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East Africa’s Mobile Market Poised for Double Digit Growth Over the Next Five Years

A recent report by Frost and Sullivan shows double digit growth in the East African Mobile market over the next 5 years.  According to the 246 page report, East Africa ( Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda) currently has 37.6 mobile subscribers with a penetration rate of 30.8%.  The East Africa mobile communications market is expected to [...]

• Industries:
• Technology

• Countries:
• Tanzania,
• Ethiopia,
• Kenya,
• Uganda

• Tags:
• CDMA,
• East Africa,
• Frost adn Sullivan,
• GPRS,
• GSM,
• HSDPA,
• Mobile,
• Orange,
• Safaricom,
• Telcom Kenya,
• WCDMA,
• Zain

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Michael Joseph

Michael Joseph is CEO of the most profitable publicly traded company in East Africa, Safaricom Limited.  He has held this portfolio since July 2000 when the company was re-launched as a joint-venture with Telkom Kenya. He has extensive international experience in the implementation and operation of large wireless and wire-line networks.
Since the re-launch of [...]

• Tags:
• Kenya,
• Michael Joseph,
• NSE,
• Safaricom,
• Telecoms Africa

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How Information Communication Technology (ICT) is transforming Africa

This year, the Kenya Information and Communication Technology (ICT) regulator, the Kenyan Communications Commission (KCC) marked its first 10 year anniversary with flamboyant radio, newspaper and television adverts detailing its achievements. Many of the radio stations have been offering cash prizes to listeners who can innovatively detail what life was like before the advent of [...]

• Industries:
• Technology

• Countries:
• Pan African

• Tags:
• direct foreign investment,
• email,
• ICT,
• Information Communication Technology,
• International Telecommunications Union,
• Internet,
• ITU,
• mobile phone,
• MPESA,
• MTN,
• Safaricom,
• SMS,
• Zain,
• ZAP

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