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- 14 Aug 2026
FG Seeks to Half Burkina Faso's Internet Cost while Nigerians Pay more
Nigeria is partnering with Burkina Faso on Project Building Resilient Digital Infrastructure for Growth (BRIDGE), to extend terrestrial fiber-optic routes through Niger and Benin, aiming to cut…
- 27 May 2020
MainOne Partners World Bank to Deliver Connectivity in Burkina Faso
MainOne, West Africa’s premier connectivity and data center solution provider, has been entrusted by the State of Burkina Faso, backed by the World Bank, to provide bulk connectivity services to a…
- 22 Jun 2016
Orange Acquires Airtel Burkina Faso
Orange announced on Wednesday that, together with its subsidiary Orange Côte d’Ivoire, it has completed the acquisition of 100% of the mobile operator Airtel in Burkina Faso. Since the signature of…
- 2 Dec 2008
UBA Expands To Burkina Faso
In furtherance of its expansion strategy across the African continent, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc has acquired majority stake in the state owned Banque Internationale du Burkina Faso (BIB). The…
- 28 May 2013
Airtel Launches First 3.75 G Service In Burkina Faso
Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), a leading telecommunications services provider took a significant step towards building the largest 3G network across Africa by announcing the launch of its 3G mobile…
- 14 Mar 2015
Orange, Airtel To Enable Côte d’Ivoire & Burkina Faso Int’l Money Transfers
On Friday, customers of Orange Money in Côte d’Ivoire started using their mobile phones to send money to customers of Airtel Money in Burkina Faso, and vice versa. This partnership between Orange and…
- 16 Jan 2016
Orange Acquires Airtel Subsidiaries
Telecom operator Orange will take over Airtel’s operation in Burkina Faso and Sierra Leone and effectively expand its reach in West Africa. The latest development comes only a day after the French…
- 18 Nov 2020
Djoliba, New Submarine Cable System to Connect Nigeria, 7 Others
Orange, French telecoms firm is championing Djoliba , a new submarine cable system that is expected to boost Internet access across West Africa will connect Nigeria with Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire,…
- 25 Feb 2019
Orange launches Phone which Democratises Access to Internet in Africa
Orange partners with KaiOS Technologies and UNISOC to launch a phone with voice recognition at $US 20 in 16 countries in Africa and the Middle-East : Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central Africa…
- 14 Oct 2022
Nigeria, Others Get $250m Economic Boost from EBID
The Board of Directors of the ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID) has approved a total of $250 million for five member states of Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Senegal and Sierra Leone…
- 31 Mar 2016
Uproar in Nigeria over Plans to Introduce GMO Cotton, Corn
Millions of Nigerians are urging the Nigerian government to reject Monsanto’s attempts to introduce genetically modified (GMO) cotton and maize into the country’s food and farming systems, according…
- 13 Jan 2022
AFCON 2021: MTN Backs Amaju-led Super Eagles
After almost a year of delay, AFCON 2021 kicked off on Sunday, January 9, 2022 when host nation Cameroon welcomed the stallions of Burkina Faso. Olatokun Toriola, Chief Executive Officer (CEO), MTN…
- 7 Jun 2016
WED2016: Tracking Illegal Wildlife Trade with #BigData
To mark World Environment Day 2016 on 5 June, ITU explores the role of Big Data in preventing the illegal wildlife trade. WED 2016 Great apes have disappeared from Gambia, Burkina Faso, Benin and…
- 23 Aug 2019
Facebook Celebrates 'Icons of Change' from Across Sub-Saharan Africa
Facebook is bringing together 40 young leaders, developers, entrepreneurs and change makers from across Sub-Saharan Africa, to a two-day event in Accra, Ghana, titled “Celebrating Icons of Change”.…
- 23 Jul 2015
Airtel Plans Sale of Subsidiaries’ to Boost Nigerian Operations
Bharti Airtel has commenced final talks to sell four of its African subsidiaries to France’s Orange SA for $1bn (N197bn) in order to consolidate its stake in Nigeria. After the sale, which should be…
