Balancing Act (London)
Website: http://balancingact-africa.com/
July 25
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The past two years has seen the steady growth of things that are variously called innovation hubs, incubators and accelerators. They are now creating support networks that give ICT... Read more »
July 19
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Flashcast's founder Jeremy George wanted to solve a simple problem. There were very few low-cast advertising channels for small businesses in Kenya. He decided to create a... Read more »
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Africa: Africa Needs to Preserve Audio-Visual Heritage
According to UNESCO, 80% of audio-visual archives are endangered after 5 to 10 years, if they are not backed up. Most radio stations started in the 1960 and most TV stations in the... Read more »
July 12
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Africa: Africa's Mobile Media Moves Beyond Ringtones, Football Scores and News Headlines
Everyone will nod quickly at the idea that the mobile is Africa's device of choice but people have been much slower to realize the implications for mobile media. Read more »
July 05
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Africa: Hunting Africa's Newest Holy Grail - an Affordable Internet and Content Device for the Home
Up until now, the focus has largely been on seeing how the price of mobile phones (whether smart or feature phones) can come down to open access to different content and services... Read more »
July 04
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Africa: DTT - the Dark Cloud Hanging Over the African TV Market
The arrival of digital terrestrial television (DTT) will revolutionise the African audiovisual landscape - When it finally happens... . Read more »
June 28
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Africa: Online Film Platform Buni TV Reaches 2 Million Views in Year
There has a big upsurge in launches of online film and music platforms since user bandwidth has started to improve (see Issue 658). But many are little more than technical... Read more »
June 20
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Nigeria: Nollywood Goes to Paris
Nigeria's movie industry has attracted interest not only in Africa but also throughout the world. It employs about 250.000 people and represents about 7 % of the country's GDP.... Read more »
June 14
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Egypt: Regulator Tries to Ban Software Apps
With data revenues set to exceed voice revenues by 2018 according to a GSMA report, there are still some places that are not yet on the programme for the new business model. This... Read more »
June 07
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Nigeria: Music to the Ears - African Online Mobile Music Platforms Break Out All Over the Continent
Music is not as bandwidth-heavy as video so there have been a significant number of online mobile music platforms launched in the last 12 months. Russell Southwood looks at the... Read more »
May 31
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Africa: Google, Microsoft Pitch TV White Spaces As a Way to Beat the Digital Divide in Rural Areas
Around 100 people have gathered this week in Dakar to attend an event jointly co-hosted by Google and Microsoft to look at how TV white Spaces and the technology that can use it... Read more »
May 30
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East Africa: Broadcasters Prepare to Capitalise On the Opportunities From the Digital Transition [analysis]
Tanzania has become the first mainland African country to declare that it has completed the digital transition. New channels are now available to free-to-air viewers on their... Read more »
May 24
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Africa: Kenya's Sleepout.com Raises Seed Funding to Expand Its Offer Across Africa, Middle East
The seed fund sum is a modest US$200,000 but it marks the slow but steady march of business going online in Africa. Read more »
May 17
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Smile Communications has put in place the first public roll-out in Africa of LTE in 800 MHz spectrum in Tanzania and has ambitious plans to roll out in the same spectrum in three... Read more »
May 10
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Somalia: Nation Begins to Pick Itself Up and Looks At Bringing International Bandwidth [analysis]
It may be two steps forward and one step back but Somalia is beginning to pick itself up off the ground after years of civil war. In the absence of regulation, a telecoms sector... Read more »
May 03
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Africa: U.S.$2 Million Valuation for Africa Gaming Sector
Until recently, the African gaming sector has been largely a small number of dedicated and enthusiastic developers in search of a business model. This week's announcement that... Read more »
May 02
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Africa: New Trends in the African Broadcast TV Market [interview]
Issue no 155 Telecoms, Internet and Broadcast in Africa - 2 May 2013 Read more »
April 26
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Africa: The Buying and Selling Game - a Backstage Look At the Way Mergers and Acquisitions Happen [analysis]
With the developed world economies flat-lining, the prospect of investing in Africa has never been more attractive. With the halo effect from the mobile growth years still in... Read more »
April 19
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Africa: New TV Sports Programmes Aimed At African FTA Broadcasters [interview]
Gary Rathbone is launching a range of new TV sports programmes aimed at African Free To Air broadcasters. Read more »
March 15
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Africa: TV White Spaces Proof of Concept Offers Promising Route for Rural Coverage [interview]
A joint venture between the ISP Indigo, Microsoft and the Kenyan Government has rolled out a TV White Spaces Proof of Concept in two parts of rural Kenya. This is the one of the... Read more »
March 07
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Africa: Digital TV Deployment Across Africa Will Require Satellite [interview]
African countries will need satellite help to meet the ITU's 2015 digital switchover deadline. Read more »
November 09, 2012
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Africa: Tuluntulu's Low Bandwidth Video Streaming Service Could Open Up Video to a New Market Ahead of Lte
Tuluntulu has a technology that can deliver video over EDGE. It ensures that the audio signal remains intact and reduces picture quality with out breaking as the bandwidth goes... Read more »
November 08, 2012
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Africa: Discop Africa 2012 Round-Up - African Content Busy Being Born in Hybrid Forms [opinion]
DISCOP Africa 2012 came back with a bang after something of a dip last year in its new venue in Johannesburg, attracting 1,248 delegates from 85 different countries. It is the one... Read more »
November 02, 2012
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Africa: South Africa's Maboneng Project Offers a Clue to Potential Urban Regeneration Strategies for Africa Using High Speed Broadband [analysis]
This week's TV content market DISCOP in Johannesburg saw Neotel and property developer, the Maboneng Project promoting their joint fibre-to-the-home service aimed at attracting... Read more »
October 25, 2012
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They are several international news agencies with global reporting networks but few with a strong presence in Africa with the exception of AFP, Reuters and Xinhua. Balancing Act... Read more »
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