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Saudi Telecom to Buy Vodafone Egypt for $2.4B
M-Pesa Continues to Buoy Safaricom
South African Investment Fund Eyes Stake in Liquid Telecom – Report
Safaricom Teaches Old Dogs New Tricks
Safaricom Sets Out Objections to Airtel-Telkom Merger
Orange in Talks to Enter Ethiopia
Orange Keeps MEA Sales Growth Target at 5% as Focus Shifts
Sea Change for Africa With Liquid's Fiber Link?
Orange Boosted by Data Demand
MTN Turns to Huawei Tech to Address Spectrum Crunch
Ex-Vivendi Chairman Held By French Police Investigating Bribery Allegations
Price Controls Would Harm Kenya Telecom Market, Says Think Tank
Cambridge Analytica Fallout Could Hit Facebook in Africa
Orange Expands Into African Energy Sector With Big Solar Plans
Orange Hails Africa Recovery, Expects Margin Growth
Kenyan Authorities Drop Plans to Break Up Safaricom – Report
Airtel Snaps Up Tigo Rwanda
Liquid Telecom Partners Zambian Startup Hub
Airtel Downplays Africa Exit Talk – Report
Liquid Telecom Revamps Data Centers in Major Cloud Expansion
Vodacom: Future Telcos Will Be Invisible to Consumers
Automation Anxiety Grips Africa
Safaricom CIO: I'm a Terrible Capitalist, Not a Greedy Coward
Liquid Strikes Microsoft Deal, Targets Cloud Dominance in Africa
Orange Botswana on Long Trek to 5G
Mugabe's Man Bashes US & Asian Tech Firms
Ericsson Forecasts Lackluster 5G Take-Up in Africa
Huawei, Telcos Clash With Policymakers in Cape Town
Safaricom to Create Another 300 Customer Care Jobs
Kenya's Safaricom Eyes African Expansion
Safaricom Preps Major M-Pesa Upgrade
Latest TIP Product? A Basestation That Looks Good for Africa
Orange Disappointed by Africa Biz in Q1
Botswana's BTC Gets 4G Wooden Spoon
Sudatel Joins Zain in Sudan's 4G Market
Expresso Telecom Puts Towers Up for Sale
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