Africa: Bharti Airtel Picks Banks for London Flotation of Africa Business
In February Bharti Airtel Ltd said the holding company for i...
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Nigeria softens stance on MTN, seeks end to dispute
Nigeria wants to end a dispute with MTN Group over a claim ...
20 September, 2018 / No comment
Zimbabwe electoral body looks to block social media
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) plans to lobby gover...
20 September, 2018 / No comment
Nigeria: VoIP switch investment pays off in Nigeria
World Telecom Labs (WTL) has announced that more than six bi...
20 September, 2018 / No comment
Ghana govt ramps up rural mobile telephony deployment
At the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) World Co...
20 September, 2018 / No comment
WORLD TELECOM LABS UNVEILS LATEST FIGURES FOR VOIP CALLS IN NIGERIA
…capacity up and congestion down as VoIP networks take ...
19 September, 2018 / No comment
Uganda: Cabinet Council Authorizes Renewal of MTN’s License
The Cabinet Council of the Republic of Uganda, meeting on 17...
19 September, 2018 / No comment
Kenya: Mobile Operators Have 7 Days to Switch Off Irregular SIM Cards
Kenya — Communications Authority of Kenya has given mobile...
19 September, 2018 / No comment
Nigeria: MTN Always in the Eye of the Storm?
Embattled Telecom giant, MTN Nigeria has been in the eye of ...
19 September, 2018 / No comment
African CIOs playing catch-up on digital transformation
CIOs in Africa, while they demonstrate an interest in digiti...
19 September, 2018 / No comment
Somalia could challenge Kenya’s mobile money dominance
A report by World Bank Rapid Growth in Mobile Money: Stabili...
19 September, 2018 / No comment
Zimbabwe’s mobile data charges second highest in Africa
Zimbabwe has the second most expensive mobile data in sub-Sa...
18 September, 2018 / No comment
South Africa: Naspers not reducing its exposure to South Africa
Naspers CEO Bob van Dijk has stated that the company is not...
18 September, 2018 / No comment
Tunisia: Minister Anouar Maarouf announces free wireless internet in the country’s cities
On the sidelines of a visit to the Monastir governorate on S...
18 September, 2018 / No comment
Egypt: Telecom Egypt concludes acquisition of MENA submarine cable
Telecom Egypt announced the conclusion of its agreement to a...
18 September, 2018 / No comment
Econet in talks, fuelling Liquid Telecom speculation
Econet Wireless Zimbabwe is in talks about restructuring th...
18 September, 2018 / No comment
Uganda: MTN is now mulling a listing in Uganda
MTN Group may list its Ugandan unit following government pr...
18 September, 2018 / No comment
Nigeria: BCN, USTDA PARTNER ON BROADBAND FOR NORTH WEST NIGERIA
At a dinner reception held in Lagos in honor of the particip...
17 September, 2018 / No comment
South Africa: Rain’s astonishing valuation is much higher than what Neotel sold at
African Rainbow Capital (ARC) released its maiden full-year...
17 September, 2018 / No comment
Tanzania: Tigo launches 4G + and shoots up against its competitors
The mobile phone operator Tigo Tanzania is on the right trac...
17 September, 2018 / No comment
South Africa: Telecoms central to Ramaphosa’s reform efforts
A proposed South African stimulus package will include a se...
17 September, 2018 / No comment
Malawi goes ahead with controversial anti-corruption software investment
The Malawian government will award the tender to supply anti...
17 September, 2018 / No comment
West Africa: MainOne links up with Orange, Minkels to boost connectivity
French telecommunications firm Orange has confirmed “a...
17 September, 2018 / No comment
Nigeria: MTN Nigeria takes legal action over refund threats
MTN Nigeria has filed an injunction against the Central Ban...
17 September, 2018 / No comment
South Africa: MTN South Africa launches VoLTE
MTN South Africa has launched VoLTE, marketed to users as H...
