Senegal’s President Macky Sall has asked the Ministry of Telecommunications and Digital Economy to implement an urgent plan to achieve nationwide mobile network coverage ‘as soon as possible’, local news agency APS reports. Chairing a weekly cabinet meeting on 15 March, President Sall ordered efforts to ‘improve national telephone coverage and accelerate the digital development of the...
Zimbabwe’s government has announced it intends to increase Internet penetration to above 75% by 2025. Women’s affairs, community, small, and medium development minister Sithembiso Nyoni said the aim was to raise Internet access in the next two years. The Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe’s (Potraz) second-quarter report of 2022 showed that Internet penetration...
In Nigeria, telecommunications is one of the sectors that consume the most electrical energy. As climate change accelerates, the telecoms regulator wants to introduce renewable energy sources to reduce the impact on the environment. The Nigerian communications commission (NCC) has called on mobile network operators to switch from fossil fuels to renewable energy. The initiative should not...
Digital technology is a major factor in the implementation of the Emerging Senegal Plan (PSE). The government is therefore investing in strengthening the national telecom infrastructure to accelerate digital transformation. Macky Sall, President of Senegal, is concerned about improving the quality and coverage of telecom services in the country. On the occasion of the Council of Ministers...
Helios Towers plans to take advantage of the evolution to next-generation mobile technologies, such as 5G and 6G, as it targets a bigger footprint across its markets. This is according to Sainesh Vallabh, chief executive for Southern and Central Africa for Helios Towers, speaking to ITWeb recently on the sidelines of Mobile World Congress 2023,...
The Ugandan government wants to accelerate its digital transformation as part of its socio-economic development program. Kampala had started its journey towards digitalization in 2016, notably with the financial support of the World Bank. The Ugandan government has secured an 1.8 trillion shillings (486.7 million USD) loan from the World Bank to expand internet access in...
Intracom Telecom has announced the signing of a frame contract agreement with Maxnet, a provider of internet and data connectivity services in Sudan, for the supply of the WiBAS wireless access systems in the 28GHz band. Within the framework of the multimillion US dollar agreement, Intracom will supply its latest generation of WiBAS-Connect Terminals and OSDR Hubs,...
Econet Wireless Zimbabwe has awarded a contract to Ericsson for the modernisation of its radio access network (RAN) and core network infrastructure across Zimbabwe’s capital city, Harare. Ericsson says the network upgrade will pave the way for Econet to deliver 5G connectivity in more locations, unlocking advanced consumer and enterprise use cases. As part of...
Nokia has been selected by MTN South Africa as one of its 5G RAN equipment providers. Under the deal, Nokia will modernise the existing 2G/3G/4G radio network and expand MTN’s 5G radio network across 2,800 sites in the Central and Eastern parts of the country. Nokia will provide equipment from its AirScale portfolio, including 5G AirScale baseband, Massive MIMO active antennas...
Communications and digital technologies minister Khumbudzo Ntshavheni has given South African telecommunications companies five years to deploy 4G and 5G networks across the country. Ntshavheni was speaking yesterday during the State of the Nation Address debate in Cape Town. This, as the local operators ramp up 5G network coverage in the country, which was held...
