Mobile

Safaricom Ethiopia CEO: ‘Digital is crucial to country’s prosperity’

Wim Vanhelleputte ranks digital transformation as Ethiopia's top national objective and identifies key addressable issues to achieve the goal.
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More problems for unregistered Namibia telecom customers

The Communications Regulatory Authority of Namibia said mobile operators have so far suspended around 519 000 unregistered cards.
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15 Apr

MTN MoMo increases remittance services to 10 new countries

MoMo users can now send money to more than 200 million wallets, across 24 African countries.
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15 Apr

Paratus express route from Jhb to Europe goes live

Using Infinera FlexILS and GX Series DWDM equipment, latency on the new route is 123 milliseconds and the Infinera equipment can support wavelengths of up to 800Gb.
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New markets lift MTN ’s super app Ayoba to 35m monthly users

Ayoba entered new markets in the fourth quarter of the previous financial year, including Kenya, Egypt, Mali, Tanzania, Burkina Faso, and Botswana.
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The rise of Chat Commerce in Africa

Looking ahead, we envision countries like South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya, and Egypt to spearhead chat commerce adoption.
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10 Apr

MTN maintains top brand position in SA

Brand Finance named MTN as the country’s most valuable brand, followed by rival telco Vodacom.
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Orange, Coursera to offer free certification courses

The partnership enables young people in Africa and the Middle East to learn digital skills for free and at their own pace.
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9 Apr

MTN Uganda seeks to close digital divide with WakaNet deals

The telco launched the various packages, including fibre-based connectivity.
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Huawei launches Kenya's Seeds for the Future programme

For the 2024 edition, the programme will return to its physical form, with Huawei exposing participants to 5G technologies, cloud computing, and AI.
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TNM moves to curb mobile money fraud in Malawi

TNM launches Sim swap exemption to reduce fraud, which it believes is threatening the gains of mobile money in Malawi and eroding user trust.
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AXIAN Telecom appoints Badrinath to its board

Vivek Badrinath joins the company board of directors from Vantage Towers where he served as CEO and board chair.
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4 Apr

RCS: The next big messaging channel for business in SA

Apple announced that iPhones will support Google’s Rich Communication Services messaging in 2024.