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Kenya's Safaricom reports 55% higher profit as Ethiopia loss narrows

Kenya's Safaricom reports 55% higher profit as Ethiopia loss narrows

George Obulutsa, Vincent Mumo 6 Nov 2025

MTN Group and Airtel Africa agree to share networks in Uganda and Nigeria

MTN Group and Airtel Africa agree to share networks in Uganda and Nigeria

27 Mar 2025

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

25 Sep 2024

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

Rami Osman, director for business development, MediaTek MEA.

MediaTek keeps Africa 5G adoption as ‘strategic priority’ for 2024

22 Dec 2023

Liquid launches new terrestrial fibre routes to boost regional connectivity

Liquid launches new terrestrial fibre routes to boost regional connectivity

14 Sep 2023

Kampala, Uganda. Source: Keith Kasaija/Unsplash

MTN launches first 5G network in Uganda

Elias Biryabarema 28 Jul 2023

Ethio Telecom profit more than doubles before planned stake sale

Ethio Telecom profit more than doubles before planned stake sale

18 Jul 2023

Africa's most valuable brands demonstrate resilience and growth as MTN remains dominant

Africa's most valuable brands demonstrate resilience and growth as MTN remains dominant

1 Jun 2023

Vodacom hit by Ethiopia network roll-out

Vodacom hit by Ethiopia network roll-out

14 Nov 2022

Kenya's Safaricom targets more fixed internet users with 5G network

Kenya's Safaricom targets more fixed internet users with 5G network

28 Oct 2022

Source: Supplied. FNB chief executive officer, Jacques Celliers.

FNB Connect named best digital MVNO in the world

13 Jun 2022

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#BizTrends2022: 5 mobile trends we're watching in 2022

Nick Durrant 5 Jan 2022

South Africa dominates Brand Finance Africa 150 2021 ranking

28 Sep 2021

MTN dominance forces Africell to exit Uganda operations

8 Sep 2021

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East Africa data infrastructure ripe and ready to move to the next level

John Syekei 5 Aug 2021

Source: Reuters/Yves Herman

France's Orange submits interest for stake in Ethio Telecom

Dawit Endeshaw 21 Jul 2021

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Africa CDC and MTN launch Covid-19 "One More Push" campaign

9 Jul 2021

Ethiopia's communications authority director general Balcha Reba (lefy), Vodafone Group CEO Shameel Joosub (second left) Kenya’s Safaricom CEO Peter Ndegwa and assistant general manager for media and digital at Sumitomo Corporation Masahiro Miyashita (right) hold a signed telecom license during a signing ceremony in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, June 8, 2021. Reuters/Tiksa Negeri/File Photo

Consortium led by Safaricom appoints MD of new Ethiopian unit

5 Jul 2021

A customer holds a 3G prepaid sim card after buying the service from an Ethio-Telecom shop in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, November 12, 2019. Reuters/Tiksa Negeri/File Photo

Ethio Telecom's mobile money lures 4 million in first month

30 Jun 2021

MTN South Africa will bid in second Ethiopia telecoms licence round

MTN South Africa will bid in second Ethiopia telecoms licence round

4 Jun 2021

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Can Huawei survive the US sanctions?

Jean-Paul Michel Larçon 3 Sep 2020

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The evolution of 4G in Africa

Talla Guisse 17 Aug 2020

2020 MEST Africa Challenge expands target, extends deadline

2020 MEST Africa Challenge expands target, extends deadline

3 May 2020

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What are the top tech trends to look out for in Africa in 2020?

18 Dec 2019

AfricaCom's keynote panel on 'building a framework for Africa to take its place in Industry 4.0'. Moderator Aubrey Hruby is author and investment advisor of Africa Expert Network, with panelists Ahmad Mokhles, group COO of Liquid Telecom; Sekou Drame, CEO of Sonatel Group; Nitin Gajria, SSA director of Google; and Dr Alison Gillwald, executive director of Research ICT Africa.

#AfricaCom: Tech skills needed to create future jobs on the 'side-hustle' continent

Leigh Andrews 18 Nov 2019

Rob Shuter, group president and CEO at MTN, recently shared the mainstage at AfricaCom 2019 with John Senior, managing partner at Bain & Company Johannesburg, discussing digital inclusion in Africa.

#AfricaCom: Smartphone costs the biggest barrier to a digitally inclusive Africa

Sindy Peters 15 Nov 2019

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