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Morocco has over 10 million internet users
Morocco has passed an Internet milestone, exceeding the 10 million subscriber mark through the end of March, the country’s telecommunications regulator said. According to the National Telecommunications Regulatory Agency, the country saw a 61 percent increase from the previous year, with…
Kenya: Safaricom sees substantial rise in net profit
Kenyan operator Safaricom reported that it had seen a 38 percent increase in the company’s net profit through the end of the last fiscal year through March 31. The operator says its net profit came in at KES 31.9 billion…
South Africa: Telkom set to drive ICT innovation and growth
Telkom has announced an investment of over R100 million in enterprise and supplier development with the launch of its FutureMakers programme. According to Telkom, FutureMakers focuses on driving innovation in the ICT sector by growing access to technology and by…
Safaricom Kenya sets triple-play box pricing
Kenyan telecom company Safaricom announced that it is prepared to release its triple-play set-top box by the end of the week. The move has already sparked interest from mobile analysts who believe that the additional options will give Safaricom an…
Egyptian cabinet to decide on WhatsApp voice ban
In a sign of what many critics are calling expected censorship, Egypt’s Cabinet has set May 10 2015 as a deadline in order to determine whether to continue to allow the WhatsApp voice application from being used in Egypt. The…
Airtel Nigeria partners with Oando Marketing
Oando Marketing and Airtel Nigeria have announced a strategic retail partnership. The aim of the new partnership is to deliver Airtel products to customers, across Nigeria, using the expertise and knowledge that Oando already has in understanding multiple facets of…
What if African nations operated as one big innovation ecosystem?
With the fourth edition of the Innovation Prize for Africa (IPA) around the corner, I am eagerly waiting to meet the creators of the latest innovations that were shortlisted for the Award. I find myself preoccupied with a subject that…
Rethink security to beat tomorrow’s threats
The transformation of enterprise IT can seem like one of the biggest challenges for security professionals as there is a whole new skill set required today to protect data. It’s no longer about providing employees an all access pass to…
Tigo Tanzania offers free access to Facebook
Staying connected with friends and family is getting one step easier in Tanzania after the country’s leading telecom operator announced that it had partnered with the social networking company to give its users free access to Facebook. Tigo Tanzania made…
SAP Africa announces Moroccan Skills for Africa Initiative
At the fourth in the series of five SAP Africa Forums that are being held across the continent this year, SAP Africa today shared the details of the latest chapter in the company’s Skills for Africa job creation initiative. Part…
Oppo to invest EGP 100 million in Egypt’s smartphone market
Egypt is receiving a boost to its stalled smartphone market, where pricing of top end smartphones have left the vast majority of the population on the outside of the sector. The announcement from Oppo Electronics will see massive investment in…
Selevision unveils full HD capacity for Middle East and North Africa
In an effort to increase HD channels and allow greater enjoyment of television and satellite capabilities in the Middle East and North Africa region, Middle East-based technology and content provider Selevision announced the unveiling of what it has called “a…
Airtel Kenya working to improve 3.75G Network performance
Airtel Kenya has stated that it was working to improve the quality of its 3.75G network performance in the capital, Nairobi, as part of the company’s overall push to increase the productivity of its network and increase speed of browsing…
Etisalat Nigeria partnering with taxi service Uber
Etisalat Nigeria has announced a new partnership with taxi sharing service provider, Uber, in an effort to boost the San Francisco-based ride-sharing company’s access to Etisalat customers in the West African country. According to the company, Etisalat “will be the…
Business Connexion enhances community development in Clarens
Business Connexion in partnership with Clarens Combined Churches in Action (CCIA) have come together to provide community development initiatives for the community of Kgubetswana in Clarens, South Africa by supporting the Bana ba Hlokang (Children in need) Community Centre. Since…
Hitachi Data Systems to make societies safer, smarter and healthier
Hitachi Data Systems Corporation (HDS) unveiled the next phase of its Social Innovation business strategy at Hitachi Connect 2015 in Las Vegas last week. In conjunction with new solutions and services, HDS launched the Hitachi Live Insight for IT Operations,…
