http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-communications EssentialAfrica Drum Communications en 60 http://memeburn.com/2012/05/8-facts-about-mobile-life-in-sub-saharan-africa/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+memeburncom+%28memeburn%29 Mobile phone penetration continues to grow at a phenomenal rate and that growth means new users, new experiences, new uses and a new world of opportunity. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-communications#10392 Wed, 23 May 2012 16:54:24 +0200 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-18163200 writer Sola Odunfa considers the difficulty of making a phone call in Nigeria. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-communications#10385 Wed, 23 May 2012 16:44:51 +0200 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-17901645 For internet entrepreneur Njeri Rionge, Africa represents the next economic frontier. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-communications#10383 Wed, 23 May 2012 16:42:44 +0200 http://www.egyptindependent.com/news/mobile-operators-gear-election Egypt’s three mobile phone operators announced the adoption of technical precautions they would take Wednesday to handle an expected increase in network activity during presidential voting. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-communications#10363 Tue, 22 May 2012 17:26:00 +0200 http://thenextweb.com/africa/2012/05/21/namibia-becomes-africas-second-country-to-launch-a-4g-lte-data-service/?awesm=tnw.to_1EUj9&utm_campaign=social%20media&utm_medium=Spreadus&utm_source=Twitter&ut Namibia becomes Africa’s second country to launch a 4G LTE data service http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-communications#10353 Mon, 21 May 2012 15:22:08 +0200 http://www.telecompaper.com/news/madagascar-revokes-madamobils-operating-licence Madagascar's telecom regulator, Omert, has decided to revoke the operating licence of CDMA2000 operator Madamobil, http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-communications#10276 Tue, 15 May 2012 13:12:13 +0200 http://allafrica.com/stories/201204110052.html Vodacom Tanzania customers can expect huge roaming savings when travelling to nine African countries, including Rwanda, where Vodacom and its partners operate. The service was launched yesterday. The countries include South Africa (Vodacom), Mozambique (Vodacom), Lesotho (Vodacom), DRC Congo (Vodacom), Ghana (Vodafone), Kenya (Safaricom), Rwanda (MTN), Uganda (MTN), and (UTL), ... http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-communications#9839 Wed, 11 Apr 2012 11:21:46 +0200 http://somalilandpress.com/somtel-unveils-3g-network-in-sanag-and-sool-regions-26957 SOMTEL has for the first time launched 3G network services in Erigavo and Las-Anod this week, the company which provides telephone services, internet and mobile in all six regions of the country. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-communications#9628 Tue, 27 Mar 2012 11:23:53 +0200 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-15659983 Africa is the fastest-growing mobile market in the world, and is the biggest after Asia, an association of worldwide mobile phone operators has said. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-communications#7538 Thu, 10 Nov 2011 07:33:32 +0100 http://thecitizen.co.tz/news/4-national-news/16200-airtel-tanzania-compensates-blackberry.html Airtel Tanzania announced yesterday that it would offer its BlackBerry customers a service waiver following a global outage attributed to service provider Research in Motion (RIM). http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-communications#6991 Mon, 17 Oct 2011 14:21:35 +0200 http://thenextweb.com/google/2011/10/10/watch-the-video-taken-when-dalai-lama-archbishop-desmond-tutu-hung-out-on-google/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheNextWeb+%28The+N The role technology played bringing these two hugely influential world figures is quite amazing, and the duo – and other watchers – are initially quite astonished that the link up worked as well as it did. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-communications#6802 Tue, 11 Oct 2011 08:49:36 +0200 http://allafrica.com/stories/201110070086.html The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) is proud to announce that the world's newest country, South Sudan, has joined ITU to become the Union's 193rd Member State, effective from 3 October 2011. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-communications#6750 Fri, 7 Oct 2011 13:51:52 +0200 http://memeburn.com/2011/09/the-landscape-of-the-kenyan-mobile-scene-infographic/ The research team at the iHub put together some stats on mobile numbers in Kenya. