Liquid Telecom is extending fibre access through Botswana’s Lobatse border to Gaborone, an initiative that will dramatically increase connectivity and network capacity in the country. The pan-African telecoms group is activating 82 km of fibre in a cross-border network into Botswana. This deployment will give more people in Botswana access to Liquid Telecom’s footprint of [...]
Nokia and Togo Telecom have deployed the first commercial 5G network in West Africa. The 5G network was rolled out in Togo and the project is part of Nokia’s three-year deal with Togo Telecom. Nokia stated that this breakthrough was attained in Lomé, the capital of Togo. In the bid of Togo Telecom to build [...]
Huawei will launch its mobile payment service, Huawei Pay, in South Africa on 3 December. The mobile payment service will be included with Zapper locally and supports debit and credit cards across all of South Africa’s top banks. Huawei device owners can download the Huawei Wallet app through the Huawei AppGallery, and can then use [...]
Nokia has been selected by African mobile operator Airtel Kenya as part of a three-year deal to equip the country’s capital, Nairobi, with 4G-compatible broadband equipment and 5G. Eventually, this installation will cover hundreds of sites and will include upgrading the coverage of existing 2G, 3G and 4G radio access networks (RANs) in various urban, [...]
MTN Nigeria has collaborated with Gameloft to roll out MTN Gameworld – a new gaming platform for its subscribers. The platform will offer the Nigerian gaming community access to a wide variety of fun and exciting games online through a premium catalogue from Gameloft and other renowned publishers. The Chief Digital Officer of MTN Nigeria, [...]
Bonang Matheba has collaborated with MTN to expand its mobile app, “Bonang Matheba’s World”. “As my world continues to grow, expand and innovate, I am especially honoured to partner with MTN and leverage this development in the mobile digital content space. I’m excited to be able to reach more fans and engage with them directly [...]
Orange announced Canal+ channels would be available on Orange TV package with 15 new premium channels in Ivory Coast. “This is the first time CANAL + has partnered with a telephone operator to provide offers on the mobile. This partnership reflects the trust placed in Orange TV, which has established itself in recent years as [...]
Orange Egypt announced a new partnership with Deezer where customers will have the opportunity to sign up for Deezer Premium with unlimited access to music and podcasts as well as offering new users 1 month of Deezer Premium for free. Ahmed El-Abd, Chief Commercial Officer at Orange Egypt, said, “We seek through this cooperation, which [...]
Telkom and SABC have announced their partnership to bring their new online streaming service called TelkomONE to South Africa. TelkomONE was built by Discover Digital and Telkom and signed a 5-year contract with SABC to carry SABC 1 and SABC 2. The new service will carry more SABC content and is available through downloading on [...]
MTN Rwanda has announced the new launch of its mobile money platform, Mobile Money API (Application Programming Interface) which will allow local developers to build solutions that will accept mobile money payments. “We are excited to announce the official opening of the MoMo API. As technology evolves our vision is to lead digital for a [...]
