On June 12, 2019, Swedish IT innovation and entrepreneurship firm Norrsken announced the installation of a branch in Kigali, Rwanda. This branch, which is...
A delegation of Luxembourg businessmen visited Rwanda on June 10, 2019, in the framework of the first Rwanda-Luxembourg Business Forum organized by the...
International telecommunications services provider MGI Global Services has signed a 5-year agreement with satellite internet provider Avanti...
Egypt telecommunications regulator has slammed a €528 thousand fine on Vodafone Egypt for interrupting its services in the evening of June 3, 2019,...
Indian telecom group Bharti Airtel has agreed to pay $26 million (Tsh60 billion) to settle its dispute with Airtel Tanzania.
According to...
Out of the five operators that were in the competition to acquire financially-strapped operator Orange Niger, only Telecel Centrafrique and Rimbo Holdings...
By June 30, 2019, Egypt should have seven additional online platforms for government services. This was announced by the IT ministry which indicated that...
The National Information Technology Authority of Uganda (NITA-U) wants to increase the number of free wireless internet access points from 284 to 500 in...
From June 6, 2019, Amr Talaat, Egypt’s prime minister started an official visit in Japan. During the visit, he will discuss training, research and...
During a meeting with the media on June 3, 2019, in Abuja, Sunday Dare (photo), the executive commissioner of the Nigerian Communications commission,...
In its recent evaluation of online public services, the Moroccan court of auditors estimated that Maroc Telecom’s monopoly over the ADSL was greatly...
During his visit in Saudi Arabia on May 31, 2019, Amr Talaat (photo), Egypt’s minister for IT and communications, met his local peer Abdullah bin...
Wim Vanhelleputte (photo), CEO of MTN Uganda, is now authorized to return to the country. On May 30, 2019, MTN Group announced that Ugandan president...
On May 31, 2019, MTN Nigeria paid the whole $1.6 billion fine it received in 2015 for not deactivating 5.1 million unregistered sim cards. The...
Last week, PT Ventures, subsidiary of Brazilian group Oi, agreed to sell the 40% stake it had in Cabo Verde Telecom. These stakes were jointly acquired by...
Telecommunications infrastructure operator Guinéenne de large bande (Guilab), signed a partnership agreement with Facebook for the installation of a...
Kenya plans to invest $59 million to increase its data capabilities. This fund will be used to deploy an extension of the Djibouti Africa Regional...
The Tanzania Telecommunications Corporation Limited (TTCL) informs that it needs TSh1.77 trillion ($760,633,438) to improve its financial performance...
Safaricom wants to acquire full intellectual property rights on its mobile payment service M-Pesa.
Bob Collymore (photo), CEO of Safaricom, who revealed...
South African artificial intelligence firm Cortex Group announces the launch of Cortex Ventures dedicated to the financing of African artificial...
Orange Services Group (GOS) entrusted the exploitation and maintenance of its Côte d’Ivoire based data centre to energy company Engie.
The 5-year...
Bamboo Capital Partners signed a partnership agreement with Smart Africa Alliance for the mobilization of €100 million to support digital...
In a bid to use internet as a growth driver, in June 2019, Kenya will add an additional 9, 100 kilometers of optical fiber to its network.
The extension...
Ghana’s National Communications Authority (NCA) has initiated a strategy to reduce the volume of counterfeited phones in the national telecom market....
Angola will rely on French aircraft manufacturer Airbus’ earth observation satellite to monitor its territory. An agreement was signed in that regard on...
In July 2019, Rwanda may launch another satellite into low orbit. At least, the country is ready to take this step that will confirm its progress in space...
Kaspersky opens an office in Rwanda. In Kigali, on May 11, 2019, in preparation for the Transform Africa Summit 2019, Eugène Kaspersky, the cybersecurity...
Microsoft Corporation announced the construction of a tech development centre in Kenya. The project was presented to President Uhuru Kenyatta during an...
On May 11, 2019, Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni officially launched the fourth phase of the national backbone’s construction in Koboko.
The...
Rwanda is planning strategies to regulate social media contents to combat misinformation. This was announced by Paula Ingabire (photo), Rwanda’s IT...
In Guinea, mobile operator Orange launched the 4G technology on May 9, 2019, in Conakry. The new service covers the whole communities in the capital city,...
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