Dec 6, 2018
The North Africa mobile phone market – comprising Egypt, Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco – saw year-on-year shipment growth of 11,5% in Q3 2018, according to the latest insights from International Data Corporation (IDC). The global technology research and...
Dec 4, 2018
Cisco has announced its commitment to prepare 10-million people worldwide for jobs in the digital economy, including 1-million in Africa. The in-kind value amounts to around $1,5-billion and will be carried out over the next five years. The commitment was made at the...
Nov 27, 2018
Telecom Egypt has adopted Nokia’s Photonic Service Engine (PSE) technology to double backbone capacity on its Delta Region DWDM backbone network. Commercial deployment of the new high-speed service started in June and represents the first 200G long distance,...
Nov 27, 2018
Two of Africa’s largest mobile operators and mobile money providers, Orange Group and MTN Group, have announced a joint venture, Mowali (mobile wallet interoperability), to enable interoperable payments across the continent. Mowali makes it possible to send...
Nov 21, 2018
The National Association of Saving and Credit Unions (NASCU), the apex organisation for all financial cooperatives in Zambia, and global payments technology company Mastercard today announced a landmark agreement to drive financial inclusion by extending formal...
Nov 13, 2018
Ecobank and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) have signed an agreement to work closely together to empower local communities to cope with disasters more efficiently. “Many innocent lives continue to be lost in Africa...
