Bezos and Paul Allen to Fight Ebola with Free Smartphones?
TheStranger.com
... with the plan to fight Ebola's spread by using thousands of free smartphones donated to West African aid workers by Jeff Bezos and Paul Allen.
http://www.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2014/11/18/is-it-really-a-good…
I believe it might be better to dump the container of smartphones into the ocean..
Magid exclusive: How Amazon's unsold Fire phones will fight Ebola in West Africa
Breitbart News
Monterey County Herald
Brothers Malan and Philip Joubert dropped by and explained how their app, Ebola Care, can help health care workers in affected West African ...
http://www.montereyherald.com/general-news/20141117/magid-exclusive-how…
Paul G. Allen Commits to Enhancing Communication Capabilities in West Africa to Help Fight Ebola
PR Newswire (press release)
The phones were acquired through a combination of gifts from companies as well as purchases by the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation. The data will be used to help government and private aid organizations to more effectively assess the pressing on-the-ground needs and deploy the right resources to address them.
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/paul-g-allen-commits-to-enhanci…
Magid exclusive: How Amazon's unsold Fire phones will fight Ebola in West Africa
San Jose Mercury News
A few weeks ago, a friend asked if I would advise the founders of Journey, an app development platform company based in South Africa. My first ...
Magid exclusive: Fighting Ebola with Amazon Fire phones - San Jose Mercury News.
http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_26931356/magid-amazons-unsold-fi…
..there are still relatively few people with smartphones.
Simple Cellphones Seen as Key to Improving Ebola Education
Voice of America
West Africa's Ebola threat has been made worse by inept, ineffective and poorly targeted ... Three-quarters of Africans, however, use mobile phones.
http://www.voanews.com/content/cellphones-key-improving-ebola-education…
...encourage users of basic phones to send content back to Ebola Deeply, which then makes that information available to health care providers and nongovernmental organizations while also giving journalists information about the human face of Ebola..
Ericsson, Millicom partner on Tigo Cash for West Africa
Telecoms.com
Ericsson has announced its Wallet Platform has been deployed by Millicom-owned Tigo Senegal to offer financial services to customers across West ...
First launched in Kenya, m-pesa is currently also available in Tanzania and Mozambique. ...encourage employers to consider paying staff salaries via its mobile transaction platform m-pesa.
http://www.telecoms.com/303051/ericsson-millicom-partner-on-tigo-cash-f…
How Cell Phones Could Help Liberia Win the Fight Against Ebola
VICE News
According to the World Health Organization, at least 20 percent of infections across West Africa have occurred during the burial process, but Fabian ...
... There's also the question of who would fix the phones when they aren't working. Plus, he explained, it would take business from local shops that sell mobile phones...
https://news.vice.com/article/how-cell-phones-could-help-liberia-win-th…
Nigeria's Largest Markets
Ventures Africa
It was once a trade centre for the North West Africa region. ... village is the largest IT hub in West Africa, home to prominent dealers of mobile phones, .
Nicknamed the ‘China of Africa’, Ariaria Market – located in Aba, Abia State – is one of the largest in Eastern Nigeria.
http://www.ventures-africa.com/2014/11/nigerias-largest-markets/
Online retailers pushing for e-commerce growth in West Africa
PCWorld
As Internet usage surges, an increasing number of online retailers in West Africa are springing up, giving mobile phone users a variety of options to ...
Emerging markets like West Africa, where online shopping is still in its infancy, offer the highest growth potential for the e-commerce industry, according to Sumesh Rahavendra
http://www.pcworld.com/article/2842832/online-retailers-pushing-for-eco…
http://www.jumia.com.ng/about_us/
http://www.olx.com.ng/
http://www.konga.com/
http://www.goshopsl.com/
Critical Key to Stopping Ebola? Mobile Phones
Huffington Post
She said mobiles were essential at the outset of the Ebola crisis in Nigeria, the most populous country not only in West Africa, but on the whole ..
...central role mobile phones played in getting Nigeria 'Ebola-free'...The mobile phone is proving key to arresting the spread of Ebola and improving the identification and treatment of those stricken.
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