Liberia needs institutional, policy reforms to boost economic growth and development: WB report

12 march 2025 - 07:19:49
Monrovia, Liberia (PANA) - The World Bank has launched its flagship report, the Liberia Country Economic Memorandum, titled “Escaping the [...] Full text...

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Vice President Obiang Mangue warns civil servants against sex in office

05 november 2024 - 22:08:09
Malabo, Equatorial Guinea (PANA) - Vice-President Teodoro Obiang Mangue has warned that civil servants caught having sex in their offices [...] Full text...

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Malian authorities arrest opposition party leaders for 'clandestine meeting'

24 june 2024 - 11:24:58
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - A total of 11 political leaders, members of the opposition platform known as the "Joint Declaration [...] Full text...

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UNESCO report spotlights harmful effects of social media on young girls

26 april 2024 - 04:31:08
Paris, France (PANA) - Digital technologies and algorithm-driven software - especially social media - present high risks of privacy invasion, [...] Full text...

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UN telecoms agency chief: One third of humanity still offline

08 march 2024 - 07:32:05
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The benefits of cutting-edge technology remain out of reach for around 2.6 billion people globally who [...] Full text...

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Sudan conflict: Telecoms blackout ‘unacceptable’: UN relief chief

13 february 2024 - 06:02:09
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The “unacceptable” telecommunications blackout in war-ravaged Sudan is affecting humanitarian response in the country, the UN’s [...] 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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Gaza crisis: ‘Endless needs’ reflect spiralling situation as hospitals shut down, WHO warns

17 november 2023 - 16:38:32
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The UN health agency, WHO, on Friday issued a new warning about the desperate situation for [...] Full text...

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South African smartphone technician triumphs over telecoms giant

09 february 2022 - 11:46:13
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The man who sparked a smartphone revolution in South Africa is one step closer [...] 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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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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UN chief calls for ‘inclusive, transparent and peaceful’ elections in Uganda

14 january 2021 - 04:48:53
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - As polls open in Uganda's presidential and parliamentary elections on Thursday, the UN chief Antonio Guterres [...] 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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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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COVID-19: AIF founding partners unveil unified response to support Africa’s private sector

20 july 2020 - 12:55:23
Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire (PANA) - Increased and decisive investment will be the channel for Africa’s economic recovery post COVID-19, partners [...] Full text...

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The relevance of digital skills in the COVID-19 era (An AfDB feature)

18 june 2020 - 17:07:18
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The COVID-19 global pandemic has changed how the world functions, illustrating the limitations of many [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe dollar depreciation leads to major losses for big companies (A PANA News Analysis)

17 june 2020 - 12:01:40
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Last Monday, one of Zimbabwe's largest gold producers RioZim Limited announced that it has been forced [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Buhari appeals for reduction in price of data, calls as COVID-19 palliatives

02 june 2020 - 16:14:38
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – President Muhammadu Buhari has urged Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) in Nigeria to reduce the price of [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: 5G not deployed yet in Nigeria

11 may 2020 - 20:22:28
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) said here Monday there was no iota of truth in reports [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Pandemic makes universal digital access and cooperation essential, says UN tech agency

06 may 2020 - 07:05:03
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As the COVID-19 (coconavirus) pandemic reshapes the way in which we work, keep in touch, go [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe announces death of woman who appeared to show COVID-19 symptoms

08 march 2020 - 10:30:21
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The Zimbabwe government has announced the death of a woman who appeared to show symptoms of [...] 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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Former Togocom director appointed Togolese minister of primary, secondary education

12 december 2019 - 23:58:40
Lomé, Togo (PANA)  -  Atcha-Dedji Affoh, former director of the Togolese electronic communications company (Togocom, including Togotelecom and Togocellulaire), was [...] Full text...

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‘Simply throwing money won’t solve health crisis’, Senior Doctors tell Zimbabwe's richest man

06 december 2019 - 17:40:39
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The Zimbabwe Senior Hospital Doctors Association (SHDA) has urged telecoms billionaire, Strive Masiyiwa, through his Higher [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe’s striking doctors accuse Higher Life Foundation of trying to arm twist them into accepting 'generous' offer

02 december 2019 - 17:36:16
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors Association (ZHDA) has accused Higher Life Foundation (HLF), the charity organization belonging [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe's striking doctors reject offer for more wages from the country's richest man

29 november 2019 - 18:45:25
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe’s striking doctors have rejected an offer from the country’s richest man, Strive Masiyiwa, to return [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe's richest man steps in to get striking, fired doctors back to work

28 november 2019 - 14:50:27
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe’s richest man and telecoms tycoon, Strive Masiyiwa, has come to the rescue of striking and [...] Full text...

