Africa’s Rising Star

Emma Kaye, co-vice chair of the MEF EMEA Board, discusses the seemingly endless opportunities presented by mobile in the relatively untapped African markets and explores the key role of local content Africa is often referred to as The Dark Continent and satellite images of Africa at night attest to this. It’s an apt description only if one considers that 25 countries in Africa face an energy crises, from there on out it could not be more wrong. With an expanding middle class Africa makes up 14% of the world’s population of which over 65% are under the age of 35. In the last 10 years 6 of the …

MEF in Kenya: Welcome to the Silicon Savannah

MEF Africa General Manager, Jo Crawshaw, recently hosted the very first MEF Connects Kenya in Nairobi sponsored by Spice VAS Africa, where she met with the founding steering committee members of MEF's youngest chapter. Whilst many African cities claim to be the continent’s tech hub, Nairobi really does shine in East Africa as a success story in innovative mobile offerings. Recognising the importance of Kenya’s dynamic mobile industry to the continent and the global industry, MEF held an exclusive drinks reception in Nairobi for its first foray into this exciting African region. Mobile …

MEFTV at the MEF Africa Office Launch

MEFTV spoke to several of the new Steering Committee members at the inaugural meeting, held in Cape Town during AfricaCom last month. Here we hear from MEF members Digitali, with Stefano Valenti & Demetre Kotsonis, and get their thoughts on the role MEF can play in Africa. Click the link below for more videos from the MEF Africa launch.   Next Page > Roger Davies - Nazara …

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MEF Africa Launch in pictures

MEF recently launched its dedicated presence in Africa at the inaugural Steering Committee meeting in Cape Town. The new MEF office was launched in association with Vodacom, and aims to help promote African mobile growth and showcase innovation. The launch and steering committee meeting were well attended by a cross-section of industry luminaries from right across the value chain, and representing the whole of the African continent - check out the photos from the launch below - and to find out more, head over to the MEF website. …

MEF launches dedicated African Office in association with Vodacom

  MEF has today announced the launch of a new dedicated African office in association with Vodacom to help promote African mobile growth and showcase innovation.Headquartered in Johannesburg, the MEF Africa Office will serve as a hub for the trade association’s growing African membership. A MEF member steering committee from across the African mobile ecosystem has already been constituted to drive the regional agenda.Rimma Perelmuter, MEF Executive Director said: “With such diverse innovation originating in the African continent, it is clear that Africa offers the mobile industry a strategic …