After a lengthy career in the telecom industry in France, Congolese entrepreneur Christian Massoji has decided to go back to Africa with his company ME. MOBILE ECOSYSTEMS, a digital platform that aims to support the digital transition underway on the continent. By Jacques Leroueil At the age of 50, Christian...

Safaricom   has made it to the shortlist of six firms that have been cleared to bid for one of two Ethiopian telecoms licences that will be offered this year. The Ethiopian Communications Authority has whittled the list down from a consortia of 12 that had expressed interest in entering the...

State-run Ethio Telecom, expected to be partly sold off as Ethiopia liberalises its economy, reported a 12% rise in first-half revenue to end-December to 25.6 billion birr ($650 million), it said....

Orange Digital Ventures becomes Orange Ventures and has a budget of 350 million euros to invest in technology companies operating in the sectors of connectivity, cybersecurity, financial services, health or education . While it was until then confined to seed, the French operator's investment fund wants to develop its spectrum...

Foreign investors are queuing up to invest in Ethiopia’s telecoms sector, which will soon bid adieu to the state monopoly. However, the rules of the road are not yet clear, and conflict in the north may put things on hold. The privatisation of the Ethiopian state’s monopoly on the telecoms...

In the coming two weeks, the Ethiopian Communications Authority (ECA) will announce the two new companies' names that will complete the national telecom market. It is due to the liberalization launched in 2019 to provide a quality telecom service to the population....

The proposed joint venture transaction with the Kenyan unit of India's Bharti Airtel in Kenya has withdrawn and closed their venture with Telkcom Kenya, adopt an alternative strategic direction and will no longer be pursuing the proposed joint venture transaction....

To comply with the terms of its freshly renewed operating licence, MTN Uganda must list a 20% stake on the country’s stock exchange within the next two years. After two years of negotiations, MTN Uganda finally reached US$100 million agreement for a 12-year renewal of its operating licence. Its previous...

Airtel Rwanda a conclu un partenariat avec le fournisseur de services de transfert d'argent en ligne, WorldRemit, pour permettre aux clients d'Airtel Money de recevoir instantanément des remises sur leurs portefeuilles Airtel Money des utilisateurs de World Remit à travers le monde. Les principaux pays incluent, sans s'y limiter, les...

MTN a payé 100 millions de dollars pour renouveler sa licence en Ouganda pour une nouvelle période de 12 ans, après deux ans de négociations. MTN a confirmé la nouvelle dans un communiqué envoyé par SMS disant qu'il est "heureux d'annoncer" la conclusion des négociations pour le renouvellement de sa...