Samsung boosts fight against Ebola with smartphones worth $1m

Technology company has announced its support of ongoing global efforts towards eradicating Ebola virus disease in some African countries. In a statement, Samsung announced a donation of about 3,000 GALAXY S3 Neo smartphones valued at about USD1 million.

Samsung said the devices will be donated through the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Human Affairs (OCHA), and will be used in the Humanitarian Connectivity Project, the UN’s IT project that utilizes mobile devices to provide humanitarian support in disaster areas.

“The donated GALAXY S3 Neo smartphones will be used in 60 Ebola medical clinics in the three worst-hit African countries, Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. By installing the UN’s Smart Health Pro mobile application, medical staff can utilize the smartphones to treat patients and collect medical data, while quarantined patients can contact their families using the devices,” Samsung said. “All donated smartphones will be destroyed once the virus outbreak has subsided.”

The company also announced the launch of an Ebola SMS text service in South Africa among other efforts in the fight against Ebola.

source:humanipo

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GSMA forms inter-industry mHealth partnership across Sub-Saharan Africa

A total of eight organisations have partnered with the GSMA through its Mobile for Development mHealth programme to launch a new cross-ecosystem partnership designed to provide a range of mobile services to women and children focusing on nutrition across Sub-Saharan Africa.

The programme, which is targeting an addressable market of 15.5 million pregnant women and mothers with children under five years of age, has attracted partners such as Gemalto, Hello Doctor, Lifesaver, Mobenzi, Mobilium, MTN, Omega Diagnostics and Samsung.

“This new mobile ecosystem partnership, developed by the GSMA, is committed to connecting the mobile and health industries to develop commercially sustainable mHealth services that meet public health needs,” said Tom Phillips, chief regulatory officer, GSMA.

“The companies in this partnership are working to deliver the objectives of the United Nations Every Women Every Child Global Strategy, as well as the Global Nutrition for Growth Compact, in the areas of nutrition and maternal and child health. We call on mobile ecosystem players, health providers, governments, NGOs, civil society and others to work with us to launch life-saving mobile health services.”

The service will be jointly launched in seven countries – Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Uganda and Zambia – from September 2014. Phase two, which commences in 2015, will incorporate additional partners and services and will also address Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique and Tanzania.

The partnership will collectively reduce barriers to handset ownership and connectivity for consumers and health workers, by offering discounted Samsung handsets and tablets to consumers and health workers across Africa, providing access to the Samsung ecosystem, and a pre-embedded Smart Health application that provides a range of professional applications, information and services on 80 million Samsung handsets.

source:humanipo

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The launch of the Goal Tanzania edition comes at a time when we are spreading our wings worldwide

The launch of the Goal Tanzania edition comes at a time when we are spreading our wings worldwide. After years of success covering world football, we are ready to devote a well-deserved edition to Tanzania.

We are driven by the vision and desire to bring you up to speed with the latest in Tanzanian football and this launch comes after the successful experience of launching other African editions, Goal Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya and South Africa.

The launch of Goal Tanzania will bring the number one sport a step closer to the people of the football-loving nation and we promise not to disappoint in delivering the goods.

We will dedicate a great deal of effort, time and energy in offering unrivalled coverage of the Taifa Stars, the Vodacom Premier League, grassroots football, and Tanzanians plying their trade around the world.

We promise to not only inform, but also to entertain with well researched articles and editorials. Our match reports will not only be timely but also accurate and well balanced. Our promise is to represent the Tanzanian people with a Goal voice.

We believe that the media has an important role in the improvement and continued growth of local football, and we are pleased to play our part in making the league better and seeing it flourish.

Our dedicated team of sports journalists have a wealth of experience in the industry, and we will go beyond the call of duty to give you exclusive interviews with the Tanzania football news-makers, be they on or off the pitch.

We will uncover Tanzania’s young talent and give them a platform from which they will strive to reach the heights of their footballing careers, wherever that may take them. 

So whether you access your football news and views via the web, mobile or through our various apps, you know that you can count on Goal Tanzania to provide you with the latest news, insightful commentary and worldwide match coverage.

April 15th is a new dawn in Tanzanian football, and we are here to serve the Tanzanian people. Join us in pursuing this dream at http://www.goal.com/en-tz. Welcome and enjoy! 
Karibuni sana

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Samsung Galaxy S5 launched in South Africa

The S5 is Samsung’s next big push in thesmartphone market, and is the predecessor of the hugely-popular Galaxy S4, which was released little over a year ago.

“The Galaxy S5 exemplifies Samsung’s commitment to “people-inspired innovation. The Galaxy S5 represents an iconic design with essential and useful features, offeringconsumers mobile tools that enable them to effortlessly take control of their lives,” said Craige Fleischer, Director of Mobile Communications at Samsung Electronics South Africa.

Aside from a small form-factor change, Fleischer explained that many Galaxy users said that the camera was a major function of the device, so the company took it to heart and redesigned the technology behind the image capture functionality.

“The Galaxy S5 delivers the world’s fastest autofocus speed up to 0.3 seconds and the real time High Dynamic Range (HDR), reproducing natural light and colour with striking intensity at any circumstances. The new Selective Focus feature allows users to focus on a specific area of an object while simultaneously blurring out the background,” the company explained.

As with most smartphones released recently, the S5 also has an IP67 rating, meaning that it is dust and water proof for a specified time.

Additional features include a finger print scanner, and a new Ultra Power Saving Mode, which allows the device to operate for at least another 24-hours with only 10% battery remaining.

It also offers a Finger Scanner, providing a secure, biometric screen locking feature and replacing traditional passwords and offers access to Private Mode. The Ultra Power Saving Mode turns the display to black and white, and shuts down all unnecessary features to minimise battery consumption,” Samsung explained.

Power downloaders will be happy to know that the S5 makes use of the fifth generation Wi-Fi 802.11ac, 2X2 MIMO and the large number of LTE frequencies, with LTE Category 4 as standard. “For consumers seeking an even faster connection, the GALAXY S5 now features Download Booster, an innovative Wi-Fi technology for enhancing data speed by bonding Wi-Fi and LTE simultaneously,” Fleischer said.

The device is available in South Africa for the suggested retail price of R10 299.

source:ITnews

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Vodacom, Tigo and Airtel Tanzania join Samsung Tanzania this week to unveil its new flagship device – the Galaxy S5

The Galaxy S5 is the fifth generation of the Galaxy S series mobile devices, and features an Android operating system, increased capabilities sensory and biometrics features, and a 16 megapixel ultra-high definition camera.

                                                            SAMSUNG TANZANIA

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                                                              TIGO TANZANIA

VODACOM TANZANIA

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