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The Availability of Prepaid Mobile Data Plans in All 53 African Countries

Published on: Jul 02 2010 by Wayan Vota - 1 Comment

Kevin Donovan and Jonathan Donner believe that prepaid ICT access models are more appropriate for poorer consumers and the availability of prepaid mobile data will...

Win Government Contracts with Solar Power Computing

Published on: Jun 28 2010 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off

Electrical power is an issue across Africa – or more accurately, the lack of reliable, affordable electricity is one of the greatest barriers to the adoption...

Is Your Mobile Phone Innovation Worth $1 Million USD?

Published on: Jun 25 2010 by Wayan Vota - 1 Comment

Do you have an idea on how to change lives with mobile phones? Is it also a good business opportunity? And can it work with Nokia phones? Then submit it to Nokia’s...

Safaricom’s M-Pesa to Transfer 20% of Kenya’s GDP in 2010

Published on: Jun 23 2010 by Wayan Vota - 3 Comments

This is the bombshell that Erik Hersman tweeted about Safaricom’s mPayment system, M-Pesa. Read it and then stop to think a minute about what that means for...

VC4Africa.com

Published on: Jun 19 2010 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off

Context VC4Africa.com believes that entrepreneurship should be the main driver in Africa’s economic growth, in particular the small and medium sized enterprises...