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Humanitarian Comms

Mobile gender gap narrows in developing markets

Over 1.5 billion women used mobile internet in 2023 in developing nations, as women are adopting connectivity faster than men, according to the...

Cyber Security

Nigeria suspends controversial money transfer levy

For the second time in just over a year, the Nigerian government has thought better of a plan that would, effectively, tax users of mobile...

Energy & Sustainability

Biodegradable SIMs on the way from MTN Rwanda

A potentially significant announcement – made last week but only now being widely reported – is MTN Rwanda’s claim that it is pioneering the...

Operators

Vodacom Group profits dip

Vodacom reported a dip in profits due to higher energy costs and forex rates which have also affected other operators on the African...

Satellite Networks

Avanti and Q-KON launching LEO services in South Africa

Avanti has partnered with Q-KON to provide LEO satellite connectivity to customers across South Africa.

Operators

Airtel Africa profits hit by Nigeria currency devaluation

Airtel Africa reported a loss of US$89 million as it also suffered from the devaluation of the Nigerian naira, despite growth in customer...

Optical & Fixed Networks

Damage to submarine cables: claims and remedies

Transmitting about 99% of the world’s telecommunications, submarine cables have emerged as critical infrastructure necessary for systems to...

Enterprise Ecosystems

Camtel and Angola Cables form backhaul partnership

Angola Cables and Camtel have partnered to expand digital and connectivity services in Cameroon and the West Africa region.

Operators

Safaricom reveals slight gain in profits

Safaricom announced flat profit growth in its full 2023 financial year as income was dampened by investment into its new Ethiopian unit and...

Regulation

Kenya discusses data sharing with the EU

Kenya has reportedly begun talks on data sharing with the European Union (EU) – a process that could enhance Kenya’s income from digital...

Regulation

Electronic banking levy faces backlash in Nigeria

The planned introduction of a new levy on electronic banking transactions in Nigeria is facing a backlash.

Cloud & Virtualisation

CMC Networks launches pan-African edge cloud IaaS

South Africa-based CMC Networks announced on Tuesday it has launched a new infrastructure as a service (IaaS) solution that offers edge computing...

Operators

IFC mulls $200m loan for Airtel Africa upgrade plan

The International Finance Corporation (IFC) announced it is in discussion to loan Airtel Africa US$200 million, to fill the operator's coffers to...

Operators

Hormuud employees die in roadside bomb attack

Hormuud Telecom employees were killed in a roadside bomb attack on the outskirts of the Somali capital of Mogadishu.

Energy & Sustainability

NuRAN Wireless receives funding to support African NaaS ventures

NuRAN Wireless, a leading rural telecommunications company that meets the growing demand for wireless network coverage in remote and rural...

Operators

Mauritius Telecom to partner with Orange, Reliance Jio for new subsea cable

Mauritius Telecom is in talks with operators including Reliance Jio and Orange to build a new subsea cable connecting Africa, Indian Ocean...

Operators

MTN Nigeria seeks regulator green light for tariff increase

MTN revealed its strategy to “restore profitability” in its Nigerian unit which includes raising tariff prices, after being hit by a sharp...

Satellite Networks

Boost for Starlink as Ghana gives it the go-ahead

Ghana is the latest country to give the go-ahead to SpaceX and its Starlink satellite internet service.

Satellite Networks

Cameroon bans Starlink imports ahead of voluntary shutdown

Cameroon authorities have reportedly banned imports of Starlink kits and are confiscating them at the border, even though SpaceX plans to stop...

Optical & Fixed Networks

SAFE cable fault disrupts internet and banking services in Mauritius

Internet and banking services were reportedly disrupted in Mauritius on Friday due to a technical glitch with the South Africa Far East (SAFE)...

Mobile Finance

MTN upgrades mobile money platform in South Africa

MTN South Africa partnered with banking and financial services companies to integrate digital payments solution Payshap into its mobile money...

Ethiopian regulator resets termination rates to boost competition

Regulation

Ethiopia's ECA resets termination rates to boost competition

The Ethiopian Communications Authority (ECA) says that it has set price caps on mobile and fixed termination rates for the next five years in a...

Operators

Telkom shareholders to confirm tower unit sale in May

Shareholders in South African service provider Telkom will soon vote on a plan to sell the group’s towers and masts to a consortium led by...

Satellite Networks

AMN activates Starlink cellular backhaul connectivity in Nigeria

Africa Mobile Networks Group (AMN) announced on Thursday that its first of its base stations in Nigeria to connect to SpaceX’s Starlink...

Operators

Fibre first for Tigo Tanzania; spectrum boost for Vodacom

Operator Tigo Tanzania has announced the launch of what it calls a first-of-its-kind fibre-to-home and fibre-to-office internet service that is...

