IFA 2019 is wrapping up and we can now drool over all the announcements from one of the world’s biggest annual tech events. A few new phones were announced from some of the biggest companies like Samsung, Nokia and Motorola, and a returning foldable device that we first saw for a ...
Xiaomi the Chinese phone company has increased its smartphone portfolio in the Kenyan market with the launch of the Xiamo Redmi Note 2 which was launched in partnership with Telkom Kenya, the exclusive retailer of the Redmi Note category in Kenya. Targeted for the entry level smartphone the Redmi boasts ...
While smartphones help us stay in touch with colleagues, keep on top of our inbox, and complete urgent tasks on the move, they actually make us less productive when we are working at our desks, according to a new psychological experiment by the Universities of Würzburg and Nottingham Trent, commissioned ...
The Game of Phones Survey (you read Game of Thrones didn’t you?) created by the Technology, Media and Telecommunications (TMT) industry unit at Deloitte revealed that more than 33% of Africans glance at their phones every 5 minutes! More than 50% of smartphone users use their gadgets at work, while ...
Mr. Akash Kumar - Group Managing Director Mobile phone and electronics vendor Midcom Group will be investing 50 million dollars over the next 3 years in establishing 1,700 outlets across Africa, in a bid to become the largest mobile and electronics retailer in Africa by 2020 ...
China-based Oppo Electronics is set to invest US$13 million into Egypt's smartphone market, hire 1000 Egyptian employees and set up factories to increase its market share in the country according to media reports by Zawya.com The report says Oppo's executive director Sky Lee told Amwal Al Ghad in an interview ...
Smartphone shipments to the Middle East and Africa saw unprecedented year-on-year growth of 83% in 2014, according to - Q4 2014 Handsets Tracker released by International Data Corporation (IDC). purred by the increased availability of cheaper models and dual-SIM devices, the global advisory and consulting services firm announced that smartphones ...
In July, a new smartphone brand dubbed Innjo i1s launched in Nigeria with an exclsuive distribution deal with Jumia Nigeria. Innjoo mobile, a Chinese phone manufacturer based in United Arab Emirates seems to have fallen in love with Nigeria, with a mobile population of some 150 million people as it's ...
Last year, Safaricom reported that over 67% of phones it sold were smartphones and expected to see the number go up towards the end of the year. This new year, the firm's M-Shwari, a micro-credit service launched Safaricom launched in partnership with the Commercial Bank of Africa (CBA) in November ...
Google has rolled out translate app to be used on Android and iOS tht promises to transform mobile devices into more powerful translation tools. According to Barak Turovsky, Product Lead, Google Translate, the app already lets you use camera mode to snap a photo of text and get a translation ...
Huawei's has increased its revenue over its 4G global investments and increasing smartphones sales; seeing nearly 20 percent in 2014 to around $47 billion. Revenue at the Carrier Network business increased by 15 percent, led by a steady increase in 3G investment and the jump in 4G investments across ...
You've probably heard of MTN's Android-powered phones dubbed MTN Smart announced a few weeks ago. Today, the firm announced it had signed an exclusive deal to have Jumia sell them online in Nigeria. For starters, Africa Internet Holding which runs Jumia is 1/3 owned by MTN, so the exclusive is ...
Japan's NEC Corporation has abandoned its smartphone business to concentrate on wireless communications, terminals and human interfaces for the mobile phone handset business in order to strengthen its Social Solutions Business. The firms aid, "NEC's mobile phone handset shipments are following a downward trend and it is difficult to foresee ...
