Telecommunications

South Africa South African IT and telecommunications firms are actively expanding and promoting their businesses, signalling positive prospects for the industry and the domestic economy. In recent discussions with key …

AI advancements in Africa create a new arena of competition for China and the US. Both countries are now vying to influence the development, utilization, and regulation of artificial intelligence …

Airtel Africa has disclosed its intention to roll out $750 million in capital expenditure this year to ramp up its mobile-money business across the continent as part of efforts to …

Meta, the parent company of Facebook, received a $1.3 billion fine for mismanaging user data. The fine was levied by the Data Protection Commission in Ireland, which oversees Meta’s operations …

Airtel Africa has successfully renewed its 2100 MHz spectrum license in Nigeria. The Nigerian subsidiary, Airtel Networks Limited, made a payment to the Nigerian Communications Commission for the license renewal. …

TECNO has launched “Magic Skin” in Africa, one of the industry’s newest and most innovative materials in smartphone design. The company is the first to launch the product in the …

Orange ended its exploration of Nigeria as a potential addition to its African footprint, as the Middle East and Africa CEO Jerome Henique (pictured), bemoaned a lack of market conditions …

After the grand success of the previous edition, Connected Africa is back, back much bigger stronger and larger than before, themed “Transforming to Telco’s of the Future”. The 3rd Edition …

Commercial 5G launches rebounded in the second half of 2022 as operators in developing markets – and notably Africa – turned on their networks. That’s one of the key findings …

Africa Data Centres and operator Orange are both making plans to use solar power for at least some of their data centre power requirements in parts of Africa. Africa Data …