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World Food Programme Launches Pilot Program Using Mobile Phone Technology to Facilitate Cash Transfers
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has launched a pilot program that uses mobile phone technology to facilitate cash transfers to 54,000 people living in poor districts of Abidjan to assist them to buy food.
Indian Government Extends Ban on Bulk SMS And MMS
The Indian Ministry of Communications and Information Technology has last evening issued orders in consultation with the Ministry of Home Affairs to all Mobile Telecom Service Providers in the country that all bulk SMS and all bulk MMS messages shall...
Text Messaging Helps Pinpoint Humanitarian Needs in Pakistan
Innovative mobile phone technologies and applications are poised to help save lives and bring relief to millions of people in Pakistan affected by floods since late July.
Cell Phone Operator Says Government in Mozambique Ordered a Block on Text Messaging
Vodacom Mozambique, A subsidiary of South Africa´s Vodacom, has acknowledged that the Mozambican telecommunications authority ordered cell phone operators to block all text messages, after a viral campaign sparked riots last week, a company source said.
Texting Preparedness in Haiti
“Are the canals and trenches around your home clean and free of rubbish?” Hundreds of thousands Haitians are receiving this message by SMS in the morning, followed in the afternoon by advice about clearing out debris, as part of a project this week...
Ivorians Can Now Consult Electoral Roll Via Cell Phone
The deputy chairman of the Independent Electoral Commission (CEI), Fatoumata Traoré Diop, has announced the possibility for electors to consult the provisional electoral roll on their mobile phone via short message services (SMS). Speaking Thursday evening...
VARIETY-speak Advances (or Does It?)
Last February I felt it was worth taking the time to write about the adoption of Variety-speak by Reuters when variants of “finmin” started to replace “finance minister” in their headlines. At the time I suggested that, since Variety...
Africa’s Mobile Operator Zain Increases One Network to Include Sierra Leone
Mobile operator Zain has announced the expansion of the one network platform with the admission of Sierra Leone to the borderless connection. Following the move, Zain customers traveling to Sierra Leone will not be charged roaming fees to access voice...
