AirtelTigo, born from the merger of Airtel and Tigo on November 14, 2017, announces that it has successfully completed the integration and upgrading of its network this year. The last step was the integration and upgrading in the Western, Central and Greater Accra region after the works realized in the North, the Upper East, Upper West, Brong Ahafo, Ashanti, Volta and Eastern. This means that in...

Technology-neutral licenses are now available in Burkina Faso. Indeed, during the ministerial council held on December 5, 2018, in Ouagadougou, the government adopted a decree in that regard. This decree defines the terms and conditions for the attribution of the license for establishment and operation of electronic communication networks and services in the country. A technology-neutral license...

The humanitarian organisation Mercy Corps announced, in a statement published on December 4, 2018, that it commissioned the council cabinet Islamic Finance Advisory & Assurance Services (IFAAS) to prepare the launch of an Islamic microfinance institution in Ethiopia.   The Islamic institution which will be partially financed by the British department for international development will offer...

The Omani cement group Raysut Cement announced, in a communique published on December 4, 2018, that it was planning to buy its Kenyan peer ARM Cement, in the framework of an African expansion plan. "Raysut has expressed its interest to the administrators to acquire ARM Cement", Omani group revealed in the communique.   "The acquisition will complement Raysut’s revised strategy to...

On November 28, 2018, the European Commission published an updated list of airline companies no more meeting international security standards and thus subjected to a prohibition or operational restrictions within the European Union. Overall, 115 companies in Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan, Nepal, Iran, North Korea and in Africa are on this blacklist. However, Africa is the region with the largest...

The US military presence in Africa is more important than what the Pentagon pretends, documents published by the American magazine The Intercept on December 3, 2018, reveal. Overall, the United States has 34 military sites in Africa, the investigative magazine informs. There are namely 14 bases as well as 20 camps and outposts. The continent is thus the second American military operation...

The latest report on Africa’s sustainable development urges governments to strengthen their urban planning capacities to manage the potential of the region’s ever-expanding cities and address environmental challenges including climate change, droughts and floods. The 2018 Africa Sustainable Development Report titled “Transformation towards a sustainable and resilient continent” was...

Jean-Guy Afrika, a Principal Trade Expert at the African Development Bank, has tasked researchers on the continent to provide quality evidence-based studies that can help policymakers and citizens to achieve the best outcomes from regional integration and the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). He made the appeal during the 2018 African Economic Conference, which closed Wednesday in...

ASAL, the Algerian space agency, is already thinking about a second communications satellite (Alcomsat-2) to replace the first (Alcomsat-1) at the end of its service life in space. During the ASAL open house organised on December 3-4, 2018, its managing director Azzedine Oussedik (photo) revealed that the agency’s ambition was to let Algerians build that new equipment.   According to him,...

Tigo Senegal which now belongs to SAGA AFRICA HOLDINGS LIMITED, a joint venture of Teyliom Telecom, NJJ and Sofima, finally acquires 4G license. On December 4, 2018, Tigo Senegal’s managing director Mass Thiam signed a concession and service agreement for this mobile technology with the managing director of the telecom regulator ARTP.   For the license, Tigo Senegal disbursed XOF27...