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Source: © 123rf In 2024, 258,000 apps for iOS and Android operating systems were downloaded per minute for all types of publishers, with in-app purchase revenue up 12.5% to $150bn

2024 in-app purchase revenue up to $150bn, but app downloads decrease

23 Jan 2025

Source: © LinkedIn In 2025 AI will transform advertising, signalling a fundamental shift in how advertisers approach digital marketing

AI to transform advertising in fundamental shift in digital marketing in 2025

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Hyperconnectivity and financial inclusion: Hype vs reality in Africa

Hyperconnectivity and financial inclusion: Hype vs reality in Africa

Murray Gardiner, Bluecode Africa 27 Sep 2019

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WhatsApp revolutionising business communication

25 Sep 2019

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Mobile leads clicks, not conversions - finds new AccuraCast research

25 Sep 2019

President of UP’s Student Representative Council, David Kwaba

The rise of mobile communication in Africa

25 Sep 2019

#GartnerSYM: Offering the 'everything customer' the multi-experience

#GartnerSYM: Offering the 'everything customer' the multi-experience

Leigh Andrews 17 Sep 2019

ER24 improves response times with what3words

ER24 improves response times with what3words

21 Aug 2019

3 steps towards 'glass boxing' your company with a Biz Press Office

3 steps towards 'glass boxing' your company with a Biz Press Office

Bizcommunity.com 23 Jul 2019

Youth population drives strong mobile subscriber growth

Youth population drives strong mobile subscriber growth

18 Jul 2019

Sudanese protesters are seen with their smartphones in Khartoum on April 21, 2019. CPJ has called on South African telecommunications company MTN Group to end its role in Sudan’s internet shutdowns. Credit: CPJ/AFP/Ozan Kose.

MTN Group urged to end participation in internet shutdowns in Sudan

Justin Shilad 12 Jul 2019

Spotify introduces Spotify Lite in areas with limited bandwidth, phone storage

Spotify introduces Spotify Lite in areas with limited bandwidth, phone storage

9 Jul 2019

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Registration opens for AfricaCom 2019

9 Jul 2019

What's on at the 2019 Fak'ugesi Digital Innovation Festival

What's on at the 2019 Fak'ugesi Digital Innovation Festival

2 Jul 2019

Is WhatsApp the new email for SMEs?

Is WhatsApp the new email for SMEs?

28 Jun 2019

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Data costs are preventing African consumers from taking full advantage of the crypto economy

Bronwyn Williams 20 Jun 2019

IBM expands quantum computing program to Africa

IBM expands quantum computing program to Africa

13 Jun 2019

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Africa needs effective ICT policies to enhance competitiveness

12 Jun 2019

Mobile app uses AR to locate friends in a crowd

Mobile app uses AR to locate friends in a crowd

10 Jun 2019

Wayne Hull
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#IABSummit19: The digital transformation opportunity starts with you

Jessica Tennant 4 Jun 2019

#AfricaMonth: Mapping out crucial data at a disaster scene

#AfricaMonth: Mapping out crucial data at a disaster scene

Evan-Lee Courie 20 May 2019

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All the winners from Digital Lab Africa Pitch

6 May 2019

MEST Africa Summit.

MEST Africa comes to Nairobi

16 Apr 2019

#ECO19: Is your mobile commerce strategy excluding the mass market?

#ECO19: Is your mobile commerce strategy excluding the mass market?

Lauren Hartzenberg 22 Mar 2019

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Focus shifts to a mobile economy in Africa

Josephine Wawira 19 Mar 2019

Part 1: Will the so-called fourth industrial revolution propel SA forwards?

Part 1: Will the so-called fourth industrial revolution propel SA forwards?

Garth Williams 11 Mar 2019

Growth opportunities for African telecoms operators

Growth opportunities for African telecoms operators

Mariam Abdullahi 27 Feb 2019

Orange launches new smart feature phones

Orange launches new smart feature phones

27 Feb 2019

Driving value in Africa's e-commerce landscape

Driving value in Africa's e-commerce landscape

Mike Higley 31 Jan 2019

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Mobile adspend expected to top TV across key markets

24 Jan 2019

10 tech startups to participate in Airbus, GIZ #Africa4Future programme

10 tech startups to participate in Airbus, GIZ #Africa4Future programme

21 Jan 2019

#BizTrends2019: Top mobile trends for the 2019 consumer

#BizTrends2019: Top mobile trends for the 2019 consumer

Lynette Hundermark 17 Jan 2019

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