Safaricom has launched Ndoto Zetu, an initiative that aims at positively transforming lives of communities across Kenya.

The initiative came up after a new year’s challenge to Safaricom CEO Bob Collymore by a local comedian to support the Divas Power Initiative. Founded by Moesha Kibibi, a professional dancer, Divas Power seeks to reach and empower kids from slums across the country.

Google in partnership with Backbone Connectivity Network (BCN) has launched a free, high-speed and public Wi-Fi hotspot in Abuja, in a move to enhance internet connection in Nigeria.

The Wi-Fi hotspot in Abuja kicked off Google’s intention to rollout free internet service in Northern Nigeria. The service was launched in three strategic parts of the federal capital territory (FCT), including"...

Liquid Telecom Kenya has partnered with Africa’s largest non-profit civic technology network Code for Africa (CfA) to install air quality sensors at 3,000 sites across Kenya, following warnings that air pollution is killing more than 20,000 Kenyans a year.

The sensors will be installed in a phased rollout at Liquid Telecom Kenya’s towers country-wide and powered by the company’s"...

Following months of intensive development, Cell C is now fully compliant with the End-User and Subscriber Service Charter regulations in accordance with Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA).

“We are proud to have completed these complex and costly developments in a manner that is beneficial to our customers and in record time and well before the deadline,” says"...

MTN Group has made several new executive appointments, including the position of Chief Technology & Information Officer and Executive for Corporate Services & Sustainability.

Charles Molapisi has been appointed as the company’s Group Chief Technology and Information Officer, effective 1 January 2019. His appointment follows Babak Fouladi’s resignation from the company to take"...

Western Union, a leader in cross-border, cross-currency money movement, has announced a new partnership with TerraPay to enable mobile wallet and bank account payout options across Africa, Europe, Asia and Latin America.

The partnership further expands upon Western Union’s account payout network for sending remittances directly into customers’ mobile wallets across these regions.

(AETOS Wire)-- ZephyrTel, a division of ESW Capital focused exclusively on global telecommunications operators, is pleased to announce it has acquired the Interact and Mobile Messaging business units of NewNet Communication Technologies with immediate effect. The acquisition will integrate the Mobile Messaging, Invigorate Rating and Charging Platform and the Nimblevox Cloud IVR technology into the ZephyrTel rapidly growing Telecoms"...

(AETOS Wire)-- Arthur D. Little (ADL) today published a new research report highlighting the need for greater digitalization in the global telecoms industry. The TIME 2018 Flagship Report outlines the scale of the digital opportunity, with analysis estimating that a ‘digital dividend’ of over €200 billion free cash flow awaits telcos that can successfully transform.

Industry"...

(AETOS Wire)-- The Trust for the Americas has selected GSMA as a winner of the 2018 Corporate Citizen of the Americas Award in the category ‘Technical Skills for the Future of Work’ for its program ‘Tech4Girls’. The award was presented by the Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), Luis Almagro, at a ceremony held last week in Washington, D.C. Ana Tavares Lattibeaudiere, Head of North"...