Innovation
Nigeria: NCC to Rollout 5G Spectrum in August
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has said it would roll out the Fifth Generation (5G) technology in August 2022. The Executive Vice Chairman, ...
Kenya
Kenya: Government to Develop National e-Commerce Strategy
The government is developing a national e-commerce Strategy (ECS) to boost Kenya’s economic opportunities that are supportive of the country’s strategic goals and ...
Kenya
Kenya: Insurance Firms Named Top Abusers of Buyers Power
The Competition Authority has named the insurance industry as the top abuser of buyer power accounting for 72 percent of all cases investigated ...
News
Nigeria: FCMB offers loans to unbanked Nigerians
FCMB has sought to play a significant role in developing the lives of unbanked Nigerians with quality financial services In a bid to ...
Côte d’Ivoire
Côte d’Ivoire: Côte d’Ivoire to deploy 7000 km of fibre by 2025
Côte d’Ivoire has announced the construction of a data centre and the development of a 7000 km national fibre optic network by 2025. ...
Ghana
Ghana: Motor Insurance Database Records Over 3 Million Vehicles – Dr Ofori
Dr Justice Ofori, the Commissioner of Insurance of the National Insurance Commission (NIC), Dr Justice Oforihas disclosed that the Motor Insurance Database (MID) ...
News
Tanzania: Tanzania slashes mobile money tax by 43%
The Tanzanian government has reduced the tax on mobile money transactions by 43%. The measure was announced last week by Mwigulu Nchemba, Minister of ...
News
Uganda: Interbank Lending Gets Major Boost As Tradeclear Platform Covers Risk
Fifteen Ugandan banks have signed onto the TradeClear platform to ease and boost interbank trade within the country. TradeClear is an interbank trading ...
Nigeria
Nigeria: Senate Passes Public Private Partnership Regulatory Commission Bill
Senate Passes Public Private Partnership Regulatory Commission Bill The Senate on Wednesday at plenary, passed the Public-Private Partnership Regulatory Commission Bill, 2022. Also ...
Africa
Africa: MTN has fastest network, Vodacom best quality, latest SA metrics reveal
Mobile operator MTN came out in first position in three out of the five metrics tested and was statistically tied for highest Excellent ...