Senegal's PM outlines govt's priorities four months ahead of presidential election

12 october 2023 - 11:51:46
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Senegalese Prime Minister Amadou Ba, who was reappointed on Wednesday, has unveiled his government's priorities four [...] Full text...

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Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko given six months suspended jail sentence for defamation

09 may 2023 - 06:18:05
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The Dakar Court of Appeal on Monday handed Senegalese opposition leader, Ousmane Sonko, a six-month suspended jail [...] Full text...

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Technical, Financial Partners pledge CFAF 18,135 billion for food sovereignty of African countries

27 january 2023 - 19:22:29
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The technical and financial partners (TFPs) represented at the second Dakar Forum on Agriculture have pledged [...] Full text...

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Irish President calls for more commitment to African agriculture

25 january 2023 - 20:12:21
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The Irish President, Michael Daniel Higgins, pleaded on Wednesday in Dakar for a policy of compensation [...] Full text...

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AfDB announces $10 billion commitment to Africa's food sovereignty

25 january 2023 - 19:48:55
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Akinwumi Adesina, pledged on Wednesday in Dakar to [...] Full text...

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Ghana telecom companies deactivate SIM cards not fully linked to national ID card

01 december 2022 - 07:34:48
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Telecommunication companies in Ghana are beginning the process of deactivating SIM cards of subscribers that are [...] Full text...

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Re-elected Gambian president wants to put youth at the heart of his next five-year term

06 december 2021 - 17:18:16
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - President Adama Barrow, re-elected on Sunday for a second, five-year term, has reached out to his [...] Full text...

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Benin to get third GSM operator

05 july 2021 - 13:14:59
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - SBIN, Beninese Company of Digital Infrastructure, has been selected as the third operator of a mobile [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Twitter reacts as MTN, Glo, Airtel, others implement ban in Nigeria

05 june 2021 - 08:58:38
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Twitter has formally reacted to the federal government's decision to ban its operations in Nigeria, saying "it [...] Full text...

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Ethiopia lists two bidders for first private mobile telecom licence

27 april 2021 - 01:48:54
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - A consortium of telecommunication firms under Safaricom and its parent firm, Vodafone/Vodacom of the United [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: WHO urges equitable vaccine access to widen reach in Africa

26 march 2021 - 08:54:07
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – Africa urgently needs more COVID-19 vaccine supplies as deliveries begin to slow down and initial batches are [...] Full text...

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MTN partners with African Union on COVID-19 vaccinations in Africa

28 january 2021 - 16:23:30
Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - In a unique public/private partnership, MTN, Africa’s leading mobile network, has announced a donation of [...] Full text...

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Eswatini PM Dlamini passes away

14 december 2020 - 10:58:31
Mbabane, Eswatini (PANA) - The Prime Minister of Eswatini, Ambrose Dlamini, has passed away, the government has announced. An official government [...] Full text...

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Ethiopia halts plans to privatise profitable national carrier, says finance minister

14 october 2020 - 22:48:18
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Ethiopia's finance minister, Ahmed Shide, has revealed that the planned privatisation of the national carrier, [...] Full text...

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Congo: Mobile phone companies urged to improve their networks before next December

28 september 2020 - 16:48:28
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Congolese Postal and Electronic Communications Regulatory Agency (ARPCE) on Monday called on cell phone companies, MTN [...] Full text...

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Congo: Financial stakeholders briefed on e-pay system

12 june 2020 - 16:53:33
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Representatives of credit and micro-finance institutions of Congo were Thursday briefed on the integration process of [...] Full text...

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Airtime scratch cards to be converted into mobile money in Rwanda

05 february 2020 - 12:47:29
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Customers who own unused airtime scratch cards for Rwanda's main mobile operator, MTN-Rwanda, will be entitled [...] Full text...

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Buhari commits to provision of enabling environment for businesses in Nigeria

28 january 2020 - 16:46:14
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, on Tuesday again announced that the Nigerian Federal Government is committed to [...] Full text...

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Congo: Mobile Money generates nearly 1 billion CFAF in 2019

17 january 2020 - 18:01:31
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The mobile money market is growing, after a timid start in 2010 in Congo, generating a [...] Full text...

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Rwanda welcomes South Africa's decision to ban refugees from political activities

07 january 2020 - 20:19:41
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwanda's Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Regional Cooperation and EAC affairs, Olivier Nduhungirehe, on Tuesday [...] Full text...