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-communications#6591 Fri, 30 Sep 2011 10:26:03 +0200 http://bikyamasr.com/43257/ericsson-named-as-djibouti%E2%80%99s-3g-provider/ Djibouti Telecom has announced that it will partner with Ericsson to develop and introduce the country’s first 3G network. The new agreement will enable the company to push forward on plans to boost 2G networks in the country along with the new 3G capabilities. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-communications#6451 Sat, 24 Sep 2011 10:51:03 +0200 http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/MTN-staff-held-for-R200m-fraud-20110922 Ten MTN staff members were arrested in Fairland, north-western Johannesburg, on Thursday morning for fraud involving an amount of R200m, metro police said. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-communications#6424 Thu, 22 Sep 2011 21:56:18 +0200 http://www.itnewsafrica.com/2011/09/djibouti-introduces-first-3g-network/ Djibouti Telecom has announced that it will partner with Ericsson to develop and introduce the country’s first 3G network. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-communications#6408 Thu, 22 Sep 2011 13:44:01 +0200 http://www.uneca.org/ What new indicators should be gathered in efforts to defind key measuring tools for the information society? How should data collection be used to feed ICT indicators? http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-communications#5618 Sat, 20 Aug 2011 16:53:29 +0200 http://af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFJOE77C05P20110813 Niger's government has launched a telephone hotline through which citizens can call to report the corrupt practices which have undermined the economy of one of the world's poorest nations, officials said on Saturday. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-communications#5432 Sat, 13 Aug 2011 22:58:31 +0200 http://somalilandpress.com/somaliland-telecommunication-companies-agree-on-interconnection-22988 Today at a historic signing Somaliland’s telecommunication companies signed an agreement to allow interconnection for their consumers. The agreement will allow consumers to call out of network coverage without having to change SIM card or phone number. In the past each Somaliland’s telecommunication operators offered services to their own customers ... http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-communications#4841 Thu, 21 Jul 2011 12:58:54 +0200 http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/South-Sudan-gets-211-dialling-code-20110713 South Sudan has acquired its own telephone dialing code, the telecommunications minister said on Wednesday, after proclaiming formal independence from the north on Saturday http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-communications#4575 Wed, 13 Jul 2011 23:11:27 +0200 http://www.itnewsafrica.com/2011/07/warid-and-air-uganda-offer-free-flights/ Warid, a mobile telecommunications operator and Air Uganda, Uganda national airline carrier, are tackling the mobile price war affecting the country’s telecoms sector by planning to fly about 800 Ugandans to a destination of their choice within East Africa. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-communications#4514 Tue, 12 Jul 2011 08:54:11 +0200 http://www.itnewsafrica.com/2011/07/egypt%E2%80%99s-internet-subscribers-increases/ Egypt’s Internet sector has grown with some 170 000 new subscribers recorded for March 2011. As a result, Egypt now has just over 24 million users, a growth of 0.7% from the previous month and 38.5% from the same period in 2010. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-communications#4412 Fri, 8 Jul 2011 11:35:00 +0200 http://www.theafricareport.com/rankings/this-month.html Mobile use in Africa is booming as prices just keep coming down. The number of mobile subscribers in Africa passed the half-billion mark in late 2010. For mobile operators, the challenge is to find the most cost-effective way to offer mobile broadband services while expanding networks into rural areas. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-communications#4369 Wed, 6 Jul 2011 23:45:39 +0200 http://www.thedailynewsegypt.com/banking-a-finance/transfers-ready-but-full-fledged-mobile-banking-to-take-longer-in-egypt.html Minister of Communications and Information Technology Magued Osman said last month that the Central Bank of Egypt has finally approved money transfers — the first step towards mobile banking — allowing users across Egypt to transfer or deposit a maximum of LE 3,000 by mobile phone. