MTN Nigeria  and Mafab Communications will start the rollout of 5G technologies on August 24. This was announced  by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) while issuing final letters of license awards to the two operators, which won the Fifth Generation (5G) Spectrum Licences auction.

According to the NCC, with the issuance of the final letters, MTN Nigeria and Mafab communications are expected to accelerate the deployment of the 5G, which will “usher Nigeria into a more robust Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) and a...

Community Investment Ventures Holdings (CIVH) has announced that effective 1 May 2022, its two fibre network assets would be managed under a new infrastructure company. CIVH is the Remgro and New GX-controlled parent company of fibre infrastructure operators Dark Fibre Africa (DFA) and Vumatel.

The infrastructure entity’s name has not yet been announced. CIVH says this decision is a strategic step to meet ongoing customer and business requirements and increase open-access offerings across the networks. Although its two...

Global service provider for credit information and risk management solutions Creditinfo Group has announced plans to open Angola’s first licenced credit bureau, with Bureau Central Privada de Informação de Crédito SA (Bureau).

This long-term strategic partnership, Creditinfo says represents a vote of confidence and major investment into Angola’s buoyant economy, unlocking access to credit for millions of micro-to-medium sized businesses and citizens – many of whom are currently unbanked. To deliver a world...

Ethiopian state-owned operator Ethio Telecom has launched its first 5G base stations in the nation's capital, Addis Ababa. The operator called the 5G launch a "pre-commercial trial service" with six mobile base stations up and running so far.

"We have begun our service in the capital and will expand our footprint to regional cities, up to 150 sites over the coming 12 months. We shall further roll out 5G sites to more areas based on feasible business demands," the telco said in a statement. "However, our full commercialization of the service is...

Zoho has unveiled unified platform that brings together marketing activities across campaign ideation, creation, execution, management, and measurement. Known as Zoho Marketing Plus, the platform also provides stakeholders across the entire marketing organisation with a single, shared view of critical information for improved collaboration and results.

Soho says The new marketing platform increases the effectiveness of digital marketing strategies by giving marketing leaders a deeper understanding of customer preferences and behaviours so they can deliver dynamic...

Safaricom M-Pesa revenue grew by 30.3% to hit Ksh. 107.69 Billion. This is according to the telco’s Full Year 2021/2022 results released on Thursday.

M-PESA, which marked its 15th anniversary this year also hit the 30 million active customer mark in Kenya. Kenya now remains M-PESA’s most active market accounting for more than 30 million of the service’s 51 million customers across Kenya, Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Mozambique, Lesotho, Ghana and Egypt.  The service which...

US-based Growth equity firm Activant Capital has announced that it is expanding its research and due diligence capabilities with a new office in Cape Town, South Africa. 

The firm which is focused on building the next generation of fintech and e-commerce has built a portfolio of more than 35 leading private and public companies focusing on entrepreneurs evolving the way we conduct traditional commerce and payments. These companies include Deliverr, Bolt, and Jokr. Activant Capital has offices in Greenwich...

Liquid Intelligent Technologies, a business of Cassava Technologies, has partnered with PEACE Cable Company to introduce 800Gbps of additional subsea capacity in Mombasa on the highly-anticipated global submarine cable. 

This will increase the availability of high-performance and reliable Internet connectivity access across Africa, leveraging Liquid's 100,000km of terrestrial fibre across 12 countries. While acting as a new global internet route between Asia, Europe and the USA, the additional capacity will help...

CE-Creates, the business incubation platform of Crescent Enterprises, has completed the merger of its portfolio of startups with hatch & boost, an Abu Dhabi-based venture-builder dedicated to ‘hatching’ startup ideas at the intersection of impact and innovation, and boosting them into scalable ventures.

Hatch & boost and CE-Creates aim to jointly advance the growth of impact-driven startups in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region while introducing unique models of building and scaling them. The partnership, operating under...

Flexential, the provider of data center colocation, cloud and connectivity, announced its partnership with Angola Cables, a multinational ICT solutions and network service provider operator, to drive colocation and interconnection options for customers in the Southern and West African markets.

Providing access to Angola's MONET cable, housed in Flexential's Fort Lauderdale data center, this partnership will offer customers connectivity via the low-latency, high-capacity South Atlantic Cable System (SACS). Subsea cables are the...

