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WACS cable break slows SA Internet, again

Paula Gilbert
3/31/2020

South Africa is once again experiencing slow Internet as the West Africa Cable System (WACS) suffered its third major fault in 2020.

Comment: Helpful Cell-C - sowen557 - 3/30/2020

Sub-Saharan Africa adds 50M mobile money accounts in 2019

Paula Gilbert
3/30/2020

Sub-Saharan Africa added 50 million new mobile money accounts in 2019, and global mobile money accounts surpassed 1 billion for the first time.

Comment: Is it worth? - jedarmawan - 3/28/2020

Hot startup of the month: Mini-Internet network provider NodeOne

Connecting Africa News
3/27/2020

Rwandan-founded NodeOne has developed a hardware and software package that enables anyone, anywhere to create small, affordable Internet networks.

Competition Tribunal confirms Vodacom, CompCom data settlement as an order

Industry Announcements
3/26/2020

The Competition Tribunal has confirmed the consent agreement between the Competition Commission and Vodacom on the reduction of data prices.

Telkom SA to cut IP Connect pricing

Paula Gilbert
3/26/2020

Telkom has come to an agreement with the SA Competition Commission to address concerns over IP Connect pricing and reducing the digital divide.

Cell C planning to give customers free 'lifeline' data

Paula Gilbert
3/24/2020

Cell C's CEO says the telco is planning to give its customers a 'lifeline package' of free data, in response to the South African Competition Commissions call for operators to do so.

Jack Ma and Alibaba Foundations donate COVID-19 medical equipment to African Union

Industry Announcements
3/23/2020

Chinese billionaire Jack Ma has donated 1.5 million laboratory diagnostic test kits for COVID-19 to the African Union.

Cell C narrows loss, but loses customers

Paula Gilbert
3/23/2020

South African telecom operator Cell C managed to reduce net losses in 2019 and is seeing some success from a turnaround strategy introduced from March 2019 onwards.

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MTN to give SA users 20MB free data every day

Paula Gilbert
3/20/2020

MTN SA has promised to reduce its smaller data bundle prices by between 25% and 50% and is offering 20MB daily free data to users.

Huawei's path forward without Google

Paula Gilbert
3/19/2020

Huawei's CTO in SA speaks to Connecting Africa about what consumers can expect from a Huawei phone without Google apps.

What African operators are doing to help during COVID-19 outbreak

Paula Gilbert
3/18/2020

African operators are stepping up to help during the COVID-19 outbreak which is now affecting at least 30 African nations.

MTN's MusicTime expands African footprint

Connecting Africa News
3/16/2020

MusicTime has reached over 500,000 downloads and is now available in six African countries.

Google to train 20,000 African women in 2020

Industry Announcements
3/12/2020

Google has announced plans to train 20,000 women in Africa this year.

Nigeria, Ghana shine for MTN but SA struggles

Paula Gilbert
3/11/2020

Strong performances in Nigeria and Ghana helped push up MTN's profitability in 2019 as the South African business struggled to grow.

Orange Digital Ventures leads $1.5m investment round in Nigeria's Youverify

Industry Announcements
3/10/2020

Lagos-based digital identity and address verification startup, Youverify, gets $1.5 million seed investment.

Vodacom to slash SA data prices by 30%

Paula Gilbert
3/10/2020

Vodacom has promised to reduce its data bundle prices by between 30% and 40% and is launching a range of other free data services for South Africans.

Africell to become Angola's fourth telecoms operator – reports

Connecting Africa News
3/9/2020

Lebanon-headquartered Africell looks likely to get a telecoms license in Angola, according to local media reports.

Sub-Saharan Africa still struggling with mobile gender gap

Paula Gilbert
3/5/2020

Sub-Saharan Africa remains the second-worst region in the world when it comes to the mobile gender gap, according to a new GSMA report.

BICS commits to free roaming initiative in Africa

Paula Gilbert
3/3/2020

Global communications enabler BICS has joined the Smart Africa Alliance, which is working to reduce roaming charges among the 30 participating African countries.

MTN Nigeria's data customer base grows 35%

Paula Gilbert
3/2/2020

MTN Nigeria added 6.5 million new active data users in 2019.

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