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Econet and X's Project Taara join forces to connect Africa

Paula Gilbert
11/11/2020

Econet Group and Google X's Project Taara are teaming up to deploy new high-speed Internet technology to communities across sub-Saharan Africa.

Orange launches pan-West African fiber network

Paula Gilbert
11/10/2020

Orange has announced a massive fiber-optic network in West Africa, called Djoliba, which is a first-of-its-kind pan-West African backbone.

Telkom SA continues strong mobile growth

Paula Gilbert
11/10/2020

Telkom South Africa saw its mobile data traffic grow 81% over the past six months and mobile data revenue increase by 53.8%.

Vodafone Egypt gets additional ten-year spectrum license

Paula Gilbert
11/5/2020

Vodafone Egypt has acquired a block of 2.6GHz spectrum for $540 million which it says will significantly expand its network capacity.

Podcast: Infinera's Tim Doiron on TIP, open networking and how vendors adapt

Connecting Africa Video
11/2/2020

Infinera's Tim Doiron discusses open networking and Infinera's role in a recent Telecom Infra Project deployment.

Nearly half the world has never used the Internet

Paula Gilbert
10/28/2020

Nearly half of the global adult population has never used the Internet, and the majority live in Africa and South Asia, according to a recent ITU report.

New report shows digital gender gap in Ghana, Uganda

Paula Gilbert
10/23/2020

The digital gender gap stands at almost 43% in Uganda and 5.8% in Ghana, according to the World Wide Web Foundation's new Women's Rights Online Report.

Hot startup of the month: Nigeria's VNTS

Tom Jackson
10/22/2020

Nigerian startup VNTS manufactures network devices that solve last-mile connectivity and last-inch Wi-Fi signal issues using existing electrical cabling.

Safaricom contributed 6% of Kenya's GDP

Paula Gilbert
10/16/2020

Safaricom's 2020 Sustainable Business Report places its overall social impact over the past year at 6% of Kenya's GDP.

Airtel, Samsung in smartphone financing deal

Paula Gilbert
10/7/2020

Airtel Africa is partnering with Mastercard, Samsung and Asante Financial Services to launch a smartphone financing project as a way to entice users to upgrade from feature phones to smartphones.

COVID-19 exposes West Africa's digital education divide

Paula Gilbert
10/6/2020

Africa Web Services CEO Dr. Momar Dieng told West Africa Com that the COVID-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc on the education system and highlighted the region's digital divide when it comes to learning.

West Africa Com 2020: EduTech in focus

Connecting Africa Video
10/6/2020

The CEOs of CyberSmart Africa and Africa Web Services discuss EduTech in West Africa

MTN Zambia signs fiber deal with ZTE

Connecting Africa News
10/5/2020

MTN Zambia and ZTE have signed a partnership to construct a cross-border optical transmission network backbone, promising better connectivity and lower data costs for Zambians.

SA operators allowed to keep COVID-19 emergency spectrum longer

Paula Gilbert
10/1/2020

South Africa's telecoms regulator says operators don't have to give back temporary 4G and 5G spectrum until March next year.

Strong mobile growth predicted for sub-Saharan Africa – GSMA

Paula Gilbert
9/30/2020

Nearly half a billion people subscribe to mobile services in sub-Saharan Africa with 4.3% annual growth predicted until 2025.

SA, Kenya and Nigeria hit by millions of cyberattacks

Connecting Africa News
9/23/2020

South Africa, Kenya and Nigeria have seen 28 million malware attacks and 102 million potentially unwanted application detections so far in 2020 says Kaspersky.

Telkom brings KaiOS smart feature phones to Kenya

Connecting Africa News
9/16/2020

Kenya is the latest country to roll out popular KaiOS–enabled smart feature phones with Telkom Kenya this week launching a new device.

East Africa's digital economy needs progressive policy – Kenyan regulator

Paula Gilbert
9/14/2020

Communications Authority of Kenya's Mercy Wanjau told East Africa Com digital economies must have progressive policy and regulation on spectrum, data protection and digital taxation.

View4all.tv targets education in SA with zero data costs

Paula Gilbert
9/11/2020

View4all.tv founder Gregory Sheppard chats to Connecting Africa about the free content delivery platform providing both educational and entertainment content in SA with no data costs.

Nigeria sees mobile subs boom – Ericsson

Paula Gilbert
9/8/2020

According to the latest Ericsson Mobility Report stats, Africa added 12 million new mobile subscriptions during Q2 2020, half of which were in Nigeria.

Ericsson, UNICEF partner to map school Internet connectivity

Connecting Africa News
8/28/2020

Ericsson and UNICEF are joining forces to map school connectivity in 35 countries, 13 of which are in Africa.

Women in Tech Interview: GoDaddy regional director Selina Bieber

Paula Gilbert
8/26/2020

GoDaddy's regional director for MENAT and South Africa, Selina Bieber, talks about working with female entrepreneurs in Africa, and the things that connect us.

Join us for the AfricaCom 2020 Digital Symposium

Paula Gilbert
8/14/2020

On August 18 and 20, Connecting Africa and AfricaCom will run a two-day Digital Symposium covering the 2020 outlook, 5G, mobile money, connectivity and more.

African lockdowns boost Vodacom data traffic

Paula Gilbert
7/23/2020

Vodacom recorded major data traffic growth over the past three months with COVID-19 lockdowns forcing Africans to work and study from home.

