Browsing: Africa

To support universal and affordable broadband access in Africa, IFC has partnered with Liquid Intelligent Technologies to expand data centre…

Energy investments will help overcome the debilitating load shedding that the country is currently experiencing, as new electricity generation capacity…

MTN Group announced on Thursday that it has added Active MTN Mobile Money (MoMo) customers increased by 2.2 million to…

The shifting demands of electricity consumption, driven by the need to balance growing consumption with long-term environmental sustainability necessitates a…

Liquid Intelligent Technologies and Orange announced a new partnership to leverage each other’s existing networks in Africa, allowing them even…

By Oupa Makhalemele, Film and Publication Board Research, Policy and Advocacy Officer  As the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) continues cementing…

On paper, privacy rights for citizens of countries throughout Africa are well protected. Privacy rights are written into constitutions, international…

In 2020, as the world was ravaged by the coronavirus, investment into financial technology (FinTech) companies in emerging markets decreased…

As 5G becomes increasingly ubiquitous, it will dramatically change the way business operates across Africa. While most people are aware…

Mobile transacting is fast becoming the golden egg of financial services – and nowhere more so than in Africa. According…

Google today announced a plan to invest $1billion or R15 billion over 5 years to support Africa’s digital transformation. The…

Moove, an African mobility FinTech, today announced its launch in Cape Town as part of its growth plans across the…

Africa Data Centres, the only pan-African network of interconnected, carrier-and cloud-neutral data centres on the continent, has completed its new…

Old Mutual is scouting for investment opportunities in the InsurTech industry as Africa’s oldest insurer seeks to enhance every aspect…

Africa’s largest content platform as a service (CPaaS) provider, SMSPortal, has seen the COVID-19 pandemic intensify the demand for Content-as-a-Service,…

The 2Africa consortium, comprised of China Mobile International, Facebook, MTN GlobalConnect, Orange, stc, Telecom Egypt, Vodafone and WIOCC, announced today…

MTN Group is taking complete control of aYo, a mobile micro-insurance joint venture with SA’s third-biggest insurer Momentum Metropolitan. The insurer is…

MTN GlobalConnect, a digital wholesale and infrastructure services company and an operating company in the MTN Group, is making inroads…

Sanlam and MTN announced today that they are joining forces in an exclusive strategic alliance to distribute Sanlam insurance and…

Africa is home to more than a billion people who have limited or no access to vehicle financing – and…

To accelerate 5G in Africa, regulatory frameworks governing critical wireless backhaul spectrum, E-band (70-80 GHz), needs to be put on…

On the back of Cape Town being recognised as the tech capital of Africa, topping international rankings for foreign direct…

The recently-released ‘State of Mobile Fraud in Africa’ report by Paris-headquartered Evina reveals that 19% of mobile payment transactions in…

Africa is the second-largest continent with the domination of young people under 25, so its potential of creating the largest…

Ex-Global Switch Managing Director to lead data centre platform expansion as Africa’s data demand accelerates. Actis, the global sustainable infrastructure…