Ray Le Maistre, International Group Editor, Light Reading, 8/18/2017
The increasing use of smartphones across Africa could help to boost the value of the continent's e-commerce market to US$75 billion within the next ten years, but some significant barriers to growth remain, according to a recent report from the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU).
Amy Turner, Digital Content Marketer, KNect365, 8/18/2017
Connecting Africa marked Women's Month with a Twitter discussion exploring African women in technology and how to succeed in a career in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics).
Ray Le Maistre, International Group Editor, Light Reading, 8/17/2017
MTN Uganda has enrolled more than 2.5 million users for its MoKash savings and loans m-commerce service in just one year, the mobile operator announced this week.
Amy Turner, Digital Content Marketer, KNect365, 8/16/2017
One of the foremost telecom and technology events in the region, Nigeria Com, is a little over a month away and Connecting Africa has been catching up with the biggest thought-leaders who are driving the sector forward in the age of both the empowered consumer and the ever-changing economic climate.
Bradley Shaw, Regional Manager – MEA, Nuran Wireless, 8/16/2017
As the global telecoms market moves to deploy more 4G/LTE networks and looks to establish the first 5G networks (for which the standard is not yet even agreed), what does this mean for developing regions such as Africa, Latin America and South East Asia?
The Staff, 8/16/2017
The wholesale open access network (WOAN) approach to building and running mobile networks doesn't work, while infrastructure-based network competition has a proven track record.
Rachael McKie, Connecting Africa Writer, 8/14/2017
Connecting Africa's first ever Digital Week (4 - 8 September 2017) is less than a month away and promises to be the largest online event of its kind -- a week-long agenda of free-to-access webinars and downloadable resources on all things Africa tech and telecoms.
Ray Le Maistre, International Group Editor, Light Reading, 8/11/2017
South African network operators MTN and Vodacom are both believed to be interested in acquiring IT services and systems integration specialist Internet Solutions (IS), according to various media reports.
The Staff, 8/10/2017
Africa's mobile operators need to focus their investments on building out their 4G/LTE access networks and targeting resources into mobile finance platforms during the next five years.
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