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South Africa President Ramaphosa arrives in Ghana for 24-hour visit

05 december 2019 - 07:58:34
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - South African President Cyril Ramaphosa arrived in Accra on Wednesday night for a 24-hour visit to [...] Full text...

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South Africa's ruling party rebukes African telecom giants

04 december 2019 - 08:45:28
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The ruling African National Congress (ANC) has asked South Africa’s telecom giants, Vodacom and [...] Full text...

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UNICEF supports Beninese school children

15 september 2019 - 12:37:05
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) is supporting Beninese schoolchildren as part of the 2019 -20120 school [...] Full text...

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'Innovative thinking marks AfDB's Africa jobs manifesto'

14 september 2019 - 08:06:10
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA)    -   Innovative thinking about Africa’s conventional employment issues marked the launch here Thursday of  the African [...] Full text...

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Buhari urges Ramaphosa to take urgent steps to stop xenophobic attacks

09 september 2019 - 14:28:11
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Presidency on Monday said President Muhammadu Buhari has received a report of his Special [...] Full text...

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125 protesters arrested as Nigerian govt warns against reprisal attacks

05 september 2019 - 14:41:55
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian government on Thursday warned against reprisal attacks against foreigners, malls and business complexes in [...] Full text...

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Ramaphosa says South Africa must quell attacks on foreigners

04 september 2019 - 17:25:59
Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - South African President Cyril Ramaphosa told officials and business leaders on Wednesday that he was [...] Full text...

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MTN Nigeria closes service outlets, offices in Nigeria over xenophobic attacks

04 september 2019 - 12:56:43
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – MTN Nigeria has announced the closure of all its service outlets and offices in Nigeria, “till [...] Full text...

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Nigerians ignore appeals against retaliation for South African xenophobic attacks

04 september 2019 - 11:33:56
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigerians across the country have ignored appeals by the federal government against retaliatory attacks on South [...] Full text...

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Nigerians move against South African firms as govts says compensation and security for Nigerians are on the table

03 september 2019 - 18:43:57
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - As Nigerians rage over the xenophobic attacks against their nationals and their businesses in South Africa, [...] Full text...

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Nigerian students picket South African-owned businesses in Nigeria over xenophobic attacks

08 august 2019 - 17:06:47
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Backlash has started over the continuing xenophobic attacks on Nigerians in South Africa with the National [...] Full text...

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Uganda government explains currency printing saga

25 june 2019 - 18:01:36
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) – The government of Uganda has explained to the national Parliament what it says is the cause [...] Full text...

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Deported telecoms giant boss battles Ugandan gov't in court

11 april 2019 - 22:07:46
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) – The chief executive officer of telecoms giant, Mobile Telephone Network (MTN), who was deported from Uganda [...] Full text...

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Angolan telecom operator, Unitel to chair Association to fight against fraud, security

21 march 2019 - 09:56:29
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - Angolan telecommunication operator, Unitel, has been elected for a two-year term as president of the [...] Full text...

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French President emphasises deepening regional security ties on Kenya visit

14 march 2019 - 16:27:12
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Visiting French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday,  the second day of his Kenyan visit,  emphasised his [...] Full text...

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MTN resolves massive Nigerian forex dispute with Nigeria

27 december 2018 - 10:54:12
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Africa’s biggest telecoms company on Thursday confirmed that it has reached a settlement with [...] Full text...

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AfDB Board approves Bank’s borrowing programme for 2019

16 december 2018 - 09:23:23
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Board of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved the institution’s 2019 borrowing programme [...] Full text...

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Some results of Day 12 matches of Côte d'Ivoire's League 1 football championship

03 december 2018 - 10:54:50
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - Following are some results of Day 12 matches of the MTN 1 football championship in [...] Full text...

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AfDB makes major appointments to its management cadre

01 august 2018 - 15:07:58
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has announced three major appointments ti its management cadre, [...] Full text...

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Coton Sport strengthens lead in Cameroonian football league

28 may 2018 - 11:04:14
Yaoundé, Cameroon (PANA) - Coton Sport has maintained its lead in the Cameroonian football championship MTN Elite One, thanks to [...] Full text...

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Cotonsport maintain lead in Cameroon's football league

17 may 2018 - 11:31:37
Yaoundé, Cameroon (PANA) - Despite not playing on Wednesday, in Day 19 of Cameroon's football championship, MTN Elite One, [...] Full text...

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Bharti Airtel acquires 'full control' of Tigo-Millicom in Rwanda

19 december 2017 - 11:27:51
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - One of Rwanda's telecommunications service providers, Bharti Airtel Rwanda, has acquired full control of its former [...] Full text...

