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...

FBN Insurance Nigeria deploys Premia suite

3i Infotech has announced the successful implementation of its Premia Insurance Suite at FBN Insurance, Nigeria, one of the leading life and general insurers in the West African country. 3i Infotech and FBN Insurance successfully deployed Premia Life solutions in...

Smile adds services in Nigeria, Tanzania, Uganda

Smile Telecoms, which owns and operates 4G LTE mobile broadband networks in the 800MHz band in Nigeria, and in the 800MHz and 2,6GHz bands in Tanzania and Uganda, has announced that all its operating markets customers would receive two first-to-market services –...