30 results
- 29 May 2019
SES Accelerates Digital Migration for Ivory Coast
SES has been selected as digital partner by Ivory Coast’s public broadcasting company, the Société Ivoirienne de Télédiffusion (SIDT) in a major move to meet the country’s 2020 deadline for switching…
- 28 Jun 2013
JUMIA Expands Service to Ivory Coast
JUMIA, West-Africa’s number one online retailer is now available in Ivory Coast. The company starts its services in the country providing their customers with a wide range of products online…
- 17 Nov 2009
Glo Extends Telecom Services to Ivory Coast
The granting operating license to Globacom by the government Cote d’Ivoire recently has pave the way the telecommunications giant to launch telecom services in the country. Mohamed Jameel,…
- 8 Jul 2015
Western Union Enhances Mobile Money Transfer Capabilities in Africa
Western Union Company, a leader in global payment services, in collaboration with the MTN Group, a multinational mobile telecommunications company servicing 229, 2 million customers in 22 countries,…
- 27 Aug 2013
Jumia Launches Mobile App in Nigeria, Others
JUMIA, West-Africa’s No.1 shopping destination, has launched its App in Nigeria, Morocco, Ivory Coast and Kenya. JUMIA’s App is available for all Android phones – enforcing m-commerce in Africa. With…
- 17 Jan 2015
EcoBank to Pay ex-CEO $15m in Damages
An Ivory Coast commercial court has ordered Ecobank Transnational Inc (ETI) to pay $15 million in damages to former chief executive Thierry Tanoh, who was dismissed last year amid allegations of poor…
- 6 Jan 2014
Access Bank sells Ivorian Unit to Cameroon's Afriland
Access Bank has sold its loss-making Ivory Coast subsidiary to Cameroon's Afriland First Bank Group for $1 million, according to a bank official and a filing with the Nigerian Stock Exchange. Access…
- 12 Mar 2013
Nokia Appoints Nick Imudia MD West & Central Africa
Nokia announced the appointment of Nick Imudia as managing director for its West and Central Africa operations. Covering a territory that includes Nigeria, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Liberia,…
- 15 Aug 2013
Hellofood’s Website Gets a Make-Over
Hellofood , the leading group of online food ordering platform has activated its new, dramatically improved user interface in Nigeria, Ghana, Senegal, Ivory Coast, Morocco and Kenya. Designed to deal…
- 8 Jun 2019
MTN Group Launches First MM Artificial Intelligence Service
MTN Group has launched Africa's first Mobile Money (MM) artificial intelligence service or 'chatbot'. In a statement the company confirmed that the chatbot went live in Ivory Coast in May and will be…
- 29 Nov 2021
AfDB Postpones Investment Forum due to Omicron Variant
African Development Bank (AfDB) has postponed to an unspecified date its planned Dec. 1-3 investment forum in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, due to health concerns and travel restrictions over the Omicron…
- 8 Jun 2019
MTN Group launches Africa’s first artificial intelligence service for Mobile Money
MTN Group has announced the launch of Africa’s first Mobile Money (MoMo) artificial intelligence service also known as ‘chatbot’. The chatbot went live in Ivory Coast in May and will be rolled out…
- 23 Jan 2013
IHS Plans More African Phone Tower Deals
IHS, telecoms Infrastructure Company, hopes to agree up to three transmitter tower deals in Africa this year and increase the size of its portfolio nearly seven-fold within the next four years.…
- 15 Mar 2024
Telcos Apologise for Internet Service Outage, Assure of Ongoing Repairs
Telecommunications operators in Nigeria have apologised to users for outages on their different networks caused by damage to multiple submarine cables along the West African Coast. Gbenga Adebayo,…
- 30 Apr 2015
Ericsson Gears Up Africa Operations with New Network Operations in Nigeria
To better serve both operators and end users across the continent, Ericsson is building a new network operations center in Lagos, Nigeria, and expanding the capabilities of its existing facility in…
- 7 Sept 2022
Meta Launches ‘Creators of Tomorrow’ Campaign Across Sub-Saharan Africa
Meta on Tuesday announced the launch of ‘ Creators of Tomorrow ', a new campaign that celebrates emerging talents from around the world who are inspiring a new movement of creative content online.…
- 29 Jul 2016
Orange Outlines Vision for Smart Metering, Solar Power, Others for MEA
Bruno Mettling, CEO of Orange Middle East and Africa (MEA), Jean-Marc Vignolles, Chief Operating Officer for Orange MEA and Ramon Fernandez, Deputy CEO and Chief Finance and Strategy Officer,…
- 4 Aug 2015
ISPON Urges Nigerian Banks to Invest in Tech Startups
The Institute of Software Practitioners of Nigeria (ISPON), an umbrella body for indigenous software companies in the country, has recommended that Nigerian banks should emulate their foreign…
- 23 Dec 2025
After the Capital Rush: Who Really Wins Nigeria’s Bank Recapitalisation?
