Here is a round up of the African Mobile News.
Nigeria’s Huge Growth Prospect
Phone makers relish N938.3bn prospect as handset market booms. Nigeria is the foremost market in Africa for mobile technologies, adding that the demand is not even near being met.
http://businessdayonline.com/2014/10/phone-makers-relish-n938-3bn-prosp…
Mobile phone records could help the fight against Ebola, study finds
The Guardian http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/oct/29/mobile-phone-records-…
Mobile phone records could provide more accurate and up-to-date ... inform authorities tracking and preparing for the spread of ebola in West Africa.
Another Mobile Phone Brand, Wiko, Launched in Nigeria
THISDAY Live http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/another-mobile-phone-brand-wiko-lau…
Following the establishment of a strong market position in Europe in just three years, Wiko brand of mobile phones has been extended to West Africa, ...
Capital FM Kenya
Kenyan startup partners with IBM, Airtel to fight Ebola in West Africa ... a Kenyan startup that specializes in leveraging basic data from mobile phones.
Capital FM Kenya http://www.capitalfm.co.ke/business/2014/10/kenyan-startup-partners-wit…
Cell Phone Data Tracking Rules Hinders Ebola Tracking in West Africa
Roll Call (blog)
However, real-time access to cell phone data is restricted by government privacy rules and paperwork – plus likely beleaguered West African ...
How cellphones can predict where Ebola strikes next
First Coast News
USA TODAY
Mobile phone calls, airline bookings, tweets, field reports, government ... agencies in West Africa respond more quickly and effectively to the crisis.
Can privacy be applied when using mobile phones for Ebola contact tracing?
Network World http://www.networkworld.com/article/2836304/microsoft-subnet/can-privac…
Contact tracing has been called (pdf) the way to “stop Ebola in its tracks.” But in West Africa were the virus is raging, there are “critical gaps” in contact ...
How an intelligent text message service aims to tackle Ebola in West Africa
Celebrating Progress Africa http://www.cp-africa.com/2014/10/21/intelligent-text-message-service-ai…
While relatively few people have smartphones in this part of Africa, over 70 percent of people in Guinea have access to an ordinary mobile phone.
BBC Is Using WhatsApp To Combat Ebola In West Africa
International Business Times AU
International Business Times AU http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/570001/20141020/ebola-virus-death-health…
According to the World Health Organization the Ebola outbreak has taken almost 4,500 lives in West Africa. The worst affected countries are Liberia, ...
Nigeria Uses Android App With Facebook to Beat Ebola
Businessweek
The latest Ebola outbreak in West Africa has infected 7,491 people and ... The app and most of the phones were provided by eHealth & Information ...
Nigeria uses app to battle Ebola virus - Moneyweb.co.za
The phone app helped reduce reporting times that would normally take 12 hours by half initially, then 75 percent, before becoming almost real time. Information previously written on forms by hand before being sent to databases could be updated immediately, he said.
Mobile phone collection facility in Ivory Coast
500 million mobile devices on the continent as well as millions of discarded handsets which are often simply thrown away or burned due to the lack of recycling facilities in the majority of African countries
http://www.edie.net/news/5/Orange-opens-mobile-phone-collection-facilit…
Orange opens its fifth mobile collection facility in Africa to promote recycling. Orange said: "Mobile use is growing fast in Africa making it a major environmental issue.
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