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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Nokia looks to smart and feature phones to grow its African business

By Reuters,

HMD Global, the Finnish company that owns the rights to sell Nokia-branded phones, is targeting growth in both its smartphones and more basic models a...

africa , data , feature phones , HMD Global , internet , mtn , nokia , Safaricom , sales

MTN scraps mobile money business in South Africa

By Reuters,

South African mobile phone operator MTN Group has pulled the plug on its local mobile money business, saying it was not viable in a country where arou...

M-pesa , mobile money , mtn , Safaricom , south africa , Vodacom

Don’t feel like doing your laundry? In Kampala, there’s an app for that

By Joy Chelagat,

Piles of dirty laundry don't clean themselves -- but in Kampala, an app is trying to make the chore as painless as possible. Yoza connects people ...

africa , apps , Kampala , laundry , TECHNOLOGY , uganda

Nigeria says MTN fine cut to $3.9Bn, blames typo for reduction

By Agencies,

Nigeria's telecoms regulator said on Friday it had cut a fine on South Africa's MTN Group by 25 percent to $3.9 billion, and blamed a typing error for...

Nigeria

South Africa’s MTN ordered by Ugandan court to pay Ksh 63.5M over contractual dispute

By Agencies,

South African mobile operator MTN has been ordered by a Ugandan court to pay a local firm $622,000 (Ksh63.5 million) in damages for anti-competitive b...

MTN ordered by Ugandan court to pay Ksh 63.5M

South Africa’s MTN shares fall after bourse lifts suspension

By Agencies,

The South African bourse on Monday suspended trading in the shares of telecoms firm MTN but the shares resumed trading later the same day. The bour...

bourse , mtn , south africa