TechAfrica News

26 Jan 2023 - du has announced they have partnered with Dubai authorities to accelerate its digital transformation journey by providing solutions for 5G drones.

26 Jan 2023 - Dimension Data have announced that they have launched 360 Observability in East Africa. This is a managed service to help operations achieve better visibility over its network and applications.

26 Jan 2023 - Network International have announced that they have seen it's revenue go up 13% y/y in the fourth quarter of 2022.

26 Jan 2023 - MTN and Ericsson have announced that they have won the mobile financial services mastery award at the 2022 Global Telecom Awards held in London.

26 Jan 2023 - Batelco and Ericsson have announced that they have deployed first enterprise blockchain-based customer acceptance solution.

26 Jan 2023 - TORSA, the Spanish mining technology company has opened a pan-African business hub in South Africa in an effort to reduce mining incidents and fatalities.

25 Jan 2023 - Paratus Namibia has announced that their Armada Data Centre in Windhoek has welcomed Roads Authority Namibia as its latest client.

25 Jan 2023 - Chris Pretorius, the Business Unit Manager at Datacentrix expressed his opinion on predictive network and how it impacts borderless hybrid work environments.

25 Jan 2023 - MTN Uganda have announced that they have received the International Standards Certifications - ISO 27001 on Information Security Management Systems issued by Certi-trust group.

25 Jan 2023 - Africa Data Centres have announced that they are going to be building a second data centre in Cape Town with an IT load of 20MW.

24 Jan 2023 - MTN Uganda has announced that they have been awarded the fastest mobile network in Uganda on tests by Speedtest by Ookla.

24 Jan 2023 - Safaricom's CEO, Peter Ndegwa announced that he recently met with several governers from different county governments.

24 Jan 2023 - Airtel Uganda has announced that they have switched on 29 new masts in 12 districts countywide.

24 Jan 2023 - Telecel's acquisition of Vodafone Ghana is now seeing two new developments. One which calls for future plans, while the other warrants parliament's role.

24 Jan 2023 - Red Hat has announced their ambition to achieve net-zero operational greenhouse has emissions by 2030 in the face of the global climate crisis.

24 Jan 2023 - Ooredoo Kuwait has announced that they have come into a partnership with Ericsson in an effort to implement Ericsson billing across its network.

24 Jan 2023 - Safaricom has announced a KSh. 26.8 Million sponsorship for the third edition of the Magical Kenya Ladies Open Sponsorship.

23 Jan 2023 - In a recent update from the 2Africa consortium, it has been observed that the 2Africa subsea cable has reached the shores of Eastern Cape.

23 Jan 2023 - Starlink has announced an expressed interest in launching their services in Kenya in the second quarter of the year.

23 Jan 2023 - The Kenyan Government has announced that they are planning to link its tax collection systems to mobile financial platforms to weed out tax evaders.

23 Jan 2023 - Ericsson has announced its participation at Saudi Arabia's biggest tech exhibition, LEAP 2023 from 6th to 9th February 2023.

23 Jan 2023 - NuRAN Wireless has announced its an entry into a NaaS agreement with Orange Madagascar to deploy up to 500 rural networking telecommunications sites.

20 Jan 2023 - Airtel Uganda has announced that they have flagged off a fleet of 59 vehicles to ease service delivery for its offices in Bugolobi.

20 Jan 2023 - Eutelsat has announced that they have decommissioned its EUTELSAT 5 West A satellite after its 20+ years of fruitful in-orbit operation.

20 Jan 2023 - Jacobs Douwe Egberts has announced that they have deployed Orange Business Services for its secure end-to-end connectivity solutions for its 120 locations worldwide.

20 Jan 2023 - Africa Data Centre has announced that they have broken ground on an additional data centre facility in Nairobi.

19 Jan 2023 - Lonestar MTN has announced that they are installing solar-hybrid generators across Liberia to reduce the impact of fossil fuels.

19 Jan 2023 - Ooredoo has announced that they are going to be offering Google Workspace to their businesses in Qatar.

19 Jan 2023 - e& has reportedly increased it's shares in the Vodafone group. They now hold more than 3.272 billion shares that is 12% of the company.

19 Jan 2023 - Kwara, a fintech startup from Kenya have announced that they have raised a $3 Million in seed extension.

19 Jan 2023 - MTN Uganda has announced that they have returned as the main sponsor for the Uganda Cranes alongside Crested Cranes and 6 other FUFA properties.

19 Jan 2023 - Nokia and UNICEF have announced a partnership in an effort to help improve digital education and training in schools in Senegal, West Africa.

19 Jan 2023 - Eutelsat has announced that they have joined the International Telecommunication Union Partner2Connect Digital Coalition.

19 Jan 2023 - Datacentrix has announced that they have been acknowledged as the Services Partner of the Year for Middle East and Africa at Cisco's global Partner Summit 2022.

18 Jan 2023 - Vodacom has announced that they have received the top employers certification from the Top Employers Institute for 2023.

18 Jan 2023 - Vodacom has announced that they have zero-rated more than 770 institutions and 1400 URLs in an effort to help customers access these important resources for free.

18 Jan 2023 - Safaricom Ethiopia has announced that they have come in a partnership with various banks for mobile airtime top-up service.

18 Jan 2023 - Turkcell has announced that they have affirmed its long partnership with Ericsson by upgrading to the Ericsson Mediation platform systems.

18 Jan 2023 - Ericsson has announced that they have partnered with Ooredoo Qatar in an effort to provide AI Solution for customer experience leveraging Microsoft Cloud Datacenter.

18 Jan 2023 - The Raxio Group has announced that that they have developed Angola's first state-of-the-art carrier-neutral tier III data centre in the country.

18 Jan 2023 - MTN has announced that they have been ranked as the best network in Uganda following an independent test from Rohde & Schwarz.

18 Jan 2023 - Zambia has been facing load-shedding with power outages that are up-to 12-hour long. Paratus Zambia has come up with resilient 24-hour resilient power supply solutions.

17 Jan 2023 - The National Communications Authority has granted approval for the transfer of the 70% majority shares in Vodafone Ghana to the Telecel Group.

17 Jan 2023 - MTN Uganda has announced that they recently met with the team at Stanbic Bank Uganda team led by Ms. Anne Juuko.

17 Jan 2023 - EOH has announced that they have received the Top Employer certification from the Top Employers Institute.

17 Jan 2023 - Orange Maroc has announced that they are going to be investing in the new submarine cable infrastructure in the Nador Region.

17 Jan 2023 - Enza group has announced their launch into the African market. They are going to be helping the growing needs of banks, fintechs and MNOs.

17 Jan 2023 - TOD has announced that they have come into a partnership with TPAY in an effort to help with its Mobile Payments in Egypt.

17 Jan 2023 - Safaricom has announced that they have injected KES 27 Million for children with disabilities at Eldoret's Jawabu Rehabilitation Centre.

17 Jan 2023 - Paratus Angola has announced that its Data Centers in Luanda have been awarded the ISO 9001, ISO 27001, and PCI-DSS certifications.