Helios Towers Africa appoints new COO
Helios Towers Africa a leading, independent, telecoms towers company in Africa, has announced the appointment of Kevin Koch as Chief Operating Officer. Kevin Koch appointed Chief Operating Officer of Helios Towers Mr. More...
Orange Kenya CEO willing to step down
Orange Kenya CEO Mickael Ghossein said he would step down at the Kenyan Treasury’s request, but said no such request had been made. Orange Kenya CEO Mickael Ghossein. (image: file) Ghossein’s comments come after More...
African ICT job opportunities high, skills lacking
A new survey published on Tuesday reveals that as telecom jobs in Africa booms, the continent still lacks skilled workers, calling on universities and governments to do more to boost the output of telecom and IT More...
Kenya’s Safaricom upgrading mobile money service
Kenya’s leading telecom provider Safaricom announced on Tuesday that it was upgrading its mobile money platform M-PESA, hoping to make doing financial transactions wirelessly a bit easier. Safaricom set to upgrade More...
IBM workshop up for grabs
During ITNewsAfrica’s next Innovation Dinner, IBM will give one lucky Innovation Dinner attendee the opportunity to participate in IBM’s one-day Cloud Exploration Workshop for free. This workshop is valued at More...
Tanzania tackling poor mobile service
In recent months, Tanzania has battled reports of poor mobile phone services, with telecom operators claiming they are working hard to end customers’ frustration with new strategies to reduce dropped calls More...
Canar teams up with Dublin technology firm
Sudanese telecom company Canar announced an agreement with Dublin-based technology company i-conX on Tuesday. Sudanese telecom company Canar announced an agreement with Dublin-based technology company i-conX on More...
Libya’s LAP Green launching across Africa
Libyan telecommunications company LAP Green Network has announced new telecom services in Sierra Leone and Togo. The company will also focus on wireless services in South Sudan as part of its expansion plan since More...
Globacom introduces new mobile price plan
Globacom customer will be able to talk more for less money Globacom has introduced a new telecom service that offers one free minute for every minute spent on the network. The new price plan offer, known as the More...
Nigeria to probe its poor telecom services
Nigerian users have experienced drop calls and network signal problems The Nigerian government is investigating the country’s frail telecommunication service, as for the past few months mobile service users have More...