MTN donates Ksh.2B to support African Union COVID-19 vaccine program

By Kepha Muiruri,

South African based telco operator MTN has donated Ksh.2.8 billion to the African Union (AU) to support regional COVID-19 vaccination efforts. The ...

African Union (AU) , MTN Group

Ugandans choose between Bobi Wine and longtime leader Museveni in tense election

By Reuters,

Ugandans began voting on Thursday in a presidential election pitting long-time leader Yoweri Museveni against an opposition galvanized by a popular si...

Bobi Wine , uganda , yoweri museveni

Eswatini Prime Minister Ambrose Dlamini, who tested positive for COVID-19, dies

By Reuters,

Eswatini Prime Minister Ambrose Dlamini, who tested positive for COVID-19 four weeks ago, has died at age 52 after being hospitalised in neighbouring ...

coronavirus , COVID-19 , eSwatini , Prime Minister Ambrose Dlamini

Bharti Airtel to exit Ghana, government in talks for shares takeover

By Reuters,

Ghana and telecoms operators Airtel and Tigo are in advanced stages of discussions for the transfer of AirtelTigo shares to the government of Ghana, t...

Airtel

MP Moses Kuria admitted in hospital, says COVID-19 is real

By Benjamin Muriuki,

Gatundu South Member of Parliament Moses Kuria is admitted at the Karen Hospital in Nairobi undergoing treatment for COVID-19. Kuria disclosed on W...

Moses Kuria

Safaricom to battle 11 operators for Ethiopia’s telco license

By Kepha Muiruri,

Telco operator Safaricom is expected to battle 11 other operators for two telecommunications licenses on offer in Ethiopia as it seeks to breach the m...

African brands’ ranking falls to an all-time low

By Kepha Muiruri,

African brands rank on the continent fell to an all-time low as the admiration for continent based companies continue to take a dent from the competit...

Brand Africa

China Mobile, Facebook in joint project to build 2Africa submarine cable

By Agencies,

China Mobile International, Facebook, MTN GlobalConnect, Orange, stc, Telecom Egypt, Vodafone and WIOCC have announced they will partner to build 2Afr...

2Africa

South Africa’s MTN drops prices on monthly data bundles by between 25% and 50%

By Reuters,

MTN has agreed to cut the cost of its data bundles after South Africa’s competition watchdog warned in December that the telecoms operator and rival...

data bundles , mtn , Safaricom

2019 in Review: Kenyan volleyball clubs blew hot and cold

By Stanley Mativo,

Review, Stanley Mativo As the curtains fall on 2019, the national women’s volleyball team, Malkia Strikers,  posted mixed results but in a bigger ...

2019 in Review , Malkia Strikers , pipeline , prisons

TECNO sponsors first China-Africa Mobile Internet Economy Summit

By Sponsored,

The first China-Africa Mobile Internet Economy Summit (CAMIES) was held in Nairobi from Tuesday, October 15 to 16. The summit brought together more...

Mobile Internet Economy Summit , Tecno

South Africa shuts down Nigeria embassy as xenophobic attacks persist

By Agencies,

The South African Government has shut down its embassy in Lagos, Nigeria as xenophobic attacks continued to have ripple effects on the continent. A...

Nigerians , south africa , xenophobic attacks

NilePay mobile money launches in South Sudan

By Citizen Reporter,

NilePay PLC, a leading Electronic Financial Services Company, on Wednesday partnered with Zain South Sudan to launch the first licensed mobile money s...

NilePay

Uganda calls on mobile Money to cultivate new debt investors

By Reuters,

Ugandans will be able to buy government securities through a mobile money platform in a move by the east African country to become less dependent on c...

mobile money , uganda

Uganda deports MTN executives, cites national security: police

By Reuters,

Uganda has deported a French and a Rwandan executive from telecoms group MTN, accusing them of planning to compromise national security, while other e...

Annie Bilenge Tabura , Entebbe airport , MTN Group , Ugandan authorities

Museveni ‘astonished’ MTN charged less for telecom license renewal

By Reuters,

Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has criticised the telecommunications regulator after it slashed MTN Uganda’s fee for renewing its telecoms lic...

MTN Uganda , Museveni , uganda , Uganda Communications Commission

New documents link Huawei to suspected front companies in Iran, Syria

By Reuters,

The U.S. case against the chief financial officer of China’s Huawei Technologies, who was arrested in Canada last month, centers on the company’s ...

Huawei Technologies , Meng Wanzhou , Ren Zhengfei

Sudan restricts social media access to counter protest movement

By Reuters,

Sudan authorities are blocking access to popular social media platforms used to organise and broadcast nationwide anti-government protests triggered b...

social media , Sudan

Africans fear new trend of hiking taxes on calls, data

By Reuters,

The brisk business Julius Kirya did from his cash transfer kiosk in the Ugandan capital has slowed right down with a new tax on mobile money. Many ...

mobile money , Safaricom , uganda social media tax

Govt security personnel raided data center,MTN Uganda says

By Reuters,

MTN Uganda, a unit of the South African telecoms firm, said government security personnel had raided its data center and disconnected four of its serv...

mobile money , MTN Uganda , South African telecoms firm MTN , Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) , Uganda's president Yoweri Museveni