Indeed Chinese are Using Smartphones – Shipments To Top 112 Million in Four Years

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July 15, 2011

Shipments of smartphones for sale in China are set to soar by a record 53 percent this year, according to new research from the IHS iSuppli.Domestic smartphone shipments in China will rise to 54.1 million units in 2011, up from 35.3 million units in 2010. Of the projected domestic total for this year, more than 10 million and 15 million smartphone units will come from the giant Chinese makers ZTE and Huawei, respectively.

By the end of 2015, IHS forecasts that Chinese companies will ship 111.6 million smartphones, rising at a compound annual growth rate of 25.9 percent from 2010.

The average selling price for smartphones in China is set to fall below the $300 threshold in 2011 for the first time, declining to $299, down 4.9 percent from $314 in 2010.

The emerging market continues to help China even as it rakes more profits and gains through export which helps to expand its economy and make more people richer to afford this level of smartphone adoption. It dominates African market through ZTE and Huawei and continues to take market share from the Western brand.

In Nigeria, the best estimate of total smartphone usage this year should be in the high mid-million units. That shows the real difference between China and any part of the world. They just have the cash.

Where is Ujuzi? The The App That Help In-Need People Find Resources

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Technology is transforming the African continent. In East Africa alone there are excess of 50 million mobile phone subscribers and an increasing number of mobile web users. Across the region, the number of IT graduates and tech entrepreneurs is exploding, providing new opportunities to foster social and economic growth.

From this fascinating environment has emerged some good ideas. We began following one app, Ujuzi, last year in our old blog. But it has disappeared. Does anyone know what has happened to to it? Did it change its name? If you do, let us know. This is the information we have about the app which was presented in the US funded App4africa event last year.

Ujuzi was developed by Ahmed Mohamed Maawy as a mobile resource locator application aimed at helping low-income populations living in poor areas worldwide to locate useful resources like organizations, services, assets, and personnel in their region. This free service has huge potential because it takes readily available information and creatively provides it in a useful, easy-to-access way.

Barometer of Google – Google Maps Won MapQuest on January 2009 Due to Street View

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We continue our examination of some key products and acquisitions from Google. We began this to make it clear that Google + is not a sure winner. It still has to beat Facebook with a colossal 700 million + users and Zynga still building in its land.

But Google May beat and defeated Mapquest pretty well. It was note easy at the beginning when Google went head to head with algorithm. Google had the clean design, integration with its monstrous search, yet, nothing happened. What nailed Mapquest was the Street View from Google Map. That was when the world left Mapquest and Google Maps overtook it in January 2009.

MapQuest is an American free online web mapping service owned by AOL. It has been on the decline ever since the introduction of Google Maps.The company was founded in 1967 as Cartographic Services, a division of R.R. Donnelley & Sons in Chicago, Illinois, United States. It moved to Lancaster, Pennsylvania in 1969. When it became an independent company in 1994, it was renamed GeoSystems Global Corporation. MapQuest was acquired in 2000 by America Online, Inc. Company headquarters are in Lancaster and Denver, Colorado.^(wikipedia)

App Stores Direct Revenue to Hit $14 billion in 2012, $37 billion by 2015, says Canalys

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Canalys has announced that app store direct revenue from the sale of apps, in-app purchases and subscriptions across smart phones and pads combined will hit $14.1 billion next year, up 92% from an expected $7.3 billion in 2011, and will reach $36.7 billion by 2015. This equates to a four-year compound annual growth rate for 2011 to 2015 of just under 50%. According to the analyst firm, this projected revenue growth presents an excellent opportunity for mobile network operators (MNOs) to compete with vendor app stores. MNOs have a strong platform on which to offer an improved customer experience, leveraging their detailed subscriber data.

‘The leading stores already have hundreds of thousands of apps, so it’s hard for operators to compete with those numbers,’ said Canalys Analyst Tim Shepherd. ‘On the other hand, too much choice brings serious problems in terms of application discovery for both developers and users, which operators can turn to their advantage.’

With 419.0 million application-addressable smart phones and 43.3 million pads expected to ship worldwide this year alone, the market opportunity for apps is still growing rapidly. But for operators, there are other advantages to having a branded app store offering beyond direct revenue. For example, they can actively build consumer experiences that bolster customer loyalty. A vibrant app ecosystem could lure new customers, while helping operators upsell current customers to higher-end smart phones and larger data contracts, and could even encourage pre-pay customers to consider post-pay contracts.

In conclusion, Canalys estimates that the impact of mobile apps will extend to all aspects of the customer lifecycle, from acquisition and retention to lifetime value and profitability: ‘Mobile apps are a disruptive technology force,’ said Shepherd. ‘Consumers will continue to value mobile device design and functionality, but the quality and availability of certain apps will progressively influence their buying decisions. By building on their strengths, operators can capture more of the market, while delivering a better customer experience.’

Congratulations Ms Omobola Johnson – Nigeria’s First Minister of Information and Communication Technology

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The former Chairwoman of outsourcing giant, Accenture, gets the node as the minister of the newly created ministry, Information and Communication Technology.

For all the likes and talks of the professors and activists in the ISPON, NCS, etc, this could be coming as a surprise. We think the Accenture lady is a nice one. Nigeria needs a strategic vision and her skill, experience and networks could be important gain here. Lady, Go on and be a tiger! (ok, Tiger has been fired by Accenture).

But this is good. And who is she? From her Linkedin page, she studied electrical engineering and later became the boss of Accenture Nigeria. Good enough, she took early retirement to pursue teaching and of course sideways politics. And it just worked well. A better profile is here.

Mrs. Omobola Olubusola Johnson was until recently the Country Managing Director of Accenture in Nigeria and the first woman to hold that position. Omobola holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the University of Manchester and a Masters degree in Digital Electronics from King’s College, London. She joined Accenture, then Andersen Consulting in 1985. At Andersen, she garnered experience in the areas of enterprise transformation- having worked with Board and Management of several major banks and CBN of Nigeria to successfully transform these organisations in a more competitive and dynamic environment. Some of the initiatives in these transformation projects range from strategy development to process re-engineering, HR transformation, technology developments and change and programme management.

In the multiple of years she spent at Accenture, she progressed through various roles and was a Director and the Head of the Financial Services operating group in Nigeria before her appointment as the Managing Director December 2005 where she was responsible for implementation of Accenture’s strategies in Nigeria and the rest of West Africa. Omobola likes travelling and plays golf. She is a member of many prestigious clubs in Nigeria and Non-Governmental Organisations- she is the founding Chairperson and member of Board of Trustees of Women in Management and Business, among others.

Omotobola Johnson, Congratulations. Now, let us go and do it and make Nigeria a an ICT titan.

Omobola Johnson

Country Managing Director at Accenture

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Information Technology and Services

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Chairman at Accenture
Country Managing Director at Accenture

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