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- 11 Jan 2010
MultiChoice Africa Continues Strong Subscriber Growth in Sub-Sahara Africa
MultiChoice Africa, the continent’s leading pay-TV operator, has broken through the 1 million subscriber mark. “This is a significant milestone and we are well on track to achieve further…
- 11 Jun 2014
Ericsson Foresees Growth in Sub-Sahara Africa Mobile Internet, Others
Ericsson, a world leader in communications technology and services, has revealed the scale of the Sub-Sahara Africa’s ongoing data revolution with traffic growth doubling the past year. The June 2014…
- 15 Mar 2018
Visa Launches First Visa’s Everywhere Initiative in Sub Sahara Africa
Visa has announced that its Visa’s Everywhere Initiative, a global innovation program that tasks start-ups to solve commerce challenges of tomorrow and further enhance their own product propositions…
- 14 Jun 2018
Truecaller Acquires Chillr, Eyes Sub-Sahara Africa’s Mobile Payment Space
Last year in March, Truecaller had announced its foray into the digital payments segment in India. Today the company announced a strategic investment into the payment space by acquiring Chillr,…
- 17 Jun 2015
Smile, Ericsson Sign 1st Sub-Sahara Africa 4G/LTE Managed Services Contract
Smile Communications and Ericsson have signed the first 4G/LTE managed services contract signed in Sub-Saharan Africa. Under the terms of a five-year multi-country managed services agreement,…
- 9 Apr 2020
World Bank Sees Sub-Sahara Africa’s 1st Recession in 25 Years
World Bank Group says Coronavirus (COVID-19), is taking Sub-Saharan Africa towards its first recession in 25 Years. The bank stated this in a statement released on Thursday. It explained that growth…
- 1 Jul 2014
GSMA Enters mHealth Partnership Across Sub-Sahara Africa
The GSMA announced yesterday that its Mobile for Development mHealth program has launched a new cross-ecosystem partnership. This partnership is designed to provide a range of mHealth services to…
- 17 Jul 2018
More Than Half of Sub-Saharan Africa to Be Connected to Mobile by 2025, Says GSMA Report
More than half the population of Sub-Saharan Africa will be subscribed to a mobile service by 2025, according to the latest edition of the GSMA’s Mobile Economy report series, published at the GSMA…
- 3 Mar 2016
Ericsson ConsumerLab Report Shows 63% Sub-Sahara Africans Are Unbanked
Ericsson ConsumerLab's study of five countries in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) reveals that 63% of the population are unbanked, and 52% use mobile money through agents. According to…
- 2 Sept 2022
MainOne, Leads Drive for Interconnection in Africa @ AFPIF 2022; to Host #AfPIF2023 in Accra
West Africa’s provider of Connectivity and Data Center solutions, MainOne, an Equinix Company made new strides towards interconnecting and transforming Sub-Sahara Africa at the just concluded African…
- 16 Jun 2022
TechQuest STEM Academy, Partners Hosts Early-Stage Angel Investment Gathering in Lekki
TechQuest STEM Academy, and its Partners have rallied Angel Investors, Venture Capitalists and other stakeholders to an Early-Stage investor’s mixer at Lekki, Lagos. L-R: Founder, TechQuest STEM…
- 22 Jul 2015
NEC Invests in XON to Accelerate Regional African Growth
NEC Europe, a wholly owned subsidiary of NEC Corporation, has invested in XON, the sub-Sahara African ICT group, and the two organisations will have an integrated market approach that will combine…
- 20 Oct 2019
Inlaks Launches Hyosung Cash Recycler Machine @ its Maiden Digital Summit
Leading Systems Integrator, Inlaks played host to hundreds of African industry professionals amongst who are their customers in Nigeria and around sub-Sahara Africa to exchange best practices and…
- 13 Dec 2017
Africa Infrastructure Fund secures US$ 100m Loan from AfDB
In the bid to reduce the huge infrastructure financing gap in Sub-Sahara Africa, the African Development Bank has approved US $100 million to The Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund (EAIF), a Public…
- 23 Jun 2014
MainOne to Launch West Africa’s Largest Tier3 Data Center
MainOne, the leading provider of innovative Data Center and Telecom services and Network solutions for businesses in Sub-Sahara Africa is set to commission its Tier III Data center, the…
