THE tenth Edition of the East Africa Internet Governance Forum (EA-IGF) has called on Information, Communication and Technology (ICT) experts in the region to take proactive steps towards ensuring that the internet continues to be a force for positive change in the region. Jointly hosted by the East African Community and Rwanda Ministry of ICT...
East Africa’s communications sector regulators have resolved to review the implementation of the One Network Area (Ona) framework on roaming charges. The development was reached at during a two-day Heads of Communications Regulatory Authorities summit held in Kigali, Rwanda, between September 14 and 15. Dr Aminah Zawedde, the permanent secretary at Uganda’s Ministry of ICT...
Created in 2012, the EACO aims to guarantee communication services for all in East Africa. Its member countries include Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda. The East African Communications Organization (EACO) will benefit from the expertise of Chinese technology company Huawei to develop information and communication technologies (ICT) in the region. A protocol on capacity...
World Mobile’s Android application on Google Play now has a viable commercial version available to all inhabitants of Zanzibar, a Tanzanian archipelago in East Africa. World Mobile introduces its first commercial telecom network in Zanzibar According to the press release shared with U.Today, World Mobile, an application and a telecom network that leverages blockchain-based data structures...
Frequent cross-border forays chasing elusive prospects led to a closer look at the roaming service. And like many roving East African Community citizens, I can vouch for the One Area Network (ONA). Mobile services are seamless and convenient, albeit more so within the four ONA implementing countries – Uganda, Rwanda, Kenya and South Sudan. Tanzania...
An agreement on long-term cooperation has been signed between Azercosmos OJSC and the Kenyan CommCarrier company, Trend reports via the Ministry of Digital Development and Transport of Azerbaijan. The CommCarrier will serve its partners in the Central and East Africa region in the Ku band [primarily used for satellite communications] of the Azerspace-2 satellite. “We are pleased...
The East African Business Council (EABC) and the International Trade Centre (ITC) have launched an online platform designed to boost the competitive edge of small businesses in the region. Dubbed, My East African Soko, the platform will support small businesses in increasing their use of digital technologies and in their recovery from the economic effects...
Safaricom’s M-Pesa Africa has appointed Sitoyo Lopokoiyit as its new Managing Director. He is a “mobile financial services expert who has directly managed mobile money in two of the largest markets in the world – Kenya and Tanzania,” reveals MyBroadBand. Lopokoiyit joined Safaricom in 2011 as head of M-Pesa strategy and business development. He then went...
A new submarine cable that connects Djibouti, Somalia and Kenya is now active after more than 5 years of work. 4,900 km long, it is equipped with the latest generation of optical fiber. The consortium behind the project brings together Djibouti Telecom, Somtel, Hormuud Telecom and Telkom Kenya. They have invested a total amount of over 81...
On Tuesday, 16th February at 19:16 UTC, the WIOCC Network Operation Centre (NOC) observed interruption to a significant number of client services between Djibouti and Marseille, France on the SeaMeWe5 submarine cable, affecting voice, data and internet services in multiple countries across eastern and southern Africa. Once it was determined that fault repair would require a subsea...
