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A Price Has Been Set for MTN’s IHS Tower Deal – Here Are The Details
After a lengthly competitive process, the MTN Group has announced that its South African arm has finalised a passive tower infrastructure transaction with IHS Towers. The transaction will entail the sale and leaseback of 5,709 of MTN SA’s towers –…
How Wits University’s New “Light Beam” Tech Can Bring Fibre to Informal Settlements
A team of students and lecturers from South Africa’s University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) is developing new technology at the Optical Communications Laboratory (OC Lab) in the School of Electrical and Information Engineering. The team hopes the new low-cost innovation can bridge…
New Partnership Brings Fibre to Thousands in Namibia’s First Smart City
Paratus Namibia and Ongos Connect have signed a commercial connectivity agreement, confirming that Paratus will be the technology/infrastructure partner to bring fibre connectivity to over 11,000 new residents in Ongos Valley, Namibia’s first smart city development. The agreement is the…
MTN Rwanda Taps Ericsson to Deploy New Operations Centre
MTN Rwanda has selected its longtime partner, Ericsson, to deploy a Network Operations Centre (NOC). The five-year contract will support MTN Rwanda to focus on enhancing consumer experience through Ericsson’s Managed Services solution that will deliver an automation-driven Information Technology…
Could Vodacom Unseat Rival MTN After These 2 Massive Acquisitions?
Vodacom South Africa has announced two major acquisitions today – the buying of a 55% controlling stake in Vodafone Egypt, the North African country’s largest telecom, and a major move in SA’s local fibre market through a new deal with…
Nigeria Finally Sets Date to Host Highly Anticipated 5G Spectrum Auction
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has finally officially declared the date on which it will auction the 3.5Ghz spectrum for the deployment of 5G technology in the West African country. Currently, the auction is expected to be held on 13…
Safaricom Pulls Staff Out of Ethiopia As War Nears the Capital City
East Africa’s leading telecom company Safaricom has reportedly evacuated some of its employees from Ethiopia, fearing disruption to its operations due to the ongoing armed conflict and civil unrest in the horn of Africa country. The firm evacuated employees from…
MTN’s Takeover Plans for Telkom Would Need the Government’s Support First
South Africa’s MTN Group, the largest telecom in Africa and 2nd largest in its home nation has reportedly made a pitch to buy SA’s third largest telecom, Telkom. According to an anonymous insider who spoke to Bloomberg, Telkom has shown…
Liquid Eyes Africa’s Largest Tech Markets After $250-Million Boost from IFC
The World Bank Group’s International Finance Corporation (IFC) has announced a new partnership with South African tech group Liquid Intelligent Technologies (Liquid) to expand data center capacity and the rollout of fiber-optic cable across the continent. IFC’s equity and debt…
Safaricom to Take All M-PESA Services Offline – When, Why & How Long
Safaricom is set to take down all M-PESA services from Saturday 6 November 2021 at 23:59 until Sunday morning 04:00 – effectively for four hours as Kenya’s largest telecom company conducts maintenance on its services for around the 10th time…
Paratus & MTN Namibia Sign Country’s First Roaming Agreement
Paratus Namibia and MTN Namibia announce that they have signed a national roaming agreement, a first of its kind in the Southern African country. The agreement signals that Paratus and MTN customers throughout the country will benefit from the integration…
Just How Many Shares is MTN Nigeria Preparing to Sell in Upcoming Offer
The MTN Group, representing the largest telecom company in Africa, has announced that it is preparing to sell shares in its Nigeria arm worth about $242-million in the continuation of its plan to dispose of assets and pay down debt.…
Telkom Adds MTN as Roaming Partner
Telkom has announced that its customers now have access to three networks following the group’s recent addition of telecom giant MTN as a roaming partner. Telkom operates a network of approximately 6,900 base stations & continues to expand this footprint.…
The 2021 Elections Were “The Most Technologically Advanced” in SA History
Semi-private South African telecom and internet services provider Telkom says that this year’s municipal elections have been the most technologically advanced in the history of the Rainbow Nation. The firm provides the voice and data network backbone for the Independent…
Telkom Kenya Taps Ericsson & NEC XON in $100-Million 4G Network Expansion
Telkom Kenya Limited, the Helios Investment Partners and Government of Kenya joint venture, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Ericsson, the telecommunications company, and NEC XON, the systems integrator, to add 2,000 wireless sites onto Telkom Kenya’s network…
Liquid & Orange Trade Networks Through New Telecoms Partnership
A new strategic partnership has been announced in Africa’s telecom space as South African Liquid Intelligent Technologies (Liquid) and Orange, a French telecom and one of the largest telecom companies in Africa, sign a deal to leverage each other’s existing…
