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Vodacom Tanzania Digital Accelerator 2024 Winners Announced
Three Tanzanians have been chosen as the Vodacom Digital Accelerator Program winners for 2024. The winners are AltituteX, Frank Mussa,…
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News
Vodacom Tanzania has expanded M-Pesa to 8 SADC Countries
Tanzania’s leading telecommunications company Vodacom has announced the expansion of its International Money Transfer (IMT) services to eight new countries…
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CLOUD
Vodacom launches Africa’s first AWS Outposts Innovation Lab
Vodacom has launched Africa’s first Amazon Web Services (AWS) Outposts Innovation Lab in collaboration with AWS and Intel. The laboratory…
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New Appointments
Vodacom subsidiary XLink appoints Thanusha Govender new Managing Director
XLink, a subsidiary of the Vodacom Group and provider of secure payment connectivity solutions, has appointed Thanusha Govender as its new Managing…
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BUSINESS
Safaricom might be bringing ads to the M-Pesa app
Safaricom might soon be bringing ads to the new M-Pesa app as it seeks to raise more revenues from the…
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Pandemic drives surge in use of digital health solutions across Africa
There has been an exponential rise in the number of people engaging with digital health services through their smartphones in…
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Vodacom Business Africa extends Pan-African network to South America
To extend its international footprint, Vodacom Business Africa has taken a step into Brazil, thereby increasing its fixed-connectivity coverage to…
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GPE Appoints Anwar Soussa To Lead Safaricom-Led Consortium Operations in Ethiopia
The Global Partnership for Ethiopia (GPE) on Monday appointed Mr. Anwar Soussa as the Managing Director (MD) of the Operating…
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BUSINESS
Safaricom-led consortium wins Ethiopia’s telecom license
Ethiopia ’s telecommunications regulator has awarded an operating licence to a consortium led by Kenya’s Safaricom and Japan’s Sumitomo Safaricom,…
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BUSINESS
Over 200 countries can send and receive money via Vodacom’s Tanzania M-Pesa
Over 200 countries can send and receive money via Vodacom ’s Tanzania M-Pesa after the company announced the expansion of…
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News
Loon’s Balloon-powered Internet is Going to Mozambique
After landing in Kenya, Alphabet’s balloon-powered internet project is ready to venture into a new market. Mozambique will be Loon’s…
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News
Vodacom and Samsung donate 20,000 smartphones to the South African government to help fight COVID-19
Vodacom Group has partnered with Samsung to provide 20,000 smartphones to the National Department of Health in South Africa to…
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BUSINESS
Vodacom Group Is Suing Absa For Losses Of At Least $64.1 Million, Report
Vodacom Group is reportedly suing Absa, formerly Barclays Africa Group Limited, asking to be compensated as much as $286-million on…
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BUSINESS
Safaricom And Vodacom Fully Acquire The M-PESA Brand From Vodafone
Safaricom and Vodacom have announced that they have now completed the full acquisition of the M-PESA brand from Vodafone through…
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News
Stakeholders meet to discuss future of mobile money platforms in Africa
Key representatives from over 8 countries in Africa gathered at a workshop organized by Vodacom to look into trends and…
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News
SEACOM Partners With Vodacom To Expand Reach Across Africa
SEACOM has partnered with Vodacom Business Africa, the enterprise-focused ICT subsidiary of the Vodacom Group, to expand across Africa. Since…
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News
Vodacom and Facebook partner to launch Facebook Flex in Lesotho
Vodacom has announced a new partnership with Facebook to launch Facebook Flex, a connectivity service that allows peoples to stay…
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News
Nokia and Vodacom sign MoU to conduct 5G trials in South Africa
Nokia and Vodacom have signed an MoU to conduct Nokia 5G technology trials in South Africa. The trial is also part…
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BUSINESS
Vodacom discontinues M-Pesa in South Africa
Vodacom is set to discontinue its M-Pesa operations in South Africa with effect from 30 June 2016. Speaking about the…
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News
#AfricaCom2015: World Panel selects Vodacom as key retail partner for SunStream™
World Panel has today announced a deal with Vodacom as a key retail partner to sell its new SunStream™ in…
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BUSINESS
Gemalto prepaid EMV banking cards extend reach of Vodacom m-pesa mobile wallet in South Africa
Gemalto, the world leader in digital security, announces the deployment of prepaid EMV banking cards to complement Vodacom’s m-pesa mobile…
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News
Vodacom customers to make cash withdrawals on Umoja Switch ATMs using M-Pesa
Vodacom Tanzania customers can now withdraw cash from Umoja Switch ATMs using Vodacom’s M-Pesa service. Speaking in Dar es…
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