Nearly 90% of Burundi's population has no access to Internet services, according to DataReportal. The Burundian government aims to bridge this gap as part...
SENELEC signed a protocol of understanding with Huawei last December. The deal covered the design and planning of research, innovation, and digitalization...
The Kenyan government is ramping up efforts to ensure widespread adoption of digital services nationwide. It is currently working on a project with the...
Ethio Telecom launched pre-commercial 5G last year, in May. The State company, in this framework, was supported by Huawei technically, and the Ethiopian...
Telecel Group acquired Vodafone Ghana from its British parent company last February. The new owner had, at the time, said it wanted to make the operator...
Alex Okosi has two decades of experience in the media and tech industry. In April 2020, he was appointed managing director of YouTube for emerging markets...
The government of Niger is looking to merge Niger Telecoms and Zamani Telecom. The project was unveiled by Sidi Mohamed Rahilou, the Minister of...
Malawi has taken, in recent months, many steps to rapidly develop its ICT industry. Among others, the country has ratified the Constitution and the...
The South African government is stepping up initiatives to accelerate broadband coverage as part of its digital transformation ambitions. The executive is...
In Cameroon, the telecom regulator and consumers are pressuring operators to improve service quality and coverage. Orange has committed to investing...
The Cameroonian government's ambition is to transform Cameroon into an emerging country by 2035. The executive intends to develop information and...
Mauritania has 6.5 million active telecom users, according to the latest official data. The country wants to identify these users, in a bid to bolster...
Present in 14 markets, Airtel is one of Africa's leading telecoms companies. The company has already rolled out commercial broadband in Nigeria, Kenya,...
The Ugandan government has been taking several steps to speed up internet adoption in the country where the penetration rate stands at 53%. Recently, the...
The Botswana government is looking into international cooperation to achieve its digital transformation goals. Recently, its telecom regulator signed a...
In 2013, the semi-public company Korea Telecom Rwanda Networks obtained a 25-year monopoly on 4G. Consequently, it provided wholesale services to other...
Four telecom operators are active in the Nigerien telecom market: Airtel, Zamani, Moov Africa, and Niger Telecoms. In 2022, they collectively generated...
Burkinabe telecom users staged a protest in April against operators and their services, which were deemed too expensive. Despite commitments made by...
Portugal maintains collaborations with African Lusophone countries on various themes, including telecommunications. This year, it has engaged in...
MTN is taking multiple initiatives to boost its market share in Rwanda, where mobile penetration stands at 87.4% according to official statistics. In...
African telecom operators are increasingly turning to space technology to accelerate network coverage. Since March 2022, Safaricom has had an ongoing...
AMN aims to expand its portfolio of towers in Africa to 10,000 by 2025, up from approximately 2,000 currently. The company has recently started offering...
The rapid digital transformation in Africa has prompted companies to seek greater computing capabilities to support their operations. Consequently, there...
Togo Cellulaire and Moov Africa currently dominate the Togolese mobile telephony market. These two operators have faced repeated admonitions from the...
Competition is high in the Beninese mobile telephony market. Market leader MTN is stepping up investments to bolster its position against rivals Moov...
Following his re-election in 2021, President Faustin Archange Touadéra made digital development a cornerstone of the Central African Republic’s national...
The 2020 finance law in Nigeria mandates a 5% excise tax on telecom services. It aimed at generating approximately $195 million for the...
Spurred by a rapid digital transformation, competition in South Africa’s internet market keeps getting tougher. Several industry players are consolidating...
Over the past three years, Helios Towers acquired several telecom towers in South Africa, Senegal, Madagascar, Malawi, Chad, Gabon, Tanzania, and the...
HUAWEI CLOUD announced that a paper about its breakthrough Pangu Weather AI model has been published by Nature, one of the world's top scientific...

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