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Safaricom Slashes Home Data Prices by More Than 50%
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Snap That! East Africa Com In Pictures
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Kenya's Digital TV Stations May Have to Unite to Survive
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Project Loon Seeks Operator Partners in Kenya
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Smart Cities, 5G & IoT Take Center Stage at AfricaCom 2018
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AfricaCom to Add Technology Arena as it Turns 20
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Airtel Africa Provides Some Solace for Bharti in Q1
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Intelsat Offers 2G Service for Remote Areas
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Digital Inclusion for Persons with Disabilities
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Igniting entrepreneurship through African mHealth services
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Nigeria Com speaker spotlight - Jara Mobile's Emeka Akano
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Another Tower Operator Shelves IPO
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Sub-Saharan Mobile Economy Worth $110B – GSMA
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Amazon Brings Its CDN to Africa
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Google to Open AI Lab in Ghana
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South African IT Spending to Grow 2.4% in 2017 – Gartner
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Freshworks Targets Expansion in South Africa
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MTN Takes Its 5G Tests Outdoors
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South Korea President Looks to Bring Tech Smarts to Africa
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Digital Payments Specialist Cellulant Raises $47.5M
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Day 1 highlights at East Africa Com 2016
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MTN to Trial 5G in South Africa with Ericsson
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Hot startup of the month: Nigeria's Tech Herfrica

Connecting Africa's hot startup is Nigeria's Tech Herfrica, a social impact organization that focuses on the digital and financial inclusion of women and girls in rural areas of Nigeria.

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Omdia View: February 2024

Highlights in February 2024 in the Middle East and Africa included 5G launches in Senegal and 5G trials in Egypt as well as Kenya's first 5G MVNO. Airtel also launched a new wholesale connectivity business while MTN and Huawei are planning a joint Innovation Technology Lab in South Africa – that and more in this month's Omdia View.

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Uber's Marjorie Saint-Lot on inclusion and sustainability in Africa

Uber's Country Manager for Ghana and Cote d'Ivoire, Marjorie Saint-Lot, shares how the ride-hailing company is approaching public-private partnerships, environmentally friendly initiatives and gender inclusion in Africa.

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The 100 most influential African leaders in 2023

A new report from Africa Tech Festival and Connecting Africa puts a spotlight on the top 100 African leaders in the telecoms and technology sector in 2023.

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Deep dive into East Africa's tech startup ecosystem

New survey reveals a lack of access to investors, reliance on international VCs and global recession trends as the biggest barriers for East African tech startups to access funds.

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Omdia View: February 2024

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Highlights in February 2024 in the Middle East and Africa included 5G launches in Senegal and 5G trials in Egypt as well as Kenya's first 5G MVNO. Airtel also launched a new wholesale connectivity business while MTN and Huawei are planning a joint Innovation Technology Lab in South Africa – that and more in this month's Omdia View.

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Omdia View: January 2024

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Highlights in January 2024 in the Middle East and Africa included a $200 million fintech deal between MTN and Mastercard as well as 5G network trials by Telecom Egypt – that and more in this month's Omdia View.

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