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The AppsAfrica Awards 2017 Finalists – Part 2

In the second part of our overview of the finalists, we take a look at three more categories: the Enterprise Solution Award, News and Entertainment Award and the Educational Award. Check out part 1 for details of the other categories’ finalists. MEF is proud to be a supporting partner of…
Sam Hill
November 1, 2017
Regulation

General Data Protection Regulation – rather an evolution than revolution

Tim Maiorino, Counsel of Osborne Clarke shed further light on how businesses can best prepare for the impending GDPR legislation, and offers some practical steps that should be undertaken to facilitate compliance. The newest EU legislation on data protection is the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) which will be enforceable…
Sam Hill
October 31, 2017
MEF Member News round-up

MEF Member news October 30

Get the latest announcements from MEF Members across the mobile ecosystem globally in this weekly review of member news… Turkcell has announced the launch of its new search engine called “Yaani.” Turkcell CEO Kaan Terzioğlu said at the Oct. 25 launch that Yaani marked an important step for the country.…
Sam Hill
October 30, 2017
News Roundup

Global mobile news round-up 27th October

This weeks mobile news round-up.. WhatsApp and Facebook to face EU data taskforce, Target Adds AR Tech To Mobile Shopping, CEO of ARM says Cybersecurity is a mess and much more… WhatsApp and Facebook will be scrutinised by a data protection taskforce, after they were accused of “non-compliance” with EU…
Sam Hill
October 27, 2017
Africa

The AppsAfrica Awards 2017 Finalists – Part 1

MEF is proud to be a supporting partner of the annual AppsAfrica.com Innovation Awards 2017, celebrating the best in mobile and tech from across Africa. Now in their third year, the awards supported by Boomplay Music, Basebone, BBM, Content Connect Africa and Mobile Monday South Africa (MOMO) attracted over 300…
Sam Hill
October 25, 2017
Guest blog

SMS is a powerful channel for call centers

Charlotte Newby, Head of Corporate Communications, at MEF Member DIMOCO shares how SMS can be used by large and small businesses to improve customer interactions, and how call centers can take advantage of the many benefits A2P SMS can offer, using them to reduce costs and help to win over…
Sam Hill
October 24, 2017
MEF Member News round-up

MEF Member news October 23

Get the latest announcements from MEF Members across the mobile ecosystem globally in this weekly review of member news… Hiya, the fast-growth startup which makes mobile phone calls more contextual for millions of users, today announced that it has raised $18M in Series A funding to expand globally. The round…
Sam Hill
October 23, 2017
News Roundup

Global mobile news round up 20th October

Find out the week’s top mobile stories from around the world. This week.. the ‘First 5G mobile net connection’ has been claimed by Qualcomm, 5G is set to give a boost to European mobile business, are telcos providing your number, wearables add security to voice activated devices and much more……
Sam Hill
October 20, 2017
Guest blogPrivacy

Cool, Creepy or Dangerous? 5 Key Lessons from the IAPP ANZ Summit

Senior Customer Success Manager Linden Dawson shares her takeaways from the International Association of Privacy Professionals ANZ Summit in Sydney, and how marketers can stay on the right side of the “creepy line” when personalising advertising. Privacy and the “creepy line” were hot topics of discussion last week at the…
Sam Hill
October 19, 2017
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