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M-Kopa

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M-KOPA Hits 3 Million Active Customers Milestone As 9/10 Report Improved Quality Of Life

Fintech pioneer deploys $2 billion in credit to Africa's "Every Day Earners" – micro entrepreneurs invisible to traditional banks

M-KOPA (https://M-KOPA.com/), Africa's leading inclusive fintech, has surpassed 3 million active customers for the first time - a milestone that puts the company on track to serve 10 million Every Day Earners by the end of the decade. The company's 2025 Impact Report reveals that 9 out of 10 active customers…

SEACOM

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SEACOM acquires Africell Uganda assets to continue expanding its East African footprint

This latest expansion comes on the heels of SEACOM's recent acquisition of Kenyan service provider Hirani Telecom's metro fibre network

SEACOM (www.SEACOM.com), the pan-African telecommunications service provider, today announced it will acquire selected infrastructure assets from Africell in Uganda. The acquisition marks a significant step for SEACOM and is a testament to the company’s commitment to providing, competitive end-to-end connectivity and ICT solutions across the region. Download document: https://bit.ly/3oG14LM “East Africa…

Paradigm Initiative
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Amidst COVID-19, PIN Advances Digital Rights and Inclusion Across Africa (By Valery Njiaba)

PIN works to connect underserved young Africans with digital opportunities and ensures the protection of their rights.

By Valery Njiaba, Communications Officer, Paradigm Initiative (Paradigmhq.org) The Covid-19 pandemic has exposed the digital divide in Sub-Saharan Africa. More people require internet access and intermediate skills to work remotely due to the measures put in place to manage COVID-19.  According to a 2020 report by Global System for Mobile Communications Association…

International Organization for Migration (IOM)

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The International Organisation for Migration announces winners for the 2021 West and Central Africa Migration Journalism Awards

The competition celebrates journalists who bring attention to the many facets of migration in West and Central Africa in both French and English language

The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) (https://www.IOM.int/) is pleased to announce the winners of the 2021 West and Central Africa Migration Journalism Awards following an awards ceremony that took place on Wednesday. Choosing the best writing and reporting in a given year is an impossible task, as well as an…

MainOne
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MainOne supports VIPNET with increased capacity

VIPNET became MainOne’s 1st local ISP partner in Côte d'Ivoire

MainOne (www.MainOne.net), West Africa’s leading connectivity and data centre solutions provider, has upgraded Ivorian ISP, VIPNET’s capacity from 155Mbps to 1Gbps. VIPNET is a telecommunications operator that provides connectivity services and technology integration solutions through the national broadband coverage. Over the years, VIPNET has positioned itself as one of the…

Internet Society
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Community Networks key to connecting Africa, says Internet Society

The Internet Society in partnership with the Association for Progressive Communications (APC) and Zenzeleni Networks will hold the third Africa Community Networks Summit in the Eastern Cape, South Africa from 3-7 September, 2018

As Internet access continues to grow in Africa, with over 450 million people now connected to the Internet, more than 60 percent of the population still remains offline.  Community Networks are a key way to address this connectivity gap, says the Internet Society (https://www.Internetsociety.org/), a global non-profit dedicated to ensuring…

Internet Society
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Community Networks Key to Connecting Africa, says Internet Society

Community Networks are communications infrastructure built, managed and used by local communities

As Internet access continues to grow in Africa, with over 450 million people now connected to the Internet, more than 60 percent of the population still remains offline.  Community Networks are a key way to address this connectivity gap, says the Internet Society, a global non-profit dedicated to ensuring the…

Government Communication and Information System, Republic of South Africa
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Media invitation to join Deputy Minister, Ms Stella Tembisa Ndabeni-Abrahams and ICT Captains of Industry at the South African Competitiveness Forum

This will be the first time the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) Telecom World Conference is hosted on African soil

Brand South Africa in collaboration the Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services, Department of Small Business Development, Standard Bank and Ericsson will host a roundtable discussion on Policy Support for SMMEs and Women in Information Communication and Technology (ICT). The roundtable engagement comes ahead of South Africa hosting the 2018…

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Government Activities for the Week 28 August – 02 September 2018

The activities, which are aligned to the National Development Plan and outlined in the Medium Term Strategic Framework 2014-2019, are undertaken to build a better South Africa

Government has scheduled the following briefings/activities for the week: 28 August – 02 September 2018. The activities, which are aligned to the National Development Plan and outlined in the Medium Term Strategic Framework 2014-2019, are undertaken to build a better South Africa. The President of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa, will…

African Daily Voice (ADV)

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African Daily Voice (ADV), a New Pan African News Agency is Born

Based in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, the multinational company specialized in content, and the media, has a newsroom in Casablanca (Morocco) and offers multilingual services (French, English, Arabic)

The African Daily Voice Group (https://AfricanDailyVoice.com/) announced on Wednesday the launch of a new continental news agency: ADV. Based in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, the multinational company specialized in content, and the media, has a newsroom in Casablanca (Morocco) and offers multilingual services (French, English, Arabic). "Information networks remain dominated in…