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JUMIA: the Amazon for Africa

MEF CEO Dario Betti takes a look at African e-commerce market Jumia, billed as the Amazon of Africa, it is undergoing something of a re-imagining. Amazon, the world’s largest global online retailer, has not been able to enter developing markets: the challenges remain too great even for the dominant player.

Dario BettiFebruary 19, 2020

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Blockchain: Can Africa Successfully Leapfrog its Way into the Future?

Andrew Fassnidge, the founder of AppsAfrica and the upcoming Africa Tech Summit in Kigali, shares insights into the burgeoning blockchain scene in Africa, and discovers why the technology could be of huge benefit to the continent, and why educating governments and regulators will be key.

MEFJanuary 29, 2020

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AfricaCom: will 5G be the Black Panther for African Telecom?

Dario Betti reports from AfricaCom, the largest telecom event of the year with a focus on the African continent. At the conference, talk about the 5G revolution was omnipresent, but the real story was about the continent’s infrastructure (including 2G,3G and 4G) and sub-optimal availability of frequencies. While the quality…

Dario BettiNovember 27, 2019

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10 take-ways from MEF Connects Digital – what’s next for African digital content?

Africa stands on the brink of a digital content revolution. A vast mobile-first audience is ready to embrace affordable streaming services in huge quantities. Well, that’s the theory. It is feasible? Last week’s MEF Connects Digital webinar, supported by Content Connect Africa, convened five insiders to find out… There are…

MEFMarch 8, 2018

10 things Africa Mobile First Markets

13 essential stats that frame the mobile market in Sub-Saharan Africa

As a mobile first region, the growth in Africa is relentless. Landmarks like registering its billionth mobile subscriber have already been passed and the systematic upgrading of mobile networks to 3G and 4G LTE is enabling a flourishing mobile ecosystem that, coupled with the declining cost of smartphones is helping…

MEFJuly 5, 2017

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The African mobile ecosystem, handsets, apps and mobile payments

Smartphones are coming to the African continent and within a relatively short space of time will be the default way that consumers access a universe of digital services, yet with increased access there are more challenges for the mobile ecosystem. Here Judah J. Levine, CEO at mobile finance and commerce…

Tim BanksNovember 30, 2015

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Africa: how to address one billion mobile connections

Ahead of AfricaCom next week, CEO Rimma Perelmuter looks at the mobile opportunity in Africa. Supported by Basebone, Mahindra Comviva, Infobip and Mozilla, MEF’s fourth annual MEF Connects Africa on November 17th will bring together senior executives and MEF members from both African and global mobile businesses. The pan-African mobile…

Tim BanksNovember 11, 2015

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[Infographic] Mobile payments in China

With a population of nearly 1.4 bn, 45 per cent of which own a smartphone, China is the world's largest smartphone market: 30 per cent of the total global sales of smartphones in the second quarter of 2015 happened in China. Unsurprising then that mobile smartphone apps and services are in demand…

Tim BanksSeptember 29, 2015

10 things Guest blog Mobile First Markets Music

Six Essential Insights into the Indonesian App Market

Josh Fenn, Senior Marketing Manager at internet giant & MEF Member Baidu, shares his six tips for understanding the burgeoning mobile applications market in Indonesia, as well as a wealth of data from the MoboMarket Android App store, which boasts 4 million monthly active users in Indonesia. With a population…

MEFSeptember 9, 2015

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Helping Users Build a Locally Relevant Web

The lowering cost of smartphones and cheaper data plans is fuelling the growth of mobile first markets - where the mobile device is the primary and often the only way of getting online for massive consumer segments. One company at the forefront of this undertaking is the Mozilla Foundation. Here…

Sam HillAugust 25, 2015

JUMIA: the Amazon for Africa

Blockchain: Can Africa Successfully Leapfrog its Way into the Future?

AfricaCom: will 5G be the Black Panther for African Telecom?

10 take-ways from MEF Connects Digital – what’s next for African digital content?

13 essential stats that frame the mobile market in Sub-Saharan Africa

The African mobile ecosystem, handsets, apps and mobile payments

Africa: how to address one billion mobile connections

[Infographic] Mobile payments in China

Six Essential Insights into the Indonesian App Market

Helping Users Build a Locally Relevant Web

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