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MEF Global Forum: Mobile First Markets – Meet the Startups

On 30th June MEF Global Forum, the popular Silicon Valley series comes to Bangalore to discuss how to accelerate the mobile opportunity in the rapidly growing mobile-first markets across South East Asia, Middle East and Africa. The one-day conference includes a dedicated innovation session in partnership with GrowthEnabler where 10 start-ups will pitch their…
Sam Hill
June 18, 2015
Meffys

Meffys Spotlight – Smart e-Money

The 12th annual Meffys, supported by F-Secure, is open for entries and will return to London this Autumn after 2 year in the States. We've been asking last year’s winners  what winning a Meffy meant to them and what they’ve been up to since. This week, we're talking to 2014's winner of the Mobile…
Sam Hill
June 17, 2015
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MEF Report reveals consumers worldwide are embracing mobile banking

MEF today released its annual Global Mobile Money report in association with Wirecard and authored by Tim Green from Mobile Money Revolution.  As new mobile payment models come online, and more sectors embrace mobile as the primary channel for customer engagement and transaction, the report reveals significant mobile money trends…
Sam Hill
June 16, 2015
News Roundup

Global Mobile News Round-up – Week 8th June

India takes centre stage for VCs, Uber testing cash payment option in Nairobi, Spotify now has 75m active users, mobile advertisers get 7X more engagement and 4X more customers plus more... Each week the MEF team curates mobile stories from around the world. Essential news you may have missed, the latest market…
Sam Hill
June 12, 2015
AnalyticsGuest blog

InMobi Insights: The Dynamics of a Booming App Economy

With MEF Global Forum Mobile First Markets less than three weeks away, Pooja Kallor, Global Insights Analyst from MEF member, InMobi, continues an analysis of the global mobile app ecosystem, assessing the factors that are stimulating growth in emerging markets worldwide. In the previous blog, we laid out the regional landscape for app developers in terms of share,…
Sam Hill
June 11, 2015
Meffys

Meffys Spotlight – GoMetro

The 12th annual Meffys, supported by F-Secure, is open for entries and return to London this Autumn. Continuing our spotlight series we speak to last year’s winners to find out what winning a Meffy meant to them and what they’ve been up to since they celebrated their win. This week, we catch up with…
Sam Hill
June 10, 2015
MEF LatAm

MEF Connects São Paulo in pictures

Last month in Brazil, MEF hosted its largest event to date in Latin America: MEF Connects São Paulo during Tela Viva Móvel, this year supported by Mozilla, TIMWE, Digital Virgo, AVG, Terra Networks and Easy Taxi. Ricardo Bastos, MEF LatAm GM shares his impressions and photos from the evening. Almost 200 senior executives…
Sam Hill
June 9, 2015
Meffys

Meffys Spotlight – The Wireless Registry

With the 12th annual Meffys, supported by F-Secure, open for entries and set to return to London, we are taking a look at some of last year’s winners to find out what winning a Meffy meant to them and what they’ve been up to since they celebrated their win. This week, 2014's winner of the…
Sam Hill
June 5, 2015
News Roundup

Global Mobile News Round-up – Week 1st June

5 reasons why VCs and startups need to put India under the spotlight, Visa say mobile money will follow success of contactless, Apple's iOS 9 uncovered, MENA’s App Economy and more... Each week the MEF team curates mobile stories from around the world. Essential news you may have missed, the latest market insight…
Sam Hill
June 5, 2015
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