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80pc of Malawians remain offline despite network coverage, GSMA finds
Expanding mobile internet access could unlock new opportunities for millions of Malawians in education, financial services and digital public services,…
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Mobile Economy Adds $240bn to Africa’s GDP, GSMA
Mobile technologies and services contributed $240 billion to Africa’s economy in 2025, accounting for 7.8% of the continent’s GDP, according…
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810 Million Women Still Offline as Mobile Gender Gap Persists, GSMA Warns
Women in low- and middle-income countries remain 12% less likely than men to use mobile internet, leaving 810 million unconnected,…
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MWC26 Kigali Postponed as GSMA Pulls Event From June Calendar
The GSMA has postponed MWC26 Kigali, its annual African technology and connectivity conference, less than two weeks before the event…
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GSMA Urges African Governments to Classify Telecom Networks as Critical Infrastructure
Mobile connectivity has become a critical pillar of modern life across Africa, supporting emergency response services, digital finance, healthcare, education…
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UNICEF, GSMA and Partners Launch Africa Taskforce on Child Online Protection
UNICEF and GSMA have launched the Africa Taskforce on Child Online Protection (COP), the first of its kind, to strengthen children’s safety,…
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GSMA, African Mobile Operators Partner for Affordable 4G Smartphones
The GSMA, in collaboration with six of Africa’s largest mobile operators, Airtel, Axian Telecom, Ethio Telecom, MTN, Orange, and Vodacom,…
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GSMA and Hayo to Drive Connectivity in Africa With New Partnership
Hayo, a global digital innovator, has joined GSMA to collaborate with leaders and drive innovation in the mobile industry across…
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GSMA SDG Report Shows Mobile Industry Growth Despite Challenges
The mobile industry continues to play a crucial enabling role in advancing the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), but strong…
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GSMA, ITU and World Bank partner to boost handset affordability
The GSMA, World Bank, and other global institutions have announced a new coalition to improve handset affordability for lower-income populations.…
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There is rise in 5G uptake across Africa but 3G remains dominant, GSMA report
The Mobile Economy Sub-Saharan African report by GSMA has brought to the limelight interesting pointers on the state of mobile…
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Over Half World’s Population Now Using Mobile Internet, GSMA Report
GSMA has launched its global State of Mobile Internet Connectivity Report 2021 showing that, despite the COVID-19 pandemic, more than half of…
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GSMA recognizes Safaricom’s contribution to the mobile industry
Safaricom has today been presented with the “Outstanding Contribution to the Mobile Industry Award” by the GSM Association (GSMA). The Award…
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Huawei 5G passes GSMA’s Network Equipment Security Assurance Scheme
Huawei’s 5G wireless and core network equipment has passed the GSMA’s Network Equipment Security Assurance Scheme (NESAS), which assures that…
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GSMA Cancels MWC 2020 Over Coronavirus Fears
The world’s biggest mobile phone show (MWC 2020) has officially been canceled. The event organizer, GSMA, has decided to call…
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80% of women in low- and middle-income countries are now mobile owner, GSMA Report
80 per cent of women in low- and middle-income countries are now mobile owners. This is according to the GSMA’s…
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BUSINESS
M-PESA receives GSMA Mobile Money Certification for Operational Excellence
Safaricom’s M-PESA service has successfully passed the GSMA Mobile Money Certification, a global initiative that defines and promotes excellence in…
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GSMA urges policymakers to advance The digital economy in new report
The GSMA today launched a new report that encourages governments to pursue policies that incentivise investment and promote development of…
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African startups can now apply for the GSMA Ecosystem Accelerator Innovation Fund
The GSMA Mobile 360 series finally came to an end last week in Tanzania. The 2-day conference brought together industry…
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GSMA: Mobile Operators unveil infrastructure sharing initiative in Rural Tanzania
GSMA has unveiled its first active infrastructure sharing initiative in East Africa. The initiative launched during the GSM summit held…
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#MWC16: UK and GSMA partner to fight global poverty using Mobile Technology
The United Kingdom (UK) and GSMA , a body that represents the interests of mobile operators worldwide have announced a…
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ODIGO CMS targets African businesses with distributed field teams
ASK Tech Ventures has launched ODIGO CMS in Africa, a digital platform designed to help businesses manage, monitor and measure…
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BUSINESS
Why Safaricom Raised Pochi la Biashara’s Fee-Free Payment Limit to KSh200
Safaricom is temporarily raising the fee-free payment limit on Pochi la Biashara from KSh100 to KSh200 as part of a…
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Abuja Declaration Sets the Tone for Africa’s Connected Future
African governments have reaffirmed their commitment to expanding digital inclusion and accelerating internet access across the continent following the adoption…
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Africa’s Mobile Gender Gap Could Become Telecom’s Next Growth Market
The mobile gender gap Africa faces remains one of the biggest untapped opportunities for the telecommunications industry. While mobile networks…
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Beyond the Cloud is Also Beyond the Campus
Why Africa’s AI future is distributed – and needs a wholesale layer to scale The global AI conversation has quietly…
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Women Account for 52% of Active Pochi Users as Adoption Accelerates
Women now account for more than half of all active Pochi la Biashara users, marking a significant milestone for one…
