Wed, January 14th, 13:00 · Paul Adepoju
Telecoms company Tigo has announced a partnership with music streaming service Deezer to launch Tigo Music, a service that offers Tanzanians access to about 36 million tracks. → Read more
Fri, January 9th, 15:26 · Paul Adepoju
NATCOM Consortium, winner of the bid to own Nigeria’s moribund national telecoms company NITEL and its mobile arm MTEL has reportedly paid US$75.7 million (NGN12.7 billion) as part payment of its $252.5 million bid price, according to Nigeria’s Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE). BPE said the payment is 30 per cent of the bid price […] → Read more
Fri, January 9th, 15:08 · Paul Adepoju
Subscribers on Safaricom network can now enjoy cheaper roaming services in more than 20 countries following the announcement of a new service by the telecoms company. → Read more
Thu, January 8th, 11:00 · Paul Adepoju
Following the launch few months ago of 4G in Rwanda, retailers have said the uptake of the service would be largely dependent on the price the providers and others are charging for the service. → Read more
Thu, January 8th, 09:59 · Paul Adepoju
One of Nigeria's major telecoms companies MTN has announced it is fully focusing on data, digital services and leveraging the power of the internet.The telco's general manager, Corporate Affairs Funmi Onajide said this in Lagos at the launch of the company's BetterMe campaign. → Read more
Wed, January 7th, 11:24 · Paul Adepoju
Major Nigerian commercial bank First Bank has announced a partnership with telecoms company Etisalat to make Firstmonie mobile money services available on Etisalat’s Easywallet SIM application. → Read more
Mon, December 22nd, 15:51 · Paul Adepoju
Zambian airtime distributor StreetCred today announced a partnership with Nomanini, a South Africa-based mobile point of sale service. → Read more
Thu, December 18th, 13:00 · Paul Adepoju
A call has been made for Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to regulate telecoms companies in the country who regularly send unsolicited messages and phone calls to their subscribers. → Read more
Tue, December 16th, 13:00 · Paul Adepoju
Tigo Ghana has announced it is carrying out a US$3.2 million overhead fibre project in the Western Region as a way of curbing the frequent network interruptions as result of cable cuts. → Read more
Tue, December 16th, 12:00 · Paul Adepoju
Telecoms operators in Nigeria have said subscribers in Nigeria pay lowest tariffs. The chairman of the Association of Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria (ALTON), Engr. Gbenga Adebayo made this statement in Abuja. → Read more
Tue, December 16th, 11:00 · Paul Adepoju
Sulaiman Salim Al-Kaabi has been appointed as the acting chief executive officer of Canar, an Etisalat subsidiary in Sudan. → Read more
Mon, December 15th, 15:00 · Paul Adepoju
Airtel has sold its 1,100 towers in Rwanda and Zambia to IHS Holding Ltd, the deal is rumored to be about US$200 million under a 10-year renewable agreement. → Read more
Fri, December 12th, 12:00 · Paul Adepoju
A new alliance to develop innovations in mobile health (mHealth) in Africa has been announced at the Global mHealth Forum by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and telecoms company Orange. → Read more
Thu, December 11th, 14:00 · Paul Adepoju
International telecoms company operating in several African countries Millicom has announced a partnership with UNICEF aimed at improving respect for children’s rights in the telecommunication sector. The partnership will strive for positive change within the industry through pilot implementation of the Children’s Rights and Business Principles and the UNICEF and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Guidelines for Industry on Child Online Protection. → Read more
Thu, December 11th, 12:00 · Paul Adepoju
One of Nigeria’s major telecoms company Airtel has announced plans to add 5 million new subscribers to raise its subscriber base to 32 million through its Red Hot promo. The 19% increase is expected to be achieved within 60 days. → Read more
Thu, December 4th, 14:00 · Paul Adepoju
BrighterMonday’s Marketing Manager Emmanuel Mutuma has said free access to the internet could go a long way in ensuring more qualified personnel get to see advertised jobs, apply and in the end ensure employers get the best human resource. → Read more
Thu, December 4th, 11:00 · Paul Adepoju
NATCOM Consortium has become the preferred bidder for the moribund Nigeria's national telecoms company the Nigerian Telecommunications Limited (NITEL) and Nigerian Mobile Telecommunications Limited (Mtel) after offering US$252.5 million for both companies. → Read more
Wed, December 3rd, 13:00 · Paul Adepoju
International telecommunications and media company Millicom has announced its support for the African Union's campaign to raise funds for its fight against the Ebola virus in West Africa using an SMS dedicated platform to raise funds for the deployment of African health workers to affected countries. → Read more
Mon, December 1st, 16:00 · Paul Adepoju
Telecoms company MTN today launched mobile money cross-border remittance service between Ivory Coast and Benin. It said the service will further enable cheaper and easy movement of money in the West Africa region. → Read more
Mon, December 1st, 12:00 · Paul Adepoju
Industrial and commercial communications operator Metacom has announced it has acquired 100% of Stellenbosch-based hardware development company Multenet. → Read more
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