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Rwanda launches new mobile platform to check individual bank credit status

24 november 2017 - 15:50:30
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwanda plans to make the control of credit data flows user-friendly whereby individuals could rely from [...] Full text...

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Côte d’Ivoire: IT experts, policymakers discuss Internet infrastructure challenges in Africa

22 august 2017 - 11:55:31
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) - The 8th African Peering and Interconnection Forum (AfPIF) opened on Tuesday in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, [...] Full text...

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Rwanda: Rwanda revokes licence of Somali money transfer operator

09 august 2017 - 11:05:13
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The National Bank of Rwanda has revoked an operating license for a Somali money remittance [...] Full text...

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South Africa: MTN records massive loss following Nigerian fine

02 march 2017 - 11:37:29
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Mobile phone giant MTN on Thursday announced it recorded a massive US$108 million annual [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Pretoria tense as South Africans and foreigners clash with police

24 february 2017 - 13:12:14
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The situation remains tense in Pretoria, South Africa's capital, where locals have clashed with [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Hundreds protest at South African embassy over xenophobic attacks on Nigerians

23 february 2017 - 19:14:05
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Hundreds of Nigerian students on Thursday stormed the South African High Commission in Abuja and Nigeria’s [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Pretoria under fire over attacks on Nigerians

23 february 2017 - 17:19:41
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Tensions remain high between Nigerians and South Africans in Gauteng, South Africa’s most populated [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Buhari orders investigation into corruption allegations involving top officials

19 december 2016 - 06:13:31
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Attorney-General of the Federation to conduct investigation into allegations [...] Full text...

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South Africa: MTN now to pay two-thirds of original fine in Nigeria

10 june 2016 - 14:50:08
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African mobile phone giant, MTN, on Friday agreed to pay a 330 billion [...] Full text...

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South Africa: MTN vows to prevent a repeat of Nigeria fiasco

26 may 2016 - 13:21:04
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Phuthuma Nhleko, chairman of mobile phone giant MTN, on Thursday assured shareholders that steps [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Constitutional Court rules against cellphone giant in workplace dispute

26 april 2016 - 13:01:22
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa's Constitutional Court on Tuesday ruled against cellphone giant Vodacom, following a decade-long [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Zuma moves to mend fences with Nigeria

09 march 2016 - 07:47:17
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s testy relationship with Nigeria has come into sharp focus with President Jacob [...] Full text...

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South Africa: MTN's profits plunge over record Nigerian fine

03 march 2016 - 11:19:32
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Telecoms giant MTN on Thursday revealed that it has recorded a staggering 51% drop [...] Full text...

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South Africa: MTN pays Nigerian authorities US$241 million

24 february 2016 - 14:02:58
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – MTN's share price on Wednesday bounced back dramatically after it announced that it had [...] Full text...

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Senegal: CPJ condemns Uganda for blocking social media during voting

19 february 2016 - 12:25:29
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has condemned Ugandan authorities for restricting access to social media [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: African brand mobile launches in Nigeria

04 february 2016 - 06:21:25
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - African mobile technology brand 'AG Mobile', recognised as one of the continent’s first ODM (original design [...] Full text...

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South Africa: MTN accused of not paying taxes in Cameroon

21 january 2016 - 12:41:45
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - Cameroon on Wednesday accused South African phone giant, MTN, of not paying its taxes. [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Stand-off over MTN's record fine continues

24 december 2015 - 10:06:58
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Nigeria’s telecommunications authorities have indicated that they will wait for the outcome of a [...] Full text...

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South Africa: South Africa's MTN to fight Nigerian fine in court

17 december 2015 - 17:19:46
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - South African phone giant MTN on Thursday said it will challenge a record US$3.9 [...] Full text...

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Tanzania: Vodafone launches M-Pesa in Ghana

16 december 2015 - 11:21:28
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Worldwide provider of mobile telecommunications Vodafone has extended M-Pesa to Ghana, the 11th Vodafone [...] Full text...

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Tanzania: MTN Nigeria penalty slashed to US$3.4bn from US$5.2bn

03 december 2015 - 08:03:53
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - South Africa-based telecom network operator, MTN, on Thursday said the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) [...] Full text...

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Tanzania: MTN gets extension to pay US$5.2 bn penalty in Nigeria

16 november 2015 - 18:18:52
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Telecom network operator MTN has received an extension for paying US$5.2 billion penalty till [...] Full text...

