Fri, December 13th, 14:20 · Richard Cutcher
Etisalat, the Abu-Dhabi-based network operator, has asked banks to extend commitments on a US$8 billion loan which has been put aside to fund its acquisition of a majority stake in Moroccan operator Maroc Telecom. → Read more
Wed, December 11th, 12:30 · Gabriella Mulligan
Goal-line technology makes its African debut today, as the Federation of International Football Associations (FIFA) Club World Cup 2013 kicks off in Morocco. → Read more
Mon, November 25th, 15:30 · Richard Cutcher
The high price of internet access is the primary obstacle to increasing web access in Africa, according to the Web Index 2013 report. → Read more
Tue, November 5th, 11:20 · Richard Cutcher
Etisalat has announced an agreement has been reached to purchase Vivendi’s controlling 53 per cent stake in Maroc Telecom for US$5.67 billion, concluding lengthy negotiations and significantly increasing its African footprint as a result. → Read more
Thu, October 31st, 13:20 · Richard Cutcher
Maroc Telecom, the leading Moroccan telecommunications company currently the subject of an acquisition bid by Etisalat, has reported a 4.7 per cent drop in revenue for the first nine months of 2013 compared to the same period last year. → Read more
Thu, October 31st, 08:00 · Paul Adepoju
Jumia, one of Africa’s leading online shopping platforms, has launched its first in-house brand, FTC Apparel, a collection of shoes for women, in Morocco. → Read more
Thu, October 10th, 10:20 · Richard Cutcher
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has released its tech figures and global rankings, showing Zambia and Zimbabwe making above average progress. → Read more
Mon, September 30th, 18:00 · Paul Adepoju
Kaymu, an online marketplace connecting buyers and sellers with one click, has opened operations in Morocco and Ghana less than a year after it launched in Nigeria and Pakistan. → Read more
Mon, September 30th, 11:00 · Richard Cutcher
Etisalat and Vivendi have extended their deadline for talks over Maroc Telecom to October 31, as the United Arab Emirates-based company continues its bid to acquire Vivendi’s 53 per cent stake in the Moroccan operator. → Read more
Thu, September 19th, 10:00 · Richard Cutcher
The editor of a Moroccan news website has been arrested after he posted a North African Al Qaeda video on his site, urging citizens to topple the government. → Read more
Thu, September 12th, 15:00 · Richard Cutcher
Having made US$130 billion from its sale of its 45 per cent stake in Verizon Wireless in the United States, it is no surprise Vodafone is beginning to be linked with investment deals in other markets. → Read more
Thu, September 12th, 11:40 · Richard Cutcher
Etisalat is expected to complete its majority stake acquisition in Maroc Telecom within one to two months, according to Morocco’s minister of foreign affairs. → Read more
Tue, September 10th, 10:02 · Richard Cutcher
Vodafone could be set to begin spending its Verizon Wireless windfall with a US$9.4 billion acquisition bid for Morocco’s Maroc Telecom. → Read more
Mon, September 9th, 14:00 · Paul Adepoju
Online food ordering service Hellofood is set to expand its offerings in the Middle East as a result of a partnership agreement between iMENA Holdings and Rocket Internet. → Read more
Mon, September 2nd, 11:30 · Paul Adepoju
Just one app for Jumia's entire operations in Africa is intriguing for users, while for the developers, it must have been an invigorating labyrinthine task to pack in so much information, which is evident by the application’s size - 4.4MB. → Read more
Tue, August 27th, 18:00 · Paul Adepoju
African e-commerce giant Jumia has launched its mobile app for Nigeria, Morocco, Ivory Coast and Kenya, giving users access to its more than 50,000 products. → Read more
Wed, August 7th, 06:00 · Kamau Mbote
Stakeholders in Africa’s ICT sector will congregate in Casablanca, Morocco, from September 3 to 5, to address key challenges in interconnection, peering and traffic exchange. → Read more
Thu, July 25th, 08:31 · Richard Cutcher
Abdeslam Ahizoune, Maroc Telecom’s chief executive, has posed the possibility of managing Etisalat’s other African operations if the latter’s takeover is completed in September. → Read more
Tue, July 23rd, 07:50 · Richard Cutcher
The sale of Vivendi’s 53 per cent stake in Moroccan operator Maroc Telecom looks set to drag on until the end of September after Etisalat said they had entered exclusive talks. → Read more
Wed, July 17th, 08:12 · Richard Cutcher
Caisse de Dept et de Gestion (CDG), a Moroccan state-owned investment vehicle, may be poised to support Etisalat’s bid for Vivendi’s 53 per cent stake in operator Maroc Telecom. → Read more
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