The Mobile community of Egypt

Islamists halt filming of Egyptian TV series

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 14:22:00 +0200

CAIRO, EGYPT: Islamist students halted the filming of an Egyptian television series at Cairo's Ain Shams University protesting against the "indecent" clothing of the actresses, the production company said on Thursday 9 Febraury 2012.
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SA ready to embrace mobile government services

Wed, 09 Nov 2011 09:55:00 +0200

Mobilising public services in Africa, the white paper compiled by Informa Telecoms & Media and available at the AfricaCom event taking place from today, Wednesday, 9 November until Thursday 10 November 2011 at the Cape Town International Convention Centre in South Africa, reveals that South Africa is more ready than Kenya and Egypt in terms of embracing mobile government services.
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Africa is world's second most connected region by mobile subscriptions

Fri, 04 Nov 2011 08:28:00 +0200

LONDON, UK: Africa has become the second most connected region in the world in terms of mobile subscription count, up from fourth place at the end of 2010, according to new research by Informa Telecoms & Media, and the number of mobile subscriptions in Africa is expected to reach one billion in 2016.
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MMA launches Egypt and Middle East Local Council

Wed, 20 Jul 2011 12:20:00 +0200

CAIRO, EGYPT / NEW YORK, US / LONDON, UK / SINGAPORE / SAO PAULO, BRAZIL: The Mobile Marketing Association (MMA) recently announced the launch of the Egypt and Middle East Local Council and the appointment of new co-chair, CEO & co-founder at Digital Republic, Karim Khalifa. The launch of MMA Egypt and Middle East is in response to the increased interest and investment in mobile marketing, and the need for industry support and guidance within the region.
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Neo@Ogilvy global CEO talks up role of emerging markets, mobile

Tue, 05 Jul 2011 13:30:00 +0200

Neo@Ogilvy's global CEO, New-York based Nasreen Madhany, has been visiting South Africa for a corporate summit, where she talked up the role emerging markets will play in the future profitability of her company.
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African mobile advertising market continues growth - InMobi

Mon, 06 Jun 2011 12:11:00 +0200

JOHANNESBURG: InMobi, the independent mobile ad network, has released its April 2011 Mobile Insights Report for Africa providing insights on mobile advertising trends on the continent. Data from the report shows that InMobi now serves 4.2 billion impressions a month in Africa, up 21% from 3.5 billion in January 2011.
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[Netprophet 2011] African ecommerce market has a long way to go

Thu, 12 May 2011 18:55:00 +0200

A billion Africans and 50 million bank accounts. In South Africa, credit cards are used by only 16.5% of the population (2008). No African country comes close to 1% of total retail spend spent online - the magic figure which constitutes the tipping point for digital retail growth (in SA, ecommerce has a 0.4% share of the retail market, while in countries such as Egypt and Nigeria, the figure stands at 0.01%). No wonder, then, that the ecommerce market in Africa hasn't bloomed.
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Significant shifts in South Africa, Africa's mobile patterns

Thu, 21 Apr 2011 09:37:00 +0200

A global study conducted by TNS Research Surveys shows that South Africans' unconditional love for handsets - more than content as it is in developed markets - is beginning to change and will even shift faster as bandwidth improves, and as cheaper smartphones appear on the market - probably from China.
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Global advertising rebounded 10.6% in 2010

Mon, 11 Apr 2011 10:35:00 +0200

LONDON, UK: The global advertising industry climbed out of recession last year and posted a 10.6% year-on-year increase to US$503 billion* based on published rate cards from the Global AdView Pulse, a new report released by The Nielsen Company.
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RIM launches BlackBerry Protect in Open Beta in Europe, ME, Africa

Fri, 25 Mar 2011 10:50:00 +0200

WATERLOO, US: As well as in Europe and the middle East, Research In Motion (RIM) has launched BlackBerry Protect in Open Beta in 30 African countries.
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