Telecommunications group MTN launched its MTN Online School, a free online portal that will offer a digital curriculum for school children from grades R-12. The online school, which the Department of Basic Education has endorsed, will offer additional features like video lessons, assessments and extra-tuition lessons for Grade 10 to 12 learners. It will also [...]
Iran’s telecom infrastructure has suffered from sanctions in past few years, which prevented the import of equipment and devices and encouraged widespread smuggling, with a consequent loss of tax revenue. To address this, the government introduced a device registration scheme, and bolstered the capacity for domestically manufactured mobile phones. Operators have invested in broadening the [...]
Mobile Telecommunications Company Zain Group, announced the establishment of ZainTech, a new regional entity that unifies the group’s ICT assets to offer comprehensive digital services for enterprise customers in the Middle East. ZainTech will also incorporate NXN and Zain Data Park (ZDP) providing premium customer experience, local presence and support to enterprises and government clients [...]
On October 14, the incumbent telecommunications operator, Djibouti Telecom, announced the start of construction work on a new fiber-optic submarine cable landing station in Djibouti City. The building is touted as a neutral digital port that will provide open access cable landing service to submarine cable operators for a neutral, safe and secure landing. According [...]
Angolan mobile phone company Unitel has so far invested 25 million U.S. dollars in technology innovation and digital upgrades to prepare for the launch of the 5G service in the country. According to Unitel, the upgrades will allow more devices to access the mobile internet at the same time and make the company’s services more [...]
Showmax and MTN have partnered to make it easier for Zambians to pay for the streaming service. The streaming service that bundles the best of African and international entertainment with live premium sport from SuperSport, is simplifying payments in Zambia by partnering with MTN Mobile Money (MoMo). As part of its local-first strategy, Showmax tailors [...]
Vodacom Financial and Digital Services, announced that the much-anticipated VodaPay super app is now live and can be accessed in the Google and Apple app stores. Available to customers on any mobile network, VodaPay delivers a digital shopping, lifestyle and financial platform for both consumers and businesses. It is backed by Alipay technology that powers [...]
Safaricom is set to increase its fifth-generation (5G) sites to 200 by the end of the year and commercialise the super-fast services in 2022. The leading telco, which in March launched the 5G technology with 15 sites, wants to take high-speed Internet to additional towns. Peter Ndegwa, Chief Executive at Safaricom said that the company [...]
Indications have emerged that the telecommunication giants, MTN Nigeria and Airtel Nigeria, will likely be the first two players to deploy the Fifth Generation, 5G network in Nigeria by January 2022. Prof. Umar Dambatta, Executive Vice Chairman of Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), revealed that the commission had granted Airtel right to demonstrate its own 5G [...]
MTN Uganda’s Youth platform, MTN Pulse has entered a partnership with FUZU, the leading online Job and career portal, in East Africa. This follows MTN Pulse’s vision of empowering the youth to realize their full potential as the vanguards of the future. Through this partnership, MTN Pulse will work with FUZU to support the MTN [...]
