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Iain Morris, News Editor, 6/21/2019
Orange is confident it can maintain sales growth of 5% across its footprint of operations in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) even as its mainstream consumer voice business goes into decline.
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Paula Gilbert, Editor, Connecting Africa, 6/5/2019
What do you want to know about the key telecoms and ICT trends in Africa? If you found your way to this digital community you must have some interest in the topic and as the newly appointed editor of Connecting Africa it's my job to provide you with the news and insights that can help you keep up to date with one of the key industry verticals affecting ...
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Wei Shi, Intelligence Content Manager, Telecoms.com & Site Editor, Connecting Africa, 5/22/2019
Politicians and investors pledged to support the development of Africa's digital economy during a recent industry event in Paris focused on startups.
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PRESS RELEASE, 4/25/2019
PRESS RELEASE -- Orange is launching the "Orange Digital Centre" today in Tunis, a place built around a completely new concept and entirely dedicated to innovation. Attending the launch are Anouar Maarouf, Tunisian Minister of Communication Technologies and the Digital Economy, Abdelkoddous Saadaoui, Tunisian Secretary of State for Youth, Alioune Ndiaye, ...
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Wei Shi, Intelligence Content Manager, Telecoms.com & Site Editor, Connecting Africa, 4/17/2019
Almost a year after it was first announced, Google's first AI lab was officially opened in Accra.
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Ray Le Maistre, International Group Editor, Light Reading, 3/12/2019
Africa's smartphone market grew in 2018 for the first time in three years, according to IDC.
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Wei Shi, Intelligence Content Manager, Telecoms.com & Site Editor, Connecting Africa, 2/11/2019
If Nigerian e-commerce giant Jumia executes an IPO and lists its shares in New York, as is rumored, such a move would be welcomed at the headquarters of network operator MTN, which could ease its debt load as a result.
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Connecting Africa, 1/31/2019
African tech startups have never been so attractive to investors, particularly if they're in Nigeria and focused on the fintech sector: That was the key takeaway from the first leg of this two-part feature. (See Tech Startup Funding In Africa: 2018 Hits Record High.)
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Tom Jackson, 1/30/2019
Africa's tech startup scene has been on an upward trajectory for the past few years, with the amount of funding flooding into the sector one of the main ways of tracking this trend.
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Steve McCaffery, President, International Sales & Managing Director IBO, Arris, 1/3/2019
South Africans have the world's highest expectations for connectivity.
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