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Zimbabwe: Morgan Tsvangirai meets with US tech business leaders
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…
Ivory Coast: Orange, IHS pen tower leasing agreement
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…
Cameroon: Telecoms regulator rejects MTN, Orange interconnection rates
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,…
Rwanda has fastest Internet on the continent
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…
Niger – controversy over fiber optic networks
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…
Zambian government sued over telecom seizure
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…
UAE’s Etisalat wants Libyan investment
Etisalat, United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) largest telecom operator, said Monday evening it hopes to acquire an operating license in Libya or investing in an existing operator. Libya’s current two state-run mobile operators are Madar and Libyana and a third government-run company…
Libya’s LAP Green out of Rwandatel deal
Rwandatel will not be sold to Libya’s LAP Green as the company continues to reel during the post-Muammar Gaddafi era. The announcement from Rwanda’s telecom operator’s administration on Wednesday comes less than a month after Zambia revoked the sale of…
Zambia could compensate Libya’s LAP Green
Zambia has said it would decide on whether to compensate Libya’s LAP Green Network in the near future, the country’s Attorney General Mumba Malila said in a press statement on Friday afternoon. Libya’s LAP Green lost its 75 percent share…
Zambia reassures investors over telecom sale reversal
Zambia’s President Michael Sata spoke out in an effort to reassure foreign investors over the country’s possible reversal of a sale of the state-owned telecom operator Zamtel to Libya. His comments come after the country said it was looking into…
Libyan government to review telecom investments
Libya’s transitional government said that it would review ousted leader Muammar Gaddafi-era investments across the country and in Africa. The National Transition Council said it would also be looking at telecommunications investments across the continent, which could see many Libyan…
