Vodacom Adds 19 New Countries to Its Market in Africa

A subsidiary company of Vodafone Group, Vodacom has expanded its market to 19 new African countries. By the adding of 19 new countries, Vodacom has now already been extended to 28 markets...

Vodafone Wins Big at Ghana Business Awards

The just held Ghana Business Awards gave Vodafone a high honor when it awarded the telecom company with the prestigious Digital Champion of the Year Award. The Award is in recognition of...

Surfline Shut Down Over Tax Default

The headquarters of Surfline has been shut down by the debt management and tax compliance enforcement unit of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA). This follows a tax default of GH₵37.3 million from...

SA’s Naspers to Launch R1.4bn Investment Fund

South African technology investment firm Naspers, has made known its plans to launch a R1.4 billion (about $96 million) startup fund to boost tech firms next year. The announcement about the fund...

Global Carrier Awards: Liquid Telecom Wins Again

Liquid Telecom has been named the Best African Wholesale Carrier for the seventh time, at The Global Carrier Awards ceremony held in London last night. The annual awards are the largest global...

AT&T to Launch First Mobile 5G Hotspot

AT&T is displaying its new Netgear Nighthawk M5 Fusion hotspot, which will be the first consumer mobile 5G device in the world when it launches before the end of the year. The...

Huawei Wins Gold Award for Innovation at 2018 World Conference on VR Industry

Huawei's Cloud VR business solution has won the Gold Award for Innovation at the 2018 World Conference on VR Industry for the innovation in technologies and business models. The theme of this...

Vodafone On The ‘5G First’ Campaign Trail

Vodafone has become the latest operator to proclaim that elusive ‘first to release full 5G’ statement. The telecom company says it has activated the UK’s first 5G coverage network. The British telecommunications company...

Tamale Residents Fight New Telecom Tariffs

Users of telecom networks in the Tamale Metropolis are livid by the proposed tariffs increment. The imminent tariff increase, effective November 1, follows the government’s implementation of the revised Value Added Tax...

Airtel Africa Secures $1.25 Billion Investment Ahead Of IPO

Bharti Airtel has secured a $1.25 billion investment from a group of investors including Singtel and Softbank for its Airtel Africa subsidiary, ahead of an intended IPO of the African operations. Airtel...