Ecobank Group, the private pan-African banking group, has announced the six finalists for the fifth edition of the Ecobank Fintech Challenge. The finalists come from the DRC, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa and Togo. The six [c]
EquityBCDC has extended its social impact contribution through scaling up the various programs that are already under implementation through Equity Group. The Bank, whose purpose is to transform lives, give dignity and expand opportunities for [c]
The Vice-Prime Minister of DRC who is also the Minister of Environment Eve Bazaiba officially opened the Kenya – DRC Trade Mission 2021, a 15-day business networking initiative organized by the governments of Kenya and [c]
Coming off the back of reaching a 100,000 km fibre network milestone in Africa, Liquid Intelligent Technologies (Liquid) in the Democratic Republic of Congo is investing extensively in the country by bringing innovative, super-fast and [c]
Mobile operators and government institutions of the DRC have partnered with the global mobile association, the GSMA, to advance the nation’s digital transformation with the launch of “We Care” in the country. The We Care [c]
Mastercard has partnered with Billetera – a digital payments technology company headquartered in Kenya – to provide millions of unbanked and financially excluded residents in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), access to formal financial and [c]
A bulk of the recently signed SME guarantees by Equity Bank totaling Kshs 52.25 Billion will go towards supporting women-owned and led MSMES across Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, and DRC, Equity Group MD and CEO Dr [c]
Orange Foundation has announced the winners of the fourth edition of its International Solidarity FabLabs Challenge. Thirteen teams of young people on integration programmes from four African countries (Cameroon, DRC, Senegal and Tunisia) and three [c]
When I was six years old my family moved to Kyangwali refugee settlement in Uganda. For two decades, I called Kyangwali my village and home. Every day, for seven years, I walked kilometers to and [c]
Mobile money services on the African continent have not only been a great business success story but also a significant social success, as the mobile money platforms offer an opportunity to promote greater financial inclusion [c]
The combined efforts of Gilat Telecom and SES led to the restoration of internet connectivity in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) within four days after the West Africa Cable System (WACS) undersea cable was [c]
The Internet Society, a global NGO dedicated to the open development, evolution and use of the internet and the Internet Service Providers Association (ISPA) of the DRC, that is ISPA-DRC, have launched a new Internet [c]
Africa Internet Summit (AIS) Secretariat has announced AfNOG’s program at the Africa Internet Summit scheduled to be held in Kinshasa, DRC from May 31 to June 12, 2020. AIS is a multi-stakeholder event combining, workshops, [c]
The overall winner of the 2019 Anzisha Prize is 21-year-old Yannick Kimanuka from the DRC. Ms Kimanuka founded the KIM’s School Complex in 2018, a nursery and primary school which aims to improve how children perform [c]
Parallel Wireless, a US-based OpenRAN company which provides software-defined end-to-end OpenRAN solution for coverage and capacity, has announced that Vodafone Group has deployed a macro Parallel Wireless OpenRAN pilot in Turkey and in DRC. Both [c]
Standing in front of her house, Kavira Kasomo chats with Léa Kanyere as if they are old friends. Kanyere shows Kasomo something on her mobile phone that makes her smile. Then Kanyere lends a hand [c]
Mobile research firm GeoPoll has released a new report on the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) tournament which looks at awareness, interest, viewership plans, and betting plans across Kenya, Nigeria, Uganda, Ivory Coast, DRC, [c]
Smile Telecoms, a pan-African telecommunications group with operations in Nigeria, Uganda, Tanzania and DRC, has announced the appointments of Ahmad Farroukh as Group CEO and Irene Charnley as Deputy Chairman, respectively, effective June 1, 2019. [c]
At the World Bank Land and Poverty Conference this week, land rights experts with Cadasta Foundation revealed dramatic findings concerning the impact of new mobile technologies that are helping more than one million of the world’s most vulnerable [c]
The popular series Twist of Fate, which returns for its second season, will now also be available in Swahili. Twist of Fate airs at 20:00 CAT on Zee World – DStv channel 166 and GOtv channel 25. The Swahili [c]
Gemalto, a provider of digital security solutions, has won an international tender to supply CENI, the National Independent Electoral Commission of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), with 22,000 mobile biometric voter enrollment kits to support [c]
Risk management experts Warrior Insight announce the launch of their latest product RS24, a security system created specifically for the Kenyan market using a combination of 24-hour smart cameras, virtual trip wires, and voice intervention [c]
Cement manufacturer Savannah Cement has sealed a collaborative agreement with Kenyatta University. The agreement will provide a collaborative platform for the two organisations to engage in joint research activities, innovation, student internship and capacity building among [c]
Etisalat has announced its call for entries to the 2016 edition of the Pan-African Prize, Etisalat Prize for Literature. This is coming just a few months after the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Fiston Mwanza Mujila [c]
GeoPoll, Kantar Media, and Cuende have launched “Pan-African OOH”, the first data product to regularly measure consumption of Out of Home mediums across Africa. This joint product uses a consistent methodology to bring robust Out [c]
UAE-based satellite operator, Yahsat, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Tele10 Group, the regional broadcast and internet service provider, to discuss collaborations for improving internet connectivity in Rwanda, Burundi and East Democratic Republic of [c]
Google Search Trends that indicate search patterns over a period of time indicate that the late Jules Shungu Wembadio Pene Kikumba – popularly known as Papa Wemba – was the most trending search in the [c]
Poet and novelist Fiston Mwanza Mujila was on Saturday, 19th March 2016 announced as the winner of the 2015 Etisalat Prize for Literature for his first novel, Tram 83.Originally written in French, Tram 83 was translated [c]
Smile, which owns and operates 4G LTE mobile broadband networks in the 800MHz band in Nigeria, and in the 800MHz and 2.6GHz bands in Tanzania and Uganda, announced today that in all its operating markets [c]
Even as mobile money services become part of daily life for millions in Sub-Saharan Africa, many potential customers face basic barriers to accessing the services on their own mobile phones. Lack of awareness and basic [c]
In a bid to boost penetration of its mobile money transfer service, Airtel has entered into a partnership with Ecobank to deliver Airtel Money across 9 African countries where the 2 companies have operations. The partnership [c]
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