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Côte d'Ivoire: Abidjan to introduce 'Mad Friday'

12 november 2015 - 12:00:06
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - Jumia Côte d'Ivoire, an Ivorian an on-line shopping company, says it is preparing for one [...] Full text...

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South Africa: MTN CEO quits over Nigeria scandal

09 november 2015 - 11:28:41
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The CEO of South African telecoms giant MTN on Monday announced his resignation in [...] Full text...

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South Africa: South African telecoms giant reeling over Nigerian fine

02 november 2015 - 17:33:06
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African telecoms giant MTN is reeling after being slapped with a US$5.2 billion [...] Full text...

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Senegal: AMI announces finalists for “Excellence in Media” awards

28 october 2015 - 16:24:01
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The African Media Initiative (AMI) Wednesday announced finalists in the first edition of its Zimeo [...] Full text...

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Tanzania: MTN Cameroon wins US$100,000 prize to invest in community projects

21 october 2015 - 14:06:38
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - MTN Cameroon will receive US$100,000 to invest in community projects, as recognition of the [...] Full text...

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Tanzania: MTN Benin taps Ericsson to provide rural telecom coverage

15 october 2015 - 12:22:31
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Telecom network vendor Ericsson has announced its first managed rural coverage deal with MTN [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: President Buhari publicly declares assets, had less than US$150k in cash

03 september 2015 - 23:13:56
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari and his Deputy, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, on Thursday publicly declared their assets, [...] Full text...

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Tanzania: MTN, Liquid Telecom partner to extend fixed, wireless networks in Africa

25 august 2015 - 07:46:42
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - The MTN Group and Liquid Telecom have partnered to jointly offer customers access to [...] Full text...

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Tanzania: Bharti Airtel to shake up Africa operations by reducing headcount

28 july 2015 - 07:19:43
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Bharti Airtel is shaking up operations in Africa, where some 20 senior executives are [...] Full text...

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Rwanda: Crystal Telecom lists on Rwandan Stock Exchange

16 july 2015 - 16:45:15
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Crystal Telecom, a subsidiary of Crystal Ventures Limited which also holds a large part of shares [...] Full text...

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Tanzania: Airtel introduces cross-border money transfer in Niger

10 july 2015 - 07:09:34
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Bharti Airtel has launched a cross-border money transfer service for its customer’s in Niger, [...] Full text...

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Tanzania: Study finds Africa set to lead mobile money market

26 june 2015 - 10:11:44
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - With several African mobile operators currently generating more than 10 percent of their revenues [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Nigerians protest xenophobic attacks in South Africa

21 april 2015 - 15:24:22
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The widespread anger in Nigeria over the xenophobic attacks in South Africa has triggered protests across [...] Full text...

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Nigerian: Nigerians besiege South African embassy protesting xenophobic violence

20 april 2015 - 18:24:53
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigerian civil society advocates and activists Monday besieged the South African Embassy in Abuja and [...] Full text...

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Cote d’Ivoire: Ivorian govt. to reduce number of mobile phone operators

05 march 2015 - 14:37:15
Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire (PANA) – The Ivorian Government Wednesday said it would reduce the number of operators in the country, [...] Full text...

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Tanzania: Telecom Company unveils app to enhance voter education in Nigeria

09 february 2015 - 15:41:22
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Telecommunication Company, MTN, has unveiled an app which is aimed at educating voters in [...] Full text...

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Ethiopia: Ethio tel joins AU Ebola fundraising campaign

20 december 2014 - 14:31:31
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Ethiopia's state run mobile telephone firm, Ethio Telecom, joined the campaign on Saturday to raise [...] Full text...

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Ethiopia: African business leaders agree to set up Ebola Fund

08 november 2014 - 14:12:47
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - African business executives agreed to create an Emergency Fund for Ebola and immediately raised US$ [...] Full text...

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Tanzania: Bharti Airtel struggling to turn around Africa mobile operations

16 october 2014 - 09:32:16
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - India's Bharti Airtel Group Chairman Sunil Mittal has mandated the Group's director of special [...] Full text...

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Tanzania: Mobile-based tools bringing education to millions in Africa - Report

22 august 2014 - 08:36:37
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - The ubiquity of mobile phones is providing a new low cost tool for teaching [...] Full text...

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Tanzania: MTN-Rwanda eyes cross-border mobile money

11 august 2014 - 13:31:04
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - With growing competition in mobile banking in the telecoms sector within the country, MTN-Rwanda [...] Full text...

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Tanzania: MTN launches cloud computing services in Rwanda

06 august 2014 - 14:59:05
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – With the core objective of helping businesses in Rwanda reduce cost and improve productivity, [...] Full text...

