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- 23 Feb 2026
GSMA Launches Innovation Fund to Accelerate Green Transition Through Mobile Technology
The GSMA yesterday announced the global launch of a new Innovation Fund offering grants of £100,000 to £200,000 to support small and growing enterprises using mobile and digital technologies to…
- 9 Oct 2018
GSMA Launches Innovation Fund for Rural Connectivity
The GSMA has launched a new Innovation Fund for Rural Connectivity, aimed at expanding digital inclusion through innovative new technology solutions for connecting unserved rural communities. The…
- 27 Jul 2016
GSMA Launches Ecosystem Accelerator Innovation Fund
The GSMA has launched the GSMA Ecosystem Accelerator Innovation Fund, which will support innovative start-ups in emerging markets and is open to start-ups from and operating in Africa and selected…
- 10 Feb 2025
GSMA Launches Innovation Fund to Boost AI Solutions in Emerging Markets
GSMA Innovation Fund for Impactful AI has been unveiled, marking a significant initiative aimed at empowering small and growing enterprises in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) across Africa,…
- 8 Sept 2017
GSMA Launches Disaster Response Innovation Fund
The GSMA has launched its Disaster Response Innovation Fund to spur development of mobile technology solutions to assist and empower people and communities affected by humanitarian emergencies, and…
- 30 Jan 2025
GSMA Launches New Innovation Fund for Startups in Africa, Others
The GSMA, in partnership with the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) has launched the GSMA Innovation Fund for Impactful AI , to empower small and growing enterprises in…
- 11 Dec 2023
GSMA Launches Its Newest Innovation Fund to Address Humanitarian Challenges
The GSMA yesterday announced the launch of its newest GSMA Innovation Fund, in partnership with the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), to address humanitarian challenges. The…
- 18 Jul 2019
GSMA Signs £38M Funding Partnership with DFID
The GSMA has announced that it has signed a thirty-eight million-pound partnership with the UK’s Department for International Development (DFID). The ‘Partnership for Inclusion, Innovation and Scale’…
- 13 Apr 2021
ScholarX Partners with Airtel to Launch Mobile Learning Platform
ScholarX Technologies Ltd., an EdTech start-up has announced a strategic partnership with leading telecommunications services provider, Airtel Nigeria, to launch LearnAM, a new mobile learning…
- 1 Mar 2017
Sliide Airtime Named Most Innovative Mobile App At GSMA Awards
Sliide Airtime has today been named as the World’s Most Innovative App at the Global Mobile World awards, dubbed the ‘Oscars’ of the global telecom industry. Beating off strong competition…
- 17 Jul 2018
Farmcrowdy Wins Digital Business of the Year Award in Africa
Farmcrowdy, Nigeria’s first and leading digital agriculture platform has won the Digital Business of the Year (2018) award in Africa. The award was granted at the annual Global African Business…
- 4 Mar 2024
UK’s New Tech Entrepreneurs Funding to Boost Livelihoods in the World’s Developing Countries
New UK funding for innovative mobile phone technology will help change lives in developing countries around the world, Development Minister Andrew Mitchell has announced. Harnessing AI technology to…
- 4 Mar 2024
How New UK Funding for Tech Entrepreneurs will Boost Livelihoods in Developing Countries
Andrew Mitchell, UK's Development Minister has announced new UK funding for innovative mobile phone technology will help change lives in developing countries around the world. He noted that…
- 9 Apr 2014
MTN, Nova-Lumos to Offer Electricity Services to Rural Nigeria
MTN Nigeria has announced pans to deliver electricity supplies to MTN customers who are living in rural areas across Nigeria and are not connected to the electricity grid. The Nova-Lumos service is…
- 1 Mar 2018
Farmcrowdy Gets $325,000 Grant from GSMA
Farmcrowdy, Nigeria’s first and leading digital agriculture platform which allows Nigerians to venture in and sponsor agriculture, has been named as a recipient of a $325,000 grant from dedicated…
