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OPay, an Africa-focused digital payment startup, has announced the opening of its first “OPay” store in Egypt to offer services…

Kenyan mobile network operator Safaricom is in talks with Ethio Telecom to share towers in Ethiopia, we learned on Monday…

The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) launched this Wednesday, February 23, the National Payments Strategy at an event that brought…

Kenyan startup MarketForce, a B2B platform for the retail distribution of consumer goods and digital financial services, announced Tuesday (February…

Dark Fiber Africa (DFA), a South African company specializing in the provision of open access fiber optic infrastructure and connectivity,…

CDC Group, the UK’s development finance institution, announced on February 14, 2022 its base commitment of USD 30 million as…

Bank Al-Maghrib, the Moroccan central bank, announced on February 10, 2022 in Rabat, a partnership agreement withCDG Invest, Investment Branch…

It’s a first. Shaken by China’s Tiktok and Apple’s changing privacy rules, Facebook lost users for the first time in…

Globacom Limited, a Nigerian multinational operating in the telecommunications sector, announced earlier this week that it had entered into a…

Telecommunications tower company IHS Towers announced on Monday (January 31st) that it has appointed Sandile Msimango as Vice President and…

MTN Nigeria made a net profit of 298.65 billion naira (719 million USD) in 2021, according to financial results released…

Her appointment officially announced on January 28, 2022, the new CEO of the Orange group, Christel Heydemann, becomes the first…

Google LLC, an American technology services company, will invest up to 1 billion USD in Bharti Airtel, parent company of…

Standard Bank Group Ltd announced on Monday January 24 that 99% of its transaction volumes in South Africa are now…

During the launch of the Pan-African Payment and Settlement System (Papss), the pan-African payment and settlement system in Accra on…

MTN South Africa has appointed Michele Gamberini as Chief Technology and Information Officer effective February 1, 2022. He boasts approximately…

American venture capital firm Ajim Capital has launched a $ 10 million fund to invest in African tech startups allowing…

Morocco’s Minister of Economy and Finance Nadia Fettah Alaoui (photo) said on January 10, 2022 that her country intends to…

Digital Realty Trust Inc, an American company specializing in data center management, announced on Tuesday (January 4th) that it had…

Ethiopia is suspending the tender process for the granting of a second telecommunications license and will relaunch it in the…

In 2021, the volume of money stolen by cryptocurrency crooks around the world stands at $ 7.7 billion, according to…

Present in some twenty African countries, the “Colow-So” prepaid card is now available in Ivory Coast thanks to a partnership…

The quality of service on the networks of Togo Cellulaire and Moov Africa Togo, the two mobile telephone operators in…

Africa No Filter (ANF), an organization dedicated to changing the narrative about Africa, and Meta have announced a partnership to…

South African operator MTN has announced its decision to make compulsory vaccination of its staff against Covid-19 as part of…

A free e-book and podcasts provide talent seeking career opportunities with entertaining tips on how to get hired. The challenges…

The International Exhibition of Information and Communication Technologies dedicated to Africa (SITIC AFRICA), the first five of which were held…

The volume of transactions via electronic money accounts stood at 1.74 billion transactions valued at 20.451.66 billion CFA francs between…

The mobile telephony market in the Democratic Republic of te Congo recorded a turnover of 415 million USD during the…

IHS Towers, an independent multinational tower company in the world, has acquired 5,709 telecommunications towers from MTN for 412 million…