Posts Tagged ‘africa’

Nokia N900 + Maemo 5 = computer-grade performance in a mobile …

Symbian has (generally) been regarded as a leader in the mobile operating systems market for years, although that theory was quickly rendered obsolete by.

Hundreds Of ISPs Refuse To Go Along With Big Brother Spy System

A group of over 300 internet service providers and telecommunications firms is fighting back against the British government’s plans to monitor all emails, phone calls and internet activity nationwide. The London Internet Exchange (LINX) …

RGE – Grassroots Strategy for Mobile Phone Based Payments, Sighted …

Many people have been talking about the potential of mobile phones to revolutionise payments and ultimately consumer finance. Chapter 3, `Broadening access to finance’, of Raghuram Rajan’s report puts a considerable emphasis on the role …

More ill UPDF soldiers flown from Somalia | Bartamaha.com …

Kulayigye told Sunday Monitor on phone on Friday. He said the soldiers were evacuated to Kenya on Friday morning, after developing symptoms similar to those presented by 17 other soldiers who were admitted in critical condition. …

Ajay Shah's blog: Grassroots strategy for mobile phone based …

Many people have been talking about the potential of mobile phones to revolutionise payments and ultimately consumer finance. Chapter 3, `Broadening access to finance’, of Raghuram Rajan’s report puts a considerable emphasis on the role …

Getting to grips with top payroll challenges

providers need to monitor changes in legislation on all levels continuously to ensure adjustments are made as and when required. Payroll systems should assist with compliance to an industry’s unique requirements – from generating employment equity reports to industrial council reports at the touch of a button. Having as many functions as possible automated on your payroll system reduces time spent creating reports, prevents errors … MTN launches Mobile Money in Ghana. …

Zimbabwe: Minister accused of mobile phone theft sued for US$19 …

A self styled war veteran Joseph Chinotimba who accuses deputy Minister of Youth, Thamsanqa Mahlangu for stealing his mobile phone has filed a land mark lawsuit of US$19.5 million.

TIGO Bolivia Enhances VoIP with Acme Packet – VoIP Monitor

In 2005, the company launched TIGO Bolivia to deliver mobile services to domestic and international subscribers. Acme Packet’s Net-Net SBCs are deployed in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, for VoIP interconnects to other service providers for …

Zim's Teleone crippled by vandalism

July 28, 2009 in Mobile and Telecoms. Harare (IT News Africa) —Zimbabwe’s TelOne, has been hit by a wave of cable thefts that has crippled its operations. A spokesperson of the company said it was impacting badly on measures to resuscitate the country’s sole fixed … Supplied by UK based 3D Laser Mapping, the system includes a long range laser scanning unit, integrated digital camera and sophisticated operating software, which is being used to continuously monitor an [. …

A.Thompson Monitor: The New Radical Humanitarian Interventionists

Mo Ibrahim—the Sudanese founder of Celtel, the mobile phone service provider that has swept Africa—gives an annual prize to democratically elected African heads of state who step down (such as Mozambique’s Joaquim Chissano) when their …