Articles by Dan Sudi

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Mon, September 17th, 06:47 · Dan Sudi

Zambia’s Zamtel introduces TV streaming services

Zambia’s top telecom has introduced Zamtel Mobile TV following a partnership with two local television networks to allow its subscribers to access the new service. → Read more
Fri, September 14th, 10:58 · Dan Sudi

Tigo closes deal with Altobridge to spread mobile network across rural Ghana

Mobile network operator Tigo has partnered with Altobridge, an Irish wireless network solutions leader, in an initiative aimed at rolling out mobile voice and broadband network coverage across Ghana’s rural areas. → Read more
Thu, September 13th, 20:02 · Dan Sudi

Paynet’s Card Processing Centre to be launched in East Africa this year

Paynet Group, a card processor and electronic payments solutions provider, says it will launch a new chip and PIN card issuing facility in East Africa by early November, in a move designed to boost banks’ anti-fraud measures. → Read more
Thu, September 13th, 14:45 · Dan Sudi

Vodacom to host SA’s mobile app developers forum

South Africa’s giant mobile network operator Vodacom will officially launch the country’s first multi-platform mobile application development workshop project, aimed at improving the mobile app ecosystem. → Read more
Thu, September 13th, 11:36 · Dan Sudi

Kenya’s civic education site launched

Kenya National Integrated Civic Education (K-NICE), a government initiative charged with monitoring civic education, yesterday unveiled a website for sharing constitutional information ahead of the general elections slated for March next year. → Read more
Thu, September 13th, 07:06 · Dan Sudi

Kenya’s Essar Yu introduces phone-based insurance cover

Kenyan mobile network operator Essar Yu has partnered with Jubilee Insurance and MicroEnsure in a venture expected to offer mobile-enhanced health insurance cover to an estimated 1 million people before 2015. → Read more
Thu, September 13th, 05:00 · Dan Sudi

Botswana’s new e-Gov plan expected to improve service delivery

The Government of Botswana took advantage of the ongoing 2012 ICT Pitso to launch an e-government project expected to offer prompt service delivery to the country’s estimated 2 million people. → Read more
Wed, September 12th, 10:05 · Dan Sudi

Uganda’s government urged to refocus efforts on local developers

The Ugandan government should review its ICT policy to ensure local developers come up with practicable innovations and decrease the reliance on foreign technology, an official said. → Read more
Wed, September 12th, 09:37 · Dan Sudi

UBA adopts MasterCard use across its 750 branches

Leading banking group United Bank for Africa (UBA) has officially introduced UBA MasterCard for its estimated 750 branches, easing the process of making transactions for its 7 million customers. → Read more
Wed, September 12th, 09:33 · Dan Sudi

Rwanda’s ICT startups battle it out today

Ten ICT innovators from Rwanda have been selected in the Kigali edition of the Start-up World challenge that will see the winner represent the country in Silicon Valley, California in the United States early next year. → Read more
Tue, September 11th, 13:37 · Dan Sudi

YahSat espouses Hughes for its african expansion front

Satellite services leader YahSat has announced plans to roll out its range of offerings across the entire African continent, providing quality satellite services to boost internet connectivity. → Read more
Mon, September 10th, 13:30 · Dan Sudi

Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa to benefit from m-health pilot project

Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa will be the first countries in Africa to benefit from the third quarter of the Pan-African M-health initiative beginning early next year. → Read more
Mon, September 10th, 07:01 · Dan Sudi

Safaricom to launch applications-store next month

Kenya’s giant telecommunication service provider Safaricom will unveil the application-store from next month in an effort targeted at promoting local software developers. → Read more
Sat, September 8th, 06:00 · Dan Sudi

Samsung Ghana week slated for Sept 17 in Kumasi and Accra

Electronics giant Samsung has scheduled this year’s Samsung Ghana Week for September 17 to 23 in Ghana’s capitals Accra and Kumasi. → Read more
Fri, September 7th, 10:46 · Dan Sudi

Swaziland’s SPTC embarks on paralysing wireless services

Swaziland’s leading landline service provider Swaziland posts and telecommunications Corporation (SPTC) has started switching off all its fixed wireless services after losing a legal battle to provide services alongside the country's monopoly telecommunications operator MTN. → Read more
Fri, September 7th, 09:58 · Dan Sudi

Kenya ICT board and KITOS partners with AITEC Africa

The Kenya’s information and technology pioneering group Kenya ICT Board and the latest Kenya IT and Outsourcing Services (KITOS) have partnered with the giant technology event organizer AITEC Africa to be in charge of East Africa ICT Summit with Kenya as the host country. → Read more
Thu, September 6th, 12:56 · Dan Sudi

MTN to sponsor Highway Africa conference targeted at boosting media ICT

South African based and Africa’s leading mobile operators MTN will sponsor the Highway Africa conference next week at Rhodes University in Grahamstown, South Africa. → Read more
Thu, September 6th, 09:37 · Dan Sudi

Uganda’s communications regulator wants to disconnect fake handsets

Uganda’s communications regulator the Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) early this week promised to crack a whip and disconnect all fake mobile phones in the country. → Read more
Thu, September 6th, 07:32 · Dan Sudi

Vodacom Tanzania and Nokia partner to unveil Nokia 111

Leading mobile service provider Vodacom Tanzania and giant handset manufacturer Nokia have partnered to introduce Nokia 111 model in the country. → Read more
Thu, September 6th, 04:00 · Dan Sudi

Vodacom Tanzania to celebrate 2 scores next week

Vodacom Tanzania will on Monday mark two major milestones namely two million M-pesa subscribers and close to 10 million customers since the year 2000. → Read more