Wireless Networks

Liquid expands Wi-Fi service in Kampala

Liquid Intelligent Technologies, a leading provider of pan-African digital infrastructure, has partnered with Kampala-based telecommunications...

Satellite Networks

Starlink stalled in Zimbabwe but off the ground soon in Madagascar

Satellite communications company Starlink has halted internet services in Zimbabwe until it receives licensing approval from the nation’s...

Mobile Finance

App and platform providers increase focus on African remittance market

Remittance deals continue to hog the fintech headlines in Africa. MTN MoMo, Mastercard and Equity Bank Kenya are the latest companies to make...

Optical & Fixed Networks

Revolutionizing township connectivity: fast and affordable community broadband

The benefits that broadband delivers are proven and measurable in terms of economics, and few would dispute that fibre is the optimal broadband...

Satellite Networks

Seacom launches itself into the LEO market in South Africa

Submarine cable network operator and managed connectivity service provider Seacom has launched a low-earth-orbit (LEO) satellite service for its...

Optical & Fixed Networks

Laying the groundwork: how Africa handled its subsea cable crisis

Within the space of a month,

Vendors

Huawei pursues ICT education initiatives in three African countries

Technology giant Huawei has been busy with information and communication technologies (ICT) education initiatives in recent weeks – in Kenya,...

Regulation

Togo to accelerate digitisation of public services

The Togo Digital Agency (Agence Togo Digital or ATD) is said to be working on a plan to speed up the digitisation of Togo’s public services.

Business

Econet joins the many Zimbabwean businesses changing over to the ZiG

Among the many businesses dealing with Zimbabwe’s attempt to move to a new currency last Friday was operator Econet, which last weekend said it...

Energy & Sustainability

Power issues spur further investment from South Africa’s MTN

South African operator MTN has responded to the country’s ongoing power blackouts with further investment in generators in an attempt to make up...

Operators

Orange launches youth training programme in MEA

Orange and online learning company Coursera are launching a free certification training programme for young people in Africa and the...

Operators

MTN super app Ayoba records 35m active monthly users

MTN’s super-app Ayoba had 35 million monthly active users in 2023 a year-on-year increase from 20 million due to feature upgrades and...

Operators

Sub-Saharan Africa operators call for government alliance

Africa is reaching a tipping point as take up of connectivity services has surged year-on-year and it is not slowing down anytime...

Regulation

South Africa takes a closer look at its RF needs

The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) has published what it calles the Draft Radio Frequency Migration Plan (Draft...

Regulation

Ghana-Benin roaming agreement due to take effect in July

In a deal announced last week on its website by Ghana’s National Communications Authority (NCA), the NCA and the Autorité de Régulation des...

Energy & Sustainability

Africa Data Centres pursues solar energy strategy in South Africa

Africa Data Centres, Africa’s largest network of interconnected, carrier and cloud-neutral data centre facilities, say it has broken ground on...

Mobile Finance

LemFi brings remittance services to Kenyans abroad

Remittances are in the news yet again, this time in the shape of LemFi, a cross-border payment solution that allows people in the diaspora to...

Operators

MTN Nigeria EGM to address 2023 capital loss

MTN Nigeria plans to hold an extraordinary general meeting (EGM) with its shareholders on how to manage the capital loss it suffered in 2023.

Investment

Blue Label gets the go-ahead for Cell C takeover

South Africa's Blue Label Telecoms has received approval from the country's Competition Commission (CompCom) to take control, via a subsidiary,...

Regulation

Telecom Namibia deactivates nearly 200,000 SIM cards

Telecom Namibia (TN) the state-owned telecommunications operator, has taken what it describes as a proactive step to align with regulatory...

Data Centres & Networks

Vodacom Mozambique invests in new data centre

Vodacom Mozambique is widely reported to be investing US$25 million in a new data centre in the country.

Consumer Ecosystems

Digital reading library comes to Ghana via Digital Virgo and MTN

YouScribe, described as the largest digital reading library on the African continent with over one million subscribers, has announced the launch...

Investment

Nigerian MVNO announces major investment

Zegtel, a new Nigerian mobile virtual network operator (MVNO), has announced plans to invest about US$21.8 million over the next five years to...

Enterprise Ecosystems

MSMEs in Zambia and Cote d’Ivoire to get digital support

Digital support for Africa’s MSMEs is again making headlines thanks to news stories about companies in Zambia and Cote d’Ivoire being enabled to...

Data Centres & Networks

AFR-IX Telecom Joins LINX Nairobi interconnection hub

The London Internet Exchange (LINX), described as the UK’s leading peering community, has announced that pan-African network provider AFR-IX...

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