Tag Archives: Mobile phone

The Nigeria Police Is Not Your Friend!

January 23, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

By Munonyedi Val When I was just growing up in the 80’s, can’t remember precisely the age then, there was this policeman who was very fond of me and always refer to me as his friend. I am sure the … read more »

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Ethiopian maids in jail over phone theft

January 15, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

Two maids who stole their employer’s mobile phone and made over Dh2,000 worth of calls from it, while she was ill in hospital, have been referred by the Dubai Public Prosecution to the criminal court on the charges of theft … read more »

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Ethiopia: Mobile Banking Legal At Last

January 12, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

Without much deviation from its draft state, the long awaited directive that will allow banks and Micro Financial Institutions (MFI) to provide transaction-based mobile and agent banking services was issued, on January 1, 2013. Now clients of banks and MFI’s, … read more »

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Minister confirms probe of MTN bribery allegations

July 11, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

International Relations Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane has confirmed that allegations former South African ambassador to Iran, Yusuf Saloojee, received payments from cellphone giant MTN are being investigated. That is an apparent reversal of an earlier position which was that if anyone … read more »

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Why Most Africans Will Have a Smartphone Within Five Years

June 11, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

By Nick Clayton The story of the rapid growth in cellphone use throughout Africa is becoming well known across the world. The assumption, however, is that for the foreseeable future the development will be focused almost entirely on relatively low-powered … read more »

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Nigeria and his mobile network problems

May 24, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

In our series of viewpoints from African journalists, writer Sola Odunfa considers the difficulty of making a phone call in Nigeria. If you must make a call to anybody’s mobile phone in Nigeria, you need to be understanding and patient … read more »

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Nigerian regulator threatens MTN with sanctions

May 4, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Nigeria’s telecommmunications authorities Thursday threatened to impose sanctions on an affiliate of South Africa’s giant mobile phone service provider MTN over alleged poor service to subscribers. The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) issued the warning to MTN Nigeria Communication in a … read more »

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Rape in South Africa: Still All Too Common

May 2, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

By A. Hawes A viral video of a girl being assaulted is shocking, but activists say that attacks are an epidemic. South African media reported the horrifying details of the viral video that has shocked the world: a 17-year-old, mentally … read more »

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Caught red-handed: TV cameras trap Indian politicians watching porn on mobile phone during a state parliament debate

February 8, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Three Indian politicians from a morally conservative party, including a women’s affairs minister, resigned today after being caught watching porn on a mobile phone during a session of state parliament. News channels broadcast footage showing Karnataka state Minister for Cooperation … read more »

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Your cell phone may cause you cancer: WHO

June 1, 2011 by benim

Heavy use of mobile phones and other wireless communication devices could possibly cause cancer, the World Health Organisation has said and asked people to use texting and free-hands devices to reduce the risk.   The electromagnetic fields generated by such … read more »

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South Africans get porn SMS

May 31, 2011 by benim

Port Elizabeth residents received a strange SMS late on Thursday evening with a link to a pornographic website which left some people questioning their spouses’ loyalty in their marriages, the Dispatch Online reported on Tuesday. The questionable SMS, which included … read more »

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Ghana: Police take custody of Legon molesters

May 6, 2011 by benim

Twenty nine students of the University of Ghana, Legon have been handed over to assist in the investigations into the molestation of Amina Haruna, 25, who is suspected to have stolen a laptop and mobile phones from the Mensah Sarbah … read more »

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High school girl, 15, filmed in ‘sex show’ with 17-year-old boy at house party

May 5, 2011 by benim

A 15-year-old girl and a boy, 17, were filmed giving a live ‘sex show’ at a High School house party, police said today. Des Moines police are investigating whether Mount Rainier High School students filmed the teenagers on their cell … read more »

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Teenage mother escapes jail after baby drowned in bath while she checked Facebook

March 6, 2011 by benim

A teenage mum who let her baby drown in a bath while she went to check her mobile phone narrowly escaped being jailed today. Instead Shannan Woods, 19, was let off with a 12 month jail sentence suspended for two … read more »

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Facebook users advised to remove personal details after developers gain access to phone numbers and addresses

January 18, 2011 by benim

It’s the flip-side of enjoying instant communication with your friends. Facebook has courted a fresh privacy row by allowing developers of apps access to sensitive information including telephone numbers and addresses. The social networking site announced the change on its … read more »

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Dropped phone leaves man otherwise engaged in toilet

October 20, 2010 by benim

A Chinese man who got his arm stuck in a toilet pipe in an attempt to retrieve his dropped mobile phone was freed by rescuers, state television reported on Tuesday. ADVERTISEMENT When rescue workers arrived on the scene in Jiangsu … read more »

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