Kenya: iWay Africa Kenya makes Sh239 million turnover
Internet service provider iWay Africa Kenya recorded Sh238.6...
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South Africa: Willington Ngwepe is new Icasa CEO
The council of communications regulator Icasa has appointed...
19 October, 2017 / No comment
Angola: Angola Cables CEO ever more confident in value of SACS
The CEO of Angola Cables Antonio Nunes says he is growing mo...
19 October, 2017 / No comment
Cote d’Ivoire cellcos under further pressure to improve QoS
Mobile operators in Cote d’Ivoire are facing legal action ...
19 October, 2017 / No comment
Ghana: Vodafone seeks 4G alliance with Surfline
Vodafone, Ghana’s second largest mobile network operator (...
19 October, 2017 / No comment
Kenya: Liquid Telecom wins deal to manage KETRACO grid, plans East African expansion
Liquid Telecom Kenya has announced a ten-year partnership wi...
19 October, 2017 / No comment
Sierra Leone: Orange launches its brand in Sierra Leone
Orange, one of the world’s leading telecommunications oper...
19 October, 2017 / No comment
Tunisia: Tunisie Telecom new CEO and new co-shareholder to boost growth
Tunisie Telecom welcomes its new president and CEO, Mohamed ...
18 October, 2017 / No comment
Mali: Alpha Telecom officially entered into operation on 16 October 2017
The mobile phone company Alpha Telecom, which owns the count...
18 October, 2017 / No comment
East Africa: Tropic Science and China-ASEAN Information Harbor want to link East Africa to Pakistan through fiber optics
Tropic Science Co., Ltd. and China-ASEAN Information Harbor ...
18 October, 2017 / No comment
Africa: Bonanza As Africa Prepares to Abolish Call Roaming Charges
Calling and sending text messages across African borders are...
18 October, 2017 / No comment
Tanzanian government introduces secondary school ICT initiative
The government in Tanzania has introduced a TZS 4 billion pr...
18 October, 2017 / No comment
Nigeria: Ntel’s new CEO aims to drive innovation
Ernest Akinola, the new MD and CEO of Nigerian 4G LTE firm N...
18 October, 2017 / No comment
South Africa: Data breach exposes millions of South Africans’ personal records
A huge trove of data, containing the personal information o...
18 October, 2017 / No comment
Congo: Congolese telecoms minister gives cellcos until December to improve services
Leon Juste Ibombo, the Republic of the Congo’s Minister of...
17 October, 2017 / No comment
Angola: The first national satellite, AngoSat-1, will finally be put into orbit in December 2017
In an interview with Xinhua last week, Manuel Homem, Direc...
17 October, 2017 / No comment
Nigeria: Firm Challenges Order to Transfer $10.5m to Unknown Third Party
A firm in the telecommunications sector, INT Towers Limited,...
17 October, 2017 / No comment
Botswana: Orange Money introduces money transfer from Barclays Botswana
In its continued efforts to provide relevant and convenient ...
17 October, 2017 / No comment
Africa: IoT set to fuel the next Green Revolution in the farming industry, finds Inmarsat
With pressure on land and food resources set to increase, th...
17 October, 2017 / No comment
Tanzanian government launches ICT school project
The Tanzanian government has begun a TZS 4 billion project o...
17 October, 2017 / No comment
Zimbabwe’s NetOne plans ‘M-Pesa of Southern Africa’
Zimbabwe’s state-owned mobile network operator NetOne ...
17 October, 2017 / No comment
Somalia signs deal with ITU to develop telecom
The Somali government has signed a cooperation agreement wit...
16 October, 2017 / No comment
Uganda: UTL partnership to boost internet speed
Uganda Telecom (UTL) has announced a partnership with the We...
16 October, 2017 / No comment
Angola: Global leader in online gaming selects Angonix, Africa’s third largest IXP
Angonix, Angola’s largest Internet Exchange Point (IXP), h...
16 October, 2017 / No comment
Tanzania: Payment deadline for Tanzanian telcos US$3.4 million fine draws closer
The three-month payment deadline handed to six mobile operat...
