Gambia, IMF reach staff-level agreement on second review of ECF arrangement

05 november 2024 - 07:26:28
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) – International Monetary Fund (IMF} staff and the Gambian authorities have reached a staff-level agreement on economic [...] Full text...

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IMF staff, Gambia review country’s programme under ECF arrangement

12 october 2024 - 12:02:05
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff and the Gambian authorities have conducted productive discussions on economic [...] Full text...

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Whole generation of children ‘lost’ amid ongoing Gaza war, UNICEF warns

20 september 2024 - 07:32:56
New York, US (PANA) - Last October’s attacks by Hamas and other Palestinian armed groups on Israeli communities marked a [...] Full text...

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Nearly 100 organisations appeal for re-establishment of telecommunications infrastructure in Sudan

14 may 2024 - 14:39:48
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Nearly 100 humanitarian, civil society, human rights organizations and members of the #KeepItOn coalition, have launched [...] Full text...

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Mobile network operators in Ghana slowly reconnecting Internet

18 march 2024 - 08:46:11
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Mobile network companies in Ghana are working hard as they slowly reconnected the country to the [...] Full text...

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IMF staff complete deal on first review of Somalia’s ECF arrangement

09 march 2024 - 08:00:52
Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - Somalia’s economic growth is expected to strengthen in 2024 supported by continued recovery in agriculture, remittances, [...] Full text...

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Universal connectivity gets a $9 billion private sector boost

28 february 2024 - 05:35:27
Barcelona, Spain (PANA) - The mobile phone industry has pledged over $9 billion towards the goal of connecting the world, [...] Full text...

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Geopolitical situation in Horn of Africa region poses risks to Djibouti’s recovery – IMF warns

26 january 2024 - 10:24:57
Djibouti City, Djibouti (PANA) – Djibouti recorded a strong rebound in economic activity in 2023 but regional geopolitical developments pose [...] Full text...

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World Bank channels $300 million to support Côte d'Ivoire's growth

09 december 2023 - 09:13:25
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) - The World Bank has announced a significant operation of $300 million for Côte d’Ivoire to [...] Full text...

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IMF completes staff-level deal with Somalia on review under Extended Credit Facility

22 september 2023 - 16:19:08
Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - An International Monetary Fund (IMF) team has reached a staff-level agreement on the sixth review under [...] Full text...

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TECNO Mobile gets CAF AFCON sponsorship deal

22 september 2023 - 09:05:06
Singapore, Singapore (PANA) - CAF and the global technology company, TECNO Mobile, have signed an agreement under which the telecom [...] Full text...

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2023-24 CAF Champions League: All the 22 qualifiers for 2nd round have emerged

28 august 2023 - 06:01:19
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The following are the 22 qualifiers for the second round of the 2023-24 CAF Champions League [...] Full text...

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2023-24 CAF Champions league: 12 teams qualify for 2nd round

27 august 2023 - 06:42:26
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - With 10 matches still be played in the second-leg, first-round of the 2023-24 CAF Champions league [...] Full text...

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2023-24 CAF Champions League: Second-leg hosts set to reverse upsets in return fixtures

25 august 2023 - 08:22:26
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - After a highly entertaining first-leg first-round matches of the 2023-24 CAF Champions League, host teams are [...] Full text...

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2023/24 CAF Champions League: Results of all first-leg, first-round matches played at the weekend

21 august 2023 - 08:13:01
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Here are results of all the first-leg, first-round matches played at the weekend in the 2023 [...] Full text...

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2023-24 CAF Champions League: Scheduled first-round matches

16 august 2023 - 07:26:46
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Here are the scheduled first-round matches in the 2023-24 CAF Champions league to be playd between [...] Full text...

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WB approves $900 million to support critical governance reforms, girls’ empowerment in DRC

30 march 2023 - 14:15:43
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - As part of the World Bank’s deepened engagement in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), [...] Full text...

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IMF acknowledges Somalia’s performance under persistent, severe food crisis

21 march 2023 - 06:41:10
Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - Despite significant challenges, including from the continued severe food crisis, Somalia has maintained strong reform momentum [...] Full text...

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Financial services gradually resume in Tigray

24 february 2023 - 23:55:39
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Financial services including banking, telecommunication and energy supply services have gradually resumed in Ethiopia's northern [...] Full text...

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Ethiopian crisis: US Secretary of State welcomes ongoing withdrawal of Eritrean soldiers

22 january 2023 - 06:34:31
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - US Secretary of State Antony  Blinken has noted that Eritrean soldiers are withdrawing from northern Ethiopia [...] Full text...

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Ethiopian crisis: Amhara Special Forces withdraw from Tigray region city

13 january 2023 - 10:34:08
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Ethiopian National Defence Forces (ENDF) said on Thursday that members of the Amhara Special [...] Full text...

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Ethiopian crisis: TPLF has handed over heavy weapons - Spokesperson

11 january 2023 - 06:14:12
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), whose forces fought a two-year war with the Ethiopian [...] Full text...

