The Chronicle reports that collaboration between International Computer System (ICS), IBM and Sunnet Systems has paved the way for the introduction of iris recognition banking in Ghana.
Iris recognition banking is a system that identifies a customer based on identification of the eye, which negates the need for the customer...
MasterCard, National Bank of Egypt (NBE) and Etisalat today announced the launch of the mobile payment wallet in Egypt, which will bring Etisalat Egypt’s subscriber base safe and convenient payment services through the power of their mobile phones.
The newly introduced program is an early implementation of the Mobile Payment...
Aastra, a leading company at the forefront of the enterprise communication market, organized together with its regional distributor Tawasol and Aastra's local representative and system integrator Dolphin Telecom a technology update conference for customers in Libya.
This is Aastra's first event in Libya after its acquisition of Ericsson's enterprise business...
Great strides have been made to grow broadband connectivity in Africa in the past five years. However, despite this growth, West Africa still has to overcome massive challenges to fully integrate into the digital age.
MTN Guinea Conakry's CEO Phumzile Joshua Phike said this to delegates attending the 10th annual Connecting...
Smile Communications Uganda Limited today launched the first true 4G LTE broadband network in Uganda. Smile has had commercial customers using its 4G LTE services for the past six months and, with the launch, Smile becomes the only operator in Uganda to operate a full true 4G LTE service.
4G...
With the creation of a new Orange Campus site in Senegal, the France Telecom-Orange Group, which is present in some 20 African countries, reaffirms its commitment to strengthening its worldwide managerial community and to supporting managers in their daily responsibilities.
Located in the Dakar technology park, the first priority of...
The GSMA today announced that it has opened a permanent office in Nairobi, Kenya. The office will be based in the heart of Nairobi's Innovation Hub (iHub) for the technology community and will enable the GSMA to work even more closely with its members and other industry stakeholders to...
Zimbabwe’s first Broadband Forum, which is being sponsored by Telecel and a number of other companies, is scheduled for 10 May at Cresta Lodge in Harare.
Speakers include experts from other parts of Africa, as well as local experts, and a representative of a consortium that owns multiple submarine cables that connect...
Rawafed Libya for Telecommunications & Technology, a leading Internet Service Provider in Libya, has sealed a multi-year agreement with Eutelsat Communications for capacity on the KA-SAT satellite to support IP trunking services to its new wireless broadband network in Libya.
Rawafed Libya has concluded a wholesale agreement with Eutelsat enabling it...
Exactly one year ago, the prospect of a fully functional e-learning classroom in the North East district of Zimbabwe was not a reality for the children of this region. Acer Africa, together with business partners CreAtive Credit and Axiz Workgroup have collaborated to contribute in the construction of a...
Zimbabwe's Prime Minister, Morgan Tsvangirai has met with the executive leadership at the Acquity Group, a US brand eCommerce and digital marketing company, as part of the annual Zimbabwe Trade and Cultural Expo in Chicago.
During his visit, Tsvangirai met with Acquity Group's CEO and co-founder, Chris Dalton, along with other executive...
Cote d'Ivoire Telecom, Orange Cote d'Ivoire and Orange Cameroon, subsidiaries of France Telecom-Orange, have signed an agreement with IHS, a major mobile infrastructure operator in Africa, for the operation of all the subsidiaries' towers in Cote d'Ivoire and Cameroon which is expected to improve mobile networks in both countries.
Under the terms of...
The interconnection rates proposed by telecom operators Orange and MTN in Cameroon have been rejected by the country's regulator, which refused to authorize the new rates for the current year.
Orange Cameroon had initially put forward its proposal last June, but that was turned down when it suggested rates of...
According to statistics featured on Ookla's NetIndex, Rwanda has the fastest Internet speed in Africa - faster than Ghana, Nigeria and South Africa. The central African country currently has an average download speed of up to 7.28 Mbps, which is more than double the 3.28 Mbps speed it had just six months ago.
Ghana,...
Controversy surrounds Niger’s fiber optic cable network established to boost the country's overall network coverage and speed. State-owned Societe Nigerienne des Telecommunications (Sonitel) and its subsidiary operator SahelCom have lashed out at private companies for establishing independent fiber optic networks across the country.
The state-owned operator said that the cable network...
Last summer, the Zambian government took control of Libya's LAP Green Networks after the United Nations (UN) imposed sanctions on the north African country.
On Monday, the Libyan company said it would sue the Zambian government for $480 million, following their refusal to return a 75% stake in the country’s...
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