Mobile

Mobile devices are quickly becoming the main tool for Internet access in Africa. Below are a variety of articles focusing on how mobile Internet and mobile broadband are contributing to the development of societies all over the continent:

  1. “19 recommendations for spectrum management for mobile broadband revolution: GSMA,” Telecom Lead, May 16, 2012. {Telecom Lead}
  2. “Mobile phones are getting smarter in rural Africa,” Africa Renewal, April 2012, page 29. {UN}
  3. “Disruptive Innovation in the African Tech Context,” Will Mutua, Afrinnovator, Mar 30, 2012. {Afrinnovator}
  4. “Live Blog: Mobile Web East Africa 2012,” Mark Kaigwa, Afrinnovator, Feb 22, 2012. {Afrinnovator}
  5. “Kenya’s Startup Boom,” David Talbot, Technology Review, March/April 2012. {Technology Review}
  6. “The mobile application developer community,” Jon Hoehler, ITWeb, Jan 30, 2012. {ITWeb}
  7. “Insights into Mobile Telecoms in Africa,” Jon Hoehler & Andrew McHenry, Jan 23, 2012. {SlideShare: jonhoehler}
  8. “Selecting Mobile ICT Devices for Agriculture Services and Applications in sub-Saharan Africa,” USAID, December 2011. {communities.usaidallnet.gov}
  9. “Africa: The road to m-government,” James Middleton, Telecoms.com, Nov 21, 2011. {Telecoms.com}
  10. “Driving Economic and Social Development through Mobile Services,” African Mobile Observatory, 2011. {GSM World}
  11. “African Apps in a Global Marketplace,” Andrew Mugoya, 2011. {Afriapps}
  12. “Mobile Learning Handbook,” ADL, 2011. {ADL}
  13. “Texting, Tweeting, Mobile Internet: New Platforms for Democratic Debate in Africa,” Tom Serrazin, fesmedia Africa & Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, 2011. {fesmedia}
  14. “Insights into the Mobile Internet in Africa,” Jon Hoehler, Jul 2011. {SlideShare: jonhoehler}
  15. “mobileYouth South Africa Whitepaper,” mobileYouth, Jun 2011. {SlideShare: mobileyouth}
  16. “The mobile world: 10 surprising facts about Nokia in Africa,” Nokia Nseries Blog, Jun 22, 2011. {blogs.nokia.com}
  17. “Making broadband accessible to all,” Vodafone, The Policy Paper Series – Number 12 – May 2011. {Vodafone}
  18. “Exploring Mobile-only Internet Use: Results of a Training Study in Urban South Africa,” Jonathan Donner, Shikou Gitau, Gary Marsden, International Journal of Communication 5 (2011), 574–597. {pubs.cs.uct.ac.za}
  19. “Mobile Trends 2020 Africa,” Erik Hersman, Ken Banks, Rude De Waele, April 2011. {SlideShare: rudydw}
  20. “Mobile Africa Report 2011: Regional Hubs of Excellence and Innovation,” Dr. Madanmohan Rao/MobileMonday, March 2011. {Mobile Monday}
  21. “ICTs in rural development,” Samantha Fleming, 2011. {trialogue.co.za} Written for the annual South African publication on developments in the corporate social investment arena.
  22. “Are mobile phone penetration rates in Sub-Saharan Africa really as low as they seem?” Balancing Act, Jan 28, 2011. {Balancing Act}
  23. “A social media boom begins in Africa, Africa Renewal Magazine, December 2010. {UN}
  24. “Why Have Mobile Phones Succeeded Where Other Technologies Have Not?” Jenny Aker, Global Development: Views from the Center, Nov 3, 2010. {blogs.cgdev.org}
  25. “Mobile Technologies for Social Transformation,” Peter Holt, Nimbus Consulting Ltd., September 2010. {Nimbus}
  26. “The Future of Mobile in Africa,” Rudy De Waele, September 2010. {SlideShare: rudydw}
  27. “Connecting Africa,” Forbes, Jul 29, 2010. {Forbes}
  28. “Mobile Phones and Economic Development in Africa,” Jenny C. Aker and Isaac M. Mbiti, Center for Global Development, June 2010. {CGDev}
  29. “Cell vs. Internet: The Impact on Democratization in Africa,” Patience Akpan-Obong, Nicholas O. Alozie, William Foster. 2010. {fosterandbrahm.com}
  30. “Using mobile for rural literacy and market information in Niger,” MobileActive, Dec 2, 2009. {MobileActive}
  31. “Fascinating trends of mobile web and implications for web 2.0 for development,” Web2forDev, Nov 10, 2009. {web2fordev.net}
  32. “M-Commerce and its impact on Africa,” Africa Business Source, Oct 24, 2009. {Africa Business Source}
  33. “ICT4D: When mobile phones link with computers,” Global Voices Online, Oct 20, 2009. {GlobalVoices}
  34. “Africa surviving on mobile high-speed internet connections,” BroadbandBlogged.co.uk, Oct, 2009. {BroadbandBlogged.co.uk}
  35. “Beyond Voice, The Economist, Sept 24, 2009. {The Economist}
  36. “The Fuss About Cellphones”, Sept 23, 2009. {http://blogs.uct.ac.za/blog/laura-cet/2009/09/28/the-fuss-about-cell-phones}
  37. “Mobile Broadband Internet in Africa”, Aug 7,2009. {White African}
  38. “Why cellphone internet is bad for Africa”, AJ Venter, Aug 3, 2009. {silentcoder.co.za}
  39. “Africa: Mobile Internet Taking Off”, AfricaFocus Bulletin, May 5, 2009. {AfricaFocus}
  40. “New paths: exploring mobile-centric internet use in South Africa,” J Donner, S Gitau, May 2009. {citeseerx.ist.psu.edu}
  41. “African Cellular Systems Overview,” Last updated May 2006. {Cellular.co.za}
  42. “Can the ubiquitous power of mobile phones be used to improve health outcomes in developing countries?”, Warren A. Kaplan, Globalization and Health 2006, 2:9 {Globalization and Health}
  43. “Does mobile technology hold the key to widening access to ICTs in Africa?, Cellular.co.za, 2000. {Cellular.co.za}