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Kenyan Women Entrepreneurs Turn to Pochi to Keep Business Money Separate
For thousands of Kenyan women running small businesses, one of the biggest obstacles to business growth is no longer attracting…
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PawaPay Hits Three Billion Transactions, Doubling Daily Payment Volumes
PawaPay has processed three billion successful mobile money transactions through its platform, underscoring the rapid growth of digital payments across…
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Why Amazon Wants Kenya to Host Its First Satellite Gateway in Africa
A new application before Kenya’s communications regulator points to the country’s growing role in the physical infrastructure underpinning Africa’s digital…
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MTN Makes the Case for Shared Telecom Networks Across Africa
Africa’s largest mobile operators are pressing governments to rethink how telecommunications infrastructure is financed and regulated, arguing that the continent’s…
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Visa Launches White Paper on Privacy and Security Challenges Facing Women-Led SMBs
Visa has announced the launch of a new white paper titled Privacy and Security for Women-Led SMBs in Digital Financial…
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The Business of Satellite Internet in Africa Is Growing Faster Than Access
Satellite internet providers are racing to cover Africa, promising connectivity in places where fiber and mobile networks struggle to reach.…
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BUSINESS
Africa’s Forex Market in 2026: Key Trends Every Trader Should Watch
The forex market across Africa is witnessing more participants and more regulatory attention than it did just a few years…
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Airtel Reaches 650 Million Subscribers Across India and Africa
Bharti Airtel has reported that its global customer base has surpassed 650 million users, reinforcing its position as one of…
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As Transactions Climb, Africa’s Mobile Money Market Reaches $1.4 Trillion
The African mobile money market reached a valuation of $1.4 trillion in 2025, according to a new report from the…
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Africa Powers Global Mobile Money Milestone as Industry Hits $2 Trillion
The world’s mobile money industry reached $2 trillion in annual transaction volume in 2025, and Africa can claim much of…
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COLUMNS
Allan Juma | Why Threat Intelligence is a Compliance Imperative for Kenya’s Financial Sector
Kenya’s financial sector operates in one of the most dynamic digital economies in Africa. This economy, according to GSMA, will…
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Cassava Technologies Launches Africa’s First AI-Powered Autonomous Network
Cassava Technologies has announced the launch of the Cassava Autonomous Network. This groundbreaking agentic solution is designed to significantly enhance…
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Kenya Moves to Reform Spectrum Laws to Close Rural Digital Gap
Modernizing spectrum management could inject a massive Ksh 662 billion ($4.2 billion) into Kenya’s GDP by 2028. This is according…
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Serigne Dioum | Digital-First: Unlocking the next generation of African fintech
More than 15 years ago, mobile financial services emerged as a transformative force across Africa. From the earliest days of…
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Africa’s Taskforce on Child Online Protection Builds a New Framework for Digital Safety
Across Africa, young people log on with increasing ease. New towers rise near trading centres and schools, and devices circulate…
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African Telcos Call for Tax Breaks on Entry-Level Smartphones
A new coalition of Africa’s largest mobile operators is making a direct appeal to governments across the continent to immediately…
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Hayo Launches White-Label Platform to Accelerate MNOs Shift to eSIM
Hayo, a global innovator in digital solutions, has launched an end-to-end eSIM solution aimed at helping mobile network operators (MNOs)…
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Why the Cost of Mobile Internet in Africa Forces the Poorest to Spend 87% of Their Income
In sub-Saharan Africa, a basic internet-enabled mobile phone can cost nearly nine out of ten units of monthly income for…
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Samsung Galaxy S26 Battery Upgrades Signal Shift to Power Efficiency and Premium Branding
Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy S26 lineup isn’t just about faster chips or prettier glass. This time, the story is in the…
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Mobile Money Savings Growth in Africa Marks a Turning Point in Sub-Saharan Finance — Here’s Why It Matters for the Future
Sub-Saharan Africa has become the epicenter of mobile money—and now, it’s starting to change something even more fundamental than how…
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Airtel Africa’s 2025 Sustainability Report Highlights Digital Inclusion Push
Airtel Africa has released its 2025 Sustainability Report, showcasing major strides in delivering on its mission to transform lives by…
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Tech Growth in Africa: What the Latest Economic Data Doesn’t Reveal
The latest report on Global Economic Prospects states that, while a modest economic rebound is expected in 2025, GDP growth…
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Safaricom Pushes for Infrastructure Sharing to Bridge Africa’s Connectivity Gap
According to the latest data from GSMA, Sub-Saharan Africa remains the least connected region globally. While mobile internet access is…
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Phyllis Migwi: Three AI scams Kenyans need to watch out for in 2025
Kenya is rapidly emerging as a digital powerhouse in Africa, with internet and mobile phone usage consistently on the rise.…
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Mobile Internet Gender Gap in Africa Shrinks, But 205 Million Women Still Offline
According to the new GSMA Mobile Economy Report, published by the global association for mobile operators, in 2024, sub-Saharan Africa…
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How Digital Payments Are Promoting a Cashless Economy in Africa
Digital payments are playing a very important role in changing Africa’s economy by promoting financial inclusion and minimizing dependency on…
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Angela Wamola: Powering Africa’s Future – The Intersection of Telecoms and Renewable Energy
As African leaders gather in Tanzania for the Mission 300 Africa Energy Summit, the continent stands at a crossroads. Nearly 600 million…