- 22 Feb 2019
Ecobank Foundation Supports African Film Industry
The Ecobank Foundation expressed delight to honour the African film portraying the most positive image of the continent, at the prestigious 2019 Festival Panafricain du Cinéma et de la Télévision…
- 2 Oct 2024
ECOWAS to Accelerate Implementation of ENBIC Regional ID Card for Stronger Integration
Immigration chiefs from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have agreed that it is urgent for member countries to expedite the issuance of the regional ENBIC ID card in order to…
- 12 Apr 2026
WATRA Positions West Africa’s $216bn Digital Economy for Growth
The West Africa Telecommunications Regulators Assembly (WATRA) has reaffirmed its commitment to advancing a secure, inclusive, and resilient digital ecosystem in West Africa following the successful…
- 5 Sept 2022
Netflix Opens Scholarship Applications for West & Central Africa
Netflix has announced the extension of its Netflix Creative Equity Scholarship Fund (CESF) to film and television students in the West and Central Africa region. Applications are now open for…
- 2 Nov 2021
Elumelu@ GEN-U Sahel, Says TEF Funded 10, 898 Entrepreneurs across Africa
Tony Elumelu, founder and chairman of Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF), has said that the foundation has funded 10, 898 entrepreneurs across Africa, who have gone on to create further 400, 000 direct…
- 6 Aug 2021
MDXi-MainOne Consolidates Position in Building West African Digital Ecosystem
MDXi, a MainOne company, continues to consolidate its position as the leading Data Center Business across West Africa with the launch of its recent Data Center in Appolonia City, Ghana. In an…
- 2 Dec 2008
Cotecna Provides Community with Solar-Powered Borehole
As part of strategic efforts to aid local communities with basic infrastructure and amenities, Cotecna Destination Inspection Limited (CDIL), a foremost trade security and facilitation company in…
- 10 Jun 2017
AfDB Approves €5m Equity Investment to Support SBs in sub-Saharan Africa
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) has approved a €5 million equity participation in Investisseur & Partenaire pour le Développement 2 (IPDEV.2), to support Small…
- 27 Aug 2015
AfDB Unveils Plan to Empower African Women
The office of the Special Envoy on Gender (SEOG) and the Department for Agriculture and Agro-industry (OSAN) of the African Development Bank (AfDB) launched a new report, “Economic Empowerment of…
- 6 Apr 2009
Prepaid Market in Nigeria, Africa Still Young-Dearman
Global Technology Partners specializes in creating innovative processing solutions internationally in the pre-paid card category. David Dearman, vice president of the company spoke on plans to…
- 19 Apr 2014
World Bank Gives $150m to 10 Nigerian Varsities, Others
The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors has approved $150 million to finance 19 university-based Centres of Excellence in seven countries in West and Central Africa, 10 of which are Nigerian…
- 28 Jul 2022
5 Nigerian Firms Among 34 Recipients of 3rd Google News Initiative Challenge
Google has announced 34 recipients of the third Google News Initiative (GNI) Innovation Challenge drawn from Africa, Middle East, Israel & Turkey. The recipients, among them 21 journalists and…
- 11 Jul 2014
West Africa Gets Innovative Cancer Care Facility
In a bid to ease access to the management and treatment of cancer in the West African subregion, a group of Swedish and Ghanaian investors has established and run a world class innovative cancer care…
- 11 Feb 2013
Adenuga, Globacom Boss Gives Eagles $1m
Dr. Mike Adenuga Jnr., chairman of Globacom and one of the richest men in Africa last night gave the victorious Super Eagles $1million for winning the Cup of Nations. Coach Stephen Keshi got $200,000…
- 26 Oct 2009
UBA Records Increase in Gross Earnings
United Bank for Africa Plc has recorded a 17 percent increase in Gross Earnings for the fourth quarter ended September 30, 2009. The latest financial results from the bank presented at the Nigerian…