Congratulations to Bright B. Simmons (TED Fellow) named one of the top mobile health innovators of 2011 by the mHealth Alliance and Rockefeller Foundation. Bright Simmons is the founder of mPedigree, a mobile phone and cloud-computing platform designed to combat counterfeit drugs by providing instant, free access via text-messaging to a drug quality verification system in Africa and South Asia. His work is channeled through his mPedigree Network and the IMANI research institute, ranked as one of the world’s 20 [...]
Categories: Mobile Technology, Social Issues, Technology
Nokia has stated it has a broad portfolio of mobile devices specifically targeted at the African market for its African market. Blanca Juti Nokia’s Vice President Product Marketing Mobile Phones made this known during the just concluded Nokia World conference held in London. According to her, Nokia acknowledges that even though most people in the continent have the aspiration and the need to communicate, not everyone can afford a supper high phone that is why the company has designed a [...]
Categories: Events, Mobile Technology, Social Media, Technology
Re-blogged via Timbuktu Chronicles 5 spectacular individuals with Africa related connections are part of the recently announced TED Global 2011 Fellows class. They are: Femi Akinde – Founder of SlimTrader(covered earlier) , the first platform in Africa allowing consumers to shop for goods and services via their mobile phones through text. Jodie Wu – Founder of Global Cycle Solutions, an organization developing and selling appropriate tech in the form of bicycle add-ons. Alex Odira Odundo (Maker Faire Africa exhibitor covered earlier) [...]
Categories: Africa, Events, Social Media, Technology
Do you have any events planned for the month of June, 2011? Mark your calendars! Nokia is planning their biggest event of the year on June 21, 2011. The Nokia Connection 2011 website claims a solid strategy is in place and the event is where the new Nokia ecosystem will be introduced first-hand to the world. We’ll assume they’re going to show their first Nokia Windows Phones. Nokia Connection 2011 is an annual event held in conjunction with CommunicAsia 2011. [...]
Categories: Africa, Social Media, Technology
Since I heard about the introduction of the Free SMS by Google at the Ghana Google Technology User Group [GhanaGTUG] meet-up on March 5th, 2010; I have always been trying out the Google SMS and trust me, it sure works. I have been in communication with a couple of friends with this new service and I find it very cool. Below is a closer look at how it works and a couple of reviews from other citizen journalists from Ghana. [...]
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