Industry Announcements

Africa Tech Festival 2024 showcases women tech, telecom leaders

Industry Announcements
8/8/2024

Africa Tech Festival spotlights some of the exceptional women shaping the future of technology and telecom in Africa.

VC firm Founders Factory Africa rebrands to 54 Collective

Industry Announcements
8/7/2024

African venture capital firm, Founders Factory Africa (FFA), has announced its rebrand and name change to 54 Collective.

New develoPPP Ventures funding program for SA startups

Industry Announcements
6/21/2024

The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) has launched develoPPP Ventures, a new funding scheme offering up to €100,000 (US$106,950) for successful startups in South Africa.

Registration opens for Africa Tech Festival 2024

Industry Announcements
6/11/2024

Registration has opened for the 2024 edition of Africa Tech Festival, the continent's leading platform for technology innovators, specialists and thought leaders.

New Africa eGovernance Conference comes to Rwanda

Industry Announcements
2/27/2024

The Africa eGovernance Conference (AfreGov) will host its maiden event in Kigali, Rwanda from March 12-14, 2024 under the theme 'Digital Governance for Social Inclusion and Sustainable Development.'

Africa Tech Festival announces finalists for Startup World Cup

Industry Announcements
10/27/2023

The top ten finalists of the AfricaIgnite Pitch Competition have been announced.

AfricaIgnite Hosts the African leg of the Startup World Cup at ATF

Industry Announcements
10/11/2023

The Africa Tech Festival (ATF) startups event, AfricaIgnite, will host the African leg of the global Startup World Cup 2023.

Nominations open for Africa Tech Festival Awards 2023

Industry Announcements
8/24/2023

Nominations are open for the Africa Tech Festival Awards 2023 taking place in Cape Town, South Africa in November 2023.

Cybertech Africa: The pan-African event for innovation and networking

Industry Announcements
5/17/2023

Cybertech is coming to Kigali, Rwanda in August 2023 for a two-day event gathering the business, innovation, tech and cyber ecosystems.

Liquid, Nokia partner on Kenya-SA fiber route

Industry Announcements
2/2/2023

Liquid Intelligent Technologies has partnered with Nokia to deploy innovative transport network technology in the new terrestrial fiber route connecting Mombasa (Kenya) to Johannesburg (South Africa).

Telkom SA to add MVNOs to network this year

Industry Announcements
1/20/2023

Telkom South Africa has announced plans to allow mobile virtual network operator's (MVNO's) on its network sometime in 2023.

SmartCIC launches services across 32 African countries

Industry Announcements
10/11/2022

Global managed service provider SmartCIC has expanded its fixed-line connectivity and field service solutions across 32 African countries.

Bolt introduces additional safety features on driver's App

Industry Announcements
9/9/2022

Bolt introduces additional features on its driver's App to enhance the safety and well-being of drivers.

Africa Data Centres breaks ground on Johannesburg facility expansion

Industry Announcements
8/31/2022

Africa Data Centres has broken ground on the expansion of its Samrand facility in Johannesburg, growing from 10MW to 40MW of IT load.

Nokia and Safaricom complete 5G slicing trial

Industry Announcements
8/23/2022

Nokia and Safaricom have completed Africa's first fixed wireless access network slicing deployment on a live 4G and 5G commercial network. #pressrelease

MTN joins HeForShe Alliance to accelerate gender equality

Industry Announcements
4/28/2022

MTN Group is partnering with UN Women and joining the HeForShe Alliance to accelerate its gender equality efforts. #pressrelease

DabaDoc and Orange launch health-tech service for African diaspora

Industry Announcements
4/1/2022

DabaDoc and Orange have partnered to launch a new service allowing the African diaspora in Europe and the US to offer video medical consultations to their relatives in Africa.

Liquid lands capacity of Equiano subsea cable in Nigeria and SA

Industry Announcements
3/29/2022

Liquid Intelligent Technologies has acquired a fiber pair on the Equiano subsea cable, increasing its increase capacity in Western and Southern Africa.

Raxio Group investing in Tanzanian data center

Industry Announcements
3/23/2022

Raxio Group will build and operate a new metro-edge, multi-megawatt, colocation data center in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

MWC 2022: Safaricom taps VMware for Ethiopia network

Industry Announcements
3/1/2022

Safaricom has selected VMware as its telco cloud platform partner for its rollout into Ethiopia.

SA regulator receives six applications for spectrum

Industry Announcements
2/1/2022

South Africa's regulator has received interest from six companies that want to bid for high-demand spectrum at the March 2022 auction.

Amazon's first SA solar project adds clean energy to the grid

Industry Announcements
11/5/2021

Amazon Web Services' first operational solar project in South Africa has begun contributing renewable energy to the electricity grid.

Liquid Intelligent Technologies and Orange partner to expand network reach

Industry Announcements
10/28/2021

Liquid Intelligent Technologies and Orange have announced a new partnership to leverage each other's existing networks in Africa.

Orange and Nokia to use refurbished equipment in networks

Industry Announcements
10/13/2021

Orange and Nokia have signed an agreement to increase the use of refurbished equipment in telecoms infrastructure.

