South Africa
South Africa: Online fraud soars in financial services sector
AS CONSUMERS increasingly bank and conduct other financial transactions online, new research from TransUnion has found that fraudsters are ramping-up their activities in ...
South Africa
South Africa: MTN accused of anti competitive behaviour for allegedly selling bulk SMSes at much lower rate
Telecoms giant MTN is accused of anti-competitive behaviour by abusing its stronghold in the cellular market by selling bulk SMSes cheaper to its ...
Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Mangudya Plays Down Forex Crisis
Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor John Mangudya has down-played fears of an industrial bloodbath in the aftermath of government’s move two weeks ...
Rwanda
Zero mobile money transfer fees for Airtel Rwanda subscribers
Airtel Rwanda the fast-growing service provider of Voice, Data, and Mobile Financial services has deliberately eliminated all costs for its popular peer-to-peer money ...
Nigeria
Nigeria suspends Twitter after the social media platform freezes president’s account
Nigeria has indefinitely suspended Twitter two days after the social media giant temporarily froze the account of the nation’s president, sparking a torrent ...
Africa
Liquid reaches 100,000 km fibre network milestone in Africa
Liquid Intelligent Technologies, a digital solutions provider, has achieved the 100,000 km fibre network milestone, becoming the largest independent fibre network provider in ...
Kenya
Safaricom rolls out new video streaming service
Kenya’s Safaricom has launched BAZE, a new video streaming service that offers a wide variety of local and regional short form videos. in ...
Ethopia
Huawei-backed ICT competition launched in Ethiopia
Chinese multinational giant Huawei will fund the 6th Global ICT Competition in Ethiopia. The competition will showcase the brightest and most innovative ideas ...
Ethopia
Ethiopia-Telebirr customer base reach 1 million
The customer base of Telebirr – Ethiopia’s teleco newly launched mobile money service – has reached the 1 million mark one week after ...
Kenya
Kenya- Telkom facilitates e-Citizen payments using T-Kash
Kenya: Telkom facilitates e-Citizen payments using T-Kash Telkom Kenya has integrated its financial services platform T-kash into the government digital services platform, eCitizen. ...