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Content posted in February 2022SA's Vumatel acquires 45% stake in Herotel
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Huawei and SA labor department in settlement talks
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Hot startup of the month: Nigeria's Scrapays
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Blue Label Telecoms' interim profit jumps 20%
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Africa's developer pool strong and growing – Google
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All six bidders qualify for SA spectrum auction
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Mobile slowdown pulls down Maroc Telecom revenue
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Orange Africa growth story continues
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Airtel to pay Kenyan regulator $17.5M for expired license
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Morocco and South Africa have Africa's fastest networks
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Huawei in hot water over SA hiring habits
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Ramaphosa promises SA spectrum auction will go ahead in March
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Omdia View: January 2022
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Seacom is buying Africell's assets in Uganda
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Vodacom must pay 'Please Call Me' inventor over $3M
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SA spectrum showdown gets April court date
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Equiano subsea cable to reach Namibia and SA in mid-2022
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Orange gets 5G spectrum in Egypt
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Telkom SA revenue under pressure despite mobile growth
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Airtel Africa adds 3M subs on back of Nigerian recovery
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Women in Tech: MTN Rwanda CEO Mitwa Ng'ambi
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MTN raises $281M in Nigeria share sale
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Vodacom financial services becoming a cash cow
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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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Afretec awards $3.3M in grants to African research teams
The African Engineering and Technology Network (Afretec) has awarded grants worth $300,000 each to 11 university research teams across Africa to advance digital technologies.
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Kigali, Rwanda, Wednesday, May 17, 2023 - Liquid, Nokia partner on Kenya-SA fiber route
Johannesburg, Thursday, February 2, 2023 - Telkom SA to add MVNOs to network this year
Johannesburg, Friday, January 20, 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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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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June 13-16, 2023Queen Elizabeth II Centre, Broad Sanctuary, London SW1P 3EE
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August 1-2, 2023Kigali Convention Center, Kigali, Rwanda
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November 13-16, 2023CTICC, Cape Town
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Omdia View: February 2023
By Omdia AnalystsIn 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 AnalystsKenya 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.
