Nine out of 10 mobile transactions in sub-Saharan Africa flow through USSD. In this edition of The Next Wave, we discuss why USSD needs more disruption despite its prevalence on the continent.
Where is the Switch 2? It isn't an outrageous question. You see, it's usually around four years in a console's life when, no matter how well it's doing, gamers start thinking about the manufacturer's next piece of hardware. Recently, we've seen lots of rumor and speculation around the lifespan of the Nintendo Switch, now five years old, and a long way behind PS5 and Xbox Series X in terms of technical specifications. Just before the Switch OLED arrived, there were plenty of pundits forecasting a Nintendo Switch Pro edition of the machine, with a buffed architecture – now we're seeing gossip concerning a Switch 2 with powerful new Qualcomm Snapdragon chipset and 4K visuals. Every time there's a new Nintendo Direct, Switch 2 starts trending. But, I'm here to tell you that we may need to just chill the heck out.Back in February, in an interview with Japanese newspaper Nikkei, Nintendo president Shu
TOKYO Masayuki Uemura, an engineer who developed the Nintendo Entertainment System, which helped start a global revolution in home gaming and laid the foundation for today's video game industry, died Thursday. He was 78.