16 October, 2017 / No comment
Kenya: uptake of cloud application is on the rise
Kenyan industries are more aware of cloud infrastructure and...
16 October, 2017 / No comment
Ghana: Airtel, Tigo complete merger
Millicom International Cellular (MIC) has announced the comp...
16 October, 2017 / No comment
Nigeria: International investors show interest in Nigeria’s ICT sector
Investors from the United States of America (U.S), India, Ge...
13 October, 2017 / No comment
Kenya: Hurricane Electric expands network to East Africa Data Centre
Hurricane Electric has announced that it has added a new Poi...
13 October, 2017 / No comment
Nigeria: Data Rollover – Telcos Give NCC Condition for Compliance
Telecommunication operators (telcos) have resolved to comply...
13 October, 2017 / No comment
Zimbabwe: Cyber Security Is No Trivial Matter
The reshuffled Cabinet ushered in a new portfolio called the...
13 October, 2017 / No comment
South Africa: Telkom withdraws cautionary over state sale
Telkom on Thursday withdrew a cautionary announcement it ha...
13 October, 2017 / No comment
South Africa: severe weather impacts Openserve’s infrastructure
The recent inclement weather has wreaked havoc with Telkom S...
13 October, 2017 / No comment
Zain, IHS pen US$165m tower portfolio agreement
Kuwait-based mobile operator, KSCP (Zain), has entered int...
13 October, 2017 / No comment
Congo Dem Rep: completes Kinshasa-Kasumbalesa fibre link
China International Telecommunication Construction Corporati...
13 October, 2017 / No comment
Zimbabwe: NetOne unveils its credit card and a new Mobile Money service
NetOne, a subsidiary of the incumbent TelOne, has initiated ...
12 October, 2017 / No comment
South Africa’s first 5G network to go live in November
South Africa’s telecommunications company Comsol, backed b...
12 October, 2017 / No comment
Nigeria: Internet Traffic Rises As Nigeria Ranks 13th On Broadband Adoption Index
Affordability Drivers Index (ADI) rankings of the Alliance f...
12 October, 2017 / No comment
Rwanda: WiseKey and Microsoft partner to support government Blockchain project
WISeKey International Holding Ltd, a cybersecurity and IoT s...
12 October, 2017 / No comment
Kenya: Nairobi-based fintech company Lendable raises US$6.5m funding
Kenya and United States (US)-based fintech company Lendable ...
12 October, 2017 / No comment
Namibia looks to ICT sector for economic recovery
Namibia’s government believes the country’s ICT ...
12 October, 2017 / No comment
Algeria: Djezzy to invest USD878m in five years
Djezzy, Algeria’s second largest mobile operator by subscr...
12 October, 2017 / No comment
Kenya: Safaricom kicks off regional FTTH rollout project
Kenyan telecoms operator Safaricom has launched its fibre-to...
11 October, 2017 / No comment
South Africa plans to merge ICASA, .zaDNA, and USAASA
South Africa’s Ministry of Telecommunications and Postal S...
11 October, 2017 / No comment
Nigeria: NCC Registers 113 Million Trackable Simcards
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) said it has so ...
11 October, 2017 / No comment
South Africa: Outsurance CEO quits to join broadband operator Rain
Willem Roos, the founder and CEO of short-term insurer Outs...
11 October, 2017 / No comment
Ghana works towards an inclusive digital ecosystem
Ghana has taken important steps toward digitising its econom...
11 October, 2017 / No comment
Zimbabwe announces new cyber security ministry
Zimbabwe has officially established a new Ministry of Cyber ...
11 October, 2017 / No comment
Niger: Regulator fines four MNOs for missing service quality, coverage targets
Niger’s telecoms regulator, the Authority for the Regulati...
11 October, 2017 / No comment
South Africa set to regulate YouTube and Netflix
South Africa’s communications minister, Ayanda Dlodlo, has...
10 October, 2017 / No comment
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