GSMA unveils Tanzania rural connectivity project

At Mobile 360 – Africa, the GSMA announced the launch of the first active infrastructure sharing initiative in East Africa between mobile network operators (MNOs) Airtel, Millicom and Vodacom. The MNOs have committed to launch six 3G pilot sites across the...

Internet Technologies Angola deploys Radwin network

Service provider Internet Technologies Angola (ITA) has deployed a national network using Radwin’s Point-to-MultiPoint solutions in the 2.2-2.3 GHz band. ITA provides business-class services to many of Angola’s largest corporations. Rolf Mendelsohn,...

Huawei joins Smart Africa

Huawei has joined the Smart Africa Alliance as Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) advisor and Platinum member at the Smart Africa Board Meeting. The partnership with the Smart Africa Alliance is one of Huawei’s efforts to drive digital...

Orange completes Airtel buy in Sierra Leone

Orange, together with its Senegal-based partner Sonatel, has completed the acquisition of 100% of the mobile operator Airtel in Sierra Leone. Since the signature of an agreement with Bharti Airtel International (Netherlands) BV (“Airtel”) in January 2016,...

IFS signs up East African major cargo handling company

One of East Africa’s leading cargo handling companies has chosen the IFS Application Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) suite as its business management solution of choice. The cargo handling company will be implementing the IFS Finance, Maintenance and SCM...

Tanzanian secondary schools get connected

Tanzanian digital lifestyle company, Tigo Tanzania has entered into a partnership with the Ministry of Communications, Works and Infrastructure to facilitate the roll-out of internet access points in the country’s secondary schools so as to complement the...