Mobile revenue growth has declined in sub- Saharan Africa since 2013 and is expected to continue its downward trend until the end of the decade—despite a fast-growing subscriber base.

Much of the drop has been attributed to the use of over-the-top (OTT) messaging services like WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger. With more subscribers showing a preference to chat and and make voice calls via these platforms, there’s an “increasing cannibalization of traditional voice and messaging revenues,” according to a new Mobile Economy report by the GSM Association (GSMA) trade organization.

Unlike in more advanced markets, phone operators in sub-Saharan Africa are still investing in adding voice users which along with SMS text messages drives the majority of revenue. The region is expected to add another 100 million subscribers in the next three years. This is all happening as smartphone penetration and mobile-data networks also grow—and with more users starting to use apps like WhatsApp, Messenger and Skype.

Mobile revenue growth has declined in Sub-Saharan Africa



At stake for Africa’s telcos is the significant capital investment made to build out mobile networks. The industry is expected to spend around $31 billion to expand across sub-Saharan Africa over the next four years, says GSMA.

Telco executives argue that to see a return on that investment, voice and SMS revenue growth will need to match or outperform previous years. “You can’t adjust your costs for building the same quality of network,” a senior executive at one of Nigeria’s main telcos told Quartz, referring to a problem of “voice transference” as more Nigerians use WhatsApp in particular.

Services like WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger have been subject of debates by local mobile operators and regulators. Last year, Nigeria’s telecoms regulator claimed that amid diminishing revenues, OTT services overwhelm local operators’ networks and leave them with little incentive to invest and improve broadband capability. South African operators also have complained about OTT services freeloading on their networks.

“They don’t pay taxes, don’t develop infrastructure, they don’t even open offices and create jobs. They are undermining our industry.” complained a senior executive at one of South Africa’s largest mobile operators, who asked not to be identified as he did not have permission to speak publicly on the topic.

More 4G networks are being launched in Sub-Saharan Africa



Local regulators keen to be seen as supportive of digital platforms favored by young people also do not want to discourage investors—or harm tax revenue—by ignoring the complaints of the phone companies.

“The government is trying to protect their licensees,” said the Nigerian executive, who also did not have permission to speak publicly. “They’ve been trying to understand the impact to their licensees and asked us (telcos) if WhatsApp should be blocked because they cannot be regulated or taxed. But we’ve said no. They’re rendering a service.”

There are increasingly concerns that the current live-and-let-live attitude might need to change. Last year Zimbabwe’s regulator rejected overtures by local operators to stifle OTT services. Ghana towed the same path by ruling out regulating OTT services, with the government saying it will focus on boosting technology rather than restricting it.

L’attaquant togolais Emmanuel Adebayor vient de faire une très belle déclaration à José Mourinho. Une déclaration qui va certainement faire pâlir de jalousie ses autres entraîneurs d'Arsenal, de Tottenham, de Manchester City et de Crystal Palace.

Plus de doute. José Mourinho est le meilleur de tous les entraîneurs qu’Emmanuel Adebayor a connu. L’intéressé le dit lui-même avec des mots affables et révèle pourquoi l’actuel patron de Manchester United demeure son « Special One ».

« Le meilleur manager avec qui j’ai travaillé a été José Mourinho. Il est le seul entraineur qui est resté en étroit contact avec moi. Nous parlons régulièrement. C’est une personne spéciale. Il est plus qu’un manager », a déclaré Adebayor dans une interview accordée à un journal slovène, la semaine dernière.

Dans sa liste de meilleurs entraîneurs, l’étoile de Basaksehir n'a même pas inclut Arsène Wenger d’Arsenal ou son boss Mauricio Pochettino de Tottenham à l'époque. Il reconnaît s’être fait un nom sous l'intendance d'Arsene Wenger. Mais cependant, il ne croit pas que Wenger soit l'un des meilleurs gestionnaires avec lesquels il a travaillé. Même si c’est ce dernier qui l'a ramené de Monaco en 2006.

Son bref moment au Réal Madrid où il n’a passé qu'une demi-saison à jouer sous José Mourinho a été suffisant pour qu’il soit convaincu que le portugais est vraiment le spécial. Un homme à qui il voue une totale admiration. « Ce que vous remarquerez à propos de Mourinho, c'est que la plupart des joueurs qui ont joué sous lui ont tellement de respect et d'admiration pour lui. Je suis l'un d'eux », confie-t-il.


L'entraîneur portugais José Mourinho, l'actuel technicien de Manchester United et ex-entraineur du Réal Madrid

« Mourinho vous traite avec respect, vous fait sentir quelque chose de spécial, il fait en sorte que les joueurs se sentent mieux et ont confiance en eux. C'est quelque chose de rare et c’est ce qui le distingue », ajoute-t-il.

Emmanuel Adebayor apprécie le manager de Basaksehir

Emmanuel Adebayor a cependant révélé qu'il y a un autre gestionnaire avec qui il a travaillé et dont les qualités emboitent le pas à celles de José Mourinho. Cet entraineur est le manager de Basaksehir, Abdullah Avci. L’un des vice-présidents d'Istanbul BB, Mesut Atlan, l’avait accompagné en juin dernier à Lomé lors de tournée humanitaire.

« Ce que je dirais, c'est qu'il y a un manager qui se rapproche de José Mourinho, Abdullah Avci. Il partage des qualités semblables avec Mourinho, il rend les joueurs sensibles et il est formidable. C’est quelqu’un qui sait tirer le meilleur parti des joueurs », a-t-il déclaré.


Le manager d'Istanbul Basaksehir, Abdullah Avci

Adebayor qui a commencé sa carrière à la fin des années 1990 à Metz, a rejoint le club turc de Basaksehir en janvier dernier. Il a marqué six buts en 11 matches et a permis à son club de jouer pour la première fois la finale de la Coupe de Turquie. Le club a terminé la saison 2016-2017 en tant que deuxième équipe de la Super Lig turque.

