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Pedestrians walk outside the Safaricom mobile phone customer care centre during the launch of its 5G internet service in the central business district of Nairobi, Kenya, 27 October 2022. Reuters/Monicah Mwangi/File Photo

Kenya's Safaricom raises $117m with local sustainability-linked loan

Safaricom dominates Ethiopia mobile money with M-Pesa

M-Pesa Safaricom, Onafriq ink deal to boost Ethiopian remittances

20 Mar 2024

Damage is suspected to have occurred in the Red Sea

Seacom subsea cable outage disrupts service in east and southern Africa

26 Feb 2024

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SA mobile data costs among world's most expensive

SA mobile data costs among world's most expensive

5 Oct 2016

SITA to roll out new-generation connectivity for Kenya Airways

SITA to roll out new-generation connectivity for Kenya Airways

17 Aug 2016

Left to right: Chris George, strategic negotiator, Google; Mike van den Bergh, CMO, PCCW Global; Funke Opeke, CEO, MainOne; Chris Wood, CEO, WIOCC and Willem Marais, group managing executive and CEO, Liquid Telecom SA, during the MainOne-hosted Africa Panel Session.

Africa's digital potential discussed at International Telecommunications Week

13 May 2016

Sura Nualpradid via

Mobile phone users in Nigeria, South Africa, Kenya hit 700 million

Adeyemi Adepetun 18 Feb 2016

Huawei cultivates ICT talents across Africa

Huawei cultivates ICT talents across Africa

29 Jan 2016

Huawei focused on building a better connected Africa

Huawei focused on building a better connected Africa

8 Dec 2015

Company connections

Company connections

19 Oct 2015

Facebook seeks ties with telcos in Kenya

Facebook seeks ties with telcos in Kenya

Lilian Ochieng 25 Aug 2015

The mobile revolution in Africa

The mobile revolution in Africa

17 Apr 2015

Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi says that travellers from Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia will not be allowed to travel to South Africa and anyone wanting to visit those countries has been advised to delay the trip for the foreseeable future. Image: GCIS

SA's borders closed to Ebola-affected countries

22 Aug 2014

Kenya Airways and Airtel sign MVNO agreement

Kenya Airways and Airtel sign MVNO agreement

8 Aug 2014

Ethiopia's Communications Minister Redwan Hussein maintains the detention of Zone9 members is legal and is not an attempt to silence the government's critics. Image:

Ethiopian lawyer trying to get bloggers freed

18 Jul 2014

A customer at a PesaPoint Agent Network outlet.

Kenya's PesaPoint to launch expansive agent network

24 Jun 2014

Social media is an important tool for terrorist organisation says Gabriel Weimann of Haifa University. Image:

Social media is a key for terror groups

15 May 2014

Free broadcast text message could save lives in Africa each year. Floods in South Africa killed at least 32 people in March. Image: Vanessa O'Neale Crous

Text messages may save lives in flood-prone Africa

26 Mar 2014

MTN's Pieter Verkade. Image: LinkjedIn

Data centres‚ cloud services key to MTN Business's growth plan

Thabiso Mochiko 17 Mar 2014

East AfricaCom gets sponsors

East AfricaCom gets sponsors

13 Feb 2014

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SA mobile data costs among world's most expensive

SA mobile data costs among world's most expensive

5 Oct 2016

SITA to roll out new-generation connectivity for Kenya Airways

SITA to roll out new-generation connectivity for Kenya Airways

17 Aug 2016

Left to right: Chris George, strategic negotiator, Google; Mike van den Bergh, CMO, PCCW Global; Funke Opeke, CEO, MainOne; Chris Wood, CEO, WIOCC and Willem Marais, group managing executive and CEO, Liquid Telecom SA, during the MainOne-hosted Africa Panel Session.

Africa's digital potential discussed at International Telecommunications Week

13 May 2016

Sura Nualpradid via

Mobile phone users in Nigeria, South Africa, Kenya hit 700 million

Adeyemi Adepetun 18 Feb 2016

Huawei cultivates ICT talents across Africa

Huawei cultivates ICT talents across Africa

29 Jan 2016

Huawei focused on building a better connected Africa

Huawei focused on building a better connected Africa

8 Dec 2015

Company connections

Company connections

19 Oct 2015

Facebook seeks ties with telcos in Kenya

Facebook seeks ties with telcos in Kenya

Lilian Ochieng 25 Aug 2015

The mobile revolution in Africa

The mobile revolution in Africa

17 Apr 2015

Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi says that travellers from Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia will not be allowed to travel to South Africa and anyone wanting to visit those countries has been advised to delay the trip for the foreseeable future. Image: GCIS

SA's borders closed to Ebola-affected countries

22 Aug 2014

Kenya Airways and Airtel sign MVNO agreement

Kenya Airways and Airtel sign MVNO agreement

8 Aug 2014

Ethiopia's Communications Minister Redwan Hussein maintains the detention of Zone9 members is legal and is not an attempt to silence the government's critics. Image:

Ethiopian lawyer trying to get bloggers freed

18 Jul 2014

A customer at a PesaPoint Agent Network outlet.

Kenya's PesaPoint to launch expansive agent network

24 Jun 2014

Social media is an important tool for terrorist organisation says Gabriel Weimann of Haifa University. Image:

Social media is a key for terror groups

15 May 2014

Free broadcast text message could save lives in Africa each year. Floods in South Africa killed at least 32 people in March. Image: Vanessa O'Neale Crous

Text messages may save lives in flood-prone Africa

26 Mar 2014

MTN's Pieter Verkade. Image: LinkjedIn

Data centres‚ cloud services key to MTN Business's growth plan

Thabiso Mochiko 17 Mar 2014

East AfricaCom gets sponsors

East AfricaCom gets sponsors

13 Feb 2014