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-communications#4137 Thu, 30 Jun 2011 14:14:51 +0200 http://technolog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/06/27/6956759-anonymous-seizes-tunisian-government-site "We will not stop until internet censorship is a word in the history books," Anonymous said Monday on the seized site, which was inaccessible for much of the day. Anonymous said on the site it wants those in Tunisia to continue "fighting for the truth ... We believe freedom of ... http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-communications#4073 Tue, 28 Jun 2011 10:45:27 +0200 http://allafrica.com/stories/201106260006.html Right at the bottom of the pyramid are phone users who can't afford the minimum cost for a SIM to share in someone else's phone. Movirtu has produced a cloud-based, login account which will enable anyone who has access to a GSM phone to share it but still retain their ... http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-communications#4007 Sun, 26 Jun 2011 23:14:41 +0200 http://www.itnewsafrica.com/2011/06/mozambique-to-get-slice-of-seacom-cable/ SEACOM, the giant underwater broadband cable, has signed a Master Services Agreement with Telecomunicacoes de Mocambique (TDM), the leading telecommunications service provider in Mozambique. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-communications#3984 Sat, 25 Jun 2011 10:16:35 +0200 http://www.itnewsafrica.com/2011/06/spice-mobile-enters-nigerian-market/ Spice Mobile, an Indian phone manufacturer has opened a new telecom business in Nigeria. This is part of the company’s efforts to expand their business in Africa and to develop the continent’s Information and communications Technology (ICT) industry. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-communications#3979 Sat, 25 Jun 2011 09:07:00 +0200 http://www.newsfromafrica.org/newsfromafrica/articles/art_12691.html The projects’ development objectives are to contribute to increasing the geographical reach of broadband networks and to reducing the costs of communications services in each of the territories of The Gambia, Guinea and Burkina Faso. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-communications#3978 Sat, 25 Jun 2011 09:03:52 +0200 http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/-/688334/1181154/-/c0c5xnz/-/index.html The Uganda Communications Commission has withdrawn a declaration it made last week in respect of new rates it ordered for voice telephony services in Uganda. The move raises questions about the quality of decisions taken at the regulatory body for communications industry. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-communications#3680 Wed, 15 Jun 2011 14:51:33 +0200 http://africa.alltopstartups.com/2011/06/08/mobile-technologies-that-are-changing-lives-in-africa/ In Africa, the mobile technology culture there has followed a different path and approach that are changing lives and contributing to the education of a lot of people. Because computers are so expensive, affordable mobile phones have become the ubiquitous form of communication. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-communications#3608 Mon, 13 Jun 2011 22:41:17 +0200 http://www.news24.com/SciTech/News/Mobile-to-surge-in-Africa-report-20110613 Mobile subscribers in Nigeria, Cameroon and the Ivory Coast are expected to grow to 172.4 million in 2015, from about 92.6 million in 2009, according to new data from partnership company Frost & Sullivan out on Monday. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-communications#3601 Mon, 13 Jun 2011 18:31:54 +0200 http://www.thedailymaverick.co.za/article/2011-06-10-analysis-the-vanishing-art-of-sa-government-communications Chief of government communications Jimmy Manyi’s new “centralisation” policy is ill-conceived in every respect – from the professional incompetence of staff through lack of essential understanding of what communication is all about right down to the very raison d'être of its conception. By CHRIS VICK. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-communications#3528 Fri, 10 Jun 2011 11:09:12 +0200 http://allafrica.com/stories/201105130001.html — Much needs to be done to secure human rights in Africa, but "the tide is turning" and mobile phones and FM radio have arguably done more than most other conventional methods to pursue this objective, reports Amnesty International in its annual report. "In many countries in Africa," says Amnesty, ... http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-communications#2824 Sat, 14 May 2011 11:10:59 +0200 http://af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFJOE7440FR20110505 Guinea's government has seized assets belonging to South African mobile operator MTN and is taking over the running of the company in a row over payment of a 15 million euro fee. