NEWS: ST Digital has partnered with OADC Texaf to enter the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) market. #ConnectingAfrica #STDigital #OADC #Texaf #DRC Read more: http://spr.ly/6045oPqmV
Connecting Africa News
Media Production
Cape Town, Western Cape 4,119 followers
Get a comprehensive, informed and nuanced understanding of the region's tech, media and telecommunications.
About us
Connecting Africa is a daily technology and telecoms news portal, a trusted online news source dedicated to Africa's digital landscape. Covering the region's communications networking and ICT sector featuring editorial content on mobile innovations, fintech, startups and business news from Africa's tech and telecoms sector at large.
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http://www.connectingafrica.com/
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- Media Production
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- 1,001-5,000 employees
- Headquarters
- Cape Town, Western Cape
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- Public Company
- Founded
- 2015
- Specialties
- Telecoms trends, analysis, business intelligence for the fixed, mobile, broadband, and satellite and altnet markets in developing economies.
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NEWS: Nigeria's telecom association, NATCOMS, has requested a two-week extension on the country's SIM registration deadline, moving it from September 14 to September 30, 2024, as telcos work toward disconnecting unregistered SIMs. #ConnectingAfrica #NATCOMS #SIM Read more: http://spr.ly/6045ozfm3
Nigerian telco body seeks SIM registration extension - Connecting Africa
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NEWS: Vodacom South Africa has introduced a $14 cloud-based mobile phone in an attempt to provide a more cost-effective option for local users and accelerate the migration of legacy #2G and #3G customers to #4G. #ConnectingAfrica #Vodacom #VodacomSA #cloud Read the full article here: http://spr.ly/6049oz0Jc
Vodacom SA launches $14 cloud-based phone - Connecting Africa
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NEWS: Investment company African Rainbow Capital has invested an additional R126 million (US$7.15 million) into mobile network rain South Africa and R169 million ($9.6 million) into digital bank TymeBank. #ConnectingAfrica #TymeBank #Rain, TymeBank ZA Read the full article here: http://spr.ly/6044ozavK
South Africa's ARC invests $16.75M into Rain, TymeBank - Connecting Africa
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NEWS: South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is in talks with Starlink's founder, Elon Musk, about introducing the satellite Internet service in the country. #ConnectingAfrica #CyrilRamaphosa #ElonMusk #Starlink Read more: http://spr.ly/6041oGYub
South Africa's president holds talks with Starlink - Connecting Africa
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NEWS: South Africa is intensifying its rollout of Electric Vehicle (EV) charging stations, with state-owned power utility Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd now joining the framework. #ConnectingAfrica #EVs #SouthAfrica #Eskom #Loadshedding Read the full article here: http://spr.ly/6043oEt0v
South Africa intensifies rollout of EV charging stations - Connecting Africa
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Exclusive: Vodacom has activated its first #MVNO. Shenge Buthelezi (MBA), managing executive of wholesale at Vodacom South Africa, spoke to Connecting Africa editor Paula Gilbert in an exclusive interview about the launch of its first partner, Mr Price Mobile, and its plans for growth going forward. #ConnectingAfrica #News #Vodacom #MrPriceMobile Mr Price Group Read the full article here: http://spr.ly/6048WIpSr
Exclusive: Vodacom launches first MVNO, in-house MVNE service - Connecting Africa
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NEWS: Pan-African digital infrastructure provider, Liquid Intelligent Technologies, has upgraded its 1,300km #fiber route that connects #Kenya's east coast city of Mombasa to Busia on the Ugandan border. #ConnectingAfrica #LiquidIntelligentTechnologies #fiberupgrade Read more: http://spr.ly/6045WaOHH
Liquid upgrades Kenya-Uganda fiber route - Connecting Africa
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NEWS: Pan-African operator Airtel Africa has launched its #AirtelAfricaFellowshipProgram for undergraduate students at the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras in Zanzibar, Tanzania. #ConnectingAfrica #AirtelAfrica #FellowshipProgram #IITMadrasinZanzibar Read more: http://spr.ly/6045WazMW
Airtel Africa unveils $500K fellowship program in Tanzania - Connecting Africa
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NEWS: Cell C CEO Jorge Mendes sat down with Connecting Africa News Editor Paula Gilbert to talk about his plans to grow the mobile operator's market share in #SouthAfrica through new pricing and product strategies and by changing perceptions about poor #network quality. #ConnectingAfrica #CellC Read the full article here: http://spr.ly/6042Ws5gr
Cell C plans to claw back market share in South Africa - Connecting Africa
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