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Cell C CEO Douglas Craigie Stevenson resigns

Paula Gilbert
3/24/2023

South African operator Cell C's CEO Douglas Craigie Stevenson has resigned and will be temporarily replaced by Brett Copans.

The biggest cyber risks in MEA – IBM Security

Paula Gilbert
3/23/2023

Backdoor deployments were the most used cyberattack tactic by cybercriminals in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region in 2022, while ransomware attacks persisted and email thread hijacking attempts spiked.

M-Pesa Africa invests $2M in Shared Service Operations Centre

Paula Gilbert
3/22/2023

M-Pesa Africa has launched a Shared Service Operations Centre (SSOC) in Nairobi to support operations in Kenya and five other African markets.

MTN, Microsoft trial 5G in cloud

Connecting Africa News
3/20/2023

MTN Group has conducted a proof-of-concept deployment for a 5G standalone core using cloud computing platform Microsoft Azure.

Omdia View: February 2023

Connecting Africa News
3/17/2023

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.

Egypt's Flat6Labs launching $95M seed fund for African startups

Paula Gilbert
3/15/2023

Middle East and North Africa seed investor, Flat6Labs, is expanding its investment focus to West and East Africa with a new $95 million seed fund aimed at investing in 160 tech startups over the next five years.

SA power cuts knock $38M off MTN Group earnings

Paula Gilbert
3/13/2023

Extensive power cuts in South Africa impacted MTN Group's earnings by R695 million ($38 million) as the operator plans to ramp up installation of more power backups for towers across the country.

Online shopping growing in South Africa – World Wide Worx, Mastercard

Paula Gilbert
3/10/2023

There was a 40% increase in the total number of people shopping online in South Africa between 2021 and 2021 according to a new study by World Wide Worx and Mastercard.

African telcos, vendors make deals at MWC 2023

Paula Gilbert
3/8/2023

The 2023 Mobile World Congress saw several deals made between Africa telecoms operators and global vendors like Nokia, Ericsson and Huawei for rollout of 4G and 5G across Africa.

Kenyan enterprises lag in leadership gender parity – IBM

Matshepo Sehloho
3/8/2023

Tech giant IBM has released a report claiming that Kenyan organizations are lagging when it comes to female representation, with only 11% of C-suite jobs held by women, while 41% of junior professional/specialist roles are filled by women.

Massive BCS fiber route & Orange digital center coming to DRC

Matshepo Sehloho
3/7/2023

Telecoms company Bandwidth and Cloud Services (BCS) has signed an agreement with the European Investment Bank to build a 1,200km fiber network in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and Orange has also launched its 15th African digital center in the country.

Connecting Africa Podcast: S2 Ep. 5 – Next-gen funerals

Paula Gilbert
3/7/2023

The Connecting Africa Podcast team speaks to South African startup Sendoff's co-founder Zolani Matebese about how the company is digitizing funerals and become Africa's 'Uber for funerals'.

Hot startup of the month: Egypt's Plstka

Matshepo Sehloho
3/6/2023

Egyptian startup Plstka is helping companies and consumers in the Delta region exchange their recyclable trash for discounts and coupons for everyday services like food, healthcare, and transportation.

MultiChoice, Comcast to create Africa-wide streaming platform

Paula Gilbert
3/2/2023

Africa's biggest TV operator, MultiChoice, is partnering with global broadcasters Sky and Comcast's NBCUniversal to create a pan-African streaming service based on MultiChoice's Showmax platform.

Internet Solutions, Q-KON Africa launch satellite broadband for Mozambique

Connecting Africa News
2/27/2023

Dimension Data subsidiary, Internet Solutions, is partnering with Q-KON Africa to bring OneWeb LEO satellite service to the Mozambican market, to compete with Elon Musk's Starlink.

SA's Blue Label Telecoms seeks control of Cell C

Paula Gilbert
2/23/2023

South Africa's Blue Label Telecoms is looking to take over control of mobile operator, Cell C, which it owns almost 50% of already.

Bolt to invest $530M in Africa

Matshepo Sehloho
2/21/2023

Ride-sharing platform Bolt has announced that it will be investing €500 million (US$530 million) in its operations on the African continent over the next two years.

