The Angolan government has granted Lebanese owned Africell the mobile operator license in the country. Africell is already operating in four African countries Gambia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Sierra Leone and Uganda. Angola’s mobile phone market, with almost 14 million users, is currently controlled by two privately held companies — Unitel and Movicel. A third [...]
Africell has been selected by the Angolan government to present a bid for licence to become the country’s fourth telecommunications operator. The applications process started on 30 September 2019 and ended on 22 January 2020, and three companies – South Africa’s MTN, Africell Holding of Lebanon and Angola’s BAI Investimentos, purchased the tender documents, but [...]
Africell, Africa’s largest telecom operator, today announced the launch of its first 3G smart phone, afriphone, powered by KaiOS, the leading mobile operating system for smartphones. This new device will be the first device powered by KaiOS in The Gambia and Sierra Leone. It will also be available in Uganda and the Democratic Republic of [...]
