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M-Kopa ( M for mobile, kopa is Swahili for borrow, stylized as M-KOPA) [ 1] is an African connected asset financing platform that provides underbanked customers in Africa to essential products including smartphones, electric motorbikes & digital financial services. [ 2][ 3] M-Kopa was launched commercially in 2012 and is headquartered in Nairobi.
As of June 2017, there were an estimated 20.4 million mobile subscribers out of an estimated population of 39.6 million; [9] a 51.5 percent penetration rate. [10] By March 2018, the number of mobile phone users had increased to 24.8 million, a 70.9 percent penetration rate. [11]
Jumia was launched in Nigeria in 2012 and expanded to five other countries: Egypt, [6] Morocco, Ivory Coast, Kenya and South Africa. In 2014, the company launched offices in Tunisia, Tanzania, Ghana, Cameroon, Algeria and Uganda, and by 2018 it was present in 14 African countries. [7]
Mobile technology in Africa is a fast growing market. [1] Nowhere is the effect more dramatic than in Africa, where mobile technology often represents the first modern infrastructure of any kind. [2] Over 10% of Internet users are in Africa. [3] However, 50% of Africans have mobile phones and their penetration is expanding rapidly. [4]
MTN Group Limited. MTN Group Limited (formerly M-Cell) [ 2] is a South African multinational corporation and mobile telecommunications provider. Its head office is in Johannesburg. [ 3][ 4] As of December 2022 MTN recorded 289.1 million subscribers. [ 5] MTN is among the largest mobile network operators in the world, and the largest in Africa.
Map of Uganda Kampala, Capital of Uganda Parliament of Uganda, Kampala Mbarara Kampala, Capital of Uganda. This is a list of cities and towns in Uganda: The population data are for 2014, except where otherwise indicated. The references from which the estimated populations are sourced are listed in each article for the cities and towns where the ...
Germany. AEG. BenQ Mobile. Bankruptcy in 2006, defunct in 2007. Grundig Mobile. Hagenuk Telecom GmbH. insolvency in 1997, mobile phone development and manufacturing business acquired by Telital in 1998 [ 9] Siemens Mobile. Acquired by BenQ Corporation in 2005 to form BenQ Mobile.
The postal service of for the protectorates of British East Africa and Uganda was called East Africa and Uganda Protectorates, and operated from April 1, 1903, to July 22, 1920. From 1948 to 1977, postal service in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda was provided by the East African Posts and Telecommunications Corporation.