Ethiopia's BinGet selects Panamax for digital financial services

Industry Announcements
9/23/2021

Panamax has been chosen as the digital financial services vendor for Ethiopian company BinGet Group's new Wallet Transact service.

Orange taps Ericsson to ramp-up mobile money service

Industry Announcements
9/21/2021

Orange MEA has selected Ericsson as a strategic partner for Orange Money in 14 African countries.

Raxio Group announces data center investment in Mozambique

Industry Announcements
7/9/2021

Following its investments in Uganda, Ethiopia and DRC, the Raxio Group is investing to build and operate Mozambique's first Tier III data center.

Ethio telecom and Ericsson launch 4G network for South West Ethiopia

Industry Announcements
6/25/2021

Ethio telecom and Ericsson started deployment of the Ericsson Radio System for 4G expansion in the South West region of Ethiopia at the beginning of June 2021.

Three Google programs to bolster African innovation and female entrepreneurship

Industry Announcements
6/22/2021

Google has renewed its commitment to growing Africa's startup ecosystem with the announcement of three new programs on the continent.

MTN to launch open RAN in Africa

Industry Announcements
6/17/2021

MTN Group says it is testing and plans to deploy open RAN technology across its African footprint.

East Africa Com and Twitter announce conference collaboration

Industry Announcements
5/7/2021

East Africa Com has announced a collaboration with Twitter at the 2021 online conference.

Hormuud Telecom launches Somalia’s first mobile money app

Industry Announcements
4/22/2021

Hormuud Telecom has launched Somalia’s first indigenous mobile money application, WAAFI.

Vodacom, Vodafone Foundation pledge $5M to Africa's COVID vaccine supply chain

Industry Announcements
4/7/2021

Vodacom Group and Vodafone Foundation will donate €4.2 million (US$5 million) to support the vaccine rollout to vulnerable and hard to reach communities across its markets in Africa.

Afriex raises $1.2M for African expansion

Industry Announcements
3/24/2021

Fintech startup Afriex has raised a seed funding round worth $1.2 million.

Open P-TECH to provide 50,000 SA youth with digital training

Industry Announcements
3/12/2021

IBM and Junior Achievement South Africa's Open P-TECH for Africa program will provide 50,000 South African students with digital skills.

Raxio Group to build carrier-neutral data centers in DRC

Industry Announcements
3/4/2021

The Raxio Group plans to build three carrier-neutral data centers in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Mastercard and MTN in e-commerce mobile payments partnership

Industry Announcements
2/16/2021

The partnership will enable millions of MTN customers to pay on global online platforms with a Mastercard virtual payment solution linked to an MTN MoMo wallet.

Nominations open for the East Africa Com Awards

Industry Announcements
2/11/2021

The East Africa Com Awards return in 2021 as a virtual ceremony.

MTN partners with African Union on COVID-19 vaccinations

Industry Announcements
1/28/2021

Pan-African mobile network MTN is donating US$25 million to support the African Union's COVID-19 vaccination program.

Mastercard and Network International launch digital payment platform for MEA

Industry Announcements
1/22/2021

Mastercard and Network International have collaborated to launch a new digital platform which aims to accelerate the adoption of digital payments across the Middle East and Africa.

Vodacom launches free app to fight gender-based violence in South Africa

Industry Announcements
11/26/2020

The Vodacom Foundation has launched a free-to-download app designed to aid in the fight against gender-base violence in South Africa.

Nokia enables 5G services for Vodacom SA

Industry Announcements
10/28/2020

Nokia has enables ultra-fast 5G services for Vodacom South Africa customers with 5G radio, core and fixed wireless access.

Orange's launches new African e-learning platform

Industry Announcements
9/30/2020

Orange has announced the launch of its online training platform, Orange Campus Africa, in partnership with the Virtual University of Senegal (UVS).

Visa, She Leads Africa partner to empower female entrepreneurs

Industry Announcements
9/23/2020

Visa is partnering with She Leads Africa to connect female entrepreneurs with information and tools they need to create thriving businesses in their communities.

New Virtual Africa Tech Festival launched

Industry Announcements
7/15/2020

AfricaCom and AfricaTech will go ahead as virtual events, as part of the new Virtual Africa Tech Festival.

Nokia and Djezzy implement ultra-high network capacity technology in Algeria

Industry Announcements
7/1/2020

As mobile traffic demand ramps up in Algeria, Nokia and operator Djezzy have implemented ultra-high network capacity technology.

Vodacom Business and Microsoft SA partner to deliver a Digital Education Platform

Industry Announcements
6/23/2020

Vodacom Business and Microsoft are partnering to deliver a Digital Education Platform in South Africa.

Safaricom launches an M-Pesa for business app

Industry Announcements
6/18/2020

The new Lipa Na M-Pesa Business app aims to empower over 170,000 merchants in Kenya

African Telecommunications Union and Ericsson sign MoU to accelerate growth of ICT in Africa

Industry Announcements
6/17/2020

The partnership aims to promote global and regional coordination and harmonization of spectrum usage to decrease cost of technology by increasing economies of scale and maximizing the affordability for all users in Africa.

Registrations open for fully virtual West Africa Com 2020 event

Industry Announcements
6/5/2020

Informa Tech has decided to move West Africa Com to a fully virtual event this year from September 30 to October 1, 2020.

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