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15 stats that explore the growth of mobile in Sub-Saharan Africa

The boom in smartphone sales in Africa is slowing, despite the fact that overall mobile handset shipments were up slightly in Q2 2016, with shipments of basic feature phones rising 31.9 per cent year on year to total 29.8 million units. That's according to figures from IDC’s recently published Worldwide…

MEFDecember 6, 2016

MEF Member News round-up

Member news – December 5

What's happening among the MEF membership? Here's your weekly round up of all the latest announcements from MEF Members including product launches, partnerships, research insights and more… New research by the Kaspersky Security Network reveals alarming vulnerability inside the world’s 31m wi-fi hot spots. Kaspersky Lab has found that one…

MEFDecember 5, 2016

Content & Advertising Meffys

Meffys finalists 2016: Mobile Messaging

The Meffys final, supported by Mozilla & BiP, is upon us, kicking off from 5.30pm tomorrow! (tickets available here, probably sold out by now!) We are taking a brief look at the finalists in the nine different categories. The Mobile Messaging award, one of our new Global Initiative Categories, recognises…

MEFNovember 30, 2016

Content & Advertising

Will NFC have an impact in the African mobile payments space?

NFC technology already supports huge amounts of mobile payments around the world. Ovum forecasts that the number of consumers using it will hit 939 million by 2019 (in 2015 it was 11 million) and the value of transactions is expected to reach $115 billion, from $0.7 billion for the same…

MEFNovember 29, 2016

Meffys

Meffys finalists 2016: Innovation in Engagement

It’s finally here! As we head into MEF London Week, the Meffys final, supported by Mozilla & BiP, is fast approaching (December 1st, still time to get your tickets!) we are taking a look at the finalists in the nine different categories. The new Innovation in Engagement category focuses on…

MEFNovember 29, 2016

MEF Member News round-up

MEF member news – November 28

What's happening among the MEF membership? Here's your weekly round up of all the latest announcements from MEF Members including product launches, partnerships, research insights and more… Browser giant Firefox is targeting privacy-conscious iPhone users with Firefox Focus. It says the new browser is set by default to block many…

MEFNovember 28, 2016

News Roundup

Global mobile news round-up, 25th November

Find out the week’s top mobile stories from around the world. This week.. Trump threatens net neutrality, mobile ad targeting improves, Chinese smartphone vendors invest in India, the used smartphone market is booming, iPhone owners tend to be more superficial than Android owners and much more. President-elect Trump formally named…

MEFNovember 25, 2016

Interviews

Industry Views: lite apps in emerging markets

There is a growing trend for big mobile brands to develop lite versions of their apps to hook mobile users in emerging markets. Just last month Shazam and Facebook Messenger announced that they are going lite for example. The logic is straightforward. Unlike saturated established app economies, these markets are…

MEFNovember 23, 2016

MEF Data

Stat Attack: how Africans use the mobile web, data and apps

With AfricaCom still fresh in our minds, MEF Minute takes stroll through Opera's well-timed State Of The Mobile Web Africa report. Here are the key findings... After 20 years of astonishing growth, the mobile market has reached the top of the S curve. It’s far from settled - and it’s…

MEFNovember 22, 2016

MEF Member News round-up

MEF member news – November 21

What's happening among the MEF membership? Here's your weekly round up of all the latest announcements from MEF Members including product launches, partnerships, research insights and more… Customers of every operator in Japan can now pay for Spotify Premium subscriptions using their mobile number. Carrier billing specialist Boku has confirmed…

MEFNovember 21, 2016

15 stats that explore the growth of mobile in Sub-Saharan Africa

Member news – December 5

Meffys finalists 2016: Mobile Messaging

Will NFC have an impact in the African mobile payments space?

Meffys finalists 2016: Innovation in Engagement

MEF member news – November 28

Global mobile news round-up, 25th November

Industry Views: lite apps in emerging markets

Stat Attack: how Africans use the mobile web, data and apps

MEF member news – November 21

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