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15 Jan 2013

Texting your way to health:UN launches ‘mHealth’ initiative to fight diseases By Jocelyne Sambira

For girls, ‘it is possible to dream big’

2 Oct 2012
Growing up in her native Kenya, Juliana Rotich was the lonely, young “geek” with oversized glasses...
Africa Wired

15 Aug 2012
Africa’s love affair with BlackBerry: Smartphone’s secret to success is affordability
Africa Wired

15 Apr 2012
Mobile phones are getting smarter in rural AfricaEvery phone can become a “mobile computing device”
Dialing for cash: mobile transfers expand banking

15 Dec 2011
In Africa, cross-border remittances by phone overcome bank limits
Social media for a social cause

15 Dec 2011
Leading by example, Kenyans mobilize support for drought victims
Snatching up shares in Burkina Faso

15 Jul 2009
When the management of Burkina Faso’s premier telecommunications company decided in December to...