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Paratus & MTN Namibia Sign Country’s First Roaming Agreement

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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...
East Africa

SEACOM Boosts Its Fibre Network After Acquiring This Kenyan Telecom

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Pan-African telecommunications services provider SEACOM has announced that it has completed the 100% acquisition of Hirani Telecom’s metro fibre network. Hirani Telecom is one of Kenya’s fastest-growing triple-play service providers, and the largest last-mile provider in the region. The network...
East Africa

Liquid Connects East & West Africa with Brand New Fibre Cable Route

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Liquid Intelligent Technologies, a leading pan-African telecommunications technology group has announced the launch of its shortest terrestrial fibre route between the East to the West coasts of Africa, connecting Mombasa, Kenya to Muanda, DRC. With the completion of this route,...
Company News

Africell to Exit Uganda, Unable to Compete with MTN & Others

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UK-based mobile tech firm Africell announced yesterday that it was ending its operations in Uganda, where it has been unable to supersede its competitors in the country, namely local units of massive telecom firms such as South Africa's MTN...
People

MTN Ghana Appoints New Chief Sales & Distribution Officer

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MTN Ghana has announced the appointment of Shaibu Haruna as its new Chief Sales and Distribution Officer. Amongst other responsibilities, Haruna will now be providing strategic direction for sales strategy, operating model, channels distribution, as well as digital sales...
Company News

MTN is Selling its South African Towers

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The MTN Group is set to complete the sale and leaseback of its South African towers by the end of September, while also separating both its fintech and fibre units in an effort to pay down its debts. According to...
Africa By Region

Liquid Becomes Largest Independent Network Provider in Africa

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Digital solutions provider Liquid Intelligent Technologies achieves the 100,000 km fibre network milestone, positioning the organisation as the largest independent fibre network provider in emerging markets globally. Liquid has been manoeuvring steadily through Africa, investing in increasing its reach, which...
Mobile and Telecoms

MTN Ghana Continues to Fight Against Regulator’s Attempts to Restrict Operations

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MTN Ghana has initiated a new move in seeking a judicial review of Ghana's National Communications Authority (NCA)'s decision to declare the telecom a Significant Market Power (SMP) in the country. MTN says that this declaration could mean significant regulatory...
Company News

MTN to Launch its 5G Network Next Week

Luis Monzon -
MTN South Africa will finally launch its 5G network next week, 30 June 2020, becoming the first of the telecommunications group’s 22 operations to launch the next-generation broadband technology. The pan-African telecom is hosting a live event on its YouTube...
Africa By Region

Mobile Data Traffic in Africa to Grow 12 Times by 2025

Luis Monzon -
Mobile data traffic in Sub-Saharan Africa is estimated to grow by 12 times the current figures with total traffic increasing from 0.33 Exabytes (EB) per month to 4EB by 2025. At the same time, average traffic per individual smartphone is...
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New ICT Academy in Olievenhoutbosch (South Africa)

Afrika Tikkun, a leading youth development agency, is excited to collaborate with Microsoft South Africa to launch the ICT...
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