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Connecting Africa, 8/16/2019
MTN says that battery theft and vandalism have left 89 cell towers "on hold" in South Africa as they await replacement batteries and maintenance fixes.
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Connecting Africa, 8/16/2019
The 16th East Africa Com took place on May 14-15, 2019 in Nairobi, Kenya and one of the major focus areas was increased inclusion of African women in the tech landscape.
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Paula Gilbert, Editor, Connecting Africa, 8/15/2019
KaiOS Technologies is moving forward with its strategy to see its operating system for "smart feature phones" expand to more users across Africa.
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Connecting Africa, 8/14/2019
South Africa's Competition Commission has approved the proposed merger whereby Vodacom intends to acquire a controlling stake in IoT.nxt, with conditions.
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Paula Gilbert, Editor, Connecting Africa, 8/13/2019
With just two and a half weeks left of this month there is still no news on who will take over as Ericsson's new Middle East and Africa (MEA) chief.
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Paula Gilbert, Editor, Connecting Africa, 8/12/2019
MTN is launching a $20 smartphone across its operations in Africa, aiming to put the ultra low-cost phone into the hands of young Africans.
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Paula Gilbert, Editor, Connecting Africa, 8/8/2019
Despite tough trading conditions across most of its operations, MTN reported strong half-year financial results, adding 7.7 million group subscribers and growing service revenues by almost 10%.
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Paula Gilbert, Editor, Connecting Africa, 8/7/2019
South Sudan's digital inclusion aspirations have recently been boosted by the rollout of two new mobile money services in the African country.
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Ray Le Maistre, International Group Editor, Light Reading, 8/7/2019
Most Connecting Africa readers believe that 5G research programs and tests are already relevant to the continent's mobile network community, but the results of our recent poll show that only a slight majority share that view.
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Steve McCaffery, President, International Sales & Managing Director IBO, Arris, 1/3/2019
South Africans have the world's highest expectations for connectivity.
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