Five African countries ‘backtrack’ on UN Internet pledge

Bongalo CEO Nghombombong Minuifuong, tells ITWeb Africa: “Airbnb is strongly designed and suited for the Western market and Africa just happens to consume."

President Tinubu is in a bid to reduce youth unemployment by a third, and sees digital economy as the catalyst.

MTN, Orange, Camtel and Nexttel will cumulatively pay fines amounting to $9.8 million.

Plan International, mobile operators and government this week committed to advocate for girls’ equitable access to ICT.

The telco intends to expedite new investments in infrastructure as it  seeks to overtake MTN, Orange and Camtel.

MTN will now  be independently offering services including cash deposits, transfers and withdrawals.

The study surveyed 153 African banks from 33 countries, analysing the latest developments in digital banking transformation, while tracking the pace of change.

The start-up intends grow its presence in the Central African Economic and Monetary Community and Francophone Africa.

The support package includes equipping Cameroon with a software and training maritime staff.

The startup backed by Cameroon’s Ministry of Finance will use the seed funding to on-board more customers and scale operations.

From this week MTN subscribers will now be refunded for unused or lost data in the event of network unavailability.

Blue Money offering will be coming into a market already dominated by MTN Mobile Money and Orange Money.