Ugandans angry about failed mobile connections
Citizens in Uganda are angry about the lack of service from MTN Uganda. They are angry over the failure of their calls between Uganda Telecom and MTN being connected. They believe that this is a result of MTN Uganda’s More...
The future of African banking is smart
Fundamo, iCreate and Alcatel-Lucent have signed up to sponsor the Banking Technology Africa Summit. Electronic banking systems are opening doors for banks to extend their service reach and accelerating economic More...
African SME’s should embrace the Cloud
MTN Business encourages African companies to embrace the cloud (Image: file photo) MTN Business announced, in a press release, that cloud computing solutions offer an important growth opportunity to Small and Medium More...
Orange Tunisie launching region’s first app store
Orange Tunisie announced in a press statement over the weekend that on Tuesday, May 31, the company will launch Africa’s first app store. The move is likely to see massive customer data usage as part of the store More...
Telecom Egypt looks to buy local Vodafone unit
With Egypt looking to postpone a fourth mobile license, Telecom Egypt is upping its pressure on Vodafone to take over the UK-based company’s Egyptian unit. Already with a 45 percent stake, the land line monopoly More...
Orascom Telecom asks for loan
Egypt’s largest telecommunications company Orascom Telecom has issued a request for a $350 million loan in order to refinance debt, local business newspaper al-Alam al-Youm reports. The report, which did not give More...
Former Egyptian officials fined over Internet cuts
The gathering in Tahrir Square which led to the fall of the former Egyptian regime (Image credit: Jonathan Rashad) Egypt’s state television reported late Saturday evening that a court has fined former President More...
CWU hits out at Telkom, Vodacom
The Communication Workers Union (CWU) has expressed grave concern over increasing job loses at Vodacom and Telkom arguing that such moves should be thwarted. Addressing affiliate members of the Information Communication More...
Etisalat wins second “mobile of the year” award
Egyptian mobile operator Etisalat Misr was awarded “Mobile Operator of the Year” for the second consecutive time at the DG 2010 awards. It’s CEO and Managing Director Saleh Alabdooli was also given “CEO More...
Cisco to invest $10 million in Egypt
Cisco is making a move in Egypt. This week, the company announced that it was investing $10 million in venture capital investments that would be aimed at growing high-potential small business in the country. The More...