BlackBerry announced it has entered into a partnership with Midis Group to expand its go-to-market sales motion across Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.

A technology company with a network of over 170 affiliates and partners across these markets, Midis Group will focus on driving growth for BlackBerry's Cybersecurity business unit. Midis Group will leverage its on-the-ground expertise, market knowledge, and regional infrastructure to establish BlackBerry-branded local offices focused on representing BlackBerry's...

Mylerz, an Egyptian last-mile delivery and fulfillment innovation company, has announced the closing of a $9.6 million round led by Lorax Capital Partners to scale and expand their operations in Egypt and North Africa.

Fawry, Egypt’s payment company who also participated in the round, will help bolster Mylerz’s cash collection services for its merchants. Launched in 2019, Mylerz currently operates a fleet of over 350 eco-friendly vehicles and 21 local fulfillment hubs strategically positioned across Egypt. The company hit...

Kenya’s third-party logistics company Fargo Courier has unlocked greater integration, improved controls, and established a strong platform for its ambitious growth and expansion plans following a landmark business transformation project – with SAP S/4HANA at its core.

“The initial need was an advanced warehouse management solution that could integrate with our transport solution and cater for every customer’s unique requirements,” says Gray Cullen, Group Operations Director at Fargo Courier. “This...

Unicaf is an online and blended learning higher education platform that is dedicated to making higher education of international standard accessible, by offering scholarship opportunities to professionals and young school leavers.

What are scholarship opportunities?

A scholarship could be defined as financial aid that relieves the burden of tuition fees and living costs that students and families have to pay to secure a place in secondary and tertiary education. Considering the rising costs of student expenses and debts, we could nowadays describe education...

The Africa Trade Expo (TATE) presents direct access to African buyers whose main aim is to source the latest products, establish partnerships, and conclude import/export deals. TATE is an ongoing virtual trade show for African businesses to network, collaborate, and enter into partnerships with international manufacturers and exporters. Present your new opportunities, network, build relationships and grow your business in African markets...

Future Foods is a virtual meeting place for importers, F&B managers, retail category buyers, owner-operators, agents, and distributors from across Africa’s diverse and booming market to come to conferences, to network, meet exhibitors, source products, new ingredients, retail shelf-ready products, and the latest processing, packaging, and logistics solutions. Future Foods connects attendees exhibitors across the...

Jeannette Karemera is the CEO of Inuma Technology, a company in Rwanda that builds new generations of products that are unique, smart and radically helpful.

Could you please tell us more about Inuma Technology?

You will be surprised to hear that Inuma Technology is a faith-based enterprise. My cofounder Dr. David Ndayishimiye, and I have known each other for 14 years. We shared faith, friendship and later decided to build a profitable venture that would change the narrative that faith obliges people to be...

In today's hyperconnected world, a bad shopping experience can drive a potential consumer to a competitor. While product and pricing used to be sufficient to separate a business from its competitors, this is no longer the case.

Today's consumers place a premium on speed, convenience, and professional and friendly service. According to a 2018 PwC survey, consumers are willing to pay a premium for an amazing customer experience, and disgruntled customers are much more inclined to transfer their business elsewhere...

Globally, businesses lose an estimated $1 trillion a year to cybercrime. Whether it's ransomware attacks, phishing scams, cryptojacking or malware, cybersecurity threats are on the rise as the world tends to become a "global village."

As African businesses grow in number and scope, the importance of cybersecurity in Africa needs to be reiterated. More and more Africans are going online, increasing the continent's contribution to the global economy. Everyone, from businesses to governments to individuals, must learn to...

Employee engagement is a key driver of the overall performance of a business. Positioned as a Leader for the sixth consecutive year by Gartner in its February 2022 Magic Quadrant for Outsourced Digital Workplace Services (ODWS), our goal is to create a revolutionary new intersection between technology, people, and things.

Enabling every employee wherever they may be based, to benefit from a personalized way of working underpinned by innovative and holistic engaged employee experience technologies. Performance, not productivity is key to a...

Kenya’s leading telco Safaricom has been all over the news this week. The company announced that will commercially launch its operations in Ethiopia within the year. The company made this announcement while announcing its Full Year 2021/2022 results on Thursday.

In March, the telco announced that its mobile money service M-Pesa had crossed 30 million customers using the service every month in Kenya. At the same time, the service marked 15 years since Safaricom and Vodafone launched it in March...