Nairobi
Hard times for small firms in wireless sector.
This is an article on regulation within Kenya’s telecommunications sector that was published last week in the Business Daily where I was quoted. The article refers to a blog post I wrote last month on the Safaricom and Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) standoff regarding controversial fair competition and equality
Safaricom plugs into MXit.
The first time I encountered or even heard of MXit was last year in October 2009 at the Mobile Web Africa Conference in Johannesburg, South Africa. A presentation was being given by the MXit CEO Herman Heunis that plotted the rise and rise of the mobile social networking community. At
Mocality, a mobile business directory for Africa.
Yesterday afternoon I met Stefan Magdalinski for coffee at the Nairobi Java (Junction Branch). Stefan is the CEO of Mocality, a mobile-based and crowd-sourced business directory that has been operating under the radar in Kenya. Mocality operates out of Cape Town in South Africa but has been deliberately launched in