Safaricom targets small businesses with new platform

Cameroon, with relatively advanced digital infrastructure when compared to regional peers, is the favorite tech hub host, according to Nigerian based think tank.

The most recent network upgrade concentrated on streamlining traffic management and routing processes, the company noted.

Al Americani, CEO of Vodacom DR Congo, spoke to ITWeb Africa about its testing of network upgrades, its infrastructure challenges and the key role that mobile money plays in its offering to the country.

Airtel Africa's regional networks are seeing growing data and smartphone usage, with 4G devices accounting for more than 80% of all data access in the last three months alone.

Zimbabwe regulator approved telecom tariff increases with a 100% rise. Econet, TelOne, and Liquid were among the telecom firms who raised their rates last week.

Financial Services Institutions are adopting generative AI capability to better empower employees, such as relationship managers or advisors, to create better experiences with customers.

Banks can now adopt personalisation technology that harnesses the power of AI to manage customers, says Dennis Lupambo, managing executive, Mint Africa.

Cloud management simplicity, modern database management and multi-cloud management are extended to customers across Africa.

Data. It's a word used so often that it risks losing all of its impact, especially the King Kong silverback of such jargon, `Big Data'.

Key trends shaping data management and data protection landscape.

Collaboration with Gijima and Vodacom expected to fuel cloud adoption across Africa.