Tag: Africa

International ID Day: Shining a spotlight on legal identity

When we discuss the importance of identity, it’s usually in relation to advancements in digital identity. Whether it’s biometric passports, Foundational ID, Border control or travel facilitation solutions, or ID wallets – the focus of a lot of thought leadership within the industry usually centres on the tech innovations that enable us to prove our […]

How to succeed in Mobile Money

Earlier this month our Director of Marketing for Mobile Financial Services (MFS) at Gemalto, Naomi Lurie, took some time to talk to Digital Money about the past, present, and the future of mobile money.

SMS innovation and dynamic mobile content drives mHealth initiatives in…

It’s unsurprising that the latest mobile health services, based on smartphones and the latest M2M technology, are making waves in the USA and Europe, changing the lives of people through remote health monitoring, digital pill reminders, and so on… but who would have thought that “mHealth” would reach Africa so quickly?! How? Instead of M2M […]

(Don’t) keep it to yourself: mobile cloud sharing is on…

We recently conducted a survey in Europe, Asia, South America and Africa looking at the state of back-up and sharing uptake and concerns from a consumer perspective.  We found a huge demand (and opportunity for MNOs) for personal cloud services, including sharing services. 73 percent of survey respondents said they would use sharing services if […]