17 September, 2018 / No comment
Cameroon: Dutchman Hendrik Kasteel in firefighting at the head of MTN Cameroon?
Having arrived at the head of MTN Cameroon in February 2018,...
07 September, 2018 / No comment
Cameroon: 6,000 km long, the SAIL fiber optic submarine cable now links Cameroon to Brazil
China’s Huawei Marine Networks officially announced on...
07 September, 2018 / No comment
South Africa’s Harith buys into Malawi fibre network
South African-based private equity firm Harith General Part...
07 September, 2018 / No comment
South Africa: Vodacom is SA’s speed king, OpenSignal finds
Vodacom has extended its lead at the top of OpenSignal’s ...
07 September, 2018 / No comment
Nigeria: Clickatell, UBA launch chat banking solution in Nigeria
WhatsApp business solution provider Clickatell has announced...
07 September, 2018 / No comment
Ghana: Yahsat launched its satellite broadband internet service in Ghana
Satellite connectivity provider Yahsat has officially launch...
06 September, 2018 / No comment
Expresso Telecom picks Djibouti Data Centre as strategic hub for expansion
The Djibouti Data Center (DDC) has announced that the Espres...
06 September, 2018 / No comment
Nigeria: Access Bank Launches Whatsapp Banking
The days of brick and mortar banking are fast becoming a thi...
06 September, 2018 / No comment
Africa: WorldRemit launches digital money transfers within Africa
Leading international money transfer company WorldRemithas ...
06 September, 2018 / No comment
Nigeria raises heat on MTN with $2bn tax bill
The MTN Group is hit with a $2 billion Nigerian tax bill, ma...
06 September, 2018 / No comment
Malawi: US$13.7 million govt software tender sparks controversy
A US$13,7 million tender to supply anti-corruption software ...
06 September, 2018 / No comment
Ghana: AirtelTigo completes network upgrade in five regions
AirtelTigo, Ghana’s third largest mobile network operator ...
06 September, 2018 / No comment
Uganda: BringCom Completes Acquisition of Ugandan ISP Datanet
BringCom, a provider of international and last-mile connecti...
05 September, 2018 / No comment
Nigeria: Lagos New ICT Park to Take N43 Billion
The Concessionaire for the construction of new Lagos Informa...
05 September, 2018 / No comment
Kenya: Safaricom faces $4.47 million fine by telecom regulator
One of Kenya’s largest telecoms faces a fine of 0.2 percen...
05 September, 2018 / No comment
MTN’s Nigeria nightmare deepens
Nigeria is seeking about US$2-billion in back taxes from MT...
05 September, 2018 / No comment
Kenya unveils new framework for QoS assessment
The Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) has launched a ne...
05 September, 2018 / No comment
Uganda expects 100% cellular coverage next year
The head of the Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) says ...
05 September, 2018 / No comment
Nigeria obtains $ 328 million from China to complete Phase 2 of national fiber optic network
The Federal Republic of Nigeria obtained a credit of US $ 32...
04 September, 2018 / No comment
Nigeria: MainOne and Minkels announce expansion of West Africa’s full scale data centre
Connectivity and data centre solutions provider in West Afri...
04 September, 2018 / No comment
MTN collects R4.5-billion in Cyprus sale
Johannesburg-listed telecommunications group MTN said on Tu...
04 September, 2018 / No comment
South Africa govt denies taking over spectrum control
Director-General of the Department of Telecommunications and...
04 September, 2018 / No comment
Africa: China’s Xi offers another US$60 billion to Africa
Chinese President Xi Jinping offered another $60 billion in ...
04 September, 2018 / No comment
South Africa: Telkom SA calls for digital economy summit
Telkom South Africa has called for a multi-sectoral digital ...
04 September, 2018 / No comment
South Africa: Here it is – the Act which will determine Vodacom and MTN’s future in South Africa
The Ministry of Telecommunications and Postal Services has p...
03 September, 2018 / No comment
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