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Mobile and Telecoms

SA Reserve Bank clears EcoCash Zimbabwe transfers

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The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) has given Econet Wireless the go-ahead to begin cross-border mobile money remittances to Zimbabwe. Under the recent SARB-licenced dispensation, the EcoCash platform will enable Zimbabwean citizens living abroad to send money back home. The company...
Mobile and Telecoms

Masiyiwa among ‘World’s 50 Greatest Leaders’

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Mobile operator Econet Wireless’ founder and Group Chairman Strive Masiyiwa has been included in Fortune Magazine’s annual 'World's 50 Greatest Leaders' list. Masiyiwa was named 35th on the list, beating Mahindra Chairman Anand Mahindra, YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki and CEO...
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Africa’s Top 20 Tech Influencers

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Africa’s technology landscape is vast and growing. It is ripe for expansion and is increasingly becoming an attractive environment for companies (local and international) to set up shop and invest. The people on this list have taken advantage of this...
Mobile and Telecoms

Rockefeller Foundation invests $100 million in Digital Jobs Africa

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The Rockefeller Foundation has announced a new Foundation initiative that will focus on Africa's youth and employment, called Digital Jobs Africa. Dr. Judith Rodin, President of The Rockefeller Foundation was joined by Strive Masiyiwa, Executive Chairman of Econet Wireless and...
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Africa’s Top 10 Tech newsmakers in 2012

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They are the movers and shakers, people who continue to influence and impact the broader African Information and Communications Technology industry in a big way. Their actions have made others sit up and take notice … they are the...
Mobile and Telecoms

Econet Zim secures US$60 million for network expansion

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ZIMBABWE'S leading cellular mobile company, Econet Wireless has secured a $60 million (about R444 million) loan from the Swedish export credit agency (EKN) to upgrade its network. Econet Wireless Zimbabwe's chief executive officer, Douglas Mboweni, said the $60 million facility...
Mobile and Telecoms

Econet Wireless enters UK market

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ZIMBABWE'S top cellular mobile company- Econet Wireless Group has become the first foreign operator to enter the United Kingdom (UK)'s communication market. ECONET Wireless Group with operations in East, South and West Africa has defied all odds to become Africa's...
Mobile and Telecoms

Econet subsidiary purchases satellite transponders

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Liquid Telecom, a subsidiary of Econet Wireless Group, has purchased two transponders on the new Eutelsat Satellite W2A which was launched in February from the Baikonur Space Centre in Kazakhstan, to provide telecommunications, and broadcasting capacity over much of...
Mobile and Telecoms

Econet branded handsets launched in Zimbabwe.

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Econet Wireless, Zimbabwe’s mobile operator has introduced its range of branded mobile handsets. The phones will reportedly be sold in a starter pack that includes a Sim card and airtime. Initially, two models will be sold and the firm...
Mobile and Telecoms

Econet introduces Zimbabwean scholarship fund

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Econet, Zimbabwe’s largest mobile service network provider, has established a pan-African scholarship fund for academically gifted Zimbabweans to pursue high tertiary studies. The Joshua Nkomo Scholarship Fund (JNSF), named after one of the Southern African country’s founding fathers, has been...
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