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Ethiopian crisis: Ethiopian AIrlines resumes flights to another city in Tigray region

02 january 2023 - 12:06:06
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Ethiopia's national carrier on Monday resumed regular flights to Shire, a second city in Tigray [...] Full text...

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Ethiopian crisis: Gov’t sets up Commission to deal disarmed fighters

31 december 2022 - 06:28:45
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Ethiopian government has established a National Rehabilitation Commission to handle citizens to be disarmed [...] Full text...

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Ethiopian crisis: Team to monitor peace agreement inaugurated

30 december 2022 - 05:20:20
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - A three-member mission was inaugurated on Thursday under the auspices of the African Union (AU) [...] Full text...

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Ethiopian crisis: Basic services coming back to life in war-ravaged Tigray region

29 december 2022 - 08:58:11
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Basic services are coming back to life in Ethiopia's war ravaged Tigray region since the [...] Full text...

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Ethiopian crisis: Ethiopian Airlines resumes flights to Tigray region capital

28 december 2022 - 17:28:31
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Ethiopia's national carrier on Wednesday resumed regular flights to Mekelle, the capital of Tigray region, [...] Full text...

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Ethiopian crisis: PM Abiy orders essential services to be restored in Tigray region

27 december 2022 - 10:35:06
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Ethiopian national carrier, Ethiopian Airlines, is to resume flights to the Tigray region capital, [...] Full text...

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Djibouti needs urgent action to restore debt sustainability: IMF mission

17 december 2022 - 08:57:57
Djibouti City, Djibouti (PANA) – Large investments over the past decade have driven strong economic growth in Djibouti, but the [...] Full text...

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World Bank approves $20 million grant to Ghana to help bridge unexpected financing gap

08 december 2022 - 11:53:03
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors on Wednesday approved $20 million in supplementary funds for [...] 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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Libya Economy minister, Chinese telecom giant Huawei discuss digital economy for the country

10 november 2022 - 16:44:24
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Minister of Economy and Trade, Mohamed al-Haweij, and the general manager of the Libya [...] Full text...

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LPTIC signs agreement with Cisco, discusses Libya's digital transformation plan with Nokia

13 october 2022 - 14:45:03
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Post Telecommunications and Information Technology Holding Company (LPTIC) Thursday signed an agreement with the [...] Full text...

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Gambia launches guidelines to restrict unsolicited messages on phones

06 august 2022 - 11:08:28
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambia's telecommunication watchdog, the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA), has launched guidelines for the telecommunications sector to [...] Full text...

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Mauritian PM denies recording of internet traffic to other countries

06 july 2022 - 08:22:40
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth on Tuesday denied claims by former CEO of Mauritius Telecom, Sherry Singh, [...] Full text...

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Djibouti aspires to become global ICT cente

07 june 2022 - 12:19:14
Djibouti, Djibouti (PANA) – African Development Bank Group (AfDB) President Akinwumi Adesina has received Djibouti’s highest honour of ‘Commandeur dans [...] Full text...

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Gambia secures $20 million IDA grant to strengthen fiscal resilience

11 may 2022 - 11:37:28
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The World Bank Board of Executive Directors  has approved a grant of $20 million for Gambia's [...] Full text...

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Africa Investment Forum Virtual boardrooms attract $32.8 billion in investment interest

21 march 2022 - 04:45:34
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Africa Investment Forum boardrooms have drawn $32.8 billion in investment interest in bankable projects, [...] Full text...

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Libyan Ministry of Higher Education, Huawei sign agreement to launch digital scientific research

03 november 2021 - 11:39:46
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research and the Chinese telecom giant, Huawei, on [...] Full text...

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Malpass outlines ways to boost growth, combat reversals in gender equality, address rising inequality and climate change

30 september 2021 - 14:22:09
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) —World Bank Group President David Malpass on Thursday called our current era of high inequality and reversals [...] 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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Liquid Telecoms subsidiary raises US$840 million for long-term growth

25 february 2021 - 21:35:08
London, Britain (PANA) - Liquid Telecommunications Financing, part of the African telecoms group, Liquid Telecom, has arranged a bond and [...] Full text...

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Liquid Telecoms acquires stake in Quattro Business Solutions

28 january 2021 - 23:29:24
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Liquid Telecom, a subsidiary of Econet Global, owned by Zimbabwean telecom enterpreneur Strive Masiyiwa, said Thursday [...] Full text...

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Ethiopian Crisis: UNHCR says it is poised to resume aid delivery to displaced in Tigray

04 december 2020 - 15:37:33
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR, says it is ready to resume its full humanitarian activities in [...] Full text...

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Liquid Telecom expands connectivity in Botswana

26 november 2020 - 12:24:35
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Liquid Telecom on Thursday revealed that it is activating 82 km of fibre in a cross-border [...] Full text...