Survey: Opportunities for Women in Tech

Africa Tech Perspectives
2/15/2023

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.

2Africa reaches the shores of Madagascar

Paula Gilbert
2/15/2023

The 2Africa subsea cable system has made another step forward, this time landing in the island nation of Madagascar as it works its way up Africa's East Coast.

Innovative tech contributes to fatality-free mines

Matshepo Sehloho
2/15/2023

Industry experts spoke about the role technology plays in reducing fatalities in the mining industry as part of a panel discussion in Johannesburg, hosted by Spanish technology company Torsa.

Axian Group launches investment unit to fund African tech startups

Connecting Africa News
2/14/2023

Madagascar-based Axian Group has announced a new investment arm, Axian Investment, aimed at funding Africa's fledgling technology startups.

How AI can accelerate sustainability in 2023

Paula Gilbert
2/9/2023

IBM South Africa's GM Ria Pinto speaks to Connecting Africa about how artificial intelligence can help African companies accelerate their sustainability efforts.

Cameroon puts brakes on e-hailing platform Yango

Matshepo Sehloho
2/9/2023

Cameroon has suspended Russian ride-hailing app Yango for allegedly failing to comply with the country's transport regulations.

2Africa subsea cable makes final SA landing

Paula Gilbert
2/8/2023

The 2Africa subsea cable system has made its fourth and final landing in South Africa, this time in Amanzimtoti near Durban in KwaZulu-Natal and installed by WIOCC.

Connecting Africa Podcast: S2 Ep. 4 – Agri-fintech, from kibbutz to Kenya

Paula Gilbert
2/2/2023

The Connecting Africa Podcast team speak to Israeli-Kenyan startup Avenews' co-founder and CEO, Shalom Ben-Or, about his fintech super-app that has been built specifically for Africa's agriculture industry.

Lagos launches first AWS Local Zone in Africa

Paula Gilbert
1/27/2023

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced the launch of a new AWS Local Zones location in Lagos, Nigeria, its first on the continent with others planned in Johannesburg and Nairobi.

Hot startup of the month: Cloud-native developer Deimos

Matshepo Sehloho
1/27/2023

This month's hot startup is pan-African cloud technology and professional services company Deimos which is on a mission to be the leading cloud-native technology company in Africa.

African enterprises to ramp up cloud investments in 2023

Paula Gilbert
1/26/2023

A new cloud research study from World Wide Worx shows 69% of African enterprises plan to increase investment in cloud services in 2023.

Africa Data Centres expand in SA & Kenya

Paula Gilbert
1/25/2023

Africa Data Centres has announced new facilities being built in Nairobi, Kenya and Cape Town, South Africa.

2Africa subsea cable makes another SA landing

Paula Gilbert
1/23/2023

The 2Africa subsea cable has made a third landing in South Africa, this time at a Vodacom facility in Gqeberha in the Eastern Cape.

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1/23/2023

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Raxio building data center in Angola

Connecting Africa News
1/17/2023

Pan-African data center developer and operator Raxio Group continues with its African expansion, announcing a new investment in Angola.

Kenya High Court suspends mobile money fees

Matshepo Sehloho
1/13/2023

The Kenyan High Court has suspended charges for sending money between mobile money wallets and bank accounts pending the determination of a consumer rights lawsuit.

Africa Data Centres partners with INX-ZA in SA for remote peering

Connecting Africa News
1/9/2023

Africa Data Centres is partnering with INX-ZA to offer remote peering in South Africa.

5G will bring $26B to Africa by 2030 – GSMA

Paula Gilbert
1/3/2023

A new report predicts that 5G will account for 20% of mobile connections in Africa by 2030 as 5G spectrum auctions, pilots and commercial trials increase.

Sub-Saharan Africa's 5G subs will top 150M by 2028 – Ericsson

Paula Gilbert
12/27/2022

The equipment maker believes that sub-Saharan Africa's 5G subscriptions will grow from just 7 million in 2022 to 150 million by the end of 2028.

Qualcomm in search of African 5G innovators

Paula Gilbert
12/16/2022

The chipmaker is looking for African startups to come up with unique 5G use cases as part of a startup mentorship program called 'Make in Africa.'