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Tanzania: Massive smartphone shift underway in South Africa

30 july 2014 - 15:14:44
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – South Africa is currently witnessing a massive shift from feature phones to smartphones and [...] Full text...

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Congo: 2 mobile phone companies to invest over 35b CFA francs in Congo

22 july 2014 - 14:26:41
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Two mobile phone companies, MTN and Airtel, say they will invest 25 billion CFA francs and [...] Full text...

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Cameroon: Clinton Foundation, MTN to combat HIV infection in Cameroonian newborns

24 june 2014 - 18:01:17
Douala, Cameroon (PANA) - The Clinton Foundation and MTN Cameroon have signed a partnership agreement to "save 10,000 newborns infected [...] Full text...

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Sudan: Telecoms companies block non-registered SIM cards

01 june 2014 - 16:10:13
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudanese Telecommunication Corporation (STC) has withdrawn service from hundreds of thousands of subscribers, who failed, [...] Full text...

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Congo: Congo-South Africa joint commission meets in Brazzaville

15 april 2014 - 15:33:18
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – The second session of the Congo-South Africa joint commission opened on Monday in Brazzaville, the Congolese [...] Full text...

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Togo: MTN, Ecobank collaborate on mobile financial services in Africa

18 march 2014 - 22:05:12
Lomé, Togo (PANA) - MTN, one of Africa’s mobile telephone leaders, and Ecobank, the Pan-African bank operating in 36 countries, [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: SA telecoms operator makes 794b Naira revenue in Nigeria

06 march 2014 - 13:08:15
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigerian subsidiary of South African mobile phone operator MTN recorded a revenue of 793.614 billion [...] Full text...

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Tanzania: Alcatel-Lucent to upgrade EASSy submarine cable system along eastern, southern Africa coast

23 january 2014 - 08:33:05
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Global communications firm Alcatel-Lucent is to upgrade the EASSy submarine cable system, one [...] Full text...

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'There is huge potential of mobile financial services in Africa'

17 december 2013 - 07:54:56
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - With 43 percent of forecast m-money deployments worldwide expected to be in sub-Saharan countries, [...] Full text...

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South African firms lead Africa's most valuable brands

06 november 2013 - 11:55:21
London, United Kingdom (PANA) - South African firms have won the top four positions on the list of the most [...] Full text...

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Africa's top business leaders honoured at UN General Assembly week

23 september 2013 - 17:43:02
New York, US (PANA) - Leading African businessmen, Tony Elumelu and Edward Boateng, were amongst recipients who received accolades at [...] Full text...

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Airtel announces senior-level organizational changes in Africa

28 august 2013 - 17:56:51
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Barthi Airtel, a global communications services provider with operations in 20 countries across Asia [...] Full text...

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Mobile financial services benefit Africa’s mobile phone subscribers

17 july 2013 - 09:49:57
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Mobile network operators (MNOs) can benefit in different ways from the huge mobile financial [...] Full text...

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Nigeria planning measures to encourage investors

09 may 2013 - 13:53:24
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's federal government has announced it is working on a national industrial revolution plan to further [...] Full text...

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Jonathan tasks African leaders to check proliferation of smal arms, light weapons

07 may 2013 - 17:10:20
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Noting that many African countries are faced with the challenges of terrorism and other acts of [...] Full text...

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Nigeria's President leads economic team to SA, Namibia

05 may 2013 - 10:31:26
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan will lead key members of his economic management team to this week's [...] Full text...

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'Nigeria's GSM subscriber base hits 113 million'

17 march 2013 - 11:02:36
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The growth of Nigeria's telecommunications industry has been phenomenal, with the mobile phone subscriber base now [...] Full text...

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NCC sanctions telecoms operators in Nigeria over ban on promotions, lotteries

01 march 2013 - 10:33:46
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) the independent National Regulatory Authority for the telecommunications industry, has imposed [...] Full text...

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Mobile phone penetration rate rises in Rwanda

09 january 2013 - 19:34:46
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Mobile phone penetration rate in Rwanda has increased considerably over the past five years, from 6.2% [...] Full text...

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MTN to launch 4G technology in Uganda

09 january 2013 - 18:13:26
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - MTN announced Wednesday that it has started installing in Uganda Long Term Evolution (LTE) [...] Full text...

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1st UPDATE: Suicide bombers attack Airtel, MTN facilities in Nigeria

22 december 2012 - 11:33:53
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Two suicide car bombers on Saturday attacked facilities of mobile phone operators, Airtel and MTN, in [...] Full text...

