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    MultiChoice acquires emergency-assist app Namola
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    ATF 2022: Government departments need digital training
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    Uber expands into more African cities, beefs up security
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    WorldRemit Sets Up Shop in South Africa, Eyes IPO
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    Why MTN wants to buy Telkom SA – analysts
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    Charles Molapisi is new MTN SA CEO
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    Hot startup of the month: Bus-based Wi-Fi platform MCT
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    SA's fastest and slowest mobile networks
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    Airtel launches Africa developer portal
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    MTN & Airtel inch closer to banking licenses in Nigeria
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    Free Conference Calling Launched In Uganda
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    Amid big M&A, 89% more African fintechs than in 2017
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    Factors influencing fintech adoption in Nigeria
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    The state of mobile broadband affordability in Africa
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    The Most Expensive Data Prices in Africa
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    US-Africa Tech Challenge to take place in 2021
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    Nigerian Internet and mobile penetration grows
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    Uber facing class action lawsuit in SA
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    Spotify expanding to dozens more African countries
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    Airtel, Samsung in smartphone financing deal
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    Kenya, Ghana dominate mobile payment utilization rates
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    How telcos can monetise the value of big data assets
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    Nigeria sees mobile subs boom – Ericsson
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    Mobile airtime theft rife in Africa, say experts
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    MTN Nigeria to help 10,000 SMEs, startups after COVID-19
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    Africa Code Week 2020 focusing on girl coders
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    How the digital healthcare revolution will be realized
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    Amazon is creating 3,000 new jobs in SA
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    Introducing AfricaCom charity partner: CodeSpace Trust
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    Airtel and Telkom Kenya call off merger
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    Telkom enters SA's mobile financial services race
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    Orange launching digital bank in West Africa
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    MTN Ghana boasts double-digit Q1 growth
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    MTN Group Grows, SA Struggles
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    African operators reinstate mobile money fees
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    COVID-19 puts major dent in Africa's smartphone market
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    MTN to give SA users 20MB free data every day
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    MTN dominates market share in over half its operations
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