Vodacom SA empowers youth with ICT skills training
In a bid to help tackle skills development and job creation within the information and communications technology (ICT) sector, Vodacom South Africa has embarked on a drive to help empower unemployed youth with More...
Where Africa’s ICT wealth sits
Last year Forbes launched its inaugural list of Africa’s 40 Richest individuals, indicating each person’s respective net worth and source of wealth. The 2012 list of Africa’s 40 Richest makes for interesting More...
Kenya’s Safaricom chooses Mobixell to manage data
Kenya’s leading telecom operator Safaricom announced that it has chosen multimedia and advertising service provider Mobixell Networks’ Seamless Access for its mobile data management. Safaricom Chief Executive More...
Measures to reform telecoms industry in Nigeria
The Nigerian government will introduce a new right of way policy designed to enhance operations within the country’s ICT industry writes Abuja’s Leadership publication. Nigeria's Minister of Communications More...
ADSL killed my baby
The arrival of voice over IP and cloud-based telephony undoubtedly started a new era in South African telecoms. George Golding, MD, Euphoria Telecoms. (Image: Euphoria Telecoms) However, the reliance by small companies More...
Mast, tower users urged to adhere to usage directive – Nigeria
Nigeria’s Daily Trust reports that local telecom operators, Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and other operators that make use of masts, towers and base stations for service delivery have been urged to adhere 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...
Western Union and MTN sign mobile money partnership
Western Union and the MTN Group today announced the launch of a mobile money transfer service in Uganda enabling MTN customers to send and receive money via their mobile phones. MTN and Western Union teaming to More...
Uganda extends awards deadline
Uganda’s telecom regulator, the Uganda Communications Commission (UCC), announced on Thursday that it was pushing back the deadline for entry submissions for the Annual Communications Innovation Awards (ACIA 2012). Ugandan More...
Orange Kenya needs $120m bailout
Telecom operator Orange Kenya has asked the government for a KES 10 billion ($120 million) bailout, news reports revealed on Wednesday. The move comes as the company continues to incur massive debts following More...