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Malawi opens first national data centre in Blantyre

The government of Malawi has inaugurated its first national data centre, which will enable the country to take advantage of the...

Telecom Namibia earmarks $135 million for network modernisation

Telecom Namibia has announced plans to invest over $135 million (N$2.3 billion) in the next five plus years as part of...

Angolan Telco ITA rebrands to Paratus Angola

Angolan telecommunications service provider, Internet Technologies Angola (ITA), will operate under the name ‘Paratus Angola’ with immediate effect, as part of...

Namibia’s MTC rolls out voluntary SIM registration campaign

Namibia’s Mobile Telecommunications Company (MTC), has announced that it has begun its voluntary sim-card registration campaign which will run until 01...

MTN SA Foundation launches inaugural MTN Women in Digital Business Challenge

The MTN SA Foundation has announced a R1 million commitment to enable innovation, entrepreneurship, and job creation for women in the...

Vodacom SA spends $28 million to boost connectivity in Limpopo Province

Mobile operator Vodacom South Africa, has invested R460 million ($28 million) for network upgrades in Limpopo Province. According...

Google’s Equiano cable lands at Swakopmund, Namibia

Paratus Group has announced the landing of Google’s Equiano subsea cable at Swakopmund in Namibia. The cable will provide communications diversity,...

Nkwe Platinum partners MTN, Huawei to build Southern Africa’s first 5G-enabled metal mine

Nkwe Platinum and South Africa Zijin Platinum, subsidiaries of multinational mining company, Zijin Mining Group, have partnered Africa’s largest wireless carrier...

Zambia’s state run telco Zamtel up for sale

Zambia’s state run telecoms firm Zamtel has been put up for sale for an undisclosed amount. This was announced by the...

Global coding school Le Wagon launches in Cape Town

Global coding school, Le Wagon,will launch this week in Cape Town , South Africa, in partnership with the Red & Yellow...

Vodacom’s coding programme inspires more young girls to enter STEM fields

Vodacom has announced that its #CodeLikeAGirl programme which is designed to bridge the gender digital gap in South Africa, is experiencing...

Vodacom plans to connect 1 million youth to the Gig economy by 2024

Vodacom South Africa has launched Get A Gig through NXT LVL (next level), with a three-year vision of connecting 1 million...

Wearing face masks no longer a requirement in South Africa

South Africans are no longer required to wear face masks in public places. This follows the passage of the fifth wave...

MTN has fastest network, Vodacom best quality, latest SA metrics reveal

MTN South Africa came out in first position in three out of the five metrics tested by independent crowdsourced data company...

Zimbabwe to launch nanosatellite in July

Zimbabwe, has announced plans to launch a nanosatellite to be called ZimSat-1 in July 2022. This will be the country’s first...

Cellulant onboards 5 water utility companies in Zambia

Pan-African payments technology company Cellulant Zambia has announced a digital payment partnership with five Zambian water utility companies to enable customers...

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South Africa: Regulator begins phase two of IMT spectrum licencing process

The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa, has indicated through a memorandum, its intention to initiate the second phase of the...

Nedbank’s YouthX returns to unlock youth potential

Following a successful inaugural launch in 2021, YouthX is back for its second edition as Nedbank continues its drive to empower...

Telkom Business now offers small businesses funding up to R5 million within 24 hours

Telkom Business has announced the launch of Telkom Lend, to enable small businesses to apply online for funding of up to...

Do you understand what an IoT platform is?

Global spending on Internet of Things (IoT) technology is expected to top $1.1 trillion by 2023. Despite the complexities associated with...

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