A general network shutdown is in clear violation of international law and cannot be justified by any means. This is according to David Kaye, the UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of expression, commenting on the information blackout in place since 30 December....
Papersoft is now a technological partner of two of the biggest African banks: Equity Bank Group and Ecobank from Democratic Republic of Congo to help them delivering their financial inclusion services via hyperlocal agents. Banks alongside with technology...
Mobile network provider, Vodacom has announced that it has become the first network operator in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to offer LTE services, with speeds in excess of 20Mb/s in the DRC. This follows approval of the 4G licence. The service will...
Helios Towers DRC SARL (“HTD”), the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) subsidiary of Helios Towers Africa Ltd (“HTA”), has announced the successful completion of a US$105 million upsizing of its syndicated term loan facility led by The Standard Bank...
July 6, 2016 •
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Gemalto has won an international tender to supply CENI, the National Independent Electoral Commission of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), with 22,000 mobile biometric voter enrolment kits to support a comprehensive update of the country’s national...
November 26, 2015 •
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Caterpillar has launched the pilot-phase of the Technicians for Africa Project, an e-learning website for people who aspire to become a technician in Nigeria, Mozambique and DR Congo. The website, which is available in French, Portuguese and English, is...
Bharti Airtel Africa has revealed a partnership with Facebook which will see the launch of Free Basics in Africa. Free Basics is a set of basic websites and services that essentially introduce people to the internet and demonstrate how it adds value to...
September 14, 2015 •
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Samsung Electronics Africa has launched its Digital Village in the community of Kasenga, 250 kilometers away from Lubumbashi. The Digital Village will provide access to communication technologies, and education and health services to under-resourced areas,...
August 26, 2015 •
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Millicom has announced the appointment of Cynthia Gordon as Executive Vice President and CEO of its Africa Division. Gordon will take up her role on 21 September 2015, according to the company. Millicom revealed that Gordon will be responsible for leading...
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) revealed that it will invest USD 35 million in telecom operator Africell. According to the IFC, the investment is intended to support the expansion and upgrade of mobile networks in Gambia, the DRC, Sierra Leone and...
The Republic of Congo is about to get a new agreement with mobile phone and tablet maker VMK, who announced it plans to invest some 15 million USD over the coming five years in order to establish a new factory in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Founder...
In an effort to boost network and information technology services in the Democratic Republic of Congo, global provider of IT and network infrastructure software solutions Alepo Technologies announced last week that it has successfully deployed an affiliate...
Bharti Airtel, a leading global telecommunications company with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa, is emerging as one of the most preferred financial services providers in the Democratic Republic of Congo, helping to further deepen the...
Orange has announced today the launch of its operations under the Orange brand in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, giving a new dynamic to operations marketed until now under the CCT brand. Orange DRC customers will now join a global community of 183...
Telecom operators in the Democratic Republic of Congo have ended their interconnection deals with the country’s most recent addition to the mobile sector, Africell, over reported pricing disputes. The move means that users from Vodacom Congo, Tigo and...
November 14, 2012 •
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Liquid Telecom has announced at AfricaCom 2012 that it has extended its fibre network to the Democratic Republic of Congo connecting Lubumbashi, the second largest city in the DRC. This provides Lubumbashi with its first international fibre link and will...
