Communication / ICT in Liberia
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BOTSWANA, 2017/06/15
The number of mobile phone subscribers in the world has reached five billion, according to the research arm of the world mobile industry organization, GSMA. But sub-Sahara Africa is the least penetrated with 436 million incomparable subscribers, the organization says in a press release copied to ghanabusinessnews.com.
The GSMA defines a ‘incomparable mobile subscriber’ as an individual person that can account for multiple ‘mobile connections’, that is SIM cards.
According to GSMA Intelligence, the world’s five billion incomparable mobile subscribers today account for approximately 7.7 billion mobile connections – excluding mobile-to-mobile (M2M).
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BOTSWANA, 2016/11/03
Africa is home to some of the world’s greatest digital innovations. From medical applications to inventions aimed at enabling the continent’s educational system, the continent is not just experiencing a digital revolution, but it’s as well solidifying its place as world leader in science and technology.
The number of young people creating life-changing digital applications in Africa continues to grow. In Mozambique, counselors are using Short Message Services to spread awareness about HIV/AIDS, while in Nigeria a Do It Yourself generator that can produce six hours of power just from a liter of urine was invented by a group of 15-year-old girls. And in Zimbabwe, a 24-year-old engineering student has managed approaching up with a machine that turns plastic into diesel.
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BOTSWANA, 2016/08/13
Africa is the second-largest continent, after Asia, in size and population; located south of Europe and bordered to the west by the Atlantic Ocean and to the east by the Indian Ocean.
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BOTSWANA, 2016/02/08
"Mean spirited", "inhumane" and desecrating the spirit of the Refugee Convention are some of the milder criticisms levelled at Denmark's harsh new asylum laws, passed last week.
Part new measures is a decision to strip new arrivals of any cash and valuables worth additional than 10,000 kroner (US$1,450), purportedly to pay for their upkeep. Switzerland and some southern German states have introduced similar policies.
It's a move that reflects the fragmenting world of European migration policy, lacking in solidarity, empathy and basic human decency. But what of the financial implications for asylum seekers?
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LIBERIA, 2013/11/19
The Civil Law Court at the Temple of Justice in Monrovia has denied a motion filed by the Press Union of Liberia or PUL, requesting the dismissal of the injunction placed on its election process in Buchanan, Grand Bassa County.
Presiding Judge J. Boima Kontoe ruled yesterday that the contention by the PUL that journalists J. Cholo Brooks and W. Omecee Johnson did not meet the requirements of the Elections Commission was an issue of fact that must be established.
The two complainants on November 8, filed a five count petition for declaratory judgment along with a motion for preliminary injunction, contending that they were members of the PUL, but were denied by the electoral commission from participating in the election. They claimed in the petition that they were not accorded due process at the same time as their candidacies were denied.
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LIBERIA, 2013/06/29
The New Dawn in Monrovia reports that Lonestar Cell MTN and the Central Bank of Liberia (CBL) have launched a mobile money service at the Guaranty Trust (GT) Bank of Liberia Ltd.
According to the report the new service is aimed at all citizens, those residing in urban and rural areas.
It is said to represent GT Bank’s contribution to CBL’s financial inclusion strategy and also help bridge the gap between the unbanked and banked communities.
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LIBERIA, 2012/12/09
Less than a week after Libercell won a tentative court ruling not to suspend its services, the telecom operator finds itself back in the courtroom, this time over taxes.
Liberia’s Supreme Court ordered Tax Court Judge Eva Mappy Morgan to resume jurisdiction over mobile operator Libercell’s tax arrears trial.
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BOTSWANA, 2012/07/30
As people the world over go online, the majority of users' primary means of Internet access will be their mobile phones. This is according to the new “Traffic and Market Statement” by Ericsson, which looks at the mobile landscape for the next five years.
Ericsson's chief of strategic marketing and intelligence, Patrick Cerwall, says: “The Internet is going mobile. Mobile PC and tablet subscriptions will, by 2017, be on the same level as fixed broadband subscriptions.”
