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...
Nov 9, 2018
Silicon Valley technology company PayJoy has partnered with pan-African mobile network operator MTN, distributor TD Mobile and financial institution Sterling Bank to offer a technology-driven financing solution that enables Nigerians to buy mobile devices on...
Nov 6, 2018
West African data centre provider, MDXI, and global IXP platform provider, Asteroi,d have partnered to launch a carrier-neutral Internet Exchange Point (IXP) for West Africa. The West African Internet Exchange (WAF-IX), is based on Asteroid’s lightweight design...