Microsoft staff, Vincent Mugamb, in Kenya made a presentation at Mobile Monday. Here is the presentation in ppt.
Umuntu Media Wants To Rule Africa’s Web Ecosystem – See How They Plan To Do It
Umuntu Media started as a dream, a dream about connections, people and information. A dream to fill the gap and change the way six African countries will communicate, transact, find information and keep informed online.
Umuntu Media aims to become the largest internet portal in Sub Saharan Africa. The name Umuntu means “person / people” in the Ndebele African language. Ndebele is part of the Bantu group of languages in Africa– by one estimate there are 522 languages in the Bantu family.
In 2011 and 2012 Umuntu Media will be launching 19 internet portals across Africa. Each portal will be branched out into loads of brand extensions, mobile apps, WAP sites and online communities. This gives Umuntu Media a market of 96 933 300 internet users to play in.
Umuntu is yet to be launched, but watching from their site, they look very interesting. Their eyes are fixed on East Africa.
Ratio Magazine – Providing Business News in East Africa
Ratio Magazine hopes to deliver relevant business data for the market.
Economic growth and investment in sub-Saharan Africa have gained such momentum that it is no longer just specialised investors with a high risk appetite and close local connections who look to invest in Africa. Equally, governments on the continent have recognised that sustained development will not be possible without a strong private sector and continued integration into the global economy. Another key shift derives from new emerging market entrants to Africa, most notably China, India, but also Malaysia, South Africa and Brazil.
As much as there are undoubted business opportunities, there are also clear risks in sub-Saharan Africa. Risk in itself is not an obstacle – but investors, whether local or international, need to know which risks they face and how these can be mitigated. Information is crucial for this.
To date, both quality and quantity of information for investors remain bottlenecks for most countries in sub-Saharan Africa. Ratio Magazine aims to:
- Provide information of the east African business and economic environment, highlighting both opportunities and risks.
- Provide structured analysis to support informed risk management;
- With a clear market and private sector focus, discuss the roles and responsibilities, but also limits, of government to create a supportive environment for responsible business.
- Situate East Africa in the wider dynamics of economic development in sub-Saharan Africa and globally to support the region’s integration into the global economy and the pursuit of global best practices.
IT Outsourcing is Alive in Africa – When Verviant Delivers in Kenya
Verviant is a Raleigh, NC based IT Consulting company, with sales and support offices in Rayleigh, NC, Chicago, IL & Washington, DC and a global delivery center in Nairobi, Kenya.
Verviant has a world-class information technology team, offering low cost offshore services – saving Global businesses 50-60% on product development costs and speeding their time to market.
Services include:
- Design: Web design and development, Database Programming, Web Marketing and Support
- Software: Custome and bespoke Software Solutions, proprietary and open source platforms.
- Mobile: Messaging, iPhone Applications, Blackberry Development, Mobile Websites
Verviant is also the developer of Pesapal: an online based service that will help you to buy goods and services on the internet safely using your mobile money account, making internet payments safe.
Jumuika Mobile Pays You If You Sign Up to Receive SMS Ads – A Kenyan Innovation
Jumuika Mobile is a Kenyan based mobile marketing and SMS marketing software company founded in 2009. Jumuika is a service that pays you each time you receive SMS ads on your phone. We also pay you when your friends or friends of your friends receive these SMS’s. What’s more? The SMS will be of your specific interests and delivered to your phone at the time you choose.
This is Jumuika
Jumuika is an opt-in (permission-based) mobile advertising service is owned and operated by Jumuika Media solutions, a company based in Kenya. Jumuika Media solutions provides technology-based marketing solutions to small and large organizations within East Africa. Our unique platform and industry expertise provide the tools and knowledge for your business to open a personalized communication channel with new and existing customers. This method of targeted, permission-based, context-driven marketing has been proven to yield great results! How it worksRegister with Jumuika.co.ke. Enter your mobile number, choose the categories/interests that you wish to receive ads about, and specify the number of ads and the time you wish to receive them and you can keep yourself informed wherever you are!
How to earn To earn points you could invite family and friends to register with jumuika, chat, send free sms, solve puzzles, e.t.c. As a bonus you get to enjoy FREE SMS daily.
Payouts Jumuika offers a variety of methods for its members to redeem their earnings. The most popular being airtime transfer to the members phones.
Other methods include shopping vouchers, donate to charity, mobile coupons, bank cheques, Mpesa and our very own J-store where one can purchase various mobile content using J-cash. To use some of the payout methods requires you to have reached a certain amount of earnings.
Advertisers
Offering the ultimate, interactive, one-to-one marketing experience, mobile is proving a brilliant channel for brand building and direct response. Mobile advertisements have demonstrated brand recall on a par with average advertising channels.
In short, it’s a medium advertisers can no longer afford to ignore.
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