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BREAKING NEWS: Suicide bombers attack telecom facilities in Nigeria

22 december 2012 - 11:13:23
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Suicide bombers have carried out two separate attacks against telecommunication facilities in Kano, in what seems [...] Full text...

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ANC conference ends

21 december 2012 - 08:39:02
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) Thursday wrapped up its national conference in [...] Full text...

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SA gets 'fastest ever' internet system

13 december 2012 - 14:34:06
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Telecom network provider Ericsson said Thursday it had completed the construction of the fastest-ever mobile internet [...] Full text...

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Cameroon grants licence to 3rd mobile phone operator

11 december 2012 - 13:46:25
Douala, Cameroon (PANA) - The Cameroonian government has licensed a third mobile phone operator, Viettel Cameroon, which is a [...] Full text...

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Ghana orders MTN to stop selling new SIM cards

03 december 2012 - 14:10:20
Accra, Ghana (PANA) – The National Communications Authority (NCA), Ghana’s regulatory body of the telecommunication sector, on Monday directed the [...] Full text...

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South African investors eye Nigeria market

29 november 2012 - 13:16:22
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Worried by the current Euro zone crisis in Europe, South African investors are increasing their investment [...] Full text...

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High data penetration creates new opportunities in South Africa

20 november 2012 - 15:26:52
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Cloud services, mobile advertising and applications will be some of the highest growth segments [...] Full text...

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Student wins plane in Nigeria's telecoms promo

13 november 2012 - 20:00:21
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - A day after the regulatory Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) banned promos and lotteries by the country's [...] Full text...

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Nigeria's telecoms regulator bans operators' promos, lotteries over poor service

13 november 2012 - 13:15:56
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The regulatory Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has banned telecoms operators from running promotions and lotteries, saying [...] Full text...

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Union of Douala leads in MTN Elite One football championship in Cameroon

10 september 2012 - 15:45:57
Yaoundé, Cameroon (PANA) – After 22 rounds of matches and a 2-0 win over Canon of Yaoundé, Union of Douala [...] Full text...

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New oil find, moves to guarantee constant electricity, terror attacks reported in Nigeria

08 september 2012 - 10:26:58
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The discovery of oil in the Lake Chad Basin, President Goodluck Jonathan's strategy to guarantee constant [...] Full text...

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Nigeria telecoms operators threaten to cut off north after base stations attacks

07 september 2012 - 08:13:20
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Having lost 26 telecommunications base stations worth US$6.5 million to attacks by Islamic sect Boko Haram [...] Full text...

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Boko Haram claims responsibility for attacks on telephone masts in Nigeria

06 september 2012 - 23:05:51
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Islamic sect Boko Haram has claimed responsibility for Wednesday's attacks on telecommunications base stations in [...] Full text...

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Algeria’s ISPs urge government to liberalise broadband sector

21 august 2012 - 14:46:24
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Internet service providers (ISPs) in Algeria have asked the government to liberalise the national [...] Full text...

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Libya to licence private ISPs

16 august 2012 - 08:38:06
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - The government of Libya has indicated that it would issue local private sector companies [...] Full text...

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MTN South Africa to launch high-speed LTE services

10 august 2012 - 08:52:33
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - MTN South Africa could launch commercial LTE (Long Term Evolution) services, marketed as 4G [...] Full text...

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Airtel to invest US$100m in Rwanda

27 may 2012 - 08:03:37
Kigali Rwanda (PANA) - The world's fifth mobile telecommunications company, Bharti Airtel, is to invest US$100 million in its [...] Full text...

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Airtel ranked amongst top 100 Global Brands

24 may 2012 - 07:34:05
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Bharti Airtel, a leading global telecommunications company with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa, [...] Full text...

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Nigeria regulator fines GSM firms for poor services

13 may 2012 - 11:35:42
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The regulatory Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) has fined the four Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) [...] Full text...

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Nigerian telecom giant Glo launches Ghana operations

29 april 2012 - 20:01:18
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Nigerian telecommunication giant, Glo Mobile, on Sunday launched its operations in Ghana with a pledge for [...] Full text...

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Nigeria telecom giant Glo under pressure to begin Ghana operations

22 april 2012 - 08:19:51
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Nigerian telecommunication giant, Glo Mobile, is under pressure to begin operations in Ghana after years of [...] Full text...

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Nigerian military dismisses MEND's threat to attack SA interests

16 april 2012 - 16:16:47
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigerian military on Monday dismissed threats by the militant group Movement for the Emancipation of [...] Full text...