Georges Bensouda fils de Fatou Bensouda (Procureure de la Cour Pénale Internationale) a été assassiné dans une affaire de drogue dans l'état de Minnesotha aux États-Unis.

George Bensouda, âgé de 33 ans, a été abattu à l'extérieur du St. Paul Saloon dans la région de Dayton's Bluff dans la nuit du 29 janvier 2017. À la demande de la défunte famille, la police a pris la mesure inhabituelle de ne pas divulguer l'identité de la victime. 

Le bureau du procureur du Ramsey County a publié le nom de Bensouda la semaine dernière, sur demande du Journal Pioneer Press. George Bensouda avait reçu sept balles dans son corps.

Pour l'heure, la police n'a pas encore donnée les détails concernant cet assassinat qui vient endueillé la famille Bensouda. Si le fils Georges lui n'était si connu que ça du grand public, sa maman Fatou Bensouda elle l'était. Car, ce'est elle qui dirige à la Haye la Cours pénal internationale (CPI), une cours qui vient divise les africains entre pros et antis.

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She ‘hunts tyrants’ globally. Her troubled son was gunned down in St. Paul"

The Vegas Wheels. Gnashing One More
Our struggle to deluge the Gnassingbe regime must be won at all mustard! The fight must be won with witty heart-wholly-thinking minds of men and women of Togo.

I believe the struggle has been successful. The indisputable evidence of success is that the gnassingbe regime is calling to purge its own sins in our wholly-holy land. The crooks forced itself to declare a “state of purgatory.” Often time, (history has proved it) when a regime fades out; unable to uphold the battle, weakened to hoop the hearts and minds of its people, it faces things to challenge the status-quo. It does one thing. And only one thing. Moonlight dancing! They once again thought they are taken as angels. No, call it absurdity. 

They are angles! The so-called state of purification is more than a sulfuration. The state of purgatory is what Togolese fight on their knees. White lab coat as the messy, yet we are fed up. The state of mind of a vampire ain't convince any. Not anymore. Nor shall a moron hide behind a fortress of human blood. Nor running an open air-bandit state of crooks that ransack the people of Togo at the wheels of the gnassingbe. Business, as usual, is at its end. We will close this chapter, very soon. 
As the gnassingbe teeters to do unto us, we gnash. We will re-write the history of our Holy land of Togo.

As Edward Bulwer-Lytton lays it in his poetic expression (valuing signature of guns and animosities) “The pen is mightier than the sword." 
In Hamlet and Rosencrantz, Shakespeare echoed the vibrant state of terror speaking through Rosencrantz in Hamlet, “many wearing rapiers are afraid of goose-quills and dare scarce come thither.” We will not do unto the gnassingbe what their gunz[SIC] do unto us. We, Togolese, recklessly fit and undefeated will go on doing it right. We will pen to conquer our land, forcibly and for sure. 

No, we do not tire. We are indeed buffeted. We will put out the holy land fire with seamless droplets of water in our beak that is not in its bleak state. It is a struggle of love. We will hum until we kaput the regime of gnassingbe. 

His effort to sulfurate the Togolese must be stopped. And right now! Not a single purification can stop the under-aged elementary students you once ravaged with your guns. The purification in all its means echoed pure state. Defamation! 

Abomination! Such act of purification would not convince my nut mind; not even an inch. You've killed, you are killing, and you will always kill. In sum, a high-grade dictator is still staggering. We will prevail!
Children books, I love reading them. They contain lessons that can instill our growth. I like Dr. Seuss statement here "Oh, The Places You'll Go! “You have brains in your head you have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose.” Yes, we have a direction. Our True North awakes. And we can no longer dance under the moonlight of the gnassingbe. 

It's no longer a zero-sum per say. The game theory no longer applies. We've gotten to let you know, we gotcha! We know you well enough. Isn’t the purification idea laughable in its sense? Isn't it that same murky talks that drove us to the hill and bluntly shoot us at the moonlight? Isn't it another merchant of human blood quailing for the next 32 years? They can bargain, of course. The regime will not compromise their iron-seat. Call them "Babba-Barbarossa of the Potemkin."

Game theory, as explained by Thomas Schelling, “Two or more individuals have choices to make, preferences regarding the outcomes, and some knowledge of the choices available to each other and of each other’s preferences. The outcome depends on the choices that both of them make … There is no independently ‘best’ choice that one can make; it depends on what the others do.” And we will not compromise any longer. They will maximize their gains in any and all things - negotiations. 

Individuals, groups, states and other entities negotiate for a variety of reasons: to resolve conflict, to gain an advantage, to achieve amicable relations, to maintain peace and avoid war and so on. Successful negotiations often result when the parties operate on basic principles of fairness, good faith, trust, honesty, integrity, and a commitment to promote mutual benefit and satisfaction for a win-win outcome. But none of these parameters apply to zero-sum games. Purification roots in negotiations to resolve conflicts, to gain purity not punitive, to achieve win-win, to uphold peace and avoid social warfare and so on. 

Success and fairness quite often are achieved when parties operate on the bare-basic principles of humankind, faith, integrity, and a commitment to elevate the painstaking people from their miseries. Today none of these are the cornerstones of ganssingbe Faure regime. The game theory of purification is simply a sulfuration with a-l-l time winners: The regime of the gnassingbe. 

Let's make this short; the DEVIL is on the hunt to grab us to the shore - at the mercy of its sharky (sic) shirks. Negotiating with Faure gnassingbe is pontifying in the Potemkin village. A wanker is on the loose! Let's wake up as one and only one to nay to the end of Faure Gnassingbe regime. Tempus Fugit!