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Mon, September 15th 2014, 13:00 · Paul Adepoju

Juwah elected chairman of Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation

Eugene Juwah, Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has been elected Chairman of the Council and Executive Committee of the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation (CTO). The election was held at the organisation's just concluded Annual Council Meeting held in Dhaka, Bangladesh. → Read more
Thu, April 17th 2014, 13:00 · Susan Mwenesi

Kenya to help South Sudan in formation of ICT regulatory body

Kenya will offer South Sudan’s Ministry of Telecommunications and Postal Services expertise to help form its ICT regulatory body, which will be the youngest in the region. → Read more
Tue, January 14th 2014, 15:40 · Nick Sato

Kenyan mobile operators meet regulator over QoS

The Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) today met the country's four mobile network operators (MNOs) to discuss various issues including the recently released Quality of Service (QoS) report that saw all MNOs fail to comply with the minimum threshold. → Read more
Wed, November 27th 2013, 06:00 · Gabriella Mulligan

Q&A: Peter Lyons, GSM Association

As mobile uptake rockets across Africa, fuelling connectivity across the continent and boosting the popularity of mobile-based economic activities, HumanIPO speaks to Peter Lyons, director of public policy for the Africa and Middle East region at the GSM Association (GSMA), about how to leverage mobile to spur further growth, and what issues policy makers should be focusing on to facilitate connectivity in Africa. → Read more
Mon, October 28th 2013, 14:30 · Paul Adepoju

MTN records increase in data revenue, reduction in voice telephony

MTN Group has recorded a reduction in voice revenue, but continues to increase that generated from data subscription. → Read more
Wed, August 28th 2013, 15:00 · Nanine Steenkamp

Telecel to cut unregistered subscribers

Zimbabwean-based operator Telecel has encouraged its subscribers to register SIM cards before its disconnection deadline at the end of the week. → Read more
Fri, August 2nd 2013, 18:00 · Paul Adepoju

NCC addresses fraudulent messages via social media

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) took to social media this afternoon to address circulating messages informing subscribers they had won NGN1 million (US$6,250) during the SIM registration exercise. → Read more
Fri, July 19th 2013, 21:06 · Paul Adepoju

OPINION: The NCC has become a laughing stock

Regulating the telecoms sector of Nigeria is an enormous task and the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) is probably one of the busiest regulatory bodies in the world, responsible for the communications services provided by the various operators to more than a hundred million subscribers. → Read more
Tue, July 9th 2013, 07:44 · Paul Adepoju

NCC orders telecoms to submit lists of disconnected lines

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has ordered telecoms companies operating in Nigeria to present lists of unregistered lines disconnected on their respective networks. → Read more
Thu, June 27th 2013, 10:57 · Susan Mwenesi

ICT a key tool for poverty eradication – Matiangi

Dr Fred Matiangi, Kenya’s cabinet secretary for the Ministry of Information, Communications and Technology, has said ICT is among the tools that Sub-Saharan Africa can use to eradicate perennial poverty. → Read more
Thu, May 30th 2013, 12:32 · Martin Cheruiyot

20 per cent of Ugandan mobile users likely to be locked out

Around 20 per cent of Ugandan mobile users have yet to register their SIM cards two days before the end of the registration process and face having their lines disconnected. → Read more
Mon, February 11th 2013, 12:07 · Nanine Steenkamp

Media attempts to halt UCC cut-off

Reporters at the Human Rights Network for Journalists Uganda (HRNJ-U) have sued the Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) on the grounds of privacy and freedom of expression infringements as SIM card registration processes continue. → Read more
Fri, February 1st 2013, 14:22 · Kamau Mbote

FEATURE: Kenya’s automated population registry (IPRS) unmasked

Kenya is the only country in Africa with a functioning automated population database that compiles details of citizens living locally or in the Diaspora, as well as non-citizens in the country. → Read more
Fri, January 11th 2013, 10:34 · Paul Adepoju

OPINION: The Nigerian Communications Commission is a history of failure

Created in 1992 by the then military government, the Nigerian Communications Commission became the watchdog of Africa’s largest nation’s multi-billion dollar communications sector. But after two decades of existence, the consensus opinion is that the NCC is yet to fully fulfill its mission and responsibilities. → Read more
Wed, January 9th 2013, 09:34 · Elly Okutoyi

Kenyan telcos to be fined for leaking subscriber information

Mobile service providers in Kenya along with their agents will soon risk a fine of KSh300,000 (US$3,570) or a jail term of up to three years if found to have leaked subscriber information to third parties without due consent. → Read more
Tue, November 20th 2012, 07:28 · Vincent Matinde

Kenyan government to set up online identity system to curb cybercrime

Kenya’s government has revealed of plans to set up an online identity system for merchants hoping to make ecommerce in the country safer by curbing online fraud. → Read more
Thu, October 25th 2012, 14:00 · Robert K'Odingo

Zambia’s Zamtel empowers distributors in the course of network rollout

Zambia’s mobile network operator Zamtel has given out over 40 branded bicycles to its distribution partners in the country in an initiative named ‘dealer empowerment’ targeted at strengthening its subscriber base. → Read more
Fri, October 24th 2014, 11:00 · Paul Adepoju

Guest Post: Mobile money – time for a reality check?

Vahid Monadjem is the co-founder and CEO of Nomanini, South Africa-based mobile Point of Sale service for facilitating cash transactions in emerging markets. In this guest post, he called for a closer look at the mobile money sector especially in Africa where it is extensively believed that mobile money is on a meteoric rise. But as far as Monadjem is concerned, mobile money has not yet arrived. → Read more
Wed, October 15th 2014, 16:00 · Susan Mwenesi

Airtel reduces rates, offers free incoming calls while roaming in Rwanda

Bharti Airtel has announced a reduction of call rates by 60% and free incoming calls for Airtel Kenya’s postpaid and prepaid customers roaming to Rwanda. → Read more
Fri, August 29th 2014, 13:00 · Paul Adepoju

Q&A: Charles Ifedi, CEO, Verve International

Verve is currently the most widely used payment card in Nigeria, with 18 million of the country’s 25 million payment cards Verve branded; while 19 out of the 21 Nigerian banks issue Verve cards, in addition to microfinance banks (MFBs) and mobile money operators. HumanIPO spoke to Charles Ifedi, chief executive officer of Verve International on what the company and its partners are doing for app developers in Nigeria and the epayment sub-sector. → Read more