Visa to invest $1B in Africa's digital transformation

Paula Gilbert
12/15/2022

Visa has pledged to invest $1 billion in Africa by 2027 to scale operations, deploy new technologies and deepen collaboration with African partners.

2Africa subsea cable lands on SA shores

Paula Gilbert
12/14/2022

The Meta-backed 2Africa subsea cable – which will connect Africa, Europe and Asia – has landed on South African shores.

Equinix eyes SA expansion with $160M data center investment

Matshepo Sehloho
12/14/2022

Digital infrastructure company Equinix will enter the South African market with a $160 million data center investment in Johannesburg that will open in mid-2024.

Vodacom completes Vodafone Egypt acquisition

Paula Gilbert
12/13/2022

Vodacom Group has completed its long-awaited purchase of a 55% stake in Vodafone Egypt for $2.7 billion.

Orange Cote d'Ivoire to list on BRVM stock exchange

Paula Gilbert
12/12/2022

Orange's operation in Côte d'Ivoire plans to list a portion of shares currently owned by the government on the local BRVM stock exchange.

Seacom to launch West African hub in 2023

Paula Gilbert
12/9/2022

Seacom Chief Digital Officer Prenesh Padayachee told Connecting Africa the company plans to expand its footprint into West Africa and wants to set up a hub in either Nigeria or Ghana next year.

Orange targets data & digital growth in Africa

Paula Gilbert
12/2/2022

Orange Deputy CEO for the MEA, Brelotte Ba, spoke to Connecting Africa about the group's strategy to grow its African data, fintech and digital customers.

Intelsat bringing 5G software-defined network to Africa

Paula Gilbert
11/28/2022

Global satellite services provider Intelsat is building a 5G software-defined network that aims to provide satellite 5G connectivity to Africa by 2025.

MTN Zambia rolls out commercial 5G

Paula Gilbert
11/25/2022

MTN has officially rolled out its commercial 5G network in Zambia after piloting 5G over the past 11 months.

Hot startup of the month: Mauritius' Ojimah

Matshepo Sehloho
11/25/2022

This month's hot startup is a Mauritian multichannel digital platform, Ojimah, that is on a mission to streamline African travel.

Telkom SA will decide on Rain merger by December

Paula Gilbert
11/24/2022

Telkom SA CEO Serame Taukobong said the group will make a decision by the end of 2022 about whether to acquire fellow operator Rain but is still open to buyout discussions with MTN.

Telkom SA earnings drop as costs rise, consumer spending slows

Paula Gilbert
11/23/2022

Telkom South Africa reported lower earnings and revenue for the first half of the financial year, with constrained consumer spending and rising operating costs, including load shedding, to blame.

Africa has fastest growing fixed broadband market – Omdia

Paula Gilbert
11/22/2022

The Africa Broadband Outlook 2022 report from Omdia shows that Africa's fixed broadband market has recorded the strongest growth rate in the world over the past five years.

OneWeb expands African satellite reach

Paula Gilbert
11/18/2022

Global telecoms and satellite provider OneWeb is growing its presence in Africa, announcing three partnership deals on the continent during November 2022.

Interview: Fadi Pharaon on Ericsson's 5G rollout in Africa

Sponsored Video
11/18/2022

President of Ericsson Middle East and Africa, Fadi Pharaon, spoke to Connecting Africa at the Africa Tech Festival about trends that Ericsson is seeing in the industry and the status of 5G on the continent.

Angola Cables' unit Telcables enters Nigerian market

Matshepo Sehloho
11/16/2022

Angola Cables has launched a new unit called Telcables which has entered the Nigerian and West African market to offer ICT solutions.

Africa Tech Festival 2022 highlights in pictures

Connecting Africa News
11/16/2022

Photo highlights from the Africa Tech Festival 2022 which saw over 12,000 attendees return to the physical event in Cape Town, South Africa.

Orange launches 5G in Botswana

Paula Gilbert
11/11/2022

Orange's new commercial 5G network in Botswana is the company's first in Africa, with six more countries in the pipeline for 2023.

