Fair Mobile – A Start
Katrin Verclas and I and a few others have been kicking around the notion of Fair Mobile for some time now. The essence of Fair Mobile is the idea of developing some metrics for equitable,…
Mobile Operators and Blue Gum Trees
I see in the press yesterday that Safaricom have won an innovation award for their MPesa service from a UN agency. “The Habitat Business Award for sustainable urbanization, which is organized by the United Nations…
WGSDIA – Lobby For Cheaper SMS Charges
This third “What Google Should Do In Africa” post could be subtitled “Grow some balls”. Why, oh why, is it that Google, so unafraid to tackle telco and broadcast market behemoths in the United States,…
African Undersea Cables Update – Jun09
When I first started a map of planned African undersea cable initiatives in early 2008, I never dreamt that I might start running out of space to put cables on the map. Yet, there it…
SA Minister of Communications – Reading the Tea Leaves
Arthur Goldstuck has written a thoughtful piece on the newly appointed South African Minister of Communications, Siphiwe Nyanda, and his new deputy Dina Pule. He does a good job of highlighting their key strengths and…