Nigeria Displaces Germany on Opera Mini Top 10 Chart. (MobilityNigeria)
Symbiotic has launched Sembuse, East Africa’s First Mobile Social Network. You can send a 1000 character sms for 15% of the cost of a normal 160 character SMS message in Kenya. (via White African)
The UK Times profiles the guys behind Big Issue.
(via Social Capital)
Best tip: “What’s Your Online Agenda? If there’s a central secret to managing information overload, this must be it! Your online agenda cannot be divorced from your life’s agenda, so it helps to know what exactly you’re doing on earth so you can define better what you’ll be doing on the web.”
(Gbenga Sesan on Managing Information Overload)
Is there (business) life at the Bottom of the Pyramid in Mobile Telecoms? — “There is no room for the typical scratch card distribution, since the cost of this channel prevents profitability of the model. The most adequate electronic replenishment method is the ‘mobile-to-mobile’ ” (Also check WRI’s the next 4-billion)
African Signal — Out of frustration, Hash has setup a new wiki site to track “information on the availability, costs and service levels of mobile phone and internet connections” across all the countries in Africa. The plan is to use individuals from each country to get the site populated with information which will be very useful. Go to the site and fill it in the data for your country, it take 5mins. Spread the word!
5 Tips for Choosing an Ideal City for Your Startup — “Like me [Loy], you may have launched your startup before moving to another city, it is critical to consider choosing a city that will provide your business better chances of succeeding.”