ATF 2022: Affordable broadband key to creating more African unicorns – Liquid

Paula Gilbert
11/10/2022

Nic Rudnick, group deputy executive chairperson of Liquid Intelligent Technologies, told Africa Tech Festival that Africa needs affordable, uncapped broadband to be able to move from being a consumer of tech to unicorn-level creators of innovation.

ATF 2022: Liquid spends $20M on new SDN enterprise offering

Paula Gilbert
11/9/2022

Liquid Intelligent Technologies division, Liquid Dataport, plans to invest around US$20 million over three years for a new Software Defined Network (SDN) offering for enterprises.

Connecting Africa Podcast: S2 Ep. 1 – Talent wars

Paula Gilbert
11/3/2022

The Connecting Africa Podcast is back with a new season. We welcome new co-host Matshepo Sehloho to the team and discuss Africa's tech skills pipeline and the battle between startups and global tech giants to recruit and keep African talent.

AWS to open office in Nigeria

Paula Gilbert
11/2/2022

Nigeria will become the second African country with an Amazon Web Services (AWS) office, with plans for a Lagos office announced by the cloud giant.

Mastercard eyes African fintech potential

Paula Gilbert
11/2/2022

Mastercard VP Muhammad Nana spoke with Connecting Africa on the sidelines of MWC Africa about the growth potential in Africa's fintech sector and how Mastercard is partnering and investing in local fintech companies.

MTN, Sanlam receive approvals for insurtech partnership

Paula Gilbert
11/1/2022

Sanlam and MTN Group's insurtech alliance to distribute digital insurance and investment products across Africa has finally kicked off following regulatory approval.

MTN SA 'crowd sourcing' electricity for network

Paula Gilbert
10/18/2022

MTN South Africa has launched a new program to crowd-source additional generator capacity from small businesses to help bolster its network resilience as daily power cuts continue.

Kenya stands firm on SIM registration deadline

Paula Gilbert
10/17/2022

The Communications Authority of Kenya says it won't extend a deadline that passed last weekend for all SIM cards to be properly registered, blocking users who did not comply.

Airtel Kenya spins off mobile money unit

Matshepo Sehloho
10/12/2022

Airtel Kenya has separated its mobile money unit from its core telecoms business in compliance with regulations set by the Central Bank of Kenya.

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.

American Tower, Airtel Africa partner for greener towers

Connecting Africa News
10/10/2022

Airtel Africa and American Tower Corporation's African (ATC Africa) are joining forces to make sites across the continent less dependent on fossil fuels.

Google to launch first cloud region in Africa

Paula Gilbert
10/5/2022

Google Cloud is launching its first region in Africa – in South Africa.

Renewable energy key for data center growth – Raxio

Paula Gilbert
9/28/2022

Raxio Group CTO, Rob Saunders, talks to Connecting Africa about the growing demand for renewable energy sources to power Africa's data centers.

MTN Nigeria launches commercial 5G

Paula Gilbert
9/20/2022

MTN Nigeria has officially launched its commercial 5G network, after testing the technology across seven cities last month.

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Liquid, Eutelsat to connect SMEs in East Africa

Matshepo Sehloho
9/16/2022

Liquid Intelligent Technologies and Eutelsat Communications have signed an agreement to provide high-speed Internet to small businesses in Uganda, South Sudan and the eastern regions of the DRC.

Nigeria leads African tech startup funding, fintech dominates

Paula Gilbert
9/15/2022

Nigeria has received the most tech startup funding in Africa over the last eight years, and fintech companies are the main driver, according to a new report from Disrupt Africa.

Africa Data Centres and Nigeria's IXPN join forces

Connecting Africa News
9/13/2022

Africa Data Centres is teaming up with Nigeria's biggest Internet exchange point IXPN in a deal that will see better connectivity and lower bandwidth costs for Nigerians.

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.

Nigeria suspends new 5% excise duty on telecoms

Matshepo Sehloho
9/8/2022

The Nigerian government has suspended its plans to impose a 5% excise duty on telecommunications services.

SA telcos use fintech to tap into lending market

Paula Gilbert
9/6/2022

Growing fintech trends have seen several South African telecoms operators launching lending solutions that range from nano loans to large cash advanced for small business owners.

