Telecom: Ghana’s Mobile Voice Subscribers Edge up Slightly in March
The number of mobile voice subscribers in Ghana in March rose by 0.41 percent from 31,028,253 in February 2015 to 31,154,420 in March, according to a report from the National Communications Authority....
View Article5G Networks Will Be Ready in Five Years
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has defined the fifth generation networks (5G) and decided to commercialize that technology by the year 2020. ITU-R Working Party 5D of the UN’s...
View ArticleGhana’s ‘Father of Internet’ Awarded 2015 ICANN Award
Prof. Nii Narku Quaynor, Chair of the Internet Society (ISOC) Ghana Chapter and Africa Internet pioneer has been awarded the 2015 ICANN Multi-stakeholder Ethos Award during the opening ceremony of...
View ArticleJumia Ghana – Men Make 2/3 of Online Purchases in Ghana.
A recent piece of market research, carried out by Jumia Ghana, the online shopping giant, found that men make 2/3 of online purchases in Ghana. They also found that men buy the majority of products...
View ArticleMobile Money booths out-number bank branches
The Chief Executive Officer of MTN Ghana, Mr Ebenezer Asante, says the new Bank of Ghana (BoG) guidelines that empower non-banking institutions such as mobile money operators to participate in the...
View ArticleGoogle’s Project Link to Debut in Ghana
The Internet as we’ve all come to realize is a tremendous, undisputed force for economic growth and social change in Africa. The number of internet users on the continent has grown at seven times the...
View ArticleHighlights from Rwanda’s Transform Africa Summit 2015
Highlights from Transform Africa Summit 2015 in Rwanda from October 19-21 which was co-hosted by Rwandan President, Paul Kagame and the Secretary General of the International Telecommunication Union...
View Article17 African countries To Benefit from Free Basic Services from Airtel &
Airtel Africa – a leading telecommunications service provider with operations in 17 countries across Africa, today announced its partnership with Facebook which will see the launch of Free Basics in...
View ArticleThe Ericsson Mobility Report on Sub-Saharan Africa
The Ericsson Mobility Report for 2015 shows that, Mobile subscriptions in Sub-Saharan Africa will reach 1 billion by end of 2021, with 690 smartphone subscriptions. The report also indicated that LTE...
View ArticleNew Mobile Money Offer Launched by Airtel Tanzania
AIRTEL Tanzania has launched a new mobile money offer that will see its customers send money free of charge to family and friends on Airtel network across the country. The new offer dubbed “Okoa...
View ArticleBusyInternet Launches 4G LTE Service – Busy4G in Ghana.
3G services slowing your business down? Existing 4G LTE providers now living up to expectation? Worry no more; for there’s a new 4G LTE Service Provider in town with awesome pecks for everyone....
View ArticleThe Future of World Government Summit & +SocialGood
The fourth edition of the World Government Summit will take place from 8 to 10 February 2016 under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, UAE Vice President, Prime...
View ArticleApply Now: Thomson Reuters Africa Startup Challenge
Thomson Reuters, in partnership with Venture Capital For Africa (VC4A), is launching an initiative: Africa Startup Challenge to provide a platform for startups to partner as you grow your startup into...
View ArticleMobile Subscribers Set To Soar in Sub-Saharan Africa – GSMA Report
Latest GSMA Report Indicates a rise in Mobile Subscribers in Sub-Saharan Africa with more than half a billion unique mobile subscribers projected by 2020. GSMA have released their 2017 Mobile Economy:...
View ArticleTizeti Secures $3 Mil Series A Funding to expand unlimited Internet into Ghana
Nigerian ISP startup Tizeti and its consumer-facing brand, Wifi.com.ng has closed a Series A round of $3M, led by 4DX Ventures. This follows on from the company’s Seed investment of $2.1M reported in...
View ArticleGSMA Report: Spotlight on Nigeria – Delivering a Digital Future
How Nigeria can achieve Digital Economy, a report by Global System for Mobile Communication Association (GSMA) Modernising regulation and policy reform will be crucial to boosting Nigeria’s digital...
View ArticleGoogle’s Project Loon Setup New Ground Stations in Nyeri, Kenya
Google-owned balloon internet company Project Loon has announced the installation of a new set of ground stations in Nyeri, it’s the third town after Nairobi and Nakuru, in Kenya. Project Loon, a...
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NCA Fines MTN Ghana Over GHC100,000 for Failure to Comply
Ghana’s National Communication Authority (NCA) has fined MTN Ghana over GHC100,000 for failure to comply with regulations that protect customers. The telecommunication giant, MTN Ghana has been fined...
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