Africa Mobile subscription set to hit the Half a Billion Mark by 2020
Sub-Saharan Africa currently has 420 million unique mobile subscribers with a 43% penetration rate. By 2020, this number is expected to hit over half a billion, making Africa the fastest growing...
View ArticleAirtel launches new broadband Internet service
Telecommunications service provider, Airtel has unveiled its newly introduced Unlimited Data plans to boost mobile broadband connectivity. According to airtel, the plan will empower and create more...
View ArticleSafaricom invests into the home internet market traditionally dominated by...
In line with changing lives in Kenya by making homes more fun and great for work and learning, Safaricom is now providing Home Fibre. The Listed telecom operator has introduced four packages, Platinum,...
View ArticleMobisol largest off-grid provider in East Africa with 10 MW installed capacity
Mobisol, a Germany-based provider of decentralized solar solutions, has successfully installed a capacity of 10 MW and electrified over 500,000 people in East Africa to date. The company fights global...
View ArticleSatellite Broadband to Unlock Economic Growth in Rural Uganda
The African Development Bank projects that Uganda‘s GDP will grow from 5.1 per cent in 2017 to 5.8 per cent in 2018. Among other factors, the government has highlighted the role of information...
View ArticleSolar Project Brings Relief to Malawi Health Facilities
As part of its ongoing commitment to developing the healthcare infrastructure in Malawi, the country’s Ministry of Health, through the Global Fund Project Implementation Unit (PIU), has embarked on a...
View ArticleSun King Parent Firm Greenlight Planet Raises $60M to Finance its Off-Grid...
Sun King solar brand’s parent firm Greenlight Planet has raised $60m in equity and debt led by London-based private equity fund manager Apis Partners with participation from existing shareholders Eight...
View ArticleAlepo & Smart Link Communications to launch Algeria’s first public WiFi service
Alepo, a provider of core network and IT software solutions for communications service providers, has announced that it has been selected by Smart Link Communications (SLC), an Algerian internet...
View ArticleRafiki Power Partners with Mobisol to launch Hybrid Grids to Serve Rural...
Rafiki Power and Mobisol have partnered to pilot a new approach labelled the Hybrid Grid for off-grid clients in rural Tanzania. combining the best of mini-grids and solar home systems to bring higher...
View ArticleGlobal internet access is plunging fast due to high cost of data, billions...
The internet today is central to our lives. Many depend on the web to shop, bank, learn, work, date and play to a degree unimaginable even ten years ago. On the odd occasion our connection goes down we...
View ArticleTelkom & Airtel binding merger agreement to named Airtel-Telkom comes to force
Rumours have been running for over a year that Telkom and Airtel were planning to merge their operations in a bid to augment their product and service offerings to match the services of Safaricom....
View ArticleThird Google’s Project Loon Sets up in Nyeri after Nairobi & Nakuru
Loon, a balloon-powered Internet firm run by Google has announced the installation of a new set of ground stations in Nyeri, it’s third town after Nairobi and Nakuru in a move aimed at seeing it deploy...
View ArticleKenya debuts new mobile numbering prefix 01xxx with Machine-to-Machine...
The Communications Authority of Kenya released a new mobile numbering prefix 01xxx in addition to the currently existing 07xxx. According to CA Director General Francis Wangusi, the new prefix – which...
View ArticleCisco Supports Digitization in Africa through Its NetAcad Program
Speaking at the Cisco Connect conference, the company promises to support the digitization in African communities, businesses, and governments through its initiatives for development, innovation, and...
View ArticleSafaricom, Airtel and Telkom Kenya to split their telecom and mobile money...
Safaricom, Airtel and Telkom Kenya will be required to split their telecommunications business from their mobile money transfer and lending units if a Bill set to be presented for debate in Parliament...
View ArticleEthio Telecom to launch 4G network as the telecoms sectore preps for...
Ethiopia’s state-run Ethio Telecom plans to install a 4G network in the capital and other regions and to upgrade other network services, it said on Friday, as the government prepares to open up the...
View ArticleSafaricom launches ‘no expiry’ data bundles, calls and SMSs
Safaricom has today announced a new type of data bundle that do not expire which is a feature users have been waiting for so long. This comes after Kenyan telcos Safaricom, Airtel and Telkom Kenya were...
View ArticleHoliday broadband consumption over 300GB
Household broadband consumption in the US is anticipated to reach as much as 330GB per subscriber during the current holiday season, according to OpenVault, a provider of technology solutions and...
View ArticleGoogle uses balloons to provide Internet
Google’s mother company Alphabet plans to use balloons to provide Internet in rural Uganda under its Loon project which uses large balloons carrying solar-powered equipment in the sky to send...
View ArticleDjibouti’s fibre optic to land in Kenya
Djibouti African Region Express (DARE 1) the 4,854 km undersea fibre optic whose landing point in Kenya will be managed by Telkom Kenya is expected to be completed by June next year. “The system is on...
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