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In Ghana: “Let the Telco war begin”
The next few months could be very interesting for the sector and for consumers, especially as the resurgent Tigo is expected to release a game changer before Christmas and the other players seek to consolidate and increase their hold in the market.
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Making a smartphone for just $25
Here’s a market you’ll be likely to hear more of in tech: “The Next Billion.” It's shorthand for the next billion people that will become online consumers, and that makes them the target of tech giants like Google, Facebook and Samsung. The next billion live in emerging economies like China, India, Brazil and Africa. Jenna Burrell, a professor at UC Berkeley’sSchool of Information, has been studying one of these markets, namely Ghana, since the early 2000s. She says even back then, it was clear that people who wanted to get online weren’t going to use desktops.
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IBM Teams on First Watson Application in Africa
IBM and Metropolitan Health of South Africa have teamed to create a new health care customer service service based on Big Blue's Watson cognitive computing system.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Digital doctors: China sees tech cure for healthcare woes
There's been a rise recently in digital healthcare, or eHealth, to bridge the chasm between China's developed health services in large cities and its grassroots rural care.
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- Asia Pacific
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Africa: 10 Reasons Why Mobile Rocks in Africa
Mobile use in Africa is expected to increase 20-fold in the next five years.
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French bank, Twitter team up for money transfers via tweets
One of France's largest banks is teaming up with social network Twitter Inc. (TWTR.N) this week to allow its customers to transfer money via tweets.
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Weekly Roundup – 10/11/14: The Battle of Kenya
Has the battle for Kenya’s mobile money market officially begun? For months we’ve been following the growing tension between Equity Bank and Safaricom, as everyone from regulators to politicians took sides. But this week the war may have begun in earnest - though both parties continue to downplay the rivalry. We discuss the implications in this Roundup.
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Ebola outbreak: Where are the mHealth apps?
The Ebola outbreak in West Africa and now the U.S. is surely among the most high-profile incidents wherein mobile health technologies could have proven their mettle.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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