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Togo regulator warns telcos to improve services, or get fined
Senegal calls for 5G license applications
Liquid Dataport fiber route connects Kenya, DRC
Fintechs Centi, Centbee to launch blockchain-based remittances for Africa
Women spend less on mobile services than men – GSMA
Cameroonian telcos fined $9.8M for poor network quality
5G spectrum sale begins in Uganda
Namibia to auction 5G spectrum
SA's MultiChoice to launch pan-African payment platform
Opensignal: SA networks have worst 4G signal strength at night
Avanti finishes phase two of satellite gateway project in Senegal

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Cross-border payment solution LemFi expands to Kenya

Cross-border payment solution LemFi is expanding its services in Africa with a launch in Kenya.

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Senegal shuts down mobile Internet

Senegal's Ministry of Communication, Telecommunications and Digital Economy said mobile Internet was cut off because of what it calls 'deadly rioting'.

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Ghana disconnects unregistered SIMs

Ghana has disconnected all services to unregistered SIM cards and only given users access to numbers linked to SIM registration.

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Interview: Qualcomm execs on mentorship for African startups

Qualcomm Technology VP for Engineering, Sudeepto Roy, and Elizabeth Migwalla, VP for Government Affairs, join Connecting Africa for a video interview about Qualcomm's Make in Africa Mentorship Program.

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Togo regulator warns telcos to improve services, or get fined

Togo's telecoms regulator, ARCEP, has warned the country's two operators that they will face penalties if they don't improve quality of services to their customers in the next six months.

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Senegal calls for 5G license applications

Senegal's telecommunications regulator, ARTP, has issued a call for applications for 5G licenses and interested applicants have until July 14, 2023.

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Liquid Dataport fiber route connects Kenya, DRC

Liquid Dataport, a business of Liquid Intelligent Technologies, has launched its newest fiber route connecting Kenya to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

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Fintechs Centi, Centbee to launch blockchain-based remittances for Africa

Swiss fintech company Centi and global digital cash wallet Centbee are launching a new blockchain-based remittance service between Switzerland and Africa.

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Women spend less on mobile services than men – GSMA

Female mobile phone owners in sub-Saharan Africa spend 32% less on mobile services than men, and women in the region are 36% less likely to use mobile Internet – according to the GSMA Mobile Gender Gap Report 2023.

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Cameroonian telcos fined $9.8M for poor network quality

Cameroon's Telecommunications Regulatory Board (ART) has fined four mobile operators XAF6 billion (US$9.8 million) for poor network quality.

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5G spectrum sale begins in Uganda

The Uganda Communication Commission (UCC) is inviting applicants for its planned sale of 5G spectrum.

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Namibia to auction 5G spectrum

The Communications Regulatory Authority of Namibia (CRAN) has announced it will auction 5G spectrum in October 2023.

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Interview: Qualcomm execs on mentorship for African startups

Qualcomm Technology VP for Engineering, Sudeepto Roy, and Elizabeth Migwalla, VP for Government Affairs, join Connecting Africa for a video interview about Qualcomm's Make in Africa Mentorship Program.

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Hot startup of the month: Pan-African fintech KamaPay

This month's hot startup is pan-African fintech KamaPay, which helps individuals and businesses make cross-border payments on the continent.

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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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Challenges and opportunities for women's tech careers

A new survey reveals that COVID-19, the cost-of-living crisis, skills shortages and a lack of mentorship have negatively affected women's career development over the past two years.

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Survey: Opportunities for Women in Tech

Take our new survey for women across Asia, Europe and Africa looking at the biggest challenges and opportunities for women-led enterprises and trends in tech careers for women.

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Omdia View: February 2023

By Omdia Analysts

In February 2023 key events in the Middle East and Africa included a major Internet project for Africa's underserved by Liquid Intelligent Technologies and Microsoft as well as a 5G launch in Tanzania – that and more in this month's Omdia View.

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Omdia View: July 2022

By Omdia Analysts

Kenya and Zambia move towards 5G with new spectrum allocations while Tunisie Telecom plans to shut down its 3G network - that and more in this month's Omdia View.

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