NCC wants answers on service
Sudanese telecoms mogul Mo Ibrahim has told delegates at a dinner in Botswana that Africa needs to stop waiting for aid.
A two member delegation from Sierra Leone’s National Telecommunications Commission (NATCOM) has concluded a study visit to the National Communications Authority (NCA) in Accra.
The Microsoft-led 4Afrika TV white spaces project, taking broadband to rural people for as little as a dollar a month, is now expanding in Kenya and launching in Tanzania.
Safaricom Foundation gives PCs to Christian Industrial Training Centres - Pumwani
GSMA opens Nairobi office
ICT opens doors for Kenyan slum dwellers
Safaricom profit soars
JMR Infotech opens office in Kenya
Kenya Red Cross appoints Huawei as communications partner
Safaricom Foundation improves school at Machakos
The Malawi government will this year establish a National Data Centre to rationalise data storage and data processing facilities in the country.
Zenith Bank led 12 other banks to pull a USD1.2 billion financing deal for Emerging Markets Telecommunications Services Limited (EMTS).
As a part of Scratch Day celebrations around the world, One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) in partnership with the One Laptop Per Child Association, has hosted a Scratch Day event in Rwanda.
Smile Communications Tanzania has launched the first commercial Fourth Generation Long Term Evolution (4G LTE) broadband network in Tanzania
TV white spaces project to launch in Tanzania
Universal Service Funds to drive broadband in Africa
TCRA, police launch campaign against illegal mobiles
KDN extends into Tanzania
Tanzania to host regional banking fraud conference
Tanzanian pregnancy text message service off to a good start
Tanzania to host the East Africa Banking and IT Security Summit
Two senior managers at pay TV MultiChoice Zambia have been killed in a road accident in Chibombo on the Great North Road.
Zambia commends Ghana for digital migration
ZICTA Young Innovators Workshop next week
Four companies lose digital migration bid
Theft costs Airtel Zambia KR1.2 million
Computerisation delays commencement of nationwide land audit
Fire guts Copperbelt University ICT lab
ZICTA to open ICT centre of knowledge
Virtualization and cloud solutions firm VMware has appointed Zimbabwe-based Axis Solutions as an Enterprise Partner.
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