In Africa more than anywhere else, telcos have launched a major offensive to capture the mobile banking market, venturing beyond simple money transfers and mobile payments. However, the sector's incumbents, who are seeing large market shares and a colossal financial windfall taking from their hands, are fighting back by accelerating...

Engineer General in telecommunications, with a professional experience of 32 years in the telecommunications sector, Lasaâd Ben Dhiab is the new CEO of Tunisie Telecom. He was previously the Central Technical Director of the group since 2019. The Ministry of Communication Technologies announced in a statement the appointment of Lassaâd...

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The proposed joint venture transaction with the Kenyan unit of India's Bharti Airtel in Kenya has withdrawn and closed their venture with Telkcom Kenya, adopt an alternative strategic direction and will no longer be pursuing the proposed joint venture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