January 18th, 2021
The Confederation Africaine de Football (CAF) and StarTimes have announced the signing of an agreement by which the media group obtains the broadcasting rights for the Total African Nations Championship, Cameroon 2020 (Total CHAN Cameroon 2020), scheduled from 16 January to 7 February 2021 in Cameroon.
Under this agreement, the operating license issued by CAF grants StarTimes the right to broadcast all the competition’s matches (a total of 32 matches) in the territories of sub-Saharan Africa.
The collaboration between CAF and StarTimes is the first of its kind between the two entities, with the ambition of offering African football fans wider access to one of CAF's most important competitions. The agreement reinforces CAF’s ambition to facilitate access for the largest number of football fans in Africa to images of its top compet...
SES rolled out HD Plus for Ghana
Viewers in Ghana will have the opportunity to enjoy up to 12 of the country’s most popular TV channels following the introduction of SES HD Plus Ghana.
Th...
Maroc Telecom rebranded as Moov Africa
Moroccan telecommunications group, Maroc Telecom, have been rebranded as Moov Africa. The change is applied to 11 African countries and the company confirmed...
Orange Niger is now Zamani Telecom
Zamani Com SAS acquired Orange Niger and rebranded the unit to Zamani Telecom. Since its sale in November 2019, the operator has invested more than XOF40 bil...
Orange to launch 4.75G in Cameroon
Orange Cameroon has launched the new service of 4.75G across the country. The establishment of foresight frameworks to prepare for the arrival and deployment...
MTN launch 4.5G service in Ivory Coast
MTN Ivory Coast has improved its capacities of its telecoms network which will allow the inhabitants of Abidjan to access the 4.5G. This new service will off...
StarTimes to add Wakaati TV in Nigeria
Wakaati TV will debut in Nigeria to boost the industry and will go live on StarTimes and also online. The entertainment channel will produce original and con...
Telecel rolls out 4G+ in Burkina Faso
Mobile operator Telecel Faso rolled out 4G+ in Burkina Faso. Telecel Faso joins this segment behind Orange and the Office National des Télécommunications (On...
Etisalat provides world’s fastest 5G
UAE-based Etisalat has reached the world’s fastest 5G download speed of 9.1 gigabits per second.
The throughput has been attained by combining multiple co...
ShowMax to air NTV shows in Kenya
MultiChoice Kenya has signed a new partnership deal with Nation Media Group (NMG) to start broadcasting NTV programs on the digital platform, ShowMax.
Acc...
- Up to 3-year Quarterly history
- Subscribers, revenues, ARPU
- Market shares by activity
- 5-year forecasts
- Competitors
- Country or regional comparison