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NigeriaCom: Knowing what works as a Nigerian tech entrepreneur
By Olufemi Omotayo - Founder and Managing Editor, EntrepreNewsNigerian technology entrepreneurs can create and grow viable businesses if they have more access to and utilise local resources.The...
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Connection speeds still slow in Nigeria but the appetite for data is strong,...
By Isaiah Erhiawarien - Senior Correspondent, Infotech at the National MirrorThe growth in broadband penetration in the country has not been evidently clear in the speed of internet connection...
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On the cusp of a tech revolution: The Nigeria Com 2016 report
By Adam Thompson - Portfolio Manager, Africa, TMT, Knect365On the edge of something big – Nigeria is in the formative stages of a technology led revolution that will change the socio-economic picture...
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The continuing evolution of the vCPE
By Dr. Yuri Gittik - Head of Strategic Developments and Innovation, RADThe emerging virtual customer premises equipment (vCPE) approach for business customers enables some of the functionality...
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AHUB powered by Ericsson | AfricaCom News - Episode 2
Welcome to AfricaCom TV - the home of all things African tech and telco.This AHUB episode is dedicated to showcasing the start-ups who are actively shaping the African tech scene.The AHUB powered by...
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NigeriaCom: Deepening conversations in the ICT sector
By Chukwuemeka Fred Agbata Jnr - Co-Producer, Presenter and Columnist, The Punch and Tech TrendsThe 7th edition of the Nigeria Com ICT Leaders Forum has ended, and I am looking forward to attending...
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"Intra-regional business has been a success due to the One Area Network" -...
By Amy Turner - Com Series Staff Writer, KNect365Coming soon to the Com Series blog and YouTube channel...Here is a sneak preview of our interview with the Regional Government Relations Manager at Tigo...
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Pan-African collaboration and the One Area Network - Tigo's Pierre Kayitana...
By Amy Turner - KNect354 Staff Writer Here it is - the full interview with Tigo Rwanda's Pierre Kayitana.Pierre is the Head of Regulatory Affairs, Corporate Responsibility and Regional Government...
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Tech SMEs divide opinion at Nigeria Com
By Olufemi Omotayo - Founder and Managing Editor, EntrepreNewsWith recent events putting Nigeria on the world map for it's positive contribution to technological innovation, there's a widely held...
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The African digital entertainment explosion
By Com Series staff writer Valentine Gachambi, @First CommunicationsMirroring that of other regions in the world, there has been a digital entertainment explosion on the African continent. This has...
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The power of OSS/BSS integration
By Richard Pappalardo - VP Business Development, Enghouse NetworksThe rapid growth of today’s data-centric mobile market is driving forward-looking operators to improve the user experience of their...
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Infographic: The Digital Entertainment Explosion in Sub-Saharan Africa
Last week, we published an in-depth piece on the digital entertainment boom gaining momentum on the continent. Africa has over 300 million internet users and counting and with the decreasing price of...
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An AFEST shout-out from Freshlyground
By Amy Turner - KNect354 Staff Writer Freshlyground frontwoman Zolani Mahola has a message for all attendees of this year's AfricaCom and the AFEST.Brand new for 2016, the AFEST will be taking place at...
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"There's going to be a digital revolution in the coming years" - Nigel Bruin,...
By Amy Turner - KNect354 Staff Writer Coming soon to the Com Series blog and YouTube channel...Here is a sneak preview of our interview with Huawei's Principal Consultant, Nigel Bruin.We sat down with...
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Mission Afrique - SES Industry Days
Business leaders and professionals from all over Africa and the globe are headed to Cape Town for a week-long festival of tech and telco events, as part of this year's AfricaCom.World-leading satellite...
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"Smart cities in Africa are inevitable" - Full interview with Nigel Bruin,...
By Amy Turner - KNect354 Staff Writer Here it is, the full interview with Huawei's Principal Consultant, Nigel Bruin.We held an exclusive interview with Nigel following his Industry Keynote Address at...
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The AFEST | AfricaCom News - Episode 3
In this latest episode of AfricaCom TV, we take a look at the AfricaCom's newest feature - The AFEST.The AFEST is a night celebrating African tech and innovation, an unmissable live music event at one...
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Smarter mobile money through big data analytics
Approximately 2.5 quintillion bytes, or 2.3 trillion gigabytes, of data is generated every day around the world. The full potential of all this information is yet to be discovered with estimates that...
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Finance and commerce on the ‘Mobile Continent’
By Kamau MboteOver the past few years, mobile money in Africa has largely played the role usually filled by Western traditional banking institutions, with just 20% of the African population having...
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AfricaCom Speaker Spotlight - Uber's Timothy Willis
By Amy Turner, KNect354 staff WriterWith Uber racking up over 2 million trips on South African roads in the first six months of last year, in stark comparison to the 1 million trips taken throughout...
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African LTE adoption will quickly be followed by soaring IoT applications –...
By Inna Ott - Director of Marketing, PolystarAcross Africa, LTE subscriptions are surging ahead, bringing the benefits of mobile broadband access to millions of new customers each year. According to...
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Convenience 2.0 - The Platform for Life
By Mark Casey - Deloitte Global Media & Entertainment LeaderRecently, I’ve been thinking about the apps ecosystem—good, bad and ugly. For many countries with consistent access to internet...
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Data Centre Solutions for the Angolan IT and Telco Sectors - A Flexenclosure...
There is set to be a 10 fold increase in mobile data traffic and around 540 million smart phones on the African continent by 2020. The lowering cost of smartphone handsets, coupled with the rise in new...
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The Countdown to AfricaCom 2016
Register for a free AfricaCom visitors' passBy Amy Turner– Community Managing Editor, Connecting AfricaThere’s just one week to go until Africa’s largest technology and telecommunications event kicks...
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Connecting Africa is here
We've got some big news:We've just launched the first ever online community dedicated to tackling the immense scope of the African digital landscape. The community will provide in-depth coverage of all...
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