MTN Group has reportedly made a bid for an Ethiopian telecommunications licence alongside Vodacom Group and Safaricom. Finance ministry adviser, Brook Taye says that the consortium of bids is led by Safaricom.
“We always wanted quality providers and this is what we have received,” adds Taye. “These are two African...
Safaricom has introduced updates to its airtime top-up, sim swap, tariff migration and activation of new lines services.
The updates are expected to increase the telco's capacity for future innovations. In a tweet, Safaricom says that M-Pesa, calls, data and SMS will all be operational.
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The acceleration of eCommerce as the global COVID-19 pandemic revolutionises buying trends is giving rise to exciting new developments in the financial technology industry.
According to research by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), eCommerce’s share of global retail trade grew from 14% in 2019 to about...
Airtel Africa has denied reports that it plans to halt operations in Kenya. The rumours were reported by Techweez after Prasanta Das Sarmato, CEO of Airtel Kenya, assessed the viability of the company after The National ICT Policy 2019 was signed.
"Equity Participation, a clause in the policy states that...
MTN Nigeria has partnered with Audiomack to offer subscribers tailored data bundles for streaming unlimited music and accessing content on Audiomack free of data charges.
The partnership is expected to see MTN subscribers gain free access to Audiomack’s streaming service via their mobile devices on weekly and monthly subscriptions. The...
Tecno Mobile has reportedly outsold Samsung in Africa during 2020, confirming its status as the top smartphone brand on the continent - this is according to research from Counterpoint.
The Chinese smartphone brand managed to achieve this despite a 6.7% year on year fall in Africa’s smartphone shipments in 2020...
Paratus is on track to open its new data centre in the heart of Lusaka, Zambia. This new purpose-built facility is expected to enable businesses to store and access their most vital asset, their data, at any time (24/7) in a secure and world-class 3-tier equivalent data centre.
The 1-megawatt...
Nedbank, Mastercard and Ukheshe have partnered to launch Money Message - a new payment platform that lets small businesses receive secure in-chat payments from their customers via WhatsApp.
A first in South Africa, the solution is expected to enable merchants to send an invoice requesting payment from any customer seamlessly...
Amazon is set to open up its new base of African operations in Cape Town, South Africa. The company is currently based in an office block and has been on the hunt for a bigger base of operations in Cape Town since 2018, reports Business Insider.
The new headquarters will...
The Haller Foundation is a grassroots organisation that guides communities through a holistic four-stage economic development model that is sustainable and environmentally sound.
The model kick-starts a fragile farming community and, over a 3-year collaborative partnership, educates them to restore their soils, improve their environment and ultimately build the capacity...
Cell C has reported a loss of R5.5 billion after tax following the announcement of its annual financial performance for the 12 months ending December 2020.
The telco revealed that total revenue was down by 8% to R13.8-billion (2019: R15.1-billion), with the largest part of the revenue contribution from its...
The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has pressured Safaricom into dividing its dividend payouts in order to "shield the weakening shilling when the telecommunications firm seeks dollars for repatriation to foreign investors", reports Business Daily.
Kenya's local currency has faced immense pressure in recent months following the collapse of the...
Enhancing Tech-Parity Across Africa
On May 5th and 6th, Topco Media and partners will be presenting a robust networking experience aimed at kick-starting economic growth in Africa, using technology. Africa Tech Week is alive with gleaming opportunities to shape fruitful connections, forge clearer paths to digital transformation and inspire collective...
Millicom has signed agreements for the sale of its operations in Tanzania and for its stake in the AirtelTigo joint venture in Ghana. Once closed, the transactions will complete Millicom’s multi-year plan to divest its African operations and focus on its Latin American markets.
In Tanzania, Millicom has agreed to...
Showmax has revealed that African mobile subscribers could pay up to 20% less each month.
"We believe this change will be appreciated by our mobile customers as will the decision not to increase any of our other prices," says MultiChoice Group CEO for Connected Video, Yolisa Phahle.
"We have our most...
The Competition Authority of Kenya (CAK) has approached Parliament with new laws that would require the country's telco's - mainly Safaricom - to share their private infrastructure on a commercial basis.
“The authority’s view is that ab initio infrastructure provisions in the sector should have been separated from the mobile...
