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Ory Okolloh and Francesco Bianco exit Safaricom board
Safaricom announced on Thursday the departure of Ory Okolloh and Francesco Bianco from its board of directors. In a statement…
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Airtel Premier Plans and Their Prices
Airtel Premier Plans: Airtel Kenya has new plans to take on Safaricom’s Postpaid services. The telco says these plans have…
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African telco leaders gather in Diani for NOVACOM Africa Summit
Telco leaders from across Africa are this week gathering in Diani, Kwale County for NOVACOM Africa Summit. The summit is…
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Paratus Express Route from Johannesburg to Europe goes live
Pan-African telecommunications group Paratus Group has launched the fastest fibre express route from Johannesburg to Europe. Using Infinera FlexILS and…
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Workz cloud eSIM surpasses 100 telcos
Workz, which specialises in cloud-based subscriber solutions for mobile network operators (MNOs), has announced today it has reached over 100…
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Telcos must embrace digital transformation to drive customer retention
MAZIV, one of South Africa’s largest telecommunications group, is aggressively investing in digital transformation to drive superior customer experience and…
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Safaricom plans to introduce mobile numbers for juniors, allow them save on M-Pesa
Safaricom has been contemplating the idea of mobile numbers for juniors for a while, and the idea is seemingly taking…
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New Mobile Termination Rates affected Safaricom’s half-year results
In August this year, the Communication Authority (CA) introduced new Fixed and Mobile Termination Rates (FTR and MTR). These are…
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Safaricom Ethiopia pilots its services in Dire Dawa ahead of national launch
After announcing plans to launch commercial operations in Ethiopia within the year, Safaricom has now started large-scale customer pilot of…
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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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Safaricom is Closing its Outlet at Two Rivers Mall from August 31st
Safaricom has announced it will be permanently closing down its retail shop at Two Rivers Mall effective 31 August 2022.…
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How High 4G/3G Penetration Influenced Elections in Kenya
The just-concluded general elections in Kenya presented the country with yet another opportunity to showcase its progress in the uptake…
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Telcos to refund airtime to users in case of network outages
The Communications Authority (CA) has issued new guidelines requiring telecommunication companies to give credit rebates to customers in case of…
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Kenyans to pay cheaper for calls across mobile networks starting this month
Mobile operators in Kenya have agreed to cut the cost of calls between them from Sh0.99 per minute to Sh0.58…
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Vodafone is selling its business in Ghana to Telecel
Vodafone plc, a company known for its extensive telecommunications business across Africa and Europe is reportedly selling its operations in…
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Airtel Kenya buys additional spectrum to boost its 4G network
Kenya’s second largest mobile services provider Airtel has purchased additional spectrum from the Communication Authority to boost its 4G network.…
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Airtel Nigeria is offering customers on its network free calls to Ukraine
Airtel Nigeria has announced that customers on its network who have friends and relatives in Ukraine will be able to…
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COLUMNS
Tonny Tugee: Connectivity, collaboration, competition – The 3 essential Cs for Africa’s growth
Africa’s population is rapidly expanding. In fact, forecasters predict that the continent’s population will nearly triple by 2050. This could…
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Nigerian Communications Commission begins review of telecoms license structure
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has initiated the process for the review of existing licensing structure in the Nigerian telecommunications…
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Proposed Spectrum recommendations by ATU Aand Ericsson set to expand Africa’s ICT space
African countries and telecommunications stakeholders yesterday launched the first set of ATU spectrum recommendations for the continent. The recommendations focus…
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Facebook Partners With Telcos To Build A 37000km, 180Tbps Undersea Cable To Serve Africa
Facebook has partnered with several telcos in Africa to bring faster internet connectivity. The social media giant together with a…
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Safaricom Reportedly Plans To Launch 5G In Nairobi This Week
Kenya’s largest telco Safaricom is reportedly planning to roll out 5G in some parts of the country. This is according…
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Lack of competition in broadband markets is keeping millions offline
Lack of competition in broadband markets is keeping millions of consumers offline. Markets with a single broadband provider, for example,…
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CYBER SECURITY
Chinese hackers targeted big tech companies to steal trade secrets from enterprise customers
A cybersecurity firm has recently revealed information about Chinese hackers who have been hacking big telco companies intending to extract…
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Telcos in South Africa ignore half of all consumer complaints on social media
Half of all consumer complaints on social media go unanswered by mobile operators in South Africa. This is according to…
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