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New commitments by operators to reduce the mobile gender gap in Africa
Tuesday 20 September, 2016 | News
The recent Mobile 360 – Africa started with exciting news from the Connected Women team, as we announced that nine further operators have signed up to the GSMA’s Connected Women Commitment Initiative. Our Director General, Mats Granryd, announced that Orange ...
Mobile contribution to Africa’s GDP
Tuesday 20 September, 2016 | News
The use of mobile technologies and services across Africa generated $153 billion in economic value last year, equivalent to 6.7 per cent of the region’s GDP. This contribution is expected to increase to $214 billion by 2020 (7.6 per cent of expected GDP) as countries ...
Development Workshop Angola: Missed Calls for Monitoring Community Water Services
Thursday 23 June, 2016 | Events
Development Workshop Angola and their technology partner SeeSaw received a Seed grant from the M4D Utilities Innovation Fund in January 2014 to test two mobile tools to drive maintenance and accountability for improved water services in Huambo, Angola. Water point caretakers ...
The Mondato Summit Africa 2016 – Building upon Mobile Money
Thursday 12 May, 2016 | News
This summit, held on 12-13 April in Johannesburg, focused on overcoming the limitations of current mobile money services through collaboration and innovation. The GSMA’s Gerald Rasugu presented on Scaling Mobile Money: An Ecosystem Approach, highlighting the 2015 State of ...
Network sharing in Mozambique
Thursday 12 May, 2016 | News
The GSMA Connected Society programme expresses support for a new bill designed to amend telecoms legislation in Mozambique to oblige operators to share their infrastructure. The proposed bill is looking to enhance competition, through unified licensing, to promote ...
GSM-enabled sensors for monitoring hand pumps to improve water services in Rwanda
Thursday 12 May, 2016 | News
Portland State University (PSU) received a grant from the M4D Utilities Innovation Fund in December 2013 to trial Sweet Sense Inc. GSM-enabled sensors for monitoring hand pump functionality in Rwanda. This case study highlights the successes and challenges during the pilot ...
GSMA mAgri hosts field focus session in Nairobi
Thursday 12 May, 2016 | News
The GSMA mAgri team held a field focus session in Nairobi on 19-22 April. This biannual knowledge sharing event gathered over 60 programme grantees, partners and mAgri practitioners from across the globe to illustrate industry best practices, discuss common challenges and ...
New study: ‘Mandatory SIM registration of prepaid SIM cards’
Thursday 12 May, 2016 | News
A number of countries have mandated the registration of prepaid SIM cards – a policy that requires Mobile Operators to check and record their customers’ identity documents before selling/activating their prepaid SIM cards. The GSMA has released a new study; highlighting the ...
Africa Telecommunications Union Conference 25-28 April, Benin
Thursday 12 May, 2016 | News
This conference focused on implementation of the outcomes of the World Radiocommunication Conference 2015 (WRC-15) as well as Capacity Building on development of national broadband plans. Organised by the African Telecommunications Union in collaboration with ARCEP Benin, ...
Taxation and SIM registration in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Thursday 12 May, 2016 | News
The GSMA travelled to Kinshasa on 11-15 April, to meet with Government stakeholders to discuss SIM registration and taxation related matters. The team presented the key findings of the recent GSMA/Deloitte report and discussed future actions to ensure mobile growth in the ...
Assessing the opportunity for mobile-enabled solutions to improve water service delivery in Nigeria
Thursday 17 March, 2016 | News
This study is the second of a series of four reports and focuses on the potential for mobile-enabled water management solutions to improve utilities water services for piped connections in Nigeria’s urban areas. Read more
Spectrum coverage in IT News Africa: Nigeria: 2.6 GHz spectrum to pave the way for faster networks
Thursday 10 March, 2016 | News
The GSMA Director for Africa, Mortimer Hope’s op-ed on the forthcoming 2.6 GHz auction in Nigeria ran in IT News Africa. Nigeria: 2.6 GHz spectrum to pave the way for faster networks
Etisalat picks up multiple awards during Mobile World Congress
Thursday 25 February, 2016 | News
This year’s Mobile World Congress saw Etisalat pick up 2 Glomo Awards: “Best Mobile Innovation for Health” and “Connected Life Champion”. The Etisalat Virtual Mall was showcased as a part of the Digital Commerce stand in GSMA Innovation City and ...
Realizing the potential of mobile in Nigeria
Thursday 11 February, 2016 | News
In February 2016, the GSMA traveled to Abuja to meet with the Hon. Minister of Communications, Barr. Adebayo Shittu and the EVC/CEO of the Nigerian Communication Commission, Prof. Umar Danbatta. They presented key findings of the GSMA/Deloitte report and discussed future ...
Engaging with the Alliance for Financial Inclusion (AFI), February 2016, Dakar
Thursday 4 February, 2016 | News
The GSMA Mobile Money programme attended the African Mobile Phone Financial Services Policy Initiative (AMPI) meetings. Emphasis was placed on the importance of public-private dialogue for the development of the mobile money ecosystem, working with regulators to encourage ...
Now launched: 2015 State of the Industry report on Mobile Money
Monday 1 February, 2016 | News
This cornerstone annual report continues to share the latest insights from the Mobile Money programme and delivers the key numbers to help you understand the impact and reach of mobile money. Download report
Overcome economic and financial issues to connect the unconnected in a digital converged world in Africa
Monday 18 January, 2016 | News
In January the GSMA attended the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Regional Economic and Financial Forum of Telecommunications/ICTs for Africa. During the Forum, the GSMA delivered two presentations on Spectrum Award Best Practice and on Impacts of regulation on ...
Bearing Point’s MFS report
Monday 11 January, 2016 | News
The GSMA’s Claire Scharwatt has been profiled in an interview on mobile money in MENA in Bearing Point’s MFS report. Read more
Ericsson’s Change Makers Forum
Sunday 10 January, 2016 | News
The GSMA attended Ericsson’s Change Makers Forum on 10 January 2016 in Dubai whose speakers and delegates encompassed an array of industry leaders across the region. http://www.ericsson.com/ae/thecompany/events/change-makers-forum-2016
Sub-Saharan Africa: The world’s fastest-growing mobile region
Tuesday 5 January, 2016 | News
The number of unique mobile subscribers in Sub-Saharan Africa is forecast to surpass half a billion by 2020, representing 49 per cent of the region’s population by this point. http://gsmamobileeconomy.com/ssafrica/