Telkom SA pushing customers from DSL to fiber

Connecting Africa News
7/22/2020

Telkom is moving forward with plans to kill off its copper-based fixed-line offerings and shift customers to new-generation technologies.

Rain debuts standalone 5G network in Cape Town

Connecting Africa News
7/20/2020

Rain and Huawei have launched what they are calling Africa's first commercial standalone 5G network.

Africa Tech Festival aims to virtually unite tech and talent

Connecting Africa News
7/16/2020

The Virtual Africa Tech Festival is on a mission to unite tech and talent in Africa and drive digital transformation by bringing the continent's tech industry together in a fully virtual event.

Nigeria will have 246M mobile subs by 2025 – Omdia

Paula Gilbert
7/10/2020

Market research firm forecasting that mobile subscriptions in Nigeria will hit 246 million in 2025, rising from 180 million in 2019.

Podcast: What's the story with mobile data in Africa?

Connecting Africa News
7/9/2020

Paula Gilbert joins Light Reading's 'What's the Story?' podcast to discuss current trends around mobile data in Africa and their broader impact on the region and industry at large.

Balloon-powered 4G takes flight in Kenya

Paula Gilbert
7/8/2020

Balloon-powered 4G is now available in Kenya's rural areas through a project between Loon and Telkom Kenya.

MTN named SA's best mobile network during lockdown

Paula Gilbert
7/8/2020

MTN has been ranked as South Africa's best network during the COVID-19 lockdown in the country, according to a new report from MyBroadband Insights.

Telma launches commercial 5G in Madagascar

Connecting Africa News
7/1/2020

Telma has become the first operator to launch a 5G commercial network in Madagascar, powered by Ericsson.

Malawi gets community Wi-Fi boost from Liquid Telecom and Mbora

Connecting Africa News
7/1/2020

Social enterprise Mbora is joining forces with Liquid Telecom to provide free connectivity to community hubs in Malawi.

MTN 5G goes live in South Africa

Paula Gilbert
6/30/2020

MTN has launched 5G across 100 sites in South Africa and made some big promises about its future rollout if it gets access to the spectrum it needs.

Telkom SA's profit falls despite mobile success

Paula Gilbert
6/22/2020

Despite strong growth in its mobile business, the South African operator saw a major drop in group earnings over the past year.

Liquid Telecom SA CEO calls it quits

Paula Gilbert
6/18/2020

Reshaad Sha is leaving his role as CEO of Liquid Telecom South Africa at the end of August.

SA smartphone numbers jump, but fixed broadband subs drop

Paula Gilbert
6/4/2020

A report from South Africa's telecoms regulator shows that smartphone subscriptions in the country are now at over 90%, while a drop in DSL subscriptions saw fixed broadband subscriptions decrease by almost 20% in 2019.

Exclusive: MTN Zambia and Vanu to provide off-grid connectivity

Paula Gilbert
5/19/2020

Vanu has been selected by MTN to extend mobile connectivity to Zambia's off-grid communities.

5G in Africa is inevitable, but not imminent – GSMA

Paula Gilbert
5/15/2020

GSMA Africa Head, Akinwale Goodluck, believes Africa needs to get a few more things right before 5G can significantly roll out on the continent.

New '2Africa' mega subsea cable announced

Connecting Africa News
5/14/2020

The new 2Africa cable will be one of the world's largest subsea cable projects, connecting 23 countries in Africa, the Middle East and Europe.

Loon brings balloon-powered Internet to Mozambique

Paula Gilbert
5/13/2020

Alphabet's balloon Internet project, Loon, has partnered with operator Vodacom to bring Internet connectivity to Mozambique's hard-to-reach areas.

Vodafone Egypt rakes in revenue ahead of sale

Paula Gilbert
5/12/2020

Vodafone Egypt saw a major revenue spike in the past financial year, while its parent group goes ahead with a planned sale to Saudi Telecom.

DFA granted a license in Zimbabwe

Connecting Africa News
5/8/2020

South African-based DFA has been granted an Internet Access Provider Class B license in Zimbabwe.

Sparkle expands to Morocco

Connecting Africa News
4/30/2020

Italian service provider Sparkle is expanding its reach into North Africa by opening a new point of presence in Casablanca, Morocco.

M-Pesa still a cash cow for Safaricom, but COVID-19 impact looms

Paula Gilbert
4/29/2020

Safaricom's M-Pesa continues to be a strong revenue driver for the operator, but it is anticipating a negative short-term impact from the COVID-19 pandemic.

ZTE's African growth plans

Paula Gilbert
4/28/2020

ZTE has been actively trialing 5G technology in Africa but still sees 3G and 4G as big growth areas for its business on the continent.

Liquid Telecom announces new CEO in Zambia

Connecting Africa News
4/16/2020

Liquid Telecom has appointed Mark Townsend as CEO of its Zambia business.

SA telcos pledge big in COVID-19 battle

Paula Gilbert
4/16/2020

South Africa's mobile operators are making sizable pledges toward the battle against the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as spending on improving network capacity.

Hot startup of the month: Solar-powered Wi-Fi network provider Tizeti

Connecting Africa News
4/15/2020

Nigerian startup, Tizeti, is bringing Internet access to West Africa by combining Wi-Fi connectivity and solar power.

SA releases emergency spectrum for COVID-19 broadband demand

Paula Gilbert
4/7/2020

South Africa's telecoms regulator is releasing emergency spectrum to meet the spike in broadband services demand due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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