Huawei’s Ascend P7 beats Ascend P6 in sales.
4G LTE-enabled Ascend P7 device is expected to register better sales compared to its predecessor Ascend P6 following sales of over 1 million units only in a span of one...
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Monday, December 16, 2019
Econet Expands Its 4G Network With Plans Underway For 5G.
Wireless mobile operator Econet has hinted on plans to roll out 5G networks ahead of rival telecommunications company in a quest to increase efficiency and convenience to subscribers across the...
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Tanzania’s Kariakoo Market Rolls Out Online Services.
Tanzania’s largest market Kariakoo has rolled out online services that will see daily publishing of daily commodity prices on its site. The corporation made up of a main building and...
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ZA dotCities and dotAfrica Progression.
Businesses personnel and also the general public will have an opportunity to own top level domain thanks to the delegation underway designed to enter into the internet’s Root Zone which...
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Largest Ever ICANN Meeting Convenes in London.
More than 3,300 people from around the world have assembled for ICANN’s 50th meeting in London for the Affirmation of multistakeholder model for internet governance by world leaders, making it...
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MTN Ghana Subscribers To Enjoy ‘Roam Like Home’ in 21 countries.
MTN Ghana subscribers will now enjoy ‘Roam Like Home’ a new tariff that allows them to enjoy local rates on voice, Data and SMS while travelling in any of the...
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World’s First Lumia Wireless-Charging Trousers Now In Market.
Technology will always get better and, maybe stupid. Apps like Yo, which was reportedly hacked because of its stupidness are just examples of what people are working on, either stupid...
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Ceo Weekends: ICT Gap In Kenya Derails Impactful Development Projects.
The Kenyan Information Communication and Technology sector has fallen behind being one of the pillars expected to boost Kenya’s economy as well as provide platforms for cross-boarder partnerships based on...
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KCB Signs Up Modern Coast For Cashless Fares Deal.
The Kenya Commercial Bank has partnered Modern Coast for its cashless payment card that will allow commuters to load sh600 as minimal amount and sh140,000 maximum for bus fare in...
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eTranzact Slashes Online Payments Charge for Card, ATM & Mobile Expo 2014.
eTranzact Limited, Nigeria’s first award winning multi-application and multi-channel electronic transaction switching and payment processing platform has decided to slash the prices of its Webconnectplus services which will allow businesses...
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Tanzania Confident of meeting digital migration deadline.
With the international Telecommunication Union deadline for global migration to digital terrestrial television set for June 17, 2015, countries across Africa are on the run to have the transition in...
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JUMIA Kenya Rolls Out World Cup Store For Soccer Fanatics.
Africa’s leading online retailer, JUMIA has rolled out the World Cup store with exciting offers and discounts for football fanatics as football fever sweeps the nation. Online customers will also...
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Safaricom Faces A Hurdle Ahead Of Cashless Fare Deadline.
With the cashless form of payment about to kick off officially on the 1st of July across the country, regulations have been pointed out by responsible bodies on how to...
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Tanzanian Bank Launches First Paperless Banking Service.
In a bid to enhance the quality in delivery of its services, Barclays Tanzania Limited has launched paperless banking product which comes in as first in the country’s industry. The...
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Nigerian Banks Set For Biometric Registration Of Customers.
Nigerian banks will on Monday commence the biometric registration of their customers in a bid to issue a uniform and unique identification number called Bank Verification Number (BVN) to every...
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Nigerian Primary School Launches Africa’s 1st Pupil LearnPad.
St. Saviour school Lagos today celebrates Africa’s first Primary school pupil LearnPad thanks to Avantis who built and designed it specifically for use in schools and the classroom. The e-learning...
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MTN Sets Off 21 Days Of Y’ello Care With Focus on Education.
Telecommunications company MTN has began its annual staff volunteer programme themed “Education in the Digital World” that focuses on education by engaging in a number of activities aimed at promoting...
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Mobile Internet Use To Quadruple Annually According To Report.
According to new report, Mobile Internet usage is expected to increase 20 times in sub-Sahara Africa in the next five years. This comes after Sub-Saharan Africa Ericsson Mobility Report that...
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MTN To Bridge Digital Divide.
As part of social responsibility, MTN Rwanda has rolled out countrywide programme to digitalise teaching and learning in schools. This comes shortly after the telecommunications company partnered with the Wikipedia...
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Instagram Expands Its Advertising Territories.
Since introduction of advertisements on photo-sharing service Instagram, the company has announced further plans to unleash the same in the UK, Canada and Australia later in the year. Audiences have...
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Safaricom Warms Up Opening Of M-Pesa To Rivals.
Telecommunications Company Safaricom now says it is not opposed to the idea of opening up its M-Pesa network to other players months after rival company Airtel filed a case against...
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Rwandan Telecoms Advice Government Against Proposed 10% Tax On Airtime.
The Rwandan government proposed a 2 per cent increase on excise duty levied on airtime to 10 per cent in the 2014/2015 national budget up from the current 8 per...
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MTN Partners Simfy On Music Streaming.
For only R49 per month, MTN customers will now be in a position to listen to all their favourite music through streaming thanks to the telecommunications partnership with Simfy. Subscribers...
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Installment Of High Technology Security Gadgets Across The Country Faces Opposition.
A vast number of people have definitely come across the latest security commercial by our president on television or rather any other media channels on “Ulinzi” responsibility by the government...
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Spotify To Partner With Vodacom Over Music Deal
Commercial music streaming service Spotify is looking to partner with Vodacom Group accordingt to a report by Bloomberg News, in a deal that will mark the music-streaming services first foray...
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GTBank Launches e-Commerce Portal For SMEs.
Nigeria’s Guaranty Trust Bank PIc (GTBank) has rolled out “The SMEMarkethub” an e-commerce portal that will help support small and medium scale enterprises activities in Africa biggest economy. Entrepreneurs will...
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Jumia Egypt Launches e-retailers to boost business.
Online shopping platform Jumia Egypt is set to roll out e-retailers in a bid to increase the level of business as well as customer service among retailers. The platform will...
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WAPA Stance on Incoming Cabinet & Neotel Acquisition
Wireless Access Providers’ Association of SouthAfrica (WAPA) acting as a collective voice for the wireless industry and for independent wireless network operators has engaged top personel; Communications Minister Faith Muthambi,...
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Airtel Kenya Promises Better Services For Subscribers.
Airtel boss Adil El Youssefi has hinted on a better service provision to its customers by focusing on innovations as well as new products that will cater for specific needs...
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Equity Bank To Issue Special SIM Cards For Its MVNO.
In a quest to save subscribers the trouble of migrating or carrying two phones in order to accommodate telco services to be offered by Equity bank starting July, customers will...
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