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Global Intelligence for the Digital Transition
Global Intelligence for the Digital Transition
The mobile phone has become the primary way that Africans communicate, and it is rapidly becoming a way that they also receive information. The key challenge for news organisations will be how they serve these new mobile audiences and earn…
//October 15 / 2012 //read moreAfrica is set to become the world’s second largest mobile market by the end of this year. Audiences and advertisers are rapidly moving to mobile, with many African mobile owners only accessing the web via their phones. News organisations…
//July 26 / 2012 //read moreProject ideas from news through social networks, to citizen journalism, to helping news outlets create more revenue has come in through the over 200 applications to the African News Innovation Challenge. We look at five of the innovative…
//July 9 / 2012 //read moreIt’s not news that mobile use has grown dramatically in Africa, but a new report by consultancy TNS looks at how sub-Saharan Africans use their mobile phones. It’s more about work than play. The report warns of using mobile business models…
//June 19 / 2012 //read moreMobile communications are one of the most exciting areas of development in Africa, and we look at predictions from more than 30 of the continent’s entrepreneurs of what the mobile revolution will bring by 2020.
//June 6 / 2012 //read moreIf you’re in Africa and you have an innovative idea that you think could revolutionise journalism, a new US$1 million fund has been launched that could help you bring your dream to reality – the African News Innovation Challenge.
//May 15 / 2012 //read more