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Telkom is Now Offering Small Business Funding Up to R5-Million
Telkom Business has announced today the launch of Telkom Lend, a new service to enable small businesses to apply online for funding and get an answer within 24 hours. Telkom says that Telkom Lend is an end-to-end digital process means…
IT Angola Rebrands, Joins the Paratus Fold
Angolan telecommunications service provider, Internet Technologies Angola (ITA), has officially changed its name as part of an extensive rebranding and harmonisation process led by its parent company, the pan-African Paratus Group. ITA will, with immediate effect, operate under the name…
Huawei Pays Out $9.65-Billion to Staff
Chinese multinational tech conglomerate Huawei has paid out dividends totaling $9.65-billion to its current and retired staff in its employee shareholder scheme, the Shanghai Clearing House said. Some 131,507 current and former workers are involved in the shareholder scheme, according…
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Here’s How Much MTN Spent During the ICASA Spectrum Auction
MTN announced on Thursday that it had secured the high-demand spectrum required for its 4G and 5G network expansion drive from the highly anticipated ICASA spectrum auction. ICASA announced that MTN had successfully secured the following spectrum bands: 2 x…
Fonbnk Raises $3.5-Million in Seed Funding to Aid Underbanked Across Africa
Fonbnk, a US-based company that leverages the widespread penetration of billions of prepaid mobile SIM cards to enable interoperability between the Web3 internet and traditional fiat-based monetary systems, announced on Tuesday the closing of a $3.5 million seed round. Fonbnk…
MTN Uganda Posts Results, Sees Increased Profits
MTN Uganda Limited (MTN Uganda) announced its audited results for the financial year ended 31 December 2021. Wim Vanhelleputte, MTN Uganda CEO, said that 2021 marked a huge milestone for MTN Uganda as 20% of the issued shares of the…
Airtel Africa joins FTSE 100
Today, index manager FTSE Russell announced that Airtel Africa plc will be joining the FTSE 100 on Monday 31 January 2022. Through its mobile telecoms and mobile money services, Airtel Africa plc is transforming lives of over 122 million people…
2022 Telecom infrastructure trends
A new approach to towers, growth of neutral hosts, and an expansion of private networks. Those are three strong trends to consider in telecom infrastructure for next year. This according to Fergal Lawlor, CEO at antenna solutions provider Alpha Wireless. …
Why Pay as You Go (PayG) Is Important for Telecom Operators?
The Pay-as-you-go (PayG) finance system has been around for quite some time, but its impact on device financing is relatively recent. As all businesses and most of the crucial operations even in our day-to-day lives rely heavily on technology, everyone…
SIM-based Locking: How Telcos Can Reinvent Their Device Financing with NuovoPay
Device financing has been a catalyst in increasing the penetration of smartphones across developed countries. Several telecom carriers have taken the plunge into device financing in recent times, also bringing into focus the previously underserved markets of smartphone financing- in…
MTN’s “Unlimited” minutes aren’t what they seem, says advertising regulator.
South African cellular network titan MTN has come under legal scrutiny as the Advertising Regulatory Board (ARB) has found that what MTN describes as ‘Unlimited’ minutes are, in fact, not unlimited, writes Business Insider. A cap of 3,600 minutes per…
Ethiopia’s telecom privatisation leads new wave of deals for 2019
Last week, during a press briefing, Ethiopia’s state-owned telecommunications company announced it will be the first of four companies to be privatised. Telecom, media and tech investment and consolidation activity in Africa is predicted to reach a record high for…
Helios Towers partners Vulatel on South African infrastructure
Helios Towers has entered into a partnership with Vulatel to work on expanding South Africa’s mobile and fixed-line infrastructure, saying that they aim to make “major greenfield wireless and fixed-line telecoms infrastructure investments”. Helios Towers will own 66 per cent…
Nigeria re-elected into ITU Council
At the 20th Plenipotentiary Conference held in Dubai the United Arab Emirates, Nigeria emerged as Africa’s representatives of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Council, receiving 114 votes in the process. As a member of the global body for the next…
Vodacom Tanzania appoints new acting MD
Hisham Hendi has been appointed as Vodacom Tanzania’s acting managing director, effective as of 1 September. Hendi will hold the position until Sylvia Mulinge, an earlier appointment struggling to get a work permit from the Tanzanian government, can take office.…
Essential cyber-safety tips amidst escalating cyber-attacks
Fortinet cybersecurity solutions has warned companies and individuals in South Africa to brace for escalating cyber-attacks as cyber-criminals expand their targets to home network devices and mobile devices. Fortinet’s latest Global Threat Landscape Report for Q2 2017 revealed that 90%…