By Blaise Udunze By any standard, Nigeria’s ongoing bank recapitalisation exercise is one of the most consequential financial sector reforms since the 2004-2005 consolidation that shrank the number…
- 22 Jul 2015
DEMO Africa Names Top 30 Tech Participating Start-ups
DEMO Africa on Tuesday released a list of the thirty technology start-ups from across Africa that will pitch at the 2015 edition of the DEMO Africa event. Last year’s giant, Nigeria, tops the list…
- 12 Jan 2016
How Etisalat, Airtel Weather Business Storms in Africa- Report
Africa may well be the next frontier for growth and expansion for global telecom operators, but a number of major players have encountered serious challenges around the profitability of their…
- 17 Jul 2014
Jumia Releases Product Discovery List
Jumia is Africa’s largest online retailer, with over 500,000 products available on its website spanning fashion, beauty products, electronics, home appliances and more. Among these products are some…
- 9 Aug 2018
Nigeria, Ghana Markets Boost MTN’s Half Year Results
Half-yearly results issued by MTN yesterday show an improved performance in constant currency over the six months to 30 June 2018, with stand-out performances by Nigeria, Ghana and South Africa. The…
- 16 Dec 2013
MTN Forms e-Commerce Venture with Millicom, Rocket Internet
Millicom, the international telecommunications and media company and Rocket Internet have signed an agreement to partner with MTN to develop their African online company AIH. Together the three…
- 2 Aug 2015
Incubation Road-Trip: Ampion Announces 2015 Venture Bus Africa, Partners
Ampion has announced partnership with Transparency International, the Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA) and leading financial institutions in West Africa. The partnerships will span two…
- 22 Jan 2015
Election Tensions Raise Fear of Nigeria’s of Break-Up
As Nigeria approaches its most divisive and closely fought election since the end of military rule in 1999, its leaders are having to reassure voters that Africa's most populous nation will remain in…
- 14 Jan 2016
DStv Hints at CHAN 2016 Live Coverage on SuperSport
DStv is kicking-off subscribers’ 2016 viewing experience with exciting football action. From 16 January to 07 February, DStv subscribers will be treated to the 2016 African Nations…
- 11 Sept 2015
Orange Launches Africa's first Mobile Crowdfunding Platform
Mobile operator Orange, which has operations in 16 African countries, has partnered with French charity crowdfunding platform HelloAsso to launch what it says is Africa's first mobile crowdfunding…
- 25 Oct 2016
MTN Nigeria Records Further Revenue Decline in Q3 of 2016
MTN Nigeria reported a smaller revenue decline in the quarter ended 30 September, as subscriber numbers continued to recover in the West African country. After reporting a year-on-year decline in…
- 20 Jan 2016
Viber Launches First Public Chat in Africa
Viber, one of the leading messaging and calling apps with more than 664 million unique users worldwide, has announced that it has opened its latest social channel ‘Public Chats’ to partners in…