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Airtel reports double-digit first quarter growth

Matshepo Sehloho
7/29/2022

Airtel Africa has reported quarterly revenue growth of 13% on the back of a resilient performance in both East Africa and its Francophone markets.

Africa shines amongst lackluster Orange earnings

Paula Gilbert
7/28/2022

Growth in Orange's Middle East and Africa business compensated for difficulties in the group's enterprise business that pulled down its overall half-year earnings.

Kenyan app Kyosk disrupting how informal retailers do business

Matshepo Sehloho
7/28/2022

Startup Kyosk connects informal retailers directly to fast-moving consumer goods companies in Africa.

Telkom sues SA's president to stop investigation

Paula Gilbert
7/27/2022

Telkom South Africa is suing the country's president for launching an investigation against it, claiming his actions were unconstitutional.

Google, Meta cables will be 'game-changers' for Africa

Connecting Africa News
7/26/2022

Two huge subsea cable systems planned by Meta and Google are likely to be game-changers for Africa, according to TeleGeography.

Orange eyes expansion into Nigeria

Matshepo Sehloho
7/26/2022

International telecom operator, Orange, wants to play a part in the Nigeria's telecoms sector and has vowed to invest in the country's mobile, data, fixed and fintech services.

Guinea regulator fines Orange $1.1M for service outage

Paula Gilbert
7/26/2022

Orange is facing a hefty fine in Guinea after a network outage left customers without key services, including mobile money, for 30 hours.

Airtel pays $40M for Kenyan spectrum

Paula Gilbert
7/25/2022

Airtel Africa is paying US$40 million for a 15-year spectrum license in Kenya, to expand its 4G network and rollout 5G in the future.

Vacant cybersecurity jobs contributing to breaches

Matshepo Sehloho
7/25/2022

There are over two million vacant positions in the cybersecurity industry which are contributing to breaches and costing organizations money, including those in Africa.

Omdia View: June 2022

Guest Perspectives
7/25/2022

5G was the major news trend across Africa in June, as Orange became the first operator to launch 5G in Réunion and operators in Senegal accelerated their 5G plans despite spectrum delays.

North Africa Com: Women need empowerment to curb gender gap

Matshepo Sehloho
7/22/2022

Experts during a fireside chat at North Africa Com 2022 discussed how supporting women in the tech industry can contribute to eliminating the gender gap.

Vodacom reports 'resilient' quarterly growth

Paula Gilbert
7/21/2022

Vodacom Group has reported solid quarterly revenue growth on the back of a resilient performance in South Africa and good data revenue growth in its international markets.

Liquid Cyber Security launches first of six Fusion Centres

Matshepo Sehloho
7/21/2022

Liquid Cyber Security has launched a Cyber Security Fusion Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa, with five more to come across Africa.

Why MTN wants to buy Telkom SA – analysts

Paula Gilbert
7/20/2022

Analysts weigh in on MTN's hopes of buying Telkom South Africa – what it would mean for the SA market and whether the deal has a chance with the competition authorities.

North Africa Com: Collaboration needed in digital banking

Matshepo Sehloho
7/19/2022

Experts on a panel at North Africa Com 2022 discuss accelerating fintech innovation on the Continent.

Hot startup of the month: South Africa's Sensor Networks

Tom Jackson
7/19/2022

This month's hot startup is South Africa's Sensor Networks, which has developed a smart home system and IoT platform that aims to reduce insurance risk.

Morocco's Internet penetration leads in North Africa

Matshepo Sehloho
7/18/2022

Morocco is leading its North African peers when it comes to Internet penetration, while mobile usage in the country has grown over the past year.

SA telecoms regulator appoints acting chairperson

Connecting Africa News
7/18/2022

ICASA has announced that Charley Lewis will step in as acting chairperson after the exit of Keabetswe Modimoeng last week.

Zimbabwean telcos hike prices as high inflation bites

Connecting Africa News
7/15/2022

Zimbabwe's telecoms prices are going up by as much as 61% as soaring inflation risks putting local operators out of business.

