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Interviews MEFTV Messaging Channels

MEFTV Interview: Say it now, Charles Cadbury

MEF Members - more interviews & panels MEFTV Spoke with panelists and experts at MADFest London 2019 to get their take on what mobile means for brands and advertisers in 2019, whether marketers are using mobile tech to its full potential, and what innovations it can bring to engaging customers.…

MEFJanuary 3, 2020

Interviews MEFTV Messaging Channels

MEFTV Interview: New Digital Age, Justin Pearse

MEFJanuary 1, 2020

Content & Advertising Payments & Commerce

Ethiopia: The new greenfield Opportunity for mobile

A new market is opening up in Africa: Ethiopia. In July 2019 the government announced the privatisation of 49% of Ethio Telecom, the monopolistic incumbent currently 100% owned by the state. A new regulatory agency has been created for the opening of the Ethiopian market, ECA. It will be ECA…

Dario BettiDecember 30, 2019

Content & Advertising Guest blog

Nokia Sticks to the ‘Plan’

Shiv Putcha, Principal Analyst at emerging tech specialists Mandala Insights, shares his insights from the recent Nokia event Global Analyst Forum 2019. Recently, I had the opportunity to visit Finland to spend three days with Nokia at their Global Analyst Forum. It was an eventful few days, full of detailed…

MEFDecember 26, 2019

ID & Data

Mobile-first Digital Identity Will Transform Transactions & Civic Records

In this guest post, Juniper Lead Analyst James Moar describes developments in the field of digital identity, and explores the challenges and opportunities in how we may interact with our digital environment in the near and distant future. In the digital world, the issue of ‘who you are’ is hugely…

MEFDecember 23, 2019

Payments & Commerce

The next stage of M-Pesa: Fuliza Micro-loans

The evolution of M-Pesa from simple payment tool to full fintech solution is still underway. Here, Dario Betti, CEO of MEF, reports on the results of the latest addition to Safaricom’s mobile money solution: micro-loans. M-Pesa is the long champion of mobile payments in Kenia and a number of African…

MEFDecember 20, 2019

News Roundup

Global News Roundup, December 20th

Find out the week’s top mobile stories from around the world. This week.. Facebook is building its own operating system, location tracking privacy exposé, Ofcom to ban selling ‘Locked’ phones and much more… Facebook doesn’t want its hardware like Oculus or its augmented reality glasses to be at the mercy…

MEFDecember 20, 2019

Messaging Channels

WhatsApp will sue businesses for abusing bulk messaging

This month saw a change to the terms of use for WhatsApp come into effect with a threat of legal action for those using the app for non-personal reasons. Reported by The Next Web, WhatsApp will stop users that intend to send ‘bulk messages’ for commercial use instead of personal…

Joanne LaceyDecember 19, 2019

Messaging Channels

Download: The Impact of Fraud on A2P SMS Monetisation

At Messaging & SMS World this year, Chief Industry Analyst Nick Lane previewed the findings of a study commissioned by MEF to look at the impact of fraud on A2P SMS. The report launches today. Download now and watch MEF members Itouch Messaging, Telenor, SMS Highway and WMC Global discuss…

MEFDecember 18, 2019

Messaging Channels

How do you tackle messaging fraud in South Africa? Together

Last month MEF held a workshop in Cape Town to discuss how to tackle consumer fraud in business messaging. An open invite from MEF members to the banks and mobile network operators in South Africa brought together 3 of the 4 networks, the banks, local associations WASPA and SABRIC to…

Joanne LaceyDecember 17, 2019

MEFTV Interview: Say it now, Charles Cadbury

MEFTV Interview: New Digital Age, Justin Pearse

Ethiopia: The new greenfield Opportunity for mobile

Nokia Sticks to the ‘Plan’

Mobile-first Digital Identity Will Transform Transactions & Civic Records

The next stage of M-Pesa: Fuliza Micro-loans

Global News Roundup, December 20th

WhatsApp will sue businesses for abusing bulk messaging

Download: The Impact of Fraud on A2P SMS Monetisation

How do you tackle messaging fraud in South Africa? Together

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