Microsoft, Indigo deliver low-cost broadband

Microsoft, in collaboration with the government of Kenya’s Ministry of Information and Communications and Indigo Telecom, has announced the launch of a pilot project delivering low-cost wireless broadband access to previously unserved locations near Nanyuki and...

Safaricom awards contract to CommProve

Safaricom, Kenya’s leading mobile operator, is looking to CommProve to improve its subscriber network quality of experience. As part of the agreement, CommProve will deploy its next generation network monitoring solution, CommProve NetLedge across Safaricom’s network....

Pay for goods online using M-Pesa

Consumers in Kenya and Tanzania can now use M-Pesa to pay for a range of online goods and services including airline tickets, says Robin Philip, marketing director for South African payment services provider PayGate. “There is very little e-commerce activity in many...

Unison first to host SAP MMS locally

Unison Communications, the continent’s leading enterprise communications management (ECM) provider. recently became Africa’s first ECM specialists to boast a locally hosted SAP Managed Mobility Service (MMS).  The partnership is an exciting one for the company, whose...

Vodacom Tanzania prepares for 4G

Vodacom Tanzania recently conducted a 4G (LTE – long term evolution) trial in Dar Es Salaam using Nokia Siemens Networks’ Single RAN (radio access network) and Liquid Core technology. In addition, the trial used Nokia Siemens Networks’ Circuit Switched FallBack...

TPG America, Africa promote iPMCS

Showing massive success with its Integrated Project Management Control System (iPMCS) in the United States, and now managing more than US $50-billion in capital projects, TPG America has joined forces with TPG Africa to promote TPG iPMCS throughout Africa. TPG America...