LATEST NEWS Telecoms, ICT & Media Ericsson signs key deals in Sub-Saharan Africa,sees strong demand 4 days ago AFRICA – Encouraged by a series of signed contracts, Swedish multinational networking and telecommunications company…
Investments, Financials & Economy LATEST NEWS Telecoms, ICT & Media Remgro controlled CIVH plans to raise US$389m 5 days ago SOUTH AFRICA – CIVH, the Remgro-controlled telecommunications infrastructure holding company that owns both Vumatel and Dark…
Financial Services LATEST NEWS Fintech firm JUMO gives US$2.5b credit to their markets in Africa and Asia 5 days ago AFRICA – Fintech firm JUMO, has extended over US$2.5-billion in credit in their six markets…
LATEST NEWS New Markets & Products Telecoms, ICT & Media Pick n Pay launches mobile phone service 5 days ago SOUTH AFRICA – Supermarket chain store Pick n Pay will start providing mobile phone services…
DealStreet Africa LATEST NEWS Telecoms, ICT & Media Tech services provider EOH sells Syntell for US$13.6m 6 days ago SOUTH AFRICA – Africa’s largest technology service provider EOH Holdings through its subsidiary EOH Mthombo, has…
LATEST NEWS People Telecoms, ICT & Media Safaricom reorganises its management team, banks on tech 7 days ago KENYA – Telecommunication giant Safaricom, has reorganised its management team in a move it says…
DealStreet Africa LATEST NEWS Telecoms, ICT & Media MetroFibre Networx raises US$97.6m in funding round 1 week ago SOUTH AFRICA – Broadband provider MetroFibre Networx, which is led by former Absa CEO Steve…
LATEST NEWS New Markets & Products Telecoms, ICT & Media Liquid Telecom eyes US and Europe with Zayo partnership 1 week ago ZIMBABWE – Pan-African telecoms group, Liquid Telecom, is eyeing expansion in North America and Europe…
LATEST NEWS Telecoms, ICT & Media Nzadi cable system project in Angola commences 2 weeks ago ANGOLA – The Nazi Consortium, developer of the Nzadi Cable System Project, and WFN Strategies,…
LATEST NEWS Telecoms, ICT & Media Econet, X’s Project Taara to deploy high-speed internet technology across sub-Saharan Africa 2 weeks ago AFRICA – Econet Group, a leading telecom and technology group in Africa, has teamed up…
Investments, Financials & Economy LATEST NEWS Telecoms, ICT & Media Investment group Kagiso Capital pumps US$6.4m in Alphawave Group 2 weeks ago SOUTH AFRICA – Investment holding company Kagiso Capital has invested US$6.4 million in Stellenbosch-based specialist technology…
DealStreet Africa LATEST NEWS Telecoms, ICT & Media Tech group Alviva Holdings to buy rival Tarsus for US$11.8m 2 weeks ago SOUTH AFRICA – Technology group Alviva Holdings has agreed to buy rival Tarsus Technology Group for…
DealStreet Africa LATEST NEWS Telecoms, ICT & Media Telkom to dispose off data centre business in major shake-up 2 weeks ago SOUTH AFRICA – Telkom’s ICT services business BCX will spin off its data centre business into…
LATEST NEWS New Markets & Products Telecoms, ICT & Media Mastercard launches AI-Powered solution to improve cyber-security 2 weeks ago AFRICA – Mastercard has announced Cyber Secure, a first-of-its-kind, AI-powered suite of tools that allows…
Education & Capacity Building LATEST NEWS Telecoms, ICT & Media AfDB signs grant agreement to support Rwanda Coding Academy 3 weeks ago RWANDA – The African Development Bank (AfDB) has signed a grant agreement with Rwanda’s Ministry…
Investments, Financials & Economy LATEST NEWS Telecoms, ICT & Media Teraco invests US$250m in Africa’s largest data centre project 3 weeks ago SOUTH AFRICA – Cloud-neutral colocation data centre solutions provider Teraco Data Environments has announced an investment of…
LATEST NEWS People Telecoms, ICT & Media Telecom Namibia appoints Stanley Shanapinda as CEO 3 weeks ago NAMIBIA – The Telecom Namibia Board of Directors has appointed Stanley Shanapinda as the company’s…
Financial Services LATEST NEWS Telecoms, ICT & Media Liquid Telecom raises US$307m in rights issue 4 weeks ago SOUTH AFRICA – Fibre network operator Liquid Telecom, has raised US$307 million through a rights issue…
DealStreet Africa LATEST NEWS Telecoms, ICT & Media Actis acquires US$140m stake in fibre network Octotel 1 month ago SOUTH AFRICA – Emerging markets investment firm Actis has agreed to buy a controlling stake…
Investments, Financials & Economy LATEST NEWS Telecoms, ICT & Media Safaricom invests US$ 332.2m on equipment modernization amid surge in voice, data demand 1 month ago KENYA – East Africa’s telecom giant Safaricom says it has spent US $332.2 million in the…
LATEST NEWS Telecoms, ICT & Media Ericsson to modernise Airtel’s 4G network in Kenya 1 month ago KENYA – Airtel Africa has announced that it will expand its strategic partnership with Ericsson…
