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. “Is mobile money becoming a commonplace rather than a differentiator?,” Claire Penicaud, GSMA, Mar 21, 2013. {GSMA}
  2. “The Mobile Phone in Africa: Has It Become a Highway to the Information Society or Not?,” Elirea Bornman, Contemporary Educational Technology, 2012, 3(4), 278-292. {CED Tech}
  3. “Sub-Saharan Africa Mobile Observatory 2012,” Deloitte & GSMA, Nov 13, 2012. {GSMA}
  4. “An analysis of Mobile Technology in West Africa: The Case Of Nigeria, Ghana and Cote D’Ivoire,” TwinPine/iHub Research, October 2012. {iHub}
  5. “Bigger Cities, Smaller Screens: Urbanization, Mobile Phones, and Digital Media Trends in Africa,” Adam Clayton Powell III, CIMA/NED, Sept 18, 2012. {Center for International Media Assistance}
  6. “The future of education in Africa is mobile,” BBC Future, Aug 24, 2012. {BBC}
  7. “M-Commerce in Sub-Saharan Africa: An Ericsson Consumer Insight Summary Report, ConsumerLab, Ericsson, August 2012. {Ericsson}
  8. “Maximizing Mobile 2012,” World Bank & infoDev, 2012. {World Bank}
  9. “Mobile Money for Business Development in the East African Community,” UNCTAD, 2012. {UNCTAD}
  10. “How Kenya became a world leader for mobile money,” Wolfgang Fengler, World Bank Blogs, Jul 16, 2012. {blogs.worldbank.org}
  11. “Africa’s True Mobile Revolution Has Yet to Start,” Bright B. Simons, Harvard Business Review, Jul 4, 2012. {HBR Blogs}
  12. “The Invisible Bank: How Kenya Has Beaten the World in Mobile Money,” Ken Banks, National Geographic NewsWatch, Jul 4, 2012. {NatGeo}
  13. “Understanding Broadband Demand in Africa: Internet Going Mobile,” Alison Gillwald, Research ICT Africa, May 2012. {RIA}
  14. “Shaping The Future – Realising the potential of informal learning through mobile,” GSMA, May 2012. {GSMA}
  15. “Potential of Learning with Mobiles in Africa,” John Traxler, May 2012. {WISE-Qatar}
  16. “Mobile Africa Report 2012,” MobileMonday, April 2012. {MobileMonday}
  17. “19 recommendations for spectrum management for mobile broadband revolution: GSMA,” Telecom Lead, May 16, 2012. {Telecom Lead}
  18. “Mobile phones are getting smarter in rural Africa,” Africa Renewal, April 2012, page 29. {UN}
  19. “Disruptive Innovation in the African Tech Context,” Will Mutua, Afrinnovator, Mar 30, 2012. {Afrinnovator}
  20. “Live Blog: Mobile Web East Africa 2012,” Mark Kaigwa, Afrinnovator, Feb 22, 2012. {Afrinnovator}
  21. “Kenya’s Startup Boom,” David Talbot, Technology Review, March/April 2012. {Technology Review}
  22. “The mobile application developer community,” Jon Hoehler, ITWeb, Jan 30, 2012. {ITWeb}
  23. “Insights into Mobile Telecoms in Africa,” Jon Hoehler & Andrew McHenry, Jan 23, 2012. {SlideShare: jonhoehler}
  24. “Afrique: la course à la 3G est lancée,” Agence Ecofin, Jan 6, 2012. {Ecofin}
  25. “Selecting Mobile ICT Devices for Agriculture Services and Applications in sub-Saharan Africa,” USAID, December 2011. {communities.usaidallnet.gov}
  26. “Africa: The road to m-government,” James Middleton, Telecoms.com, Nov 21, 2011. {Telecoms.com}
  27. “Driving Economic and Social Development through Mobile Services,” African Mobile Observatory, 2011. {GSM World}
  28. “African Apps in a Global Marketplace,” Andrew Mugoya, 2011. {Afriapps}
  29. “Mobile Learning Handbook,” ADL, 2011. {ADL}
  30. “Texting, Tweeting, Mobile Internet: New Platforms for Democratic Debate in Africa,” Tom Serrazin, fesmedia Africa & Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, 2011. {fesmedia}
  31. “Insights into the Mobile Internet in Africa,” Jon Hoehler, Jul 2011. {SlideShare: jonhoehler}
  32. “mobileYouth South Africa Whitepaper,” mobileYouth, Jun 2011. {SlideShare: mobileyouth}
  33. “The mobile world: 10 surprising facts about Nokia in Africa,” Nokia Nseries Blog, Jun 22, 2011. {conversations.nokia.com}
  34. “Making broadband accessible to all,” Vodafone, The Policy Paper Series – Number 12 – May 2011. {Vodafone}
  35. “M-PESA and Mobile Money in Kenya,” Josh Weinstein, Develop Economies, May 31, 2011. {Develop Economies}
  36. “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}
  37. “Mobile Trends 2020 Africa,” Erik Hersman, Ken Banks, Rude De Waele, April 2011. {SlideShare: rudydw}
  38. “Mobile Africa Report 2011: Regional Hubs of Excellence and Innovation,” Dr. Madanmohan Rao/MobileMonday, March 2011. {Mobile Monday}
  39. “ICTs in rural development,” Samantha Fleming, 2011. {afrosocialmedia} Written for the annual South African publication on developments in the corporate social investment arena.
