The battle for your kitchen is hotting up. CES was packed with smart speakers – without doubt the tech industry's most dynamic sector. Here's a round-up of the big new launches...
Tim GreenJanuary 12, 2017
There’s huge potential in Africa’s mobile-first music scene. But you need strong local knowledge to unlock it. So says Antos Stella, managing director of Content Connect Africa. In this exclusive interview for MEF Minute, she explains why she is so excited about the market… In the ‘mature markets’ of Europe…
Tim GreenJanuary 4, 2017
What did you do in 2016? if you took an Uber, talked to Alexa, chatted to a bot and caught them all, then you are fully in line with Tim Green's choice of top 16 stories for 2016... 2016 was the year mobile exploded. Literally, in the case of the…
Tim GreenDecember 28, 2016
Chat bots, selfie-pay, Chinese expansion, loads of M&A and a few high profile failures. 2016 was a big year for the mobile payments space. Here, MEF looks back at the top 20 stories of the last 12 months – starting with 20 to 11... Mobile payment is normal now –…
Tim GreenDecember 22, 2016
Adding a mobile messaging function to enterprise systems is a must for businesseses. Mike Willock, VP for EMEA Sales, SAP Mobile Services recently spoke to MEF's Tim Green about the benefits of adding messaging to enterprise communications for MEF's Future of Messaging Guide which can be downloaded here for free...…
Tim GreenDecember 21, 2016
Despite recent scare stories, SMS pass codes remain the safest form of two-factor authentication. Rob Malcolm, VP of marketing and online sales at CLX recently spoke to MEF's Tim Green about the issues and benefits of two-factor authentication for its Future of Messaging Guide which can be downloaded here for…
Tim GreenDecember 20, 2016
What are the fundamental issues facing the world's mobile operators? In the first of an exclusive new video series supported by Mahindra Comviva, MEF talked to Bruno Mettling, CEO of Orange Middle East & Africa, about digital transformation... Are mobile operators the new ‘over the top’ players? It’s an interesting…
Tim GreenDecember 15, 2016
Gemalto's Sherry Zameer has an intriguing idea: what if enterprises paid for A2P messages based on the value they deliver, rather than merely the volume of texts? But what has this to do with mobile messaging? Well, Zameer believes it’s inevitable that this instinct for commerce will go digital –…
Tim GreenDecember 8, 2016
Email, voice, fax, postcards. Mobile messaging has battered them all. Now, it's even teaching Tim Green Spanish. To mark the publication of MEF's Future of Messaging Guide, he celebrates the world's favourite medium... Buenos dias lectores. Como estan? Yes, I am learning Spanish. And I am getting lots of help…
Tim GreenDecember 2, 2016
Africa has a Nile, but can it also have an Amazon? Tim Green – just back from AfricaCom – looks into the issues facing e-commerce hopefuls like Jumia and Konga... Last week at AfricaCom someone was explaining to me how much Nigerians love to shop. He told me that when…
Tim GreenNovember 24, 2016
