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More Africa NewsEgypt: Atos opens a new Global Delivery Center in Cairo

December 7, 2022by myles0

The Egyptian Prime Minister and the Egyptian Minister of Communication and Information Technology have signed an agreement between Atos and the Egyptian Information Technology Industry Development Agency ( ITIDA ) to to expand Atos activities in Egypt . The new GDC will provide state-of-the-art digital services to customers around the world. Atos announces today the opening of its new Global Delivery Center (GDC) in Cairo, Egypt, marked by an official signing ceremony in the presence of the Egyptian Prime Minister, Mr. Moustafa Kemal Madbouli, and the Egyptian Minister of...

More Africa NewsWest Africa: ECOWAS Aims to Assist Member States Fight Cybercrime, Deal With Digital Evidence

December 7, 2022by myles0

The ECOWAS Commission aims to assist Member States to build capacity in units dedicated to fighting cybercrime and dealing with digital evidence. As such through the project ‘Organised Crime: West African Response on Cybersecurity and fight against Cybercrime (OCWAR-C) representatives from Member States Cybercrime recently met in Dakar-Senegal ECOWAS, according to a news release. The...

More Africa NewsKenya is Africa’s second most popular investment destination – start-up report

December 7, 2022by myles0

Nairobi is the leading hub for Kenyan tech, with 97.4% of start-ups based out of the city, while Fintech is the leading sub-sector, with 93 or 30.2% of start-ups active in this space. Kenya is the second most popular investment destination on the continent after Nigeria. This is according to the Kenya Startup Ecosystem Report 2022,...

More Africa NewsAirtel Uganda can delay share listing

December 7, 2022by myles0

Airtel Uganda has been given permission to delay its listing on the local stock market for twelve months. Under the terms of its licence, Airtel was required to go public by 15 December 2022 and offer 20% of its capital to Ugandan investors. In May this year, however, the firm asked the Uganda Communications Commission (UCC)...

More Africa NewsGhana: Govt extends rural telephony to 1,353 communities

December 7, 2022by myles0

The Ghanaian government, through the Ghana Investment Fund for Electronic Communications (GIFEC), has constructed 1,003 rural telephony sites under the Rural Telephony and Digital Inclusion Project, Graphic reports. Presenting the 2023 Budget Statement and Government Economic Policy to parliament, Minister of Finance Ken Ofori Atta noted the deployments had benefitted 1,353 rural communities, which now...

More Africa NewsNigeria: Airtel and UNICEF will connect 620 primary schools to digital learning by February 2023

December 6, 2022by myles0

In 2020, UNICEF launched a global initiative to ensure access for millions of children to quality education via the Internet, while Covid-19 had reduced social interactions. UNICEF relies on telecom operators to guarantee the Internet, which is crucial for the success of the project. Telecommunications operator Airtel Nigeria and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) announced...

More Africa NewsKenya: Safaricom Unveils Cheaper Monthly Data, Airtime Plans

December 6, 2022by myles0

Safaricom has announced a revamp of its PostPay and All-in-One plans that will see customers enjoy lower prices on the consolidated Go Monthly proposition. Under the new proposition, the Go Monthly 1K plan will go for Sh1,000, down from Sh1050; the 2K plan will go for Sh2,000 down from Sh2,100; the 3K plan will go...

More Africa News More Industry InsightsVodafone CEO to step down

December 6, 2022by myles0

Vodafone Group CEO Nick Read will step down at the end of December 2022 following a year when the telecommunications company’s share price sank. Chief financial officer Margherita Della Valle will become interim CEO, in addition to her current role, while a replacement is found, the company said in a statement on Monday. The company’s...

More Africa NewsHormuud Telecom secures Somalia’s first spectrum licence

December 6, 2022by myles0

Somalia’s National Communications Authority (NCA) has issued the country’s first spectrum licence to telecommunications provider, Hormuud Telecom. In a recent announcement of the licence, Hormuud won the rights to use frequency bands including 700 MHz, 800 MHz, 900 MHz, 1.8 GHz, 2.1 GHz, 2.3 GHz, 2.6 GHz, and 3.5 GHz. According to the announcement, spectrum...

More Africa NewsAfrican Fintechs call for comprehensive regional regulatory policies

December 6, 2022by myles0

African Fintech raised over US$1.3-billion in 2021 and according to research by McKinsey & Company, is poised to generate US$30-billion by 2025. However, Fintech businesses have called for comprehensive regulatory policies for regions rather than countries. Fintech industry watchers and researchers say this is the fastest-growing start-up industry in Africa and is fuelled by several...

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