Kenya’s mobile network operators – Telkom, Safaricom, and Airtel – have announced that subscribers can now make direct mobile money payments to an M-PESA Pay Bill Number from any network. The move follows the telcos’ [c]
Kenya’s mobile network operators – Telkom, Safaricom, and Airtel – have announced the interoperability of their mobile money service platforms, allowing Kenyans to make mobile money payments to a Lipa Na M-PESA Buy Goods Till, [c]
Once in a while, we may become frustrated (and even disgusted) by our telcom service networks (or MNOs) or one reason or another. These may range from dropped calls, undelivered text messages or just poor [c]
Equity has revamped its USSD service (*247#) offering customers a seamless banking experience. The newly updated USSD offers a unified service offering across mobile networks and an enhanced customer experience with simpler customer journeys. Customers [c]
Airtel Africa, a provider of telecommunications and mobile money services with a presence in 14 countries across Africa, has announced that its B2B division, Airtel Business, has formed a new partnership with Cisco to provide [c]
Airtel Africa and UNICEF have announced a five-year pan-African partnership to help accelerate the roll-out of digital learning through connecting schools to the internet and ensuring free access to learning platforms across 13 countries. By [c]
Airtel Money has partnered with World Remit to allow Airtel customers to receive money from 129 countries, free of charge. World Remit is an international money transfer service that allows people across the world, to send [c]
Airtel Africa has contracted Ericsson to expand its 4G coverage in Kenya. As part of the deal, Ericsson’s Radio Access Network (RAN) and packet core products for 4G will enable Airtel subscribers to experience enhanced [c]
Airtel Africa and Mukuru, one of Africa’s largest remittance organizations, have announced a partnership which will enable Mukuru customers to instantly send cross-border transfers directly to Airtel Money customer wallets in 12 African countries. This [c]
Bharti Airtel saw its overall revenues in Africa increase by 11.2% to $3,422 million, with fourth quarter revenue growth up by 15.1% according to its financial results for the year ended March 31, 2020. Revenue [c]
The value of person-to-person transfers over mobile money platforms hit Kshs 684.5 billion in three months to December, latest statistics from Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) indicate. The massive transaction count not only makes mobile [c]
Kenya mobile network operators (MNOs) – that is Safaricom, Airtel Kenya and Telkom – as well as companies and platforms that provide mobile payment services (or PSPs), have following a meeting with the Central Bank [c]
Market leader Safaricom posted a market share of 62.4 per cent in mobile subscriptions down from 63.3 per cent registered in the previous quarter according to the Communications Authority of Kenya’s (CA) industry statistics for [c]
Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) has rolled out a new mobile number prefix, expanding the existing number range to meet the increasing demand for cellular phone services in the market. The introduction of the new mobile [c]
Over a year since its rival, Safaricom, and soon-to-be partner, Telkom, unveiled their mobile apps, thereby giving subscribers an alternative avenue apart from USSD for accessing various services on the platform, Airtel Kenya has also [c]
By Derrick Sebbaale In 2016, it was estimated that telecom companies in Uganda on annual basis were losing about US $60 million due to illegal redirection of international calls traffic. The amount in part led [c]
Safaricom has this afternoon announced via statement that it will increase its voice, SMS and data tariffs from midnight tonight in response to various taxes introduced by the government recently. In the statement, Safaricom, which [c]
An audit of the databases of the country’s telcos by the industry regulator Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) has revealed that the mobile network operators (MNOs) are not conforming with the SIM card registration regulations. The [c]
Bharti Airtel has announced its audited consolidated financial results for the first quarter ended June 30, 2018. During the quarter, Bharti Airtel acquired Telenor’s operations in India, meaning that financial and operational parameters of the [c]
Bharti Airtel has announced said that it has entered into a definitive agreement with Millicom – which operates the Tigo telco brand – to acquire the firm’s subsidiary in Rwanda. The acquisition means that Bharti [c]
Airtel Kenya has come out to refute media reports that it plans to cease its operations in the country, a market where it ranks second with 6.3 million subscribers, equivalent to 16.3 per cent of [c]
Orange has announced the official launch of its brand in Sierra Leone. As part of the lauch, Airtel Sierra Leone becomes Orange Sierra Leone. The acquisition of Airtel Sierra Leone was finalised in July 2016 [c]
Orange has launched its brand in Burkina Faso, with the move coming less than one year after the closing of the Group’s acquisition of Airtel in the West African nation. Orange will pursue its development in [c]
Life seems to have come full circle for Wim Vanhelleputte. The Belgian, who has spent most of his professional life at various African telecom firms, has a lot of connections with Uganda, where he returned [c]
Kirusa has launched its InstaVoice Celeb service in partnership with Airtel, one of the leading mobile operators in Madagascar. Hip hop singers Farao and FlaviOne, and stand-up comic Barhone are some of the celebrities offering fan engagements [c]
Tigo Tanzania has submitted its prospectus and preliminary application to the Capital Markets and Securities Authority (CMSA) and the Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange (DSE) in connection with a proposed initial public offering (IPO) and [c]
Tanzania’s three mobile network operators (MNOs) – Airtel, Tigo and Vodacom – have launched the first active infrastructure sharing initiative in East Africa. The MNOs have committed to launch six 3G pilot sites across the country to [c]
Apollo Hospitals, the largest healthcare group from India, and Airtel, a telecom operator with operations in 16 countries in Africa, have signed an MoU to enhance healthcare cooperation across Africa. The MoU is focused on [c]
As part of its programme to expand the generic Top-Level Domains (e.g. .COM, .ORG, .NET) in the Domain Name System, the body in charge of global internet has now delegated over 1,300 new names (or [c]
Orange has announced that its subsidiary Orange Côte d’Ivoire, has completed the acquisition of 100% of the mobile operator Airtel in Burkina Faso. Since the signature of an agreement with Bharti Airtel International (Netherlands) (Airtel) in [c]
Tanzania’s telecoms industry regulator Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority (TCRA) is set to block all mobile phones with none-genuine International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) numbers – which is unique to any mobile device on a network [c]
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