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Safaricom describes Huawei issue as 'worrying'
CEO Bob Collymore offers his perspective whilst also announcing his departure from the company in 2020.
Smile Telecoms appoints new CEO
Former Mobily chief executive, Ahmad Farroukh will spend majority of his executive time in Nigeria.
Orange opts for ENGIE to maintain West African datacentre
International energy firm contracted to provide preventative maintenance, including video surveillance and access control.
French taxi app raises US$38-million for Francophone Africa expansion
Uber competitor plans to launch in Algeria, Cameroon and Senegal in 2019.
SA, Nigeria and Ghana give MTN a quarterly boost
Group CFO says growth in service revenue was supported by the continued expansion in voice, data and FinTech revenue.
Orange targets start-ups with first digital centre in Tunisia
Telco plans to establish similar centres in Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire, Jordan, Cameroon, Burkina Faso and Sierra Leone by year-end.
MainOne launches N25-billion Digital Lagos campaign
Company spearheads 'Broadband for All' initiative in conjunction with Lagos State Government.
Tech duo push for 'single digital Africa'
Tata Communications, ADS alliance explains first phase of inter-border connectivity strategy.
Egypt's Etisalat Misr budgets US$167-million for network upgrade
Modernisation project to facilitate 4G growth, 5G plans and IOT roll out.
Zambia could pay heavy price for mobile money fraud
Local mobile money subscribers rush to regulator with complaints of theft from their accounts.
Nigeria to launch new code of practice for ISPs
Telecommunications industry regulator shifts attention to cyber security and data protection.
Liquid Telecom launches Azure Stack in East Africa
The service is hosted in private cloud nodes in Kenya and Tanzania.
SA's high growth companies investing more in AI - Microsoft
Research show AI is used to augment decision making, drive efficiencies and help drive growth, including job creation.
Kenya's government to use AI in allocation of affordable housing
Data analysis will be applied to assist in evaluating credit worthiness of each applicant.
SA digital lenders target SMEs
Cloud-based accounting platform Xero spearheads partnership to bolster small business development.
SA-backed cloud procurement solution clinches expansion deal
US-based Fraxion announces merger with eRequester to bolster presence in North America.
Red Hat joins the big league
There is only one thing you cannot ask Red Hat CEO Jim Whitehurst about, and that's IBM.
Cisco to train 1 million potential digital workers in Africa
Company outlines its strategy at Cisco Connect 2019 this week in South Africa.
Ghana strikes deal with private firm to handle government's ICT
Contract to manage and commercialise e-government infrastructure has been on the cards since 2016.
Kenya launches digital economy blueprint
Guideline a contribution towards objectives of the Smart Africa Alliance.
Embattled Huawei anticipates limited impact on local operations
US trade ban, Google severing ties and reports of mobile networks in Asia and Europe cancelling orders will unlikely impact South Africa.
Nigeria's aviation authority threatens to demolish 7000 telco masts
Regulator at loggerheads with operators over 'illegal' infrastructure.
South Africa: severe weather hits Openserve's infrastructure
The bad weather hitting coastal KZN is wreaking havoc on Openserve infrastructure and causing a rising number of network faults.
SA ISP pens colocation agreement with Angola Cables
Cool Ideas will take up colocation services in the recently inaugurated datacentre in Brazil.
Westcon-Comstor to distribute NetApp in Sub-Saharan Africa
Latest development strengthens existing, long-term agreement between companies.
Huawei, Redington alliance to push East Africa tech
Companies to host joint partner summit in Nairobi to outline the plan for the year ahead.
How Google is using AI to solve African problems
Google researchers at an artificial intelligence lab based in Ghana deploy the technology to address Afro-centric challenges.
France helps Africa leverage space tech
AU and countries including Ethiopia and Kenya stand to benefit from data exchange and access to tech resources.
South Africa: University of Pretoria opens Future Africa campus
The research institute will bring together global researchers and leverage innovative technologies to address societal challenges in Africa.
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