East Africa leads in Regional Integration

Africa has a significant way to go if all countries are to reach the frontier of what the best performers are achieving in the area of regional integration. Out of all the Regional Economic Communities, the East African Community was cited as the most-integrated. The...

Peering forum will be held in Tanzania

The Internet Society will bring its annual Africa Peering and Interconnection Forum (AfPIF) to Tanzania for the first time. The organisation has partnered with the Tanzania Internet Service Providers Association (TISPA) to hold the seventh annual AfPIF in the...

Airtel Zambia chooses Ericsson for network transformation

Ericsson has extended its partnership with Airtel Zambia, headquartered in Lusaka, Zambia, with a new contract covering the transformation of Airtel’s radio access network (RAN) infrastructure in every major region of Zambia. This extended partnership will both...

New financial tool will drive lending

Tigo promises nano-lending platform.Digital lifestyle company, Tigo, will launch an easy-to-access nano-lending product to its stable of mobile financial services. The new product will not require collateral and offers immediate access to small loans to Tigo Pesa...

Moneygram debuts for GT users

MoneyGram and GT Bank, one of the leading retail banks in Nigeria, have announced the launch of MoneyGram’s receive services across the GT Bank network. This service will be available through MoneyGram’s cash to account service. Customers in Nigeria can...

Bringing a Smile to Ugandan users

Smile Uganda has introduced two new 4G LTE innovations to its customers in the country – SmileVoice and SmileUnlimited. Smile is the first operator in East Africa to offer its customers Voice over LTE services, giving them access to the fast growing global...