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Libya loses US$1.88 billion in oil revenue in the first 10 months of 2020

20 november 2020 - 16:56:43
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A deficit of 2.6 billion dinars was recorded in oil revenues from January 1 to October [...] 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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Mauritania: 3 operators get the "4G" licenses

04 october 2020 - 12:55:06
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following a public tender, the license for the establishment and operation of the fourth Generation (4G) [...] Full text...

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WTO: Zimbabwean currency instability seen as global trade's weakest link

30 september 2020 - 22:18:07
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) -  The World Trade Organisation (WTO) has completed a trade policy review on Zimbabwe, urging the Southern [...] Full text...

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Mauritania: 3G internet users disconnected to avert exam cheating

29 september 2020 - 17:37:05
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - On the orders of the authorities, several hundred users of the "3G" mobile Internet in Mauritania, [...] Full text...

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Thousands of Internet users in Mauritania cut off for four days

21 september 2020 - 13:59:26
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mobile Internet users in Mauritania have no access to the service from September 19 to 22 [...] Full text...

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Kenya Airways requires corporate reform to return to profits - Pilots Union

30 august 2020 - 18:49:48
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Financially distressed Kenya Airways has been urged to revise its strategic growth plan in the wake [...] Full text...

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Ethiopia Telcoms targets 51% growth in mobile phone services

26 august 2020 - 21:37:16
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Ethiopian Telecommunications, which has remained a monopoly in its market, expects a 13% growth in [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Pandemic creates large health, social needs in Ethiopia – IMF

22 august 2020 - 20:03:52
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) -  Ethiopian authorities and a team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have reached a staff-level [...] Full text...

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AfDB grants CFAF 155.3 billion for Congo-Cameroon interconnection works

10 august 2020 - 16:32:53
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The Congolese Minister of Posts, Telecommunications and the Digital Economy, Léon Juste Ibombo, on Saturday launched [...] Full text...

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Mobile telephone operators in Mauritania fined for poor quality service

29 june 2020 - 09:19:21
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Mauritanian Telecommunications Regulatory Authority has fined mobile telephone operators for "failures in the quality of [...] Full text...

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Gambia to strengthen fiscal management for better public service delivery

22 june 2020 - 18:32:52
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Mambury Njie, the Gambian Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs, and Mr. Nathan Belete, the World [...] Full text...

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Nigeria set to tax online businesses

08 june 2020 - 12:37:52
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria's dragnet in pursuit of new revenue base has shifted to  social media and issued Companies [...] Full text...

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Gambia commends World Bank for US$30 million grant

15 may 2020 - 17:12:21
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) – The Gambian government on Friday expressed gratitude to the World Bank for a US$30-million-dollar development assistance [...] Full text...

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World Bank Board approves $30m development policy grant to support Gambia

15 may 2020 - 17:08:24
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The World Bank Board of Executive Directors on Friday approved a US$30 million development policy grant [...] Full text...

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Libya recorded foreign exchange deficit of US$1.67 billion in the past four months - Central Bank

07 may 2020 - 11:21:42
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Central Bank of Libya announced on Thursday that the total foreign exchange revenues deficit recorded [...] Full text...

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Congo plans 15 billion CFA francs data centre

06 may 2020 - 11:39:20
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The Congolese government plans to mobilise 15 billion CFA francs to fund the construction of a data [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: 'Zimbabwe Govt has offered no clear solutions for SMEs'

09 april 2020 - 09:09:51
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Local legal think tank, Veritas, says government has offered no clear solutions for small to medium [...] Full text...

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Mauritius launches mobile application on Covid-19

26 march 2020 - 16:26:56
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Information Technology, Communication and Innovation minister Deepak Balgobin on Thursday launched a mobile application [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Mauritius announces protective plan to fight Covid -19

22 march 2020 - 13:46:57
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The spokesperson of the National Communication Committee on Covid-19, Dr Zouberr Joomaye, on Sunday said Mauritius [...] Full text...

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Mauritanians without Internet access for 48 hours

28 february 2020 - 14:21:58
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Thousands of Mauritanians have been deprived of Internet access for nearly 48 hours, PANA learnt on [...] Full text...

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Gabon Telecom sees subscriber level rising

27 february 2020 - 19:35:02
Libreville, Gabon (PANA) - Fixed-line and mobile operator Gabon Telecom, a subsidiary of Maroc Telecom Group, announced in Libreville on [...] Full text...

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India moves to increase bilateral trade with Kenya

22 february 2020 - 13:17:13
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – India plans to build a stronger bilateral partnership with Kenya through the promotion of trade and [...] Full text...

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French companies to invest over 327 billion CFAF in Mali in 2020

19 february 2020 - 20:59:25
Bamako, Mali (PANA)   -  French companies will invest 500 million Euros or more than 327 billion CFAF in Mali in [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe government accused of favouring Chinese conglomerate Huawei

11 february 2020 - 13:59:51
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe has drawn a sharp rebuke from stakeholders over nepotism fears, after the government recently extended [...] Full text...

