Banking Africa’s unbanked with mobile
Kathy Gibson at AfricaCom, Cape Town – Mobile money is a complex area, and players must engage the full eco-system of players in order to be successful. That’s the word from Wizzit’s Brian Richardson, who quips that “if mobile money was easy, everyone would be...Radio Dot extends connectivity
Kathy Gibson at AfricaCom, Cape Town – Ericsson is showcasing its new Radio Dot technology at AfricaCom this week, demonstrating a new way of extending the mobile network indoors. The device is a disk-shaped cellular radio that is small enough to fit into a...SA consumers ready for next-gen networks
Kathy Gibson at AfricaCom, Cape Town – South Africa is leading the region in terms of smartphone penetration, and a broader segment of the population is starting to access mobile data services. Shiletsi Makhofane, head of marketing and strategy at Ericsson South...HP LaserJet reaches 200m milestone
HP attained a major industry milestone yesterday when it shipped its 200-millionth HP LaserJet printer – an event made possible, it says, by nearly 30 years of continuous innovation in the printer category. “With the introduction of the first LaserJet in 1984, HP...Smartphones to outwit owners by 2017
Gartner predicts that by 2017 smartphones will be smarter than their owners – and will be predicting the consumer’s next move, forecasting their next purchase and interpreting their actions based on what it knows. This insight will be performed based on an...