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Content posted in August 2021Hot startup of the month: Tunisia's InstaDeep
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Cell C recapitalization edges closer
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Telkom SA Consumer gets new CEO
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MTN backs super app vision with new Ayoba leader
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AWS expands cloud training program to more African countries
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Malware on the rise in Africa
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Crowdsourcing platform Toloka accelerates push into Africa
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Vodacom goes green with eco rating for handsets
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Etisalat ups ownership in Maroc Telecom to 53%
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Omdia View: July 2021
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2Africa subsea cable gets even bigger
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Safaricom is by far East Africa's most valuable company
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Sanlam and MTN team up to offer digital insurance and investments
- Paula Gilbert
MTN gives up on Ethiopia, abandons Syrian operation
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Zambia mulls turning off Internet as elections loom – report
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Vodacom, Tanzania's biggest telco, to get new head
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Nigeria rushes to replace failing satellite
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Telkom SA appoints new CEO from within
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Judge recommends dismissing MTN Afghanistan terrorism complaint
- Paula Gilbert
MTN Nigeria drops 7.6M subs in H1, service revenue jumps 24%
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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
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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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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.