Vodacom launches first 5G service in Tanzania

Paula Gilbert
9/2/2022

Vodacom Tanzania has become the first mobile operator to launch 5G in the East African nation.

Amazon opens new office in Johannesburg as cloud demand grows

Matshepo Sehloho
9/1/2022

Amazon's cloud computing arm Amazon Web Services (AWS) has opened a new office in the city of Johannesburg in South Africa to support growing customer demand.

SA's Cell C has a new CFO

Paula Gilbert
9/1/2022

South African operator Cell C's CFO Zaf Mahomed has resigned and is being replaced by Lerato Pule.

Kunle Awosika to lead Microsoft's Africa Transformation Office

Connecting Africa News
8/31/2022

Microsoft veteran Kunle Awosika is taking over as MD of the Africa Transformation Office launched in 2021.

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.

Fintech startup Klasha connects African shoppers to global brands

Paula Gilbert
8/29/2022

Nigerian startup, Klasha, is helping African consumers access e-commerce options outside of the continent and helping merchants worldwide sell their products into Africa.

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

Africa Data Centres begins $83M SA expansion

Matshepo Sehloho
8/22/2022

Africa Data Centres has drawn the first US$83 million tranche from a US$300 million investment it plans to use to build data centers in ten of Africa's largest economic capitals.

Togo and UN to build cybersecurity centre

Matshepo Sehloho
8/18/2022

The Republic of Togo and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa have signed an agreement to jointly establish the African Centre for Coordination and Research in Cybersecurity.

MTN snags former SA regulator Willington Ngwepe

Paula Gilbert
8/16/2022

Outgoing ICASA CEO, Willington Ngwepe, will become MTN Group's chief of staff in the CEO's office after he leaves the regulator next month.

MTN's fintech ecosystem grows as spinoff plans continue

Paula Gilbert
8/12/2022

Pan-African operator MTN's fintech ecosystem continues to grow as it moves forward with plans to spin off its financial services business into a stand-alone entity.

MTN offered $35M for Afghanistan operation

Paula Gilbert
8/11/2022

MTN group has received a binding offer for 100% of MTN Afghanistan as it continues with plans to completely exit the Middle East and focus on its pan-African footprint.

Women in Tech: Spotlight on inclusivity with Digital Council Africa's Juanita Clark

Africa Tech Perspectives
8/9/2022

Digital Council Africa founder and CEO, Juanita Clark, talks to Connecting Africa as part of our Women's Month series about her career and what needs to be done to make the tech industry intentionally inclusive.

Women in Tech: Spotlight on legal tech with Life.file's Sinal Govender

Africa Tech Perspectives
8/8/2022

Life.file co-founder, Sinal Govender, talks to Connecting Africa as part of our Women's Month series about her career and how we can encourage more young girls to enter the legal tech field.

SA's Openserve to separate from Telkom

Paula Gilbert
8/4/2022

South African operator, Telkom, has decided to separate its wholesale division, Openserve, into a stand-alone entity in September.

Moroccans and Egyptians embrace digital payment methods

Paula Gilbert
8/3/2022

Mastercard's New Payments Index 2022 shows that digital payment adoption is accelerating across MENA, including strong growth in Egypt and Morocco.

Safaricom wants Kenya to be a digital talent hub

Matshepo Sehloho
8/2/2022

Kenyan operator Safaricom has launched a Digital Talent Program and is teaching kids to code through the M-Pesa app, as it aims to create a sustainable digital talent pipeline.

North Africa Com 2022: Enabling regulation to accelerate digitization

Connecting Africa Video
8/1/2022

A panel discussion about what regulations are needed to help accelerate digitization in North Africa.

North Africa Com 2022: Closing the gender gap

Connecting Africa Video
8/1/2022

A panel discussion at North Africa Com 2022 about how to close North Africa's gender gap when it comes to digital and tech jobs.

North Africa Com 2022: Transforming telco strategies

Connecting Africa Video
8/1/2022

Experts from operators across North Africa join a panel discussion about how telcos are evolving their strategies to become not only telcos but also tech-cos.

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.

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