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Attacks on South Africa's investments in Nigeria imminent - MEND

14 april 2012 - 16:38:52
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria oil militant group Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) said on Saturday [...] Full text...

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Vodacom Tanzania announces roaming savings for customers

10 april 2012 - 10:39:22
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Mobile telecommunications firm Vodacom Tanzania has announced that its customers can now enjoy [...] Full text...

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'Mobile phone firms in Nigeria to spend US$282m to fuel generators in 2012'

02 april 2012 - 07:57:49
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Against the backdrop of the worsening electricity situation in Nigeria, mobile phone companies will this year [...] Full text...

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Nigeria’s mobile services set to benefit from new investments, ICT policies

16 february 2012 - 12:51:40
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - The competitive landscape of Nigeria’s telecom sector which forced operators to roll out new [...] Full text...

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Study suggests telecom operators should target sub-Saharan African market

15 february 2012 - 12:18:13
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Operators in sub-Saharan Africa have a window of opportunity with both larger enterprises and [...] Full text...

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Nigerian media report the continuing orgy of violence

11 february 2012 - 11:27:24
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The unending orgy of violence, especially the non-stop bombing campaign (almost on a daily basis) by [...] Full text...

thread Press Review

Nigeria oil militants claim attack on Agip pipeline in President's state

05 february 2012 - 08:47:25
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) said its fighters have attacked and [...] Full text...

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MTN Ghana, Ericsson, renew managed services partnership

30 january 2012 - 15:17:07
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Africa's telecommunications company MTN on Monday announced the extension of its managed services agreement with Ericsson, [...] Full text...

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Ghana telecom companies fined for ‘poor quality services’

08 november 2011 - 17:45:32
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The five telecommunication companies operating in Ghana have been slapped with fines totalling 1.2 million Ghana [...] Full text...

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Telecoms operators in Nigeria seek national policy

21 october 2011 - 09:18:22
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Operators in Nigeria's telecommunications’ sector have called on the federal government to issue a National Policy [...] Full text...

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Nigeria’s telecoms operators seek improved infrastructure

11 july 2011 - 11:56:25
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Ahead of the 10th year anniversary of the advent of the Global System for Mobile Communication [...] Full text...

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Submarine cable to improve telecommunication lands in Accra

14 may 2011 - 15:26:14
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Mobile telecommunication giants, MTN Group, says the submarine West Africa Cable System (WACS) that will reduce [...] Full text...

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Spat between Guinean govt, telecoms firm ends

08 may 2011 - 11:48:22
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Mobile phone company Areeba has agreed to pay the Guinean government 15 million euros, representing 50% [...] Full text...

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Standoff between State, mobile operator in Guinea

04 may 2011 - 10:15:55
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - The Guinean government has acquired the personnel, equipment and assets of the mobile telephone company Areeba [...] Full text...

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MTN and Hollard Insurance Group pilot mobile money insurance in Ghana

24 march 2011 - 20:41:29
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Africa’s leading telecommunication provider, MTN Group, and international insurance group, Hollard Insurance, have partnered to pilot [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe licences fourth mobile phone operator

15 march 2011 - 09:37:28
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe has licensed a fourth company to offer mobile phone services in the country, a national [...] Full text...

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Remote trading on Nigerian bourse receives boost

16 february 2011 - 20:53:27
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigerian Stock Exchange(NSE) has said the use of Remote Trading by Dealing member firms has [...] Full text...

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AU to unveil single African SIM card

27 january 2011 - 19:34:02
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union (AU) has unveiled plans for a single standardized SIM card for all [...] Full text...

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MEND threatens another bomb blast in Abuja

16 october 2010 - 09:02:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) has threatened to detonate another bomb [...] Full text...

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Mali hosts African Editors' Forum

13 october 2010 - 18:46:00
Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- Mali is playing host to a conference of African Editors, which opens on Thursday, bringing together [...] Full text...

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WC 2010: Vuvuzela - to ban or not to ban, controversy rages on

17 june 2010 - 20:59:00
Pretoria- South Africa (PANA) -- One instrument that has generated a lot of contr oversy before and during the 2010 [...] Full text...

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Rwanda news web site blocked

12 june 2010 - 10:58:00
New York- US (PANA) -- The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) on Friday calle d on the Rwandan authorities to [...] Full text...

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Nigerian Telecom giant Glo threatens to pull out of Ghana

24 may 2010 - 18:27:00
Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- Nigerian telecommunications giant, Glo, is threatening to pull out of Ghana over claims of â?sabotageâ? by [...] Full text...

