ICT

Vodacom, Nedbank launch mobile cash service

Tuesday, 31 August 2010 13:37

South Africa's largest mobile phone group Vodacom is teaming up with Nedbank to deliver a phone-based cash transfer service, similar to a successful service operating in Kenya.

(3 Votes)

Tags: Mobile money - Vodacom - Nedbank - M-Pesa - Safaricom - Mike Brown - Vodafone - MTN - MobileMoney - Bharti Airtel - Zap mobile - Zain - Tanzania - Rwanda - Uganda - Cote d'ivoire - Kenya - South Africa

Study shows surfing the net safe in Africa

Wednesday, 25 August 2010 16:12

Seven out of the world's ten safest countries in which to surf the internet are in Africa, reveals a study by internet security company AVG.

(2 Votes)

Tags: AVG - internet safety - Roger Thomson - Africa - Togo - Namibia - Niger - Sierra Leone

Kenya mobile penetration crosses 50 pct mark

Wednesday, 25 August 2010 13:24

Mobile phone penetration in Kenya was 51 percent mark in the first quarter of 2010 when SIM card numbers rose 2.7 percent to 19.9 million from the previous quarter, the industry regulator said on Monday.

(1 Vote)

Tags: Mobile phone penetration - Communications Commission of Kenya - interconnection rates - Zain - Safaricom - 3G networks - Kenya

Kenya telecoms regulator cuts interconnection fees

Friday, 20 August 2010 12:18

Kenya's telecoms regulator, CCK, has lowered the interconnection fees charged by mobile phone network operators by half and it expects the move to lower consumer costs and attract new users, its head said on Thursday.

(1 Vote)

Tags: Kenya telecoms regulator - CCK - Safaricom - Zain Kenya - Orange - Telkom Kenya - Yu - Essar - Charles Njoroge - interconnection fees - mobile phones - Kenya

Satellites launched to serve Africa and Mideast

Thursday, 05 August 2010 12:49

An Ariane rocket launched two satellites into orbit on Wednesday to provide telecommunications for Africa and the Middle East, European space officials said.

(3 Votes)

Tags: satellite - Middle East - communications - ICT - Africa

Kenya to launch countrywide internet awareness campaign

Wednesday, 04 August 2010 14:58

Kenya is looking to conduct a countrywide campaign in an effort of increase the number of internet users in the country. Despite the successful operation of a third undersea fibre optic cable the penetration of internet in rural communities is still low.

(2 Votes)

Tags: ICT - internet - EASSy - Ministry of Information and Communication - Ndemo - Kenya

World Cup communications declared a success

Wednesday, 04 August 2010 14:29

Communicating anywhere, anytime on any device during the World Cup in South Africa has been declared a 100% success and leading technology and services provider, Ericsson, has been recognised as key to making this happen.

(1 Vote)

Tags: communication - World Cup - Ericsson - ICT - data - South Africa

Econet Wireless enters UK market

Tuesday, 03 August 2010 14:07

Zimbabwe's top cellular mobile company- Econet Wireless Group has become the first foreign operator to enter the United Kingdom (UK)'s communication market.

(1 Vote)

Tags: cellular - Econet - Orange - Europe - ICT - Zimbabwe

Large submarine cable ready for business

Tuesday, 27 July 2010 13:57

Just seven months after commencing cable construction and installation, and following a comprehensive program of testing, the WIOCC-EASSy cable is now complete, has gone live and is ready for business.

(1 Vote)

Tags: cable - broadband - internet - Sub-Saharan - Africa - development - WIOCC-EASSy

Nigeria telecoms firms sign up to new broadband cable

Thursday, 22 July 2010 14:23

Three telecoms firms have subscribed to a new undersea cable linking Nigeria and West Africa to Europe, paving the way for a transformation in internet access in Africa's fastest-growing telecoms market.

(2 Votes)

Tags: Main One Cable - undersea cable - Etisalat - MTN - Starcomms - SAT-3 - Tyco - Cisco Systems - Steven Evans - Ghana - Morocco - Canary Islands - Senegal - Ivory Coast - Nigeria

Africa broadband users to reach 92 million in 2015

Wednesday, 21 July 2010 12:42

A new report by Pyramid Research claims that new undersea cables will drive the growth of total broadband users in Africa from 40 million in 2010 to 92 million in 2015 at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 18 percent.

