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Stats Roundup

Mobile market stats round-up: April 11

What's in store for global smartphone sales? How much are Kenyans spending via mobile money? Why don't Brit shoppers trust contactless? You’ll find the answers to these and many more mobile data related questions in this week’s MEF market stats round up…
Sam Hill
April 11, 2016
News Roundup

Global Mobile News Round-up: 8th April

Find out the week’s top mobile stories from around the world. This week.. Whatsapp switch on encryption for a billion customers, Facebook recommend businesses to chat to in messenger, LINE is under investigation for virtual currency and much more.
Sam Hill
April 8, 2016
Event

MEF’s Innovation meetup with The Barclays Accelerator

Last week we hosted the 2nd MEF Innovation meetup with Barclays Accelerator (London) in partnership with Techstars, hosted at Rise London, an open innovation space designed to support start-ups and entrepreneurs. Ten innovative startups on the bleeding edge of Fintech disruption, presented their business concepts ahead of networking and matchmaking…
Sam Hill
April 6, 2016
Interviews

Spotlight on: The Wikimedia Foundation

Wikimedia is on a mission to spread knowledge across the world. It actively wants partnerships. But only if there’s no money involved. Tim Green talked to Wikimedia’s Smriti Gupta about the organisation’s unique proposition… If anything illustrates the minor miracle of Wikipedia, it’s the remarkable story of Ram Prasad Joshi.
Tim Green
April 6, 2016
5 minutes withMEFTV

5 minutes with… iProov

In our 5 minutes with profiles, MEF members talk about their business, their aspirations for the future and the wider mobile industry. This week, Co-founder & CEO (and Global Chairman of MEF) Andrew Bud introduces iProov.
Sam Hill
April 5, 2016
AfricaEvent

Finalists announced for the West Africa Mobile Awards

The finalists for the 2016 West African Mobile Awards have been announced with a shortlist featuring the region’s leading mobile tech companies. The annual awards attracted submissions from 10 countries across 3 continents, and were chosen by an independent panel of international judges.
Sam Hill
April 5, 2016
Stats Roundup

Mobile Market Stats Roundup: April 4

What difference does it make if mobile shoppers are signed in? How much to Nordic consumers spend online? How many Chinese mobile users have 4G? You’ll find the answers to these and many more mobile data related questions in this week’s MEF market stats round up…
Sam Hill
April 4, 2016
Uncategorized

mHealth apps – are they secure? [infographic]

55 percent of consumers expect their mobile health apps to be hacked within the next six months, according to a recent report from Arxan Technologies. Executive IT leaders (48%) who have oversight or insight into the security of the mobile healthcare and produce apps also share the same concerns.
MEF
April 4, 2016
MEF