AfricaCom: The Groupe Speciale Mobile Association (GSMA) today announced that Africa is now the world's second largest mobile market by connections after Asia, and the fastest growing mobile market in the world. According to the new GSMA Africa Mobile Observatory 2011 report, Africa achieved this milestone as mobile penetration reached 649 million connections in Q4 2011 (having … [Read more...] about Africa is the World’s Second Largest and Fastest Growing Mobile Market
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Advising 2 Million Farmers via Mobile Phones
GSMA, the body that represents the interests of mobile operators worldwide, today at the inaugural mAgri Working Group in Cape Town the launch of the mFarmer Initiative Fund, supported by a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The Fund will encourage mobile communications service providers, in partnership with other public and private sector agriculture … [Read more...] about Advising 2 Million Farmers via Mobile Phones