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Smartphone Penetration Fuels Online Trading Boom in Africa
Increased smartphone penetration in Africa emerged as a powerful force, driving significant growth in online trading. Over the past decade,…
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CYBER SECURITY
Google’s New Features to Combat Smartphone Theft in Africa
On one hand, phone theft has been a growing concern in many countries across Africa whereas on the flipside smartphone…
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How Watu Simu is bridging the digital divide one smartphone at a time
Smartphone financing is steadily gaining momentum in Kenya and across Africa. Over the years, various device financing models have emerged,…
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Watu Simu reaches one-million device sales milestone
Asset finance solutions provider Watu has announced a significant milestone by selling over one million mobile devices in the Kenyan…
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Mobile money driving financial inclusion in Africa
Mobile Money in Africa: According to a report by the Mastercard Foundation, Africans have some of the lowest levels of…
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MWC 2024 to Explore Role of Connectivity in Africa
MWC 2024 Kigali, Africa’s largest and most influential connectivity event, will convene powerful innovators and political leaders from across the…
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Antony Muchiri: The growing Super Apps landscape in Africa
In recent years, the digital space in Africa has undergone a significant transformation, powered by increasing internet penetration, widespread smartphone…
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[Gerald Maithya] What we can learn from Africa’s small business success stories
Africa is often hailed as the birthplace of some of the world’s most exciting tech startups. From Cape to Cairo,…
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CA kicks off preparations for the Transform Africa Summit 2024
Kenya will host the Transform Africa Summit 2024 in August this year. The country won the bid to host the…
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Digital commerce in Africa to expand 25% per year by 2026
Africa has emerged as a frontier for the new online consumer class, representing an estimated 10 million new consumers in…
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5G in Kenya: More than 500k users now on the network but adoption is still slow
Kenya was among the first countries in Africa to launch the super-fast fifth-generation (5G) network. The country’s leading telco Safaricom…
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Is Ethiopia Africa’s sleeping fintech giant?
The fintech sector has been one of Africa’s biggest technology success stories. According to one report, the continent’s 678 fintech startups…
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Remote Patient Monitoring: Drawbacks and Its Importance in Africa
1. Introduction Did you know that Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) has been around for almost 150 years? In 1948, the concept…
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Innovating for Climate Action: OPPO’s Green Initiatives Driving Technological Sustainability
In an era where virtual connectivity is rapidly embraced, with nearly 57% of the global population using mobile internet by…
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Sky.Garden re-launches a year after being acquired by Lipa Later
One year after being acquired by Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) company Lipa Later, Sky.Garden, the Kenyan e-commerce platform has…
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Rapid Digitalization in Africa Raises New Cyberthreats: Building Cyber Resilience with Cloud-Native Security
Africa’s digital environment is rapidly evolving. The introduction of cloud technologies and the Internet of Things (IoT) has sped up…
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Collaborations between telcos key to achieving Africa’s digital transformation agenda
Telecom providers in Africa have been urged to work conjointly to ensure the continent achieves its digital transformation agenda. Speaking…
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Why Launch of M-PESA Ethiopia is set to ignite a financial revolution in one of Africa’s biggest economy
A recent report by the GSMA dubbed State of the Industry Report on Mobile Money 2023 underscores how mobile money…
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Telkom Kenya CEO Mugo Kibati advocates for meaningful connectivity at ITW Africa summit
Telkom Kenya CEO Mugo Kibati has called on regulators across Africa to put in place the right policies and regulatory…
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Leaked specs and images of the Infinix ZERO 30 5G ahead of launch
We expect Infinix to unveil the Infinix ZERO 30 5G globally by the end of August. Infinix should be making…
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Vivo shuts down its online store in Germany after losing patent dispute to Nokia
Vivo Smartphones has closed its online store in Germany. This comes just a few months after OPPO and OnePlus did…
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Over 100 million women will need to adopt mobile internet to close the digital gender gap by 2030
The digital gender gap continues to widen with the latest report from GSMA indicating that over 800 million women will…
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Samsung’s next Galaxy Unpacked event will be hosted in Korea instead of US
We are looking forward to the next Samsung Unpacked event where the company is set to Unveil the Galaxy Z…
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eSIM demand grows as Workz strengthens market position
eSIM provider, Workz, has been identified as one of the top five eSIM platform providers in the world for the…
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realme eyes bigger market share in Kenya with new entry-level smartphones
Demand for entry-level smartphones has begun to rise in Kenya as young consumers go for devices that offer large storage,…
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[Interview] African governments must release spectrum to increase 5G adoption, Qualcomm’s Elizabeth Migwalla says
In October this year, Kenya’s leading telco Safaricom officially went commercial with 5G in Kenya, joining a number of other…
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Mastercard and Cellulant announce digital commerce payments partnership
Mastercard and Cellulant have partnered to allow Cellulant customers across Africa to shop and pay online with global merchants wherever…
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Just how slow is 5G adoption in Africa?
