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Smart feature phones with “light” operating systems are the future of Africa’s mobile growth
Africa’s young and fast-expanding markets are increasingly seen by the telecoms industry as the future of growth. Various African governments, operators, and entrepreneurs have announced or launched plans to develop their own home-grown phones.
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- Technology, Telecommunications
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Women own half the 1.3 million MSMEs in Kenya
According to the Kenya Bureau of Statistics, Kenya’s women contribute to 46.5 per cent of the labour force in a country where the poverty rate is at 34.8 per cent.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Ethiopia’s reforms spark ray of hope for struggling businesses doing good
“The challenges in Ethiopia are big, but the opportunities are also big. Ethiopia is the second largest population in Africa ... and now it’s slowly opening up,” Davis told delegates at the Sankalp Africa Forum, an event in Nairobi bringing together investors, social businesses and policymakers.
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Rwanda Is Set To Open Africa’s First Smartphone Factory In April 2019
Paula Ingabire, Rwanda’s minister for information and communications technology (ICT) and innovation, announced that a smartphone manufacturing plant will be opened in Rwanda by Mara Corporation.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- manufacturing
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Survey: Kenya ranks highly in bridging mobile ownership gap
Overally, GSMA 2019 mobile gender gap report indicates that 80 per cent of women in low and middle-income countries are now mobile owners.
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- Finance
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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A stumbling block to growth trips up companies trying to do good
When established social enterprises do secure funding to support their growth it is not necessarily the end to their woes.
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Telecom companies in Uganda face legal battle on unclaimed Mobile Money balances
Gideon Tugume, the Executive Director of Human Rights Defenders – Uganda dragged the telecoms to court demanding that they submit all unclaimed Mobile Money and Airtime balances to the state. He says the money should be sent to the consolidated fund instead of reverting to the service provider.
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Ethiopia’s plan to privatize and split up its mobile phone monopoly won’t be as easy as it looks
With over 100 million people, Ethiopia has had one of the world’s fastest-growing economies for years now. Yet the landlocked nation has remained poor, with a per capita income below $800, according to the World Bank. Its journey to become a lower-middle-income nation by 2025 has also been hampered, and currently ranks 167 out of 190 in the ease of doing business.
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- Technology, Telecommunications
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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