(3 Votes)

Tags: Pyramid Research - broadband - undersea cables - Kerem Arsal - WiMax - EASSy - Africa

Kenya launches SMS campaign to stop hate speech

Friday, 16 July 2010 11:26

The Kenyan government and telecom companies have a new text service to report hate speech ahead of a referendum on a new constitution.

(2 Votes)

Tags: National Cohesion and Integration Commission - Millie Lwanga - SMS - hate speech - new constitution - Mzalendo Kibinja - Kenya

"Use broadband technology to achieve MDGs"

Tuesday, 13 July 2010 11:53

Rwanda's President Paul Kagame called on the world to recognise the important link between broadband technology and achieving the Millennium Development Goals at the first meeting of the Broadband Commission for Digital Development in Switzerland.

(1 Vote)

Tags: Broadband Commission for Digital Development - Paul Kagame - Millenium Development Goals - Broadband - ICT - Dr. Hamadoun Toure - United Nations - Rwanda

Bharti Airtel plans to invest $600 mln in Nigeria

Thursday, 08 July 2010 12:15

India's Bharti Airtel Ltd will invest $600 million in Nigeria over the next three years, half within the next 12 months, the mobile phone company said on Wednesday.

(1 Vote)

Tags: Bharti Airtel - Emeka Oparah - Zain - MTN - Main One - Nigeria

Main One cable goes live

Tuesday, 06 July 2010 12:08

The first privately owned submarine network cable in West Africa went live this week, promising unprecedented broadband capacity to West Africa. Main One has announced that it's submarine fibre optic cable system has been completed.

(3 Votes)

Tags: Main One - Europe - Submarine network cable - Fola Adeola - Morocco - Canary Islands - Senegal - Ivory Coast - Nigeria - Ghana - West Africa

Mobile doctor always on call

Thursday, 01 July 2010 14:48

A South African-designed mobile application for smartphones is enabling people to diagnose ailments via mobile technology - with the help of a panel of doctors.

(1 Vote)

Tags: Mobile applicaton - 20FourLabs - Afridoctor - Nokia - Calling All Innovators Africa 2009 - South Africa

Bharti to invest $200 mln in Uganda and Malawi

Wednesday, 23 June 2010 12:31

Indian group Bharti Airtel, the new owner of Zain's Africa operations, will invest $100 million in Uganda over two years on technology upgrades and network expansion, a senior company official said.

(2 Votes)

Tags: Bharti Airtel - Zain Africa - Yesse Oenga - Uganda Communications Commission - Manoj Kohli - Malawi - Uganda

Zain extends 'One Network' to South Africa

Tuesday, 08 June 2010 13:55

Pan African cellular operator Zain has struck a deal with Cell C in South Africa that will see the expansion of the company's "One Network" - a service that allows its users to go to other countries within the network and still pay local rates.

Tags: Zain - Cell C - One Network - Chris Gabriel - Lars Reichelt - Zambia - Uganda - Tanzania - Sierra Leone - Nigeria - Niger - Madagascar - Malawi - Kenya - Ghana - Gabon - Democratic Republic of the Congo - Congo Republic - Chad - Burkina Faso - South Africa

Kenya moves to develop digital content

Friday, 04 June 2010 13:15

The Kenya Information Communication Technology (ICT) Board has announced the launch of a Sh300 Million grant to promote the development of local digital content and software applications.

(1 Vote)

Tags: grant - local - IT - ICT - development - content - digital - Kenya

Zain Kenya to launch 3G service in July

Wednesday, 02 June 2010 14:49

Kenya's second largest mobile operator Zain plans to roll out a third-generation (3G) service in July this year after an expected cut in license fees by the regulator, its managing director said this week.

Tags: Mobile - 3G - Zain - Yu - Telkom Kenya - Rene Meza - Safaricom - Kenya

Sierra Leone clearing way for major telecoms project

Monday, 31 May 2010 13:12

Sierra Leone will soon clear the way for a major telecoms project to install a cable from Europe to Africa to provide faster Internet and mobile services, a minister said Friday.