Breaking: MTN wants to buy Telkom SA

Paula Gilbert
7/15/2022

MTN Group is looking to buy Telkom South Africa, in a deal that would see consolidation of the second- and third-biggest mobile operators in SA.

SA competition watchdog questions Google's dominance

Paula Gilbert
7/14/2022

The Competition Commission's online platforms market inquiry in South Africa has found that Google Search's preferential placement of its own specialist search units is distorting competition in its favor.

ITA rebrands as Paratus Angola

Matshepo Sehloho
7/14/2022

As part of an extensive rebranding strategy, Internet Technologies Angola will now be called Paratus Angola.

Ghana, Kenya biggest users of mobile money for B2B transfers

Matshepo Sehloho
7/13/2022

A report by Duplo has found that even though bank transfers are more common than cash, Kenyans and Ghanaians use mobile money more for B2B transactions.

M-Pesa remains Safaricom's most profitable service

Paula Gilbert
7/13/2022

Safaricom's annual report fr 2022 shows just how profitable mobile money service M-Pesa is for the Kenyan operator.

5G is lighting up the future of North Africa

Partner Perspectives
7/13/2022

Huawei's Chris Meng discusses the future of 5G in North Africa and how supportive policies, especially on spectrum, can help facilitate accelerated 5G deployment in the region.

Kenya's AfyaRekod launches e-health platform

Matshepo Sehloho
7/12/2022

Health tech company, AfyaRekod, has launched a blockchain-driven platform that gives real-time health data to patients and medical professionals.

MTN is SA's fastest network – report

Matshepo Sehloho
7/11/2022

MTN has been ranked as South Africa's best network for speed and network quality, according to the MyBroadband Insights Q2 2022 Mobile Network Quality Report.

SA mental health app Panda plans African expansion

Matshepo Sehloho
7/8/2022

South African mental health app Panda has aspirations to expand into the rest of Africa.

Safaricom's Ethiopian network to go live in August

Paula Gilbert
7/8/2022

Safaricom is planning to roll out the first phase of its Ethiopia network launch next month, beginning with the city of Dire Dawa in eastern Ethiopia.

Namibian mobile users urged to register SIMs

Paula Gilbert
7/7/2022

Namibia has kicked off a SIM card registration drive and the country's biggest operator, MTC, is urging users to register ahead of the January 2023 deadline.

Kenyans to pay more for cellphones due to new taxes

Matshepo Sehloho
7/7/2022

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has signed into law a new act imposing 10% excise duty on cellphones and SIM cards.

SA's Cell C makes inroads to slash $436M debt

Paula Gilbert
7/6/2022

Cell C has made a deal to cut US$184 million worth of debt from its $436 million total as some lenders agreed to forfeit 80% of the debt owed to them.

Rolling blackouts negatively impact SA telcos

Matshepo Sehloho
7/6/2022

Disruptive power cuts are continuing to negatively affect South African mobile operators and customers.

Airtel Kenya has a new MD

Connecting Africa News
7/5/2022

Airtel Kenya has announced that Ashish Malhotra will take over as managing director.

Sonatel opens Orange 5G Lab in Dakar

Matshepo Sehloho
7/4/2022

Orange Group's Senegalese subsidiary, Sonatel, has opened the group's first 5G Lab in the capital city Dakar.

Botswana's BTC sees revenue decline

Paula Gilbert
7/4/2022

Botswana Telecommunications Corporation's revenue for the past financial year dropped 2%, as growth in its data business failed to offset declining voice revenue.

MTN grows female leadership with three new country CEOs

Paula Gilbert
7/1/2022

MTN Group has announced new CEOs for its operations in Cameroon, Rwanda and Uganda, and all three are women.

Pesapal gets green light to operate in Uganda

Matshepo Sehloho
7/1/2022

Kenyan digital payments startup Pesapal, has been granted an operating license in Uganda to provide mobile cashless transactions in the East African country.

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