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Announcing the 2018 AfricaCom Awards Winners

PRESS RELEASE, 11/15/2018

CAPE TOWN -- The AfricaCom Awards 2018, supported by Founding Awards Sponsor PCCW Global, was a colourful and festive Mardi Gras-themed event last night. Held in Cape Town during AfricaCom (13 - 15 November 2018), guests celebrated and acknowledged those trailblazers who are leading digital inclusion, connectivity and digital development on the African ...

Digital Inclusion is Key for Africa's Development — Interview With Dudu Mkhwanazi

The Staff, 11/15/2018

At this year's AfricaCom, much of the debate has revolved around how best to bridge the 'digital divide.' Most African nations still display a stark contrast in the number of people with access to ICT between rural and urban, and rich and poor, communities.

AfricaCom 2018 Day 2: From the Cloud to the Lunch Table, AI Covers It All

Wei Shi, Intelligence Content Manager, Telecoms.com & Site Editor, Connecting Africa, 11/14/2018

CAPE TOWN -- AfricaCom 2018 - There's little doubt that the cloud and data center sector is starting to buzz across much of the continent, particularly in South Africa, so it wasn't surprising to find Day 2 of this year's AfricaCom event starting with details of a new launch in the country.

Orange Unveils Key Developments at AfricaCom

PRESS RELEASE, 11/13/2018

PRESS RELEASE -- CAPE TOWN -- At AfricaCom, Orange presents its latest innovations to democratise access to smartphones, encourage e-education and support the startup ecosystem.

MTN, KaiOS, China Mobile, UNISOC Unveil Smart Feature Phone

PRESS RELEASE, 11/13/2018

CAPE TOWN -- Today, at the annual AfricaCom conference in Cape Town, the CEO of MTN Group, CEO of KaiOS Technologies Inc., Executive Vice President of China Mobile Communications Group Co., Ltd., and Executive Vice President of UNISOC announced a partnership to launch the world's first 3G smart feature phone in Africa, powered by KaiOS.

MFS Africa Ups Its Series B Funding Round to $14M

PRESS RELEASE, 10/30/2018

PRESS RELEASE -- PORT LOUIS, Mauritius -- MFS Africa, a leading Pan-African fintech company, today announced the second close of its Series B funding round led by LUN Partners Group, a Shanghai-based global investment management group. Existing shareholder Goodwell Investments - an Amsterdam-based investment firm focused on inclusive growth, fintech and ...

AHUB Programme at AfricaCom Highlights Critical Role of Entrepreneurship

Gabriella Jeakins, Digital Content Marketer, KNect365, 10/30/2018

The Digital Economy has been tipped as a key area for growth on the African continent. In April this year, the World Bank Group launched the Digital Economy for Africa (DE4A) initiative, bringing together government ministers, tech and telecoms industry heavyweights and the major players in finance to collaborate on laying down the foundations for this ...

Meet 6 Startups Transforming Africa

Gabriella Jeakins, Digital Content Marketer, KNect365, 10/23/2018

Africa is home to thousands of innovative startups developing solutions to change the way we live, learn and work across the continent. Entrepreneurs are striving to create technological solutions that are tailored to the African market but also have the potential to expand globally. Investment in African startups is also growing exponentially, with ...

MTN Vows to Connect the Unconnected With Facebook-Inspired TIP Tech

Wei Shi, Intelligence Content Manager, Telecoms.com & Site Editor, Connecting Africa, 10/18/2018

LONDON -- TIP Summit 18 -- MTN's Group CTIO Babak Fouladi has outlined the operator's ambition to connect the rural and what it calls ultra and ultra-ultra rural areas in Africa with innovative 2G and 2G/4G solutions based on "disaggregated" network technologies developed under the auspices of the Facebook-backed {complink 14037|Telecom Infra Project ...

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Connecting Africa to the Digital World

António Nunes, CEO, Angola Cables, 12/6/2018

At the end of 2017, it was estimated that there were more than four and a half billion internet users in Africa, representing just 10.9 percent of global internet population*. This may appear to be only a fraction of the estimated 1.2 billion people living on the continent but Africa is one of the fastest-growing users of international internet ...

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Posted by UberDOST8022 | In reply to: 5G Will Roll Out in Nigeria by 2020, Says Regulator

For now before year 2020 resources should be focused on 2G, 3G, and 4G, work that should be done before entering higher broadband like 5G Because Customers mobile phone is at stake, not every Customer can afford 5G smartphone, some 2G Customers...

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Posted by UberDOST8022 | In reply to: Bharti Airtel's Africa IPO Plan Gathers Pace

Telecom s Mini MBA student resources using OVUM researches reports earning before interests tax depreciation and amoritization just the way BAIN finance reports is stated here but the OVUM researches i read is just about Bharti Airtel not BAIN....

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Posted by kalba | In reply to: Orange Eyes 5G Launches in Africa, Middle East

The Orange 5G piece by Ray Le Maistre is good as usual. The underlying issue it raises is 5G's dependence on the resolution of both more advanced technical issues than 4G and also more basic practical ones, like reducing power and backhaul...

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Posted by noiti | In reply to: Enterprise Digital Transformation in Sharp Focus at AfricaCom 2018

Great news! Thanks.

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AfricaCom TV caught up with Herman Singh, MTN's Group Chief Digital Officer, during the 20th anniversary event. Singh discussed the role of mobile ...

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