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Burkinabè PM denounces 'unacceptable and counterproductive' mobile telecom tariffs hike

03 february 2020 - 07:58:44
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) – The Burkinabè Prime Minister Christophe Marie Joseph Dabiré on Sunday denounced the hike of mobile [...] 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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'Introduce mobile money interoperability', Zimbabwe ICT entity tells Govt

04 january 2020 - 15:53:49
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Local ICT activists, the Zimbabwe Information and Communication Technologies (ZICT), has urged the government to introduce [...] 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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Togocom gets new boss following entry into Axian Group, emerging capital, partners

26 november 2019 - 23:30:06
Lomé, Togo (PANA)   -  Paulin Alazard has been appointed the new director for Togolese digital communications (Togocom), official sources told [...] Full text...

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Gabon changes number of digits of phone numbers

25 november 2019 - 08:31:46
Libreville, Gabon (PANA) - Gabon has changed the number of digits of its phone numbers from 8 to 9, after [...] Full text...

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Gabon Telecom to test 5G mobile technology

24 november 2019 - 13:48:19
Libreville, Gabon (PANA) - Gabon Telecom's senior management announced on Sunday in a press release the experimental launch of 5G [...] Full text...

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Minister tells Nigerian Customs to allow fuel supply to border towns to power generators for telecom services

23 november 2019 - 19:49:56
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s Minister of Communications, Dr Isa Pantami, has urged the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) to allow [...] Full text...

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Rwanda stock market remains constant after Thursday trading

21 november 2019 - 16:35:57
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwanda share values remained unchanged on Thursday with the benchmark Rwanda Stock Exchange Share Index (RSI) [...] Full text...

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Business intelligence body hails AU's free trade agreement

18 november 2019 - 12:03:52
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - If implemented, the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) will create a single market of over [...] Full text...

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Malagasy Axian Group and Emerging Capital Partners acquire 51% shares in Togocom

09 november 2019 - 13:18:09
Lomé, Togo (PANA) - Malagasy Axian Group and Emerging Capital Partners (ECP, shareholder of Oragroup), have been given the green [...] Full text...

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Telcos Airtel, Telkom get anti-graft agency merger nod

22 october 2019 - 11:59:24
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's Ethics and Anti Corruption Commission (EACC) has approved  the merger of telecommunications firms Telkom amd [...] Full text...

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Airtel telecom, Ecobank sign financial inclusion agreement

22 october 2019 - 08:25:22
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - Telecom operator, Airtel Africa, and the pan-African banking group, Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (ETI), have signed [...] Full text...

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Orange Niger sells licence to local telecom operator

19 october 2019 - 16:46:18
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The Niger government on Friday approved the transfer of the shares of Orange Niger SA, the [...] Full text...

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Informal traders, SMEs in Zimbabwe to be hard hit by ban on cash in and outs on mobile money

02 october 2019 - 18:44:19
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Vendors Initiative for Social and Economic Transformation (VISET) says the ban on cash in and outs [...] Full text...

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Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe bans mobile money cash-ins and outs to curb illicit financial activities

30 september 2019 - 16:40:18
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) – The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has banned all cash-in and out activities on the mobile [...] Full text...

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Gambia to file formal fraud complaint to Swiss government

15 september 2019 - 15:54:13
Banjul, Gambia (PANA)-   The government of The Gambia said it will make formal complaint to the Swiss government against its [...] Full text...

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Mauritius Telecom launches SATA Connect, the Digital Sharing Platform

13 september 2019 - 18:50:46
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius Telecom on Friday launched SATA Connect, the Southern African Telecommunications Association Digital Sharing Platform, whereby [...] Full text...

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Airtel Africa hits 100 million subscribers mark

28 august 2019 - 13:12:20
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Airtel Africa, a leading telecommunications services provider with operations in 14 countries across Africa, has crossed [...] Full text...

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Congo plans to set up digital fund

20 august 2019 - 23:08:02
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA)    -   The Congolese government plans to set up a dedicated digital fund, Minister of Telecommunications Leon Juste [...] Full text...

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African telecommunications regulators converge in Abuja for 3-day conference

14 august 2019 - 18:51:57
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) will next week host a three-day Conference of African Telecommunications Regulators on [...] Full text...

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Angola privatizes TAAG and oil company, Sonangol

13 august 2019 - 17:01:40
Luanda, Angola (PANA) - The national airline,TAAG, and the oil company, Sonangol, are among the 195 Angolan national companies that [...] Full text...

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IMF calls for continued support for Somalia to meet humanitarian, development needs

02 august 2019 - 11:32:00
Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) – Despite some increase in its domestic revenue in 2018, the Federal Government of Somalia (FGS) needs [...] Full text...

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Kenya's former fixed line monopoly sheds 575 employees in Airtel-Telkom merger

31 july 2019 - 23:22:41
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's former fixed line telephone giant, Telkom Kenya, is expected to retire permanently, following its purchase [...] Full text...

