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Dive into the latest telecom developments across Africa in our specialized “Télécom” section. Stay informed on connectivity trends shaping the continent’s digital landscape.

Starlink gets approval in Somalia

Featured 14 April, 2025

Somalia’s communications authority has granted Elon Musk’s Starlink an operating license as the internet service provider expands its offerings on…...

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IFC loans Airtel Africa $100 million for expansion in Kenya, Rwanda

International Institutions 27 March, 2025

Airtel Africa is set to receive $100 million from the International Finance Corporation (IFC) to support capital expenditures towards network…...

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MTN, Airtel Africa to share network in Uganda and Nigeria

Premium 27 March, 2025

MTN Group and Airtel Africa have entered into agreements to share network infrastructure in Uganda and Nigeria while looking for…...

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Ethio Telecom posts 43 percent rise in half year revenue

Featured 13 February, 2025

Ethiopian state-owned telecommunications firm Ethio Telecom recorded a half-year revenue rise of 43.3 percent to 61.9 billion birr ($491.57 million).…...

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Safaricom acquires insurance license after four year wait

Featured 7 November, 2024

Kenya’s largest telecommunications company, Safaricom Plc has acquired an insurance license ending a four year wait as part of its…...

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Telkom Kenya lost over one million customers in one year to June

Featured 6 November, 2024

Telkom Kenya lost more than one million customers in the one year period to June 2024, new industry data shows,…...

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Airtel Kenya gets a two year license extension

Featured 30 October, 2024

Airtel Kenya has disclosed it secured an extension of its operating licence for two years from January in the newly…...

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Ethio Telecom IPO targets Ethiopians solely, locking out regional investors

Featured 21 October, 2024

East African investors have been locked out of the initial public offering (IPO) of the Ethiopia’s state owned telecommunications company. …...

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Kenya’s government targets mobile money paybills to catch tax evaders from December

Featured 11 October, 2024

Safaricom’s Mpesa and Airtel’s paybill and till numbers used by millions of Kenyans to make daily transactions across the country…...

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Kenya: Expatriates staff costs in Safaricom falls 17.7 percent

Featured 7 October, 2024

Kenya’s listed telecommunications company Safaricom Plc spent less in the year ended March 2024 on its expatriate staff by 17.7…...

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Safaricom adds 350,000 customers in Ethiopia in three months

Featured 16 September, 2024

Safaricom Plc has revealed it added 350,000 customers in the quarter to June 2024, according to new disclosures by the…...

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Kenya’s largest telco Safaricom loses $978.7 million on protests

Featured 27 July, 2024

Safaricom Plc, Kenya’s largest telecommunication and East Africa’s most profitable company reported a 17.5 per cent decline in share price…...

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FCTC Sonatel Asset-Backed Security Makes Waves in West African Stock Exchange

Stock Exchanges 24 May, 2024

In a significant development for West Africa’s digital economy, the Fonds Commun de Titrisation de Créances (FCTC) Sonatel bond, underwritten…

Airtel Africa joins global industry body to promote sustainability in its supply chain

Leaders 7 April, 2022

Ethiopie : towards a union between Safaricom and Ethio Telecom to share towers

Fintech & Télécom 28 February, 2022

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

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Heydon Hall, new Chief Information Officer of Dark Fiber Africa (DFA)

Fintech & Télécom 15 February, 2022

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

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CDC Group announces a commitment of 30 million USD in favor of Axian Telecom in Africa

Finance 14 February, 2022

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

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Nigeria: Globacom partners with Ceragon Networks to strengthen its network

Fintech & Télécom 2 February, 2022

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

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Afrique du Sud: Sandile Msimango, new CEO of IHS Towers

Fintech & Télécom 31 January, 2022

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

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MTN Nigeria reports net profit of USD 719 million in 2021

Fintech & Télécom 31 January, 2022

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

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The challenges awaiting Christel Heydemann, the new boss of Orange

Fintech & Télécom 31 January, 2022

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

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Google invests USD 1 billion in Bharti Airtel

Fintech & Télécom 28 January, 2022

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

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Michele Gamberini, new Director of Technology and Information at MTN South Africa

Fintech & Télécom 13 January, 2022

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

American Digital Realty signs its entry into the African telecommunications and data space

Fintech & Télécom 4 January, 2022

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

Ethiopie: Tender process suspended for second telecommunications license

Fintech & Télécom 23 December, 2021

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

Togo: telephone operators (again) pinned by the regulator

Fintech & Télécom 22 December, 2021

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

Afrique du Sud: MTN, Standard Bank and Old Mutual impose the vaccine on their staff

Bank 6 December, 2021

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

Côte d’Ivoire: Abidjan new African digital hub

Fintech & Télécom 23 November, 2021

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

UEMOA: increase in electronic transactions in the second half of 2020

Bank 23 November, 2021

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

DRC: Telecom operators weigh 415 million USD in Q2 2021

Fintech & Télécom 22 November, 2021

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

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