The State IT Agency (SITA) plans to commence its R400 million core network upgrade programme as soon as a service provider is appointed, says the agency. As the official provider of IT-related services to government departments and public entities, SITA has often caught flack for network performance challenges that hamper some of the state’s agencies....
Africa focused technology group Liquid Intelligent Technologies has announced the roll out of high-speed connectivity to communities in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) using state-of-the-art Wireless Optical Communication technology (WOC) from Project Taara at X, Alphabet’s moonshot factory. This achievement marks a robust high-capacity communications bridge between Kinshasa and Congo Brazzaville. According to Liquid,...
Vodacom Tanzania Plc has initiated the second phase of its global money remittance expansion scheme with the launch of the “Dunia Kijiji, Afrika Mashariki ni Yako” campaign in which it now allows for direct money transfers from M-Pesa to all bank accounts in the East African countries of Kenya, Uganda, Burundi and Rwanda, as well...
The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (Comesa) Competition Commission (CCC) has fined Malawi Telecom Towers, Helios Towers Limited and Madagascar Towers SA a combined total of 0.05% of their turnover in the Common Market in the financial year of 2020 for failure to notify the organisation of their proposed acquisition on time. The...
Benin and China have signed a USD40 million concessional loan agreement for the implementation of Benin’s High Speed Network Densification Project (Projet de Densification du Reseau Haut Debit, PDRHD). As reported by Agence Ecofin, the funds will support the installation of at least 484km of fibre-optics in four departments: Mono, Zou, Collines and the North. The...
Since 2010, the central securities depository (SCD) of the Ugandan stock market has been engaged in the digitization of its operations. It has just taken a new step thanks to its collaboration with MTN MoMo. Mobile operator MTN Uganda has further democratized Ugandans’ access to the local stock market. It is now possible, from its Mobile Money...
Various African organizations have been increasing the number of strategic agreements to accelerate the digital development of the continent since last year. The African Telecommunications Union, one of the most important, has just added one more to its repertoire. The African Telecommunications Union and the Finnish telecommunications equipment supplier Nokia announced on Wednesday September 15 the...
The coming of global system for mobile telecommunications, GSM, into Nigeria in 2001 changed the dynamics of telecommunications in the country. But it also goes beyond that. By the time the derivate of that ‘revolution’ started rolling in some five years later via instant messaging by service providers like Blackberry, then the impact of that...
espite significant progress in the commercial availability of embedded subscriber identity module (eSIM) devices and associated connectivity services, consumer awareness of eSIM still remains low, with Sub-Saharan Africa showing the lowest adoption rate globally. This is according to “The Mobile Economy 2021” report, based on research conducted by the GSM Association (GSMA). The study provides an...
The DRC, Libya, Mauritania and Tunisia are among countries with the slowest broadband internet speeds, while North Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa are ranked bottom of table for connectivity speeds, according to new data from Cable UK. In a regional ranking, incorporating 224 countries, North Africa was judged to have the slowest average internet connection speeds at...