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Rwanda's stock market ends flat

31 july 2019 - 14:18:01
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwanda's stock market on Wednesday ended flat with large outstanding shares without bids. The stock exchange benchmark [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe gov't discusses installation of solar units at mobile base stations with telcos

30 july 2019 - 10:26:46
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The Zimbabwean Government is in discussions with mobile operators to encourage them to install solar units [...] Full text...

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Rwandan stock market continues down

29 july 2019 - 18:20:20
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwanda main stock market edged down on Monday, led by banking and other consumer stocks The [...] Full text...

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Rwanda's stock market finishes second consecutive week slighly lower

26 july 2019 - 16:28:26
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) -  Rwanda main stock market fell Friday due to the relatively low selling of shares in the [...] Full text...

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ICT Minister blames Energy ministry for power disruption at mobile base station

21 july 2019 - 15:20:34
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Information Communication Technology, Postal and Courier Services minister, Kazembe Kazembe, has blamed the Ministry of Energy and [...] Full text...

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Rwanda's stock market ends flat

16 july 2019 - 15:00:54
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The Rwandan stock exchange closed flat on Tuesday with a total 1,200 shares traded in 2 [...] Full text...

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EIB provides US$ 25 million to connect Cape Verde to a new submarine cable

12 july 2019 - 15:00:44
Praia, Cape Verde (PANA) - The European Investment Bank (EIB) will finance Cape Verde's connection to a new submarine cable, [...] Full text...

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Talk360 partners with Ding to establish footprint worldwide

03 july 2019 - 19:31:36
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Dutch technology startup, Talk360, has partnered with mobile top-up platform Ding, in a venture that will [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe gov't, parastatals owe TelOne US$93 million

29 june 2019 - 17:33:41
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - TelOne Zimbabwe, one of government's leading telecommunication parastatals, is owed US$93 million from government and other [...] Full text...

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Rwanda's stock market ends week lower

31 may 2019 - 19:52:58
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) -  Rwanda main stock market fell Friday due to the lower selling of shares in banking group   The [...] Full text...

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Rwanda's stock market closes flat

29 may 2019 - 23:08:22
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwandan equities closed flat on Wednesday due weak sales of shares, according to the daily capital [...] Full text...

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Rwanda's stock market closes lower on Tuesday

28 may 2019 - 21:52:31
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) -  Rwanda main stock market closed lower on Tuesday, after several days in stable gains   The stock exchange [...] Full text...

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Cape Verde govt acquires 40% of CV Telecom

22 may 2019 - 22:16:20
Praia, Cape Verde (PANA)   -   Cape Verde will buy 40 percent of leading telecommunications company CV Telecom for EUR 23.3 [...] Full text...

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Rwanda's stock market remains constant without bids

22 may 2019 - 21:02:32
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) -   Rwandan equities counters closed almost flat on Wednesday due to a short selling of shares, according [...] Full text...

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Research laboratory for protection of species in Ol Pejeta Conservancy opens in Kenya

22 may 2019 - 15:55:49
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - Pan-African telecommunications operator Liquid Telecom, in partnership with Fauna & Flora International (FFI) and the [...] Full text...

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Rwanda's stock market edges slightly down

20 may 2019 - 18:43:26
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) -  Rwanda's benchmark stock indexes edged slightly down 0.24 and 0.04 points on Monday, to close the [...] Full text...

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Rwanda's stock market ends slightly down on low volume

15 may 2019 - 15:46:41
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) -  Rwanda's stock market edged down on Wednesday, led by banking, brewery, telecommunication and media  groups. The benchmark [...] Full text...

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Rwanda's stock market remains inactive without bids

10 may 2019 - 16:07:07
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) -  Rwandan equities counters closed almost flat on Friday due to a short selling of shares, according [...] Full text...

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Rwanda's stock market remains constant without bids

08 may 2019 - 16:44:42
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) -  Rwanda's stock market on Wednesday remained constant for the second consecutive day with large outstanding shares, [...] Full text...

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Telecom experts discuss abolition of roaming charges in G5 Sahel area

01 may 2019 - 05:34:33
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Telecommunications experts from the five G5 Sahel countries began a meeting in Niamey on Tuesday to [...] Full text...

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Rwanda's stock market remains stable without bids

25 april 2019 - 18:41:44
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) -  Rwanda's stock market on Thursday remained stable with large outstanding shares but without bids at the [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe's richest man commits to providing broadband in every Botswana household

24 april 2019 - 22:15:05
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA)   -   Zimbabwe’s richest man and telecommunications mogul Strive Masiyiwa has resolved to establish broadband in every household [...] Full text...

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Liquid Telecom is official partner of MIT in Inclusive Innovation 2019 competition

17 april 2019 - 14:12:34
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - The pan-African telecommunications operator, Liquid Telecom, has been selected as the official partner in Africa [...] Full text...