  40. “Are mobile phone penetration rates in Sub-Saharan Africa really as low as they seem?” Balancing Act, Jan 28, 2011. {Balancing Act}
  41. “A social media boom begins in Africa, Africa Renewal Magazine, December 2010. {UN}
  42. “Why Have Mobile Phones Succeeded Where Other Technologies Have Not?” Jenny Aker, Global Development: Views from the Center, Nov 3, 2010. {blogs.cgdev.org}
  43. “Mobile Technologies for Social Transformation,” Peter Holt, Nimbus Consulting Ltd., September 2010. {Nimbus}
  44. “The Future of Mobile in Africa,” Rudy De Waele, September 2010. {SlideShare: rudydw}
  45. Donovan, K., & Donner, J. (2010). A note on the availability (and importance) of pre-paid mobile data in Africa. In J. Svensson & G. Wicander (Eds.), 2nd International Conference on Mobile Communication Technology for Development (M4D2010) (pp. 263-267). Karlstad, Sweden: Karlstad University. {Blurring Borders}
  46. “Connecting Africa,” Forbes, Jul 29, 2010. {Forbes}
  47. “Mobile Phones and Economic Development in Africa,” Jenny C. Aker and Isaac M. Mbiti, Center for Global Development, June 2010. {CGDev}
  48. “Cell vs. Internet: The Impact on Democratization in Africa,” Patience Akpan-Obong, Nicholas O. Alozie, William Foster. 2010. {fosterandbrahm.com}
  49. “Using mobile for rural literacy and market information in Niger,” MobileActive, Dec 2, 2009. {MobileActive}
  50. “Fascinating trends of mobile web and implications for web 2.0 for development,” Web2forDev, Nov 10, 2009. {web2fordev.net}
  51. “M-Commerce and its impact on Africa,” Africa Business Source, Oct 24, 2009. {Africa Business Source}
  52. “ICT4D: When mobile phones link with computers,” Global Voices Online, Oct 20, 2009. {GlobalVoices}
  53. “Africa surviving on mobile high-speed internet connections,” BroadbandBlogged.co.uk, Oct, 2009. {BroadbandBlogged.co.uk}
  54. “Beyond Voice, The Economist, Sept 24, 2009. {The Economist}
  55. “The Fuss About Cellphones”, Sept 23, 2009. {http://blogs.uct.ac.za/blog/laura-cet/2009/09/28/the-fuss-about-cell-phones}
  56. “Mobile Broadband Internet in Africa”, Aug 7,2009. {White African}
  57. “Why cellphone internet is bad for Africa”, AJ Venter, Aug 3, 2009. {silentcoder.co.za}
  58. “Africa: Mobile Internet Taking Off”, AfricaFocus Bulletin, May 5, 2009. {AfricaFocus}
  59. “New paths: exploring mobile-centric internet use in South Africa,” J Donner, S Gitau, May 2009. {citeseerx.ist.psu.edu}
  60. “The Mobile Broadband Opportunity in Emerging Markets,” Booz & Co., 2007. {Booz & Company}
  61. “3G Wireless Technology Challenges,” William Hearmon, Chairman African 3G Forum, Jan 9, 2007. {4G Africa Forum}
  62. “CDMA2000 for Developing Markets,” CDMA Development Group, Jan 2007. {4G Africa Forum}
  63. “African Cellular Systems Overview,” Last updated May 2006. {Cellular.co.za}
  64. “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}
  65. “Does mobile technology hold the key to widening access to ICTs in Africa?, Cellular.co.za, 2000. {Cellular.co.za}