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-communications#2494 Thu, 5 May 2011 17:42:34 +0200 http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-05-05/malawi-s-celcom-awarded-country-s-fourth-mobile-phone-operating-license.html Celcom, a telecommunication company based in the southern African nation, must provide fixed-line and mobile services by October 2012, the Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority said in a statement published in the Blantyre-based Daily News newspaper today. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-communications#2484 Thu, 5 May 2011 14:57:15 +0200 http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/15/science/15language.html A researcher analyzing the sounds in languages spoken around the world has detected an ancient signal that points to southern Africa as the place where modern human language originated. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-communications#2012 Fri, 15 Apr 2011 09:58:13 +0200 http://afrographique.tumblr.com/post/4313195009/infographic-depicting-the-top-10-mobile See interesting data visualizations on African data. Afrographique is Ivan Colic’s small contribution to assist the changing perception of Africa and it’s people - hopefully you will be able to learn something as well. This blog aims to collect as much data as possible with the aim of presenting the ... http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-communications#1709 Tue, 5 Apr 2011 15:31:38 +0200 http://www.afrik-news.com/article19156.html An article on how important the information and communications technology (ICT) sector has become in Africa. It is not only a major industry in its own right, but also a backbone for many others. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-communications#1424 Wed, 23 Mar 2011 16:06:31 +0100 http://www.cjr.org/reports/hiding_the_real_africa.php?page=all And now for some good news out of Africa. Poverty rates throughout the continent have been falling steadily and much faster than previously thought, according to the National Bureau of Economic Research. The death rate of children under five years of age is dropping, with “clear evidence of accelerating rates ... http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-communications#1388 Tue, 22 Mar 2011 14:23:29 +0100 http://www.economist.com/node/18386151 Savvy techies are finding ways to circumvent politically motivated shutdowns of the internet. With a tin can, some copper wire and a few dollars’ worth of nuts, bolts and other hardware, a do-it-yourselfer can build a makeshift directional antenna. A mobile phone, souped-up with such an antenna, can talk to ... http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-communications#1324 Sun, 20 Mar 2011 11:08:13 +0100 http://www.freeafricanmedia.com/opinionista/2011-03-17-museveni-a-ruler-with-a-stronger-juju In Ethiopia President Meles Zenawi rules with an iron fist and a stranglehold on the media. Uganda, by contrast, boasts a relatively free environment. Why then is the media not asking deeper questions about President Yoweri Museveni's continued grasp on power? http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-communications#1290 Fri, 18 Mar 2011 09:45:35 +0100 http://moreintelligentlife.com/content/ideas/jm-ledgard/digital-africa?page=full In a continent with few computers and little electricity, a smartphone is not just a phone—it’s a potential revolution. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-communications#1233 Wed, 16 Mar 2011 12:14:09 +0100 http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/interactive/2011/feb/11/guardian-twitter-arab-protests-interactive?CMP=twt_gu Follow the latest tweets on protests around the Arab world and the Middle East from the Guardian's network of journalists, bloggers and experts http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-communications#876 Sun, 27 Feb 2011 23:30:01 +0100 http://af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFJOE68J0EZ20100920?pageNumber=1&virtualBrandChannel=0 Fascinating piece on the promotion of Pidgin English in Nigeria http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-communications#597 Tue, 21 Sep 2010 09:02:38 +0200 http://www.guardian.co.uk/katine/katine-chronicles-blog/2010/jan/14/mobile-phones-africa Mobile phones are transforming Africa. But could this new technology end up bypassing the poorest? http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-communications#110 Mon, 5 Jul 2010 06:54:22 +0200 http://www.ictworks.org/news/2009/08/02/facebook-driving-ict-adoption-africa Facebook has over 300,000 users in Kenya, is the most popular site in South Africa, and is growing by 20,000 new users per month in Nigeria and Ghana - 3x the US growth rate. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-communications#61 Wed, 30 Jun 2010 08:52:53 +0200