Vodacom Group reported a strong 9% advance in revenue in the first quarter of its 2022 financial year, reaching R24.8-billion. If it hadn’t been for rand strength, the figure would have been 14.2%. Normalised group service revenue growth was 7.8% as international (non-South African) growth accelerated, while South African service revenue was up 5.2% to R14.1-billion,...
Sipho Maseko is stepping down as CEO of the partially state-owned telecommunications group Telkom after nine years in the job. He will depart on 30 June 2022. “The process to appoint a successor is well under way and a group CEO-designate will be announced in the not-too-distant future. Sipho would, for the remainder of his tenure,...
Vodacom has pioneered the first live 5G network in Mpumalanga, a move it says is aimed at bridging the digital divide between urban and rural areas. The operator announced yesterday that six 5G sites are now live in the Mpumalanga and support both mobile and fixed wireless access services. Vodacom customers with 5G-enabled devices, and...
Cameroon’s national telecommunications company Camtel has reached a strategic partnership agreement with MTN GlobalConnect, the digital wholesale and infrastructure services company of MTN Group. The protocol agreement, signed recently by the General Manager of Camtel Judith Yah Sunday Achidi and MTN GlobalConnect CEO Frédéric Schepens, paves the way for MTN GlobalConnect to commercialise Camtel’s four...
MTN has announced its intention to invest R350-million into its network in South Africa, specifically within the provinces of Limpopo, Mpumalanga and North West. According to the operator, the intention is to modernise, upgrade, build new sites and transmission links. “We want to bridge the digital divide and create exciting opportunities for communities, businesses and...
Ethiopia is speeding up the integration of banks and mobile wallets to tap into the local payments and international remittance markets, long flagged by the World Bank as key to TeleBirr, the country’s first mobile money platform. TeleBirr is run by telecom operator, Ethio Telecom and has soared to more than 4 million registered users...
After the acquisition in 2020 of the American communications technology provider Range Networks, Africa Mobile Networks, which builds and operates mobile network base stations in rural areas in Africa, has opened up its capital to a group of foreign investors. Fund manager Metier led a $ 36 million investment in Africa Mobile Networks (AMN), the fifth largest...
In a telecoms market disputed with MTN, Airtel and Beeline, Zamtel is increasing its investments. The telecoms company has made broadband connectivity and mobile payment, new growth drivers, the new main axes of its growth strategy. The Zambia Telecommunications Company Limited (Zamtel) announced, Wednesday, July 21, the start of work to expand the capacities of its...
Telkom, a leading telecommunications company in South Africa, has revealed its new music streaming platform, Telkom Music. Launched in partnership with Tencent-owned JOOX, the platform is available from the Huawei AppGallery and Google Play Store. Telkom says that it recognizes the landscape of music streaming is changing and highlights that the stand-out feature of its music...
The Botswana Communications Regulatory Authority (BOCRA) has attributed the country’s improvement in cyber security to the national cyber security strategy launched last year. Aaron Nyelesi, Director, Broadcasting and Corporate Communications, said the strategy has improved Botswana’s ranking on the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Global Cybersecurity Index 2020 (GCI). The Index has ranked Botswana 12th out...