5G deployment across Africa has been very slow despite telecom operators around the world having rolled out the network since…
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Startups
Koolboks Closes $2.5M Seed Round to Scale Solar Refrigeration Across Africa
Koolboks, the sustainable cooling company providing accessible cold storage solutions to businesses across Africa, has closed a $2.5M Seed funding…
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List of LG products that can be controlled and monitored via a mobile App
As of May 2022, the total app downloads globally reached 36.9 billion in Q1 2022, a 1.4% increase compared to Q1…
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BUSINESS
Telkom and Lipa Later partner to launch device financing plan
Telkom Kenya and Buy-Now-Pay-Later company Lipa Later have today announced device financing that will make it easier for Kenyans to…
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realme: Affordable premium smartphones will help bridge widening internet coverage gap in Kenya
realme says it is setting the pace towards making smartphones affordable in Kenya, to bridge the widening internet coverage gap,…
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Ashley Olson Onyango: Unlocking the transformative power of mobile money
During the last decade, rapid digitisation has revolutionised the financial industry globally, through the advent of innovative services such as…
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realme C25Y: Premium Smartphone on a Budget
realme c25Y has earned a special position as the pioneer, affordable super smartphone in Kenya- offering users top notch specs…
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Safaricom’s M-PESA Super App Scoops Global Award at MWC
Safaricom has won a prestigious Global Mobile Award (GLOMO) for the M-PESA Super App at the ongoing Mobile World Congress…
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COLUMNS
The biggest fintech trends changing the face of payments in emerging markets
Last year saw an unprecedented rate of change in the financial sector, with huge growth in the use of digital…
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Apps
3 trends set to dominate African mobile apps in 2022
In 2021, the mobile industry in sub-saharan Africa continued to show incredible resilience against the impacts of Covid-19 and experienced…
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AKSHAY GROVER: Elevating Digital Payments For a Cashless Future in Africa
COVID-19 has propelled the adoption of digital payments platforms for millions of people across the African continent. The need for…
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5G will usher in new tech advancement opportunities and innovation, but cybersecurity risk must be considered, says Kaspersky and Rocketnet
With 1.8 billion 5G connections expected globally by 2025, this mobile network technology is becoming increasingly important. In the same period, it…
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COLUMNS
Mark Dankworth: The connected continent
Mobile transacting is fast becoming the golden egg of financial services – and nowhere more so than in Africa. According…
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BUSINESS
AfricaNenda launches a new African-led digital financial inclusion advisory platform
AfricaNenda, an emerging and independent Africa-led coalition of dedicated digital payments experts on Thursday launched a new digital financial inclusion…
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Vodafone Group, ITU launch initiative to connect 3.4BN with smartphones by 2030
Vodafone Group and ITU, the United Nations specialized agency for information and communication technologies, have today launched a new initiative…
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Workz releases the world’s first open eSIM platform
Mobile IoT solutions provider Workz Group has launched Multi-eSIM Hub (MeSH), the first multi-tenant eSIM management platform that enables mobile…
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Gadgets
Xiaomi 11T Pro will support 120W fast charging
Xiaomi is gearing up for its next event to be held on September 15. At the event, the company is…
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Gadgets
Rugged Nokia XR20 5G, Nokia C30, Nokia 6310 (2021) Launched
HMD Global, the Home of Nokia phones, on Tuesday unveiled three new Nokia phones to its refreshed portfolio and significantly…
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ISAT Africa sign deal with SES Network to provide 4G services in East Africa
Communities living across the easternmost peninsula of Africa will be able to enjoy 4G services on their mobile phones following…
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Telkom Kenya to scale up to 80% of its network to 4G
Telkom Kenya has announced plans to increase its 4G network capacity in Kenya in the next few months. Speaking during…
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