- 6 Apr 2018
Farmcrowdy Bolsters Farmland by 175% with Launch of 7,500 New Acres
Farmcrowdy, Nigeria’s first and leading digital agriculture platform which allows Nigerians to venture in and sponsor agriculture, has announced the launch of 7,500 acres of new maize and rice farms…
- 10 May 2023
OPPO Launches 2023 Inspiration Challenge, Investing USD $440,000 to Call for Innovative Technical Solutions
OPPO Research Institute, together with global partners Qualcomm Technologies, GSMA 5G IN, Amazon Web Services and LinkedIn, announced the launch of 2023 OPPO Inspiration Challenge on the World Smile…
- 14 Jul 2017
GSMA Unveils New ‘Mobile for Development’ Initiatives
At the 2017 Mobile 360 – Africa, the GSMA announced several developments in its Mobile for Development programme, all of which support the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The…
- 28 Mar 2013
GSMA Launches Mobile Enabled Community Services Programme
GSMA has launched Mobile Enabled Community Services (MECS) programme, which leverages mobile technology and infrastructure to help improve access to basic energy and water services in underserved…
- 17 Sept 2014
GSMA Report Favours Competition over Wholesale Networks
The GSMA has released a new report that predicts a move away from traditional mobile network competition towards single wholesale networks1 which would stifle innovation, restrict investment and…
- 16 Feb 2009
Nigeria, Africa Ripe for Mobile Payment- Manceron
Tagattitude is specialized in mobile payment and security solutions. The company was founded in 2005 by Yves Eonnet, Loïc Eonnet and Hervé Manceron. These founders combined their…
- 25 Feb 2017
tBs: Experts Say Knowledge-Based Economy Solution to Nigeria’s Challenges
Information and Communication Technology (ICT) experts are unanimous in their views that Nigeria has to become a thinking nation to survive the coming, disruptive revolution which is upon the world.…
- 27 Feb 2017
GSMA Estimates Global Mobile Subscribers to Surpass 5Bn this Year
The number of unique mobile subscribers around the world will surpass 5 billion later this year, according to a new GSMA study. The 2017 global edition of the GSMA’s ‘Mobile Economy’ report reveals…
- 18 Aug 2022
Koolboks Closes $2.5M Seed Round to Scale Solar Refrigeration Across Africa
Koolboks, the sustainable cooling company providing accessible cold storage solutions to businesses across Africa, has closed a $2.5M Seed funding round, led by Aruwa Capital Management and with…
- 16 Aug 2019
Sub- Saharan Africa is the Fastest Growth Frontier for Fintech Firms - GSMA
Sub-Saharan Africa is one of the fastest-growing investment zones for financial technology companies, according the trade body that represents the interests of global mobile network operators. The…
- 13 May 2016
Singularity Investments Invests in Mobile Advertising Start-Up, Sliide Airtime
Singularity Investments announces today that it has invested an undisclosed sum into Sliide Airtime, a mobile advertising technology start-up that gives consumers free airtime in return for engaging…
- 3 Feb 2017
Digital Migration: Six Lessons from Kenya’s Experience- GSMA
The GSMA has launched a new report, “Digital Migration Process in Kenya”, to highlight the valuable lessons that can be derived from the country’s experience with its digital switchover in the last…
- 20 Sept 2016
GSMA Publishes Report Detailing the Mobile Industry’s Impact in Achieving SDGs
At yesterday’s United Nations Private Sector Forum, the GSMA unveiled the ‘2016 Mobile Industry Impact Report: Sustainable Development Goals’, a ground-breaking study that provides a current…
- 29 Sept 2025
MTN Group Backs Nigeria’s Push for African Language AI Research
MTN Group has taken up a call to action from Nigeria to support the collection of datasets of African languages. These are required to develop the continent’s own large language models (LLM) to power…
- 9 May 2016
World Telecom Labs Surveys Beams Light On Nigeria, Other USPFs
World Telecom Labs (WTL) on Monday launched an online survey to identify voice and/or data deployments in Africa that have been financed by Universal Service (provision) Funds (USPF) - and to…