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Foreign telecoms firms eye Zim mobile operator

16 march 2010 - 10:08:00
Harare- Zimbabwe (PANA) -- A state-owned mobile phone company in Zimbabwe said Tu esday it was in talks with three [...] Full text...

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Six pre-qualified for privatisation of Nigeria's telecoms firm

09 february 2010 - 07:09:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Another attempt to privatise the state-run Nigerian Tele communications Plc (NITEL) will receive a boost 16 [...] Full text...

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Tiko joins Cotonsport atop Cameroon's MTN Elite League

25 december 2009 - 09:41:00
Yaounde- Cameroun (PANA) -- Tiko United beat YOSA 1-0 Thursday to join Cotonsport atop Cameroon's first division football league. [...] Full text...

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Three MTN Elite One matches in Cameroon postponed

22 december 2009 - 22:40:00
Yaoundأ©- Cameroon (PANA) -- Three matches of the 10th round of Cameroon's footba ll first division championship, MTN Elite One, [...] Full text...

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Nigeria mobile telecoms operator, MTN, sacks 65

20 november 2009 - 09:56:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- One of Nigeria's leading mobile telecommunications compa ny, MTN, has sacked 65 staffers, the company said [...] Full text...

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Nigerian VP frowns at trade imbalance between SA, Nigeria

13 november 2009 - 16:43:00
Abuja- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigerian Vice-President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday open ed the 10th anniversary of the Nigeria/South Africa Bi-National [...] Full text...

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CAF raises Champions League cash prizes

13 september 2009 - 10:09:00
Cairo- Egypt (PANA) -- African soccer's governing body CAF has increased the cash prizes for the CAF Champions League, after [...] Full text...

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13 firms bid for Nigerian govt shares in telecoms firm

02 september 2009 - 07:17:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Thirteen telecommunications firms have indicated their i nterest in acquiring the Nigerian government shares in the [...] Full text...

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Africa urged to collaborate in telecom development

08 august 2009 - 19:27:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The former President of Sierra Leone, Dr. Ahmad Tejan Ka bbah, has called on African [...] Full text...

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Damage to SAT-3 cable disrupts Internet services in Nigeria

29 july 2009 - 13:33:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The damage to the SAT-3 submarine cable that links Niger ia to the outside world has [...] Full text...

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Nigeria, South Africa set up investment panel (corrected)

24 february 2009 - 20:19:00
Abuja- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigeria and South Africa Tuesday inaugurated a 10-member Joint Presidential Advisory Council on Investment (JPACI) to [...] Full text...

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Nigeria, South Africa sets up investment panel

24 february 2009 - 16:45:00
Abuja- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigeria and South Africa Tuesday inaugurated a 10-member Joint Presidential Advisory Council on Investment (JPACI) to [...] Full text...

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Kiplagat, Kibet win Glo-Lagos International Half Marathon

21 february 2009 - 23:35:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- World marathon champion Luke Kibet of Kenya and four-time world champion Lornah Kiplagat, a Kenyan-born Dutch [...] Full text...

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Kiplagat, Kibet win Glo-Lagos International Half Marathon

21 february 2009 - 17:36:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- World marathon champion Luke Kibet of Kenya and four-time world champion Lornah Kiplagat, a Kenyan-born Dutch [...] Full text...

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Kiplagat, Kibet win Glo-Lagos International Half Marathon

21 february 2009 - 14:14:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- World marathon champion Luke Kibet of Kenya and four-time world champion Lornah Kiplagat, a Kenyan-born Dutch [...] Full text...

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Ivorian President's Secretary jailed 5 years for fraud

12 february 2009 - 11:28:00
Abidjan- Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) -- An Abidjan-based court has sentenced the Ivorian President's Secretary, Mrs Gomé Hilaire, to five years [...] Full text...

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Court slams 12 months jail term on Ivoirian President's secretary

11 february 2009 - 14:51:00
Abidjan- Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) -- A court in Abidjan, capital of Cote d'Ivoire, ha s slammed a 12 months jail [...] Full text...

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Ivorian govt expels MTN boss over 65.5m CFAF donation

06 february 2009 - 12:52:00
Abidjan- Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) -- The Ivorian government has asked the local boss of the South Africa-based telecommunications firm MTN [...] Full text...

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Nigerian bourse lists shares of telecoms firm

27 january 2009 - 19:44:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The number of listed stocks under the Information Commun ication and Telecommunications sub sector at the [...] Full text...

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