Communication / ICT in Benin
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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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BENIN, 2015/07/28
This week saw the ACE cable connect one of its second phase cable landing stations in Cotonou, the capital of Benin. Like a lot of francophone African nations, Benin has a monopoly telecoms provider that is holding back the increase of the market. Russell Southwood looks at what ought to change.
The connection of the Cotonou landing station is part of the second phase of deployment of the ACE submarine cable, which presently serves 18 nations: France, Portugal, the Canary Islands (Spain), Mauritania, Senegal, Gambia, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Côte d'Ivoire, Benin, Ghana, Nigeria, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and São Tomé and Príncipe. Two landlocked nations, Mali and Niger, are connected via a terrestrial extension.
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BENIN, 2014/04/22
As part of its programme to assist the private media, the Beninese government granted over 150 million CFAF to the organizations in 2012, sources close to the country’s higher audiovisual and communication regulation authority (HAAC) disclosed here Sunday.
HAAC, which coordinates the assistance programme, said that of the 150 million CFAF, 107 million CFAF was allocated to quality, production and management; 45 million CFAF as appropriate support to the press houses (radios, television and the written press) and 2 million CFAF for training.
Under the programme, 15 radio stations, inclunding five commercial stations, benefited from 49 million CFAF, shared as follows :-- 30 million CFAF for non-commercial stations and 19 million CFAF for commercial stations.
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BENIN, 2013/05/07
The world economic crisis led to a downturn in Benin’s economy, but GDP increase has recovered and is expected to return to levels between 4 and 5% from 2013 onwards. Telecom service providers in the country have reacted to the downturn with price cuts and the introduction of innovative new services.
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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.”