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Benin workers’ union wants better living conditions for members

13 april 2019 - 13:14:26
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) – In a communiqué issued on Friday evening, the Confederation of Benin workers’ union (CSTB) has called [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe's tourism sector under threat from high pricing

31 march 2019 - 12:41:57
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe’s tourism sector is under threat of receiving lower visitors as hotels have hiked prices by [...] 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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French business leaders expected in Nairobi and Addis Ababa

09 march 2019 - 17:12:54
Paris, France (PANA) - A delegation of the MEDEF International France-Africa Business Leaders Council will begin a four-day visit to [...] Full text...

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ECCAS wants access to high-speed Internet for95% of the Central African population

02 march 2019 - 20:24:26
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The Telecommunications Ministers of the member countries of the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) [...] Full text...

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Telkom Kenya enters binding agreement to merge with Airtel Kenya

08 february 2019 - 12:27:05
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Telkom Kenya Limited and Airtel Networks Kenya Limited have announced the signing of a binding agreement [...] Full text...

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MAURITEL employees in Nouakchott on partial strike

06 february 2019 - 21:20:10
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Employees of MAURITEL, a Mauritania-based telecommunications operator and a subsidiary of Maroc Telecom, embarked on a [...] Full text...

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East African states take steps towards regional Confederation

01 february 2019 - 20:12:38
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – The East African Community (EAC) Heads of State Summit, which kicked off in the Northern Tanzanian [...] Full text...

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Rwanda to fix cameras in all public transport buses

31 january 2019 - 20:38:00
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - In a bid to ensure security and safety of passengers, all public buses in Rwanda will [...] Full text...

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Mauritanian telephony operator workers launch strike

31 january 2019 - 11:09:24
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – Workers of Mauritel, the telecommunications operator in Mauritania, which is a subsidiary of Morocco-Telecom, on Wednesday [...] Full text...

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Tunisia launches first digital reading platform

06 december 2018 - 17:13:47
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunisian Prime Minister, Youssef Chahed, on Wednesday instructed Tunisia's Chief Executive Officer, Telecom (TT), Mohamed [...] Full text...

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2019 CAF Champions League prelim: 9 teams through to 1st round

05 december 2018 - 05:01:15
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Nine teams on Tuesday qualified for the first round of the 2019 CAF Champions league, following [...] Full text...

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CAF Champions League: Fixtures of 2nd leg preliminary round

04 december 2018 - 11:18:16
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The following are fixtures of the second-leg CAF Champions League matches to be played on Tuesday. In [...] Full text...

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2019 CAF Champions League prelim: All preliminary-round, 1st-leg results

29 november 2018 - 04:48:20
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Here are all the results from the first-leg, preliminary-round matches of the 2019 CAF Champions league, [...] Full text...

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2019 CAF Champions league prelim: 1st-leg matches for Tuesday, Wednesday

27 november 2018 - 14:40:55
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Matches in the preliminary round of the 2019 CAF Champions league begin on Tuesday and Wednesday [...] Full text...

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World Bank provides US$1.2 billion to accelerate economic growth in Ethiopia

31 october 2018 - 09:42:45
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors has approved US$1.2 billion credit and a grant [...] Full text...

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Barrow spells out moves towards digital revolution in Gambia

27 july 2018 - 09:29:42
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - President Adama Barrow has spelt out the communications and digital policy of his government geared towards [...] Full text...

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UAE's leading satellite Broadband service to launch YahClick across West Africa

09 july 2018 - 16:00:53
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Yahsat, a UAE-based global satellite operator will be the Gold Sponsors when it participates in West [...] Full text...

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Rights group criticises Uganda's 'troubling' social media tax

03 july 2018 - 07:43:49
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - Human Rights Watch, an international human rights organisation, has joined in the chorus of criticism [...] Full text...

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American Tower Corporation, Telkom Kenya seal tower deal

16 may 2018 - 14:16:32
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Telecom provider, Telkom Kenya, together with the American Tower Corporation (ATC), have announced the signing of [...] Full text...

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Bharti Airtel may sell 25% in Africa unit to raise up to US$1.5 billion

04 may 2018 - 08:03:02
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – India’s leading global telecommunications company, Bharti Airtel plans to raise as much as [...] Full text...

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Ethiopia launches online mobile airtime recharging

23 november 2017 - 07:34:36
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – Mobile customers in Ethiopia can now recharge their airtime online after the country’s sole telecommunication [...] Full text...

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Zambia ordered to pay US$ 380 million to Libya for Zamtel nationalization

29 october 2017 - 12:22:26
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The London Supreme Court in Britain has ordered Zambia to compensate Libya to the tune of [...] Full text...

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Ghana: Ghana’s regulator approves Airtel‐Tigo merger

04 october 2017 - 07:32:51
Accra, Ghana (PANA) – Ghana’s National Communications Authority (NCA) on Tuesday approved the merger between Bharti Ghana Limited (Airtel) and [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Kenyan opposition leaders skip mass protest against poll officials

26 september 2017 - 17:16:20
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga skipped the street demonstrations against the independent electoral commission on Tuesday [...] Full text...

