Mobile payments speed up in Africa

At this year’s AfricaCom conference currently being held in Cape Town, Fundamo reported an accelerated growth...

SEACOM doubles-up in Egypt

Last week SEACOM activated the second of its two terrestrial routes across Egypt, positioning it as...

EA mobile games for Africa

Games developer, Nazara Technologies and Electronic Arts announced they have entered into an agreement to distribute...

These are the trends driving innovation in Africa

According to new research, across all consumer industries, innovation in sub-Saharan Africa is seeing new products...

Kenya’s MoDe takes first tech honours

IBM has announced the winner of its first Africa Smart Camp at Tech4Africa Conference yesterday. Kenyan...

Google launches WomenwIll across Sub-Saharan Africa

Google has announced the launch of 18 new Womenwill chapters across Sub-Saharan Africa, including the first...

Uganda gets $60m telecoms tower investment

Eaton Towers has secured $60m in debt financing from Standard Bank Group, acting through Stanbic Uganda,...

MTN lines up Win8 devices for Africa

MTN will be a key operator in Africa to deliver Windows Phone 8 and Windows 8...

CDMA BlackBerry range for Nigeria

Visafone and Research In Motion have announced the launch of BlackBerry services on Visafone’s CDMA mobile...

PCs, tablets, decline 5% in Middle East and Africa

The Middle East and Africa (MEA) personal computing devices (PCD) market, which is made up of...

Electric cars take on Africa

The Electric Explorer African Challenge 2018, the first electric vehicle expedition ever across Africa kicked off...

Two Microsoft data centres go live in South Africa

Microsoft now operates its cloud services in two data centre regions: Johannesburg and Cape Town.

Voice SMS for Ghana

Vodafone Ghana has announced a series of Voice SMS 2.0 and infotainment services designed to elevate...

Project to give Kenya farmers mobile info

mobile info Airtel Africa is working with the GSMA to provide 250 000 small-holder farmers in...

App Star Challenge for Africa

Vodacom’s talent search for innovative Apps has gone international with the addition of countries such as...

Tigo reaches for Africa change

Millicom, operating under the Tigo brand and Reach for Change are joining forces to improve the...

Wearables boom in Africa

The Middle East and Africa (MEA) wearables market continued its strong growth trajectory into the first...

Black Panther makes South African history

Marvel Studios’ Black Panther, which follows T’Challa (Chadwick Boseman) returning home to the isolated, technologically advanced...

Mobile transforming Nigeria

Earlier this year, Nigeria’s Federal Government announced that it planned to invest $15-million in the country’s...

RIM sets up shop in Nigeria

Research In Motion has expanded its presence in Nigeria, and announced the first official BlackBerry-branded retail...