The Loerie Awards launched its 2011 campaign, Tuesday 15 March 2011, entitled "Don't hate. Create", created by Draftfcb and supported by a mobisite and specially developed augmented reality apps, linking digital technology to the printed media, along with a revamp of its award categories.
15 Mar 2011 13:19
[Ivo Vegter: @sxswsa] Here is a roundup of the posts published on sxswsa.co.za this weekend. We're over halfway through SxSW Interactive in Austin, Texas, but there's still plenty material in the works, so keep an eye on the blog for another few days. Also, follow @sxswsa, or the entire #sxswsa Twitter list. [
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14 Mar 2011 13:15WASHINGTON: On Tuesday, 8 March 2011, International Women's Day, Cherie Blair, founder of the Cherie Blair Foundation for Women, participated as special guest speaker at a ceremony at the International Finance Corporation's (IFC) headquarters, where the Village Phone program received the annual IFC CEO Gender Award for outstanding achievement in promoting women in business.
10 Mar 2011 08:55
Mobile operator MTN Group said on Monday (6 December 2010) that it had delivered on its strategy to embark on an infrastructure sharing initiative through TowerCo Ghana, a joint venture with American Tower Corporation.
9 Dec 2010 07:41
LONDON, UK: Smartphone users are generating two-thirds of total mobile cellular traffic* worldwide despite the fact that only 13% of mobile subscribers use smartphones, according to the latest research from Informa Telecoms & Media (informatm.com/smartphones).
3 Nov 2010 09:53
ATLANTA, US: CNN has announced the launch of a new initiative for journalism students, called CNN iReport University, linked to iReport, the network's user-generated news community.
16 Sep 2010 10:35
SINGAPORE: BuzzCity, the global mobile media company, on 6 July 2010 released the results of its Global Mobile Advertising Index for Q2 2010, with South Africa in fourth place, sporting an impressive 65% increase in ad banners served, while Kenya reported a massive 243% increase for the period. The Kenya growth, while impressive was the third largest growth percentage after Vietnam, which reported a 273% increase. Meanwhile Ghana showed a massive 654% growth rate, although it was off a low base.
7 Jul 2010 13:16
LOS ANGELES: Mobile technology company, Mobile-XL, is partnering with MTN Ghana to provide XLBrowser to MTN's customers. MTN subscribers will have access to services ranging from news, sports, music, email access, chat as well as user-generated content.
22 Feb 2010 09:07MTN Ghana recently deployed Ericsson's latest MSC-S Blade Cluster, which is said to have a capacity significantly compared to that of traditional mobile softswitch voice servers and reduces power consumption by up to 60% per subscriber, providing cost savings for mobile operators.
8 Jan 2010 09:42
MTN on Thursday, 23 July 2009, said it has launched its Mobile Money offering in Ghana.
24 Jul 2009 14:36Nigerian telecommunications company, Globacom, has signed an agreement with the Ghana Football Association (GFA) as its national team's telecommunications sponsor.
9 Feb 2009 11:25Mobile services provider MTN which warned subscribers of hoax emails in South Africa recently, has been hit by another scam, this time in Ghana.
9 Jan 2009 13:23MTN Ghana presented a cheque for 65,000 Ghana cedis to the National Executive Committee of Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) towards the 13th GJA Awards night and announced an additional three-year sponsorship package. The presentation was made on Monday, 13 October, 2008.
15 Oct 2008 10:23
London: Mobile phone giant Vodafone annonuced today, it had completed the purchase of a 70% stake in state-run Ghana Telecommunications.
18 Aug 2008 11:30
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