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China: Chinese President Xi opens INTERPOL General Assembly

26 september 2017 - 11:13:31
Beijing, China ‒ The International Police Organization (INTERPOL) General Assembly, the world’s premier law enforcement forum, has been officially opened [...] Full text...

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Sierra Leone: Telecom regulator drags journalists to court

22 september 2017 - 14:20:35
Freetown, Sierra Leone (PANA) - Three media practitioners are set to appear in court on Friday, after they were sued [...] Full text...

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Sierra Leone: Civil society group to sue mobile companies over poor service

21 september 2017 - 13:44:05
Freetown, Sierra Leone (PANA) – A civil society group, Native Consortium and Research Center, have threatened to file a class [...] 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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Malawi: Africa’s first humanitarian drone testing corridor launched in Malawi

29 june 2017 - 05:07:36
Lilongwe, Malawi (PANA) – The Government of Malawi and UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) has launched an air corridor to test [...] Full text...

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Russia: 'Visa-free entry for FIFA Confederations Cup fans from 7 June'

07 june 2017 - 06:55:19
Moscow, Russia (PANA) - Football fans wishing to go to Russia for the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup will be granted [...] Full text...

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Tanzania: Bharti Airtel eyeing on consolidation to sail in African markets

01 may 2017 - 08:36:59
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Global telecommunications company Bharti Airtel is believed to have identified six non-profitable African markets [...] Full text...

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Egypt: 'Egyptian gov't waging relentless assault on rights of workers, trade unionists'

01 may 2017 - 07:11:36
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Dozens of workers and trade unionists in Egypt have faced arrest, detention, dismissal from work or [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Safari Rally regains continental status

17 february 2017 - 11:03:36
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya returns to the Africa Rally Championship (ARC) series after two years, getting back to the [...] Full text...

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Tanzania: Regulatory authority orders Tanzania's telecoms to list on stock exchange

05 january 2017 - 10:03:58
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Telecommunications companies operating in Tanzania risk a severe penalty if they would fail to [...] Full text...

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Tanzania: Vodacom extends international prepaid data roaming footprint

16 december 2016 - 09:55:13
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Ahead of the festive season travel rush, South African-based mobile network Vodacom has broadened [...] Full text...

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China: China launches development company for African infrastructure

07 september 2016 - 12:19:27
Guagzhou, China (PANA) - China on Wednesday announced the start of operations of a new company to help solve Africa’s [...] Full text...

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Cote d’Ivoire: Ministers discuss technologies to empower marginalized communities

08 june 2016 - 14:13:35
Abidjan, Cote D’Ivoire (PANA) - Ministers of education in Africa opened a debate here Wednesday on how to effectively ensure [...] Full text...

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Togo: President Gnassingbe meets with China Merchant Group, Huawei officials

02 june 2016 - 19:19:41
Lome, Togo (PANA) - On the fourth day of his state visit to China, Togolese President Faure E. Gnassingbe on [...] Full text...

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Côte d’Ivoire: IMF stresses fiscal discipline to keep Ivorian economy buoyant

16 march 2016 - 09:24:48
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) - Sustaining Côte d’Ivoire's currently strong economic performance will require maintaining a disciplined fiscal policy, an [...] Full text...

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Botswana: Botswana Telecom listing to improve service

26 february 2016 - 17:44:35
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana Telecommunications Limited (BTCL) chief executive officer Paul Taylor has said the company’s listing on the [...] Full text...

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Rwanda: Rwandan stock market remains stable amid slight local currency depreciation

16 february 2016 - 13:20:57
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwanda's stock market on Tuesday remained stable compared to the previous day with benchmark Rwanda Stock [...] 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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Tanzania: India's Airtel sells Burkina Faso, Sierra Leone operations to Orange

13 january 2016 - 10:35:22
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Orange and Bharti Airtel International, an Indian global telecommunications services company, on Wednesday inked [...] Full text...

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Tanzania: Liquid Telecom to link Africa to Middle East with submarine cables

16 december 2015 - 14:07:34
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Liquid Sea, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Liquid Telecom, has started a project to build [...] Full text...

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Senegal: Nixu, Nokia collaborate on cyber security

16 december 2015 - 11:00:45
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Cyber security company, Nixu Corporation, and telecom company, Nokia Networks, have entered an agreement to collaborate [...] Full text...

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Tanzania: Telecom revenue tops US$1.3bn in Tanzania

13 december 2015 - 09:12:21
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Tanzania’s telecom market will reach US$1.3 billion in revenue this year, according to a [...] 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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France: Two French companies sign energy deal

28 november 2015 - 07:03:26
Paris, France (PANA) - Two French companies - telecom giant, Orange and multinational electric utility company, ENGIE - on Friday [...] Full text...

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Tanzania: ACE submarine cable starts phase II expansion in Africa

18 november 2015 - 18:34:41
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Orange, part of France Telecom, Wednesday announced the start of the next phase of [...] 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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Kenya: Orange to sell stake in Telkon Kenya to Helios Investment Partners

10 november 2015 - 06:42:02
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Orange Group, a multinational telecommunications company, has announced that it has signed a binding agreement [...] Full text...

