Africell made its first call on its new network in Angola, the major technical milestone marks the start of network operations and prepares the way for a phased roll-out of services. The phased launch of services that will follow the first call reflects local and international best practice. It is part of how Africell operates [...]
Moonbug Entertainment has renewed its partnership with MBC Group. The new cooperation agreement, Moonbug is set to add more television shows and programmes dedicated to children on the Arabic streaming platform Shahid VIP. The previous agreement MBC, Moonbug licensed properties including Little Baby Bum, Go Buster, Playtime with Twinkle, Little Baby Bus, ARPO, My Magic [...]
beIN MEDIA GROUP, the global sports, media, and entertainment group, to deliver special programming for the final match of the FIFA Arab Cup Qatar 2021TM (Algeria vs. Tunisia) and the third-place playoffs (Qatar vs. Egypt). Live studio coverage starts at 11:00 MECCA on 18 December. The network is set to provide an extensive 11 hours [...]
Safaricom partners with Google and Transission, the company behind TECNO, Infinix and itel, to enable Kenyans to access more 4G devices under the Lipa Mdogo Mdogo financing plan. Through the partnership, Safaricom customers can access the internet and the world of possibilities via an array of smartphones that they can pay for as they use. [...]
B.Tech for Trade and Distribution, an Egyptian retailer specialised in selling and distributing consumer electronics, has signed a partnership with premium SVOD platform Shahid VIP. Under the collaboration, B.Tech customers will be able to watch exclusive content on Shahid VIP. They will get a free three-month subscription to Shahid VIP if they purchase a new [...]
Group Vivendi Africa (GVA), the French media giant set up to develop telecoms in Africa, has signed a new agreement project with the Minister in charge of Posts, Telecommunications, and New Information and Communication Technologies, Augustin Kibassa Maliba, to launch Canalbox in the DRC Region, which will offer internet connection 100% fiber-optic broadband. Augustin Kibassa [...]
Hit show Succession’s new season is set to bring family, corporate politics, alliances, and convoluted power struggles once again come to the forefront on OSN. Regional streaming major OSN brought season 3 of this black-comedy drama to viewers within the region on October 18, 2021, the same time that the rest of the world started [...]
Vodacom, the South African operator, has launched ConnectforChange which is a donation platform that enables customers to donate their airtime or cash to a worthy cause. Customers can now make a donation via the My Vodacom App, a USSD string as well as the newly-launched VodaPay app. Customers also have the option to make a [...]
Showmax has premiered the first season of its much anticipated South African original, a romcom titled ‘Troukoors’ (Wedding Fever). The show created by SAFTA winner Louis Pretorius and SAFTA nominee Albert Snyman, follows Ilse-Lee van Niekerk as Jessica, a wedding planner who is surrounded by love but struggling to find it for herself. The series [...]
Audiomack, the discovery-focused streaming service has launched a new tool called Supporters which will allow fans to pay to become a ‘supporter’ of any one track or album on the platform. It creates a new revenue stream for the artist, while the fan’s support will be publicly acknowledged within the Audiomack app. The Audiomack Supporter [...]