- 15 May 2017
Rack Centre, 1st in W/Africa to Achieve Uptime Institute Tier III ‘TCCF’ Certification
Rack Centre, the Sub Sahara Africa’s premium data centre and colocation services provider has attained the Tier III Tier Certification of Constructed Facility (TCCF) from the Uptime Institute,…
- 4 Jul 2024
V-Convention Underscores QNET’s Commitment to Transparency and Accountability - Biram Fall
Mr. Biram Fall, QNET's Regional General Manager, Sub-Sahara Africa, said that V-Convention is a veritable platform where QNET underscores its commitment to transparency and accountability. Mr.…
- 31 May 2017
TCCF: Rack Centre Expects Increased Hosting Demands
Rack Centre, the Sub Sahara Africa’s premium data centre and colocation services provider has declared it’s preparedness to accommodate more customers to its facilities in view of the boom in Big…
- 26 Jul 2018
Vodacom Advocates for Digitization to Create a More Sustainable Nigeria
Nigeria is one of the fastest developing countries in the world and the most populous nation in the Sub-Sahara Africa continent. With an estimated 198 million people – according to the National…
- 24 May 2010
Analyst Blame Poor Performance of Insurance stocks on Low Returns
A stock analyst, Mr. Donald Iyere has described business in the sub-sahara sector of Africa as unfavourable, occasioned by poor economic indices which has made investors not to be enthusiastic in…
- 29 Oct 2019
Siemens, Volkswagen Launch First Africa Electric Car Pilot Project in Rwanda
Rwanda becomes the first African country to introduce Volkswagen electric car; Volkswagen and Siemens sign joint development agreement to conduct electric mobility feasibility project; Pilot Project…
- 24 Nov 2017
AfDB Approves $15m Equity Investment in Africa Capital Works Fund
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a US$ 15m equity participation in Africa Capital Works Fund. The investment will finance Sub Saharan Africa’s mid-market…
- 16 Apr 2013
Most Nigerians Have no Access to Banks-Report
Sap Community Network and Standard Bank of South Africa (SBSA) have released a survey which showed that Nigeria has one of the largest numbers of people that have no access to traditional financial…
- 22 Jun 2017
DHL Express Says Employees Are Cornerstone of Its Success
DHL Express, as an innovative network business believes that it is imperative that a culture of motivation is inculcated among employees so they will deliver superior service to our custo The annual…
- 14 Oct 2021
Africa Rising: Why Project Managers Are Critical to Africa’s Future
By Otema Yirenkyi, Vice President of Global Engagement, PMI With a rapidly growing population and economy, Africa is poised to take on massive infrastructure upgrades, and they’ll need talented…
- 16 Nov 2017
Africa's Renewable Energy set to Soar by 2022 - IEA
Paolo Frankl, head of the renewable division at the Paris-based International Energy Agency (IEA), has said that strong demand is set to give a huge boost to renewable energy growth in Sub-Sahara…
- 27 Oct 2019
Facebook Says 33m Nigerians Access Social Networks via Phones
Facebook has said about 33 million Nigerians are accessing the social networking platform using their mobile phones. Kezia Anim-Addo, head, Communications, sub-Saharan Africa, Facebook, gave…
- 24 Jan 2020
Facebook Calls for Robust Infrastructure Deployment to Bolster Digital Culture, Seeks NCC Partnership
Facebook, a digital services provider has called for governments’ collaboration and partnership for infrastructure deployment to strengthen connectivity, enhance businesses and bolster citizens'…
- 22 Jun 2022
Infodata, Force Point Launch One Security Solution for Cyber Security
Some Cyber security experts on Tuesday called for constant awareness and sensitisation of individuals and organisations to help protect their data. L-R: Abumere Igboa CISO StanbicIBTC, Ms Jennifer…
- 5 May 2009
MTI Becomes Authorised Dealer of Kirloskar
MTI Plc has signed a business understanding with Kirloskar Oil Engines Limited (KOEL) of India. The arrangement enables MTI through its subsidiary Mass Power Integrated Services Limited to…