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Tanzania: Airtel, Eaton conclude tower deal in Burkina Faso

28 october 2015 - 07:14:06
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Indian telecom Bharti Airtel and Eaton Towers, a telecoms tower company in Africa, on [...] Full text...

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Tanzania: Airtel plans to sell all telecom towers in Africa

21 october 2015 - 14:25:54
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - India-based telecommunication network operator Bharti Airtel has completed 60 percent divestment of tower assets [...] Full text...

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UN: UN-backed telecom summit shines spotlight on young innovators

15 october 2015 - 13:23:20
New York, US (PANA) - The UN International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has hosted, at its ongoing 2015 telecom summit in [...] 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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Tanzania: Telecoms investment in Sub-Saharan Africa to reach US$13.6bn by 2020

08 october 2015 - 10:41:25
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Investment in mobile broadband networks in Sub-Saharan Africa will be driving the capital investments [...] Full text...

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Tanzania: Alcatel-Lucent bags SOOC optical cable deal in Angola

01 october 2015 - 08:30:14
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks has bagged a deal to develop the Sonangol Offshore Optical Cable [...] Full text...

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Tanzania: Nigeria's Smile Communications launches VoLTE in West Africa

22 september 2015 - 09:42:12
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Smile Communications Nigeria, a 4G LTE network operator, has tapped Samsung Electronics to launch [...] Full text...

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Tanzania: IMF coaxes Benin's private sector to create jobs for young population

16 september 2015 - 10:06:57
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - For Benin to dent high poverty rates, a higher and more inclusive growth is [...] Full text...

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Rwanda: Rwandan stock market falls amid quiet day of trading

11 september 2015 - 14:41:47
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwanda's stock market on Friday went down 0.94 points compared to the previous day with benchmark [...] 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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Rwanda: Sluggish trading at Rwandan stock market Thursday

13 august 2015 - 18:01:24
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwanda's stock market ended its Thursday trading session with a lower volume of transactions compared to [...] Full text...

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Rwanda: Rwandan stock market remains stable but local currency depreciates

06 august 2015 - 17:35:09
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwanda's stock market on Thursday remained stable compared to the previous day with benchmark Rwanda Stock [...] Full text...

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Rwanda: Rwandan stock market records slight increase in share sales

04 august 2015 - 17:47:14
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwanda's ongoing efforts to stabilize the local currency, Rwandan franc, had a boost from Tuesday's [...] Full text...

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Rwanda: Rwandan stock market on progressive appreciation

31 july 2015 - 16:35:40
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwanda's stock market on Friday closed higher for the fourth consecutive day with benchmark Rwanda Stock [...] Full text...

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Rwanda: Stock market appreciates over rising shares of key investors

28 july 2015 - 21:45:55
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwanda's stock market on Tuesday closed higher for the second consecutive day with Rwanda Stock Exchange [...] 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: Rwanda stock exchange closes with raised turnover

27 july 2015 - 16:29:17
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwanda's stock market on Monday closed higher with Rwanda Stock Exchange Share Index (RSI) and the [...] Full text...

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Rwanda: Rwandan stock market closes lower

23 july 2015 - 17:32:05
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwanda 's stock market on Thursday remained on the slide whereby Rwanda Stock Exchange Share [...] Full text...

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Rwanda: Rwanda stock exchange closes down 1.3 points amid soaring Rwandan franc

22 july 2015 - 13:11:51
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The Rwanda Stock Exchange Share Index (RSI) and the All Share Index (ALSI) shares ended trading [...] Full text...

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Tanzania: Bharti Airtel says no plan to exit Africa, despite sale talks with Orange

22 july 2015 - 08:13:29
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - India’s telecom giant Bharti Airtel has no plans to exit Africa, and is in [...] Full text...

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Tanzania: Bharti Airtel in talks for sale of 4 African units to Orange

21 july 2015 - 09:26:29
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Bharti Airtel wants to sell its operations in Burkina Faso, Chad, Congo and Sierra [...] 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: Top players in Africa’s telecommunications industry meet in Tanzania

15 july 2015 - 09:55:53
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - The 9th Capacity Africa, which is the only pan-African telecommunications conference, will be held [...] Full text...

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Tanzania: Bharti Airtel rakes in over US$1.3 bn from Africa tower sales

03 july 2015 - 20:23:32
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – India’s telecommunications giant Bharti Airtel has raked in over US$1.3 billion by divesting [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Kenya's Gor paired against Tanzania's Yanga in Cecafa Club tourney

01 july 2015 - 18:24:53
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan Premier League leaders and 2014 champions, Gor Mahia, have been drawn against Tanzania's Yanga FC [...] Full text...

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Niger: Report shows lowest internet penetration rate in Niger among UEMOA partners

30 june 2015 - 17:23:26
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Subscribers of fixed and mobile phones in Niger increased by 22.76% from 5,069,287 in 2013 to [...] 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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