Despite the rise of advanced and hi-tech communication platforms in recent years, SMS usage for business communication is at an all-time high and the platform is expected to remain entrenched in this space for many years to come. 2022 marked the 30-year anniversary of the advent of SMS, which was initially launched as a person-to-person...
Megatrends Afrika believes that the strong presence of telecommunications companies from the Middle Kingdom in Africa contributes to improving connectivity and reducing the digital divide on the continent, but generates new challenges . While bringing economic opportunity, the growing engagement of Chinese telecommunications companies in Africa poses risks related to digital sovereignty, cybersecurity and...
As businesses continue evolving to meet changing customer behaviour, the uptake and investment in cloud unified communications platforms and tools will continue to soar. Businesses are increasingly realising that they must meet customers at a time and digital channel of their choosing, which leads to increased adoption of fully fledged Omni Channel solutions. This adoption augments...
With the recent announcement of load-shedding in Zambia, including the possibility of up to 12-hour long outages in a single day, businesses in the country are facing significant risks to their operations. Power outages can result in costly data loss, disruption to production and decreased customer satisfaction, all of which can have a detrimental impact...
The average score for North Africa is 38.59 points on a scale of 100 points against 29.38 points for sub-Saharan Africa. Both regions fall below the world average score of 44.61 points. Mauritius tops the 2022 edition of the ranking of African countries best prepared for large-scale adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) in the public sector,...
It’s hard to think of life without technology. From being able to stream movies on Netflix, asking Alexa to play our favourite songs or just being able to Google the weather, latest soccer scores or answers to life’s most puzzling questions – technology is playing a central role in the way we work, play, and do business....
Telecom Egypt, the country’s first integrated telecom operator, in cooperation with Huawei Technologies, the world’s leading provider of information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure and smart devices, announced the activation of the first eco-friendly wireless network tower made of Fiber Reinforced Polymer (FRP). Wireless network tower made of Fiber Reinforced Polymer in Egypt Through this...
South Africans who bought shares in any of the country’s six JSE-listed telecoms companies at the start of 2022 would have seen declines in their investment over the year. MyBroadband analysed the share price performance of these companies from the opening of trade on Monday, 3 January 2022, to market close on the last day...
A team of highly-experienced payments industry professionals have launched the enza group (enza), a payments company focused on servicing the growing needs of banks, Fintechs, and MNOs across Africa. In a statement released to the media, the newly formed company said the African consumer payments landscape remains dominated by cash. It cites research from global management consulting...
Facebook’s 2Africa undersea cable will land at three sites in South Africa and will substantially increase South Africa’s international Internet capacity. The three sites include Duynefontein in the Western Cape, Mtunzini in KwaZulu-Natal, and the Coega Special Economic Zone in the Eastern Cape. Once completed, the 2Africa submarine cable will span a length of 45,000km,...
