Google has announced plan to invest $1billion over 5 years to support Africa’s digital transformation. The investment focuses on enabling fast, affordable internet access for more...
In the latest episode of Connecting Africa, CNN International’s Eleni Giokos explores how Africa’s telecommunications industry is transforming business and gearing up for a more interconnected...
With their well-established customer bases and online payment methods, operators could prove to be lynchpin partners in unlocking African markets for the streaming service. In recent...
Dr. Bashir Gwandu, non-executive chair of the Commonwealth ITU Group (CIG) and the former commissioner of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has advised Ethiopia to learn...
Safaricom, Kenya’s biggest telecoms company, is piloting a social messaging app that will link to its mobile money platform in an attempt to move the company...
Mobile voice telephony usage in Africa has remained stable and the situation is likely to persist at least until the end of this year – despite...
The GSMA announced the launch of the GSMA Mobile Money Certification, a global scheme for mobile money providers to offer safer, more transparent and more resilient...
mSurvey, the mobile-first consumer feedback platform which allows business to obtain feedback directly from their customers in real-time, has officially launched in Nigeria. Safaricom backed mSurvey...
mSurvey, the Safaricom-backed, mobile-first consumer experience platform, is expanding into Nigeria as it looks to consolidate its position as one of Africa’s leading tech-powered customer loyalty...
Pan-African entertainment company and Econet Wireless subsidiary Kwesé has acquired ‘significant’ stake in Malaysian-based entertainment services firm iflix Africa for an undisclosed amount to strengthen its...