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Four Burkina Faso telecoms workers reported missing found in safe condition

24 november 2019 - 14:52:46
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) – Four workers on Burkina Faso's National Backbone Telecommunications Project, who were went missing on Friday [...] 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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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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Special Economic Zones: Botswana’s new economic powerhouse

24 september 2019 - 20:14:52
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana has set aside special places to prioritise the development of the country and for economic [...] Full text...

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Congolese PM pledges free basic education in the DRC

12 september 2019 - 19:25:59
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - Prime Minister Sylvestre Ilunga Ilunkamba has promised free basic education in the Democratic Republic of [...] 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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Private sector, investors enjoy legal protection in Gambia - President Barrow

19 july 2019 - 06:22:11
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - President Adama Barrow has described Gambia as the best place for international companies that are interested [...] 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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Botswana’s leading mobile network provider launches new service

28 may 2019 - 18:31:02
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Mascom, one of Botswana’s only three leading mobile telecommunications operators, has come up with another customer [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe consumer rights advocacy bemoans 200% data burden

03 may 2019 - 05:47:49
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe's National Consumer Rights Association (NACORA) advocacy and campaigns adviser Effie Ncube says recent data hikes have [...] Full text...

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French ambassador to Uganda briefs French bosses on business opportunities in Uganda

22 april 2019 - 20:24:19
Paris, France (PANA)   -   Jules-Armand Aniambossou, Ambassador of France to Uganda, will Wednesday present the political and economic situation and [...] 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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‘Revved up climate action’ needed to counter ‘prolonged’ and deadly storms like Cyclone Idai: Guterres

27 march 2019 - 05:05:18
New York, US (PANA) - Cyclone Idai and the mounting death toll is “yet another alarm bell about the dangers [...] Full text...

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African finance ministers urged to list 30% stake of state firms in stock markets

08 march 2019 - 23:26:47
Yaounde, Cameroon (PANA) - The African Union (AU) has been urged to order the listing of between 25-30% of all [...] 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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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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Africa Investment Forum 2018: a new bold vision tilts capital flows into Africa

15 november 2018 - 13:30:06
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - “Vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others,” according to a popular [...] Full text...

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Investment interest secured for 45 deals, worth US$32bn, at AIF

10 november 2018 - 11:39:18
Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - The first of its kind transaction-based Investment Forum in Africa, on Friday unveiled the conclusions [...] Full text...

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Africa Investment Forum: All set to tilt the tide of Investments into Africa

06 november 2018 - 15:25:01
Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - The Africa Investment Forum (AIF) kicked off on Monday with a media briefing in Johannesburg, [...] Full text...

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Investors' future in Africa is bright - AfDB President

06 november 2018 - 14:03:05
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) is removing barriers that have stemmed the flow of investment finance [...] Full text...

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IFC supports diversification of Liberian economy

27 july 2018 - 16:34:10
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Sérgio Pimenta, the Vice President for Africa and the Middle-East at the International Finance Corporation (IFC), [...] 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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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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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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Kenya: Safaricom appoints new chief financial officer

01 july 2016 - 18:21:27
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Mobile phone operator, Safaricom, listed on the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) has appointed Sateesh Kamath as [...] Full text...

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Ghana: Accra floods, power debate, ruling party's anniversary reported in Ghana

11 june 2016 - 08:00:08
Accra, Ghana (PANA) – The perennial flooding in the Ghanaian capital, Accra, which inflicts havoc and pain on residents the [...] 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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Botswana: Entrepreneur training to promote business sustainability in Botswana

23 february 2016 - 19:26:08
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana and De Beers, the world's leading diamond company, are collaborating to help small business owners [...] Full text...

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Botswana: BTCL shares offer receives overwhelming response

21 january 2016 - 12:49:21
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Initial Public Offering (IPO) of the Botswana Telecommunications Corporation Limited (BTCL) is receiving an overwhelming response, [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Nigeria-Cameroon submarine cable goes live, set to encourage regional development

11 january 2016 - 12:43:48
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - A leading telecoms and network services provider in West Africa, MainOne, has announced that the high [...] 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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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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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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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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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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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: 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: 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: 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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US: IMF says Ethiopia-led development model commendable

19 june 2015 - 15:26:47
New York, US (PANA) - Ethiopia’s state-led development model has delivered rapid and broad-based growth over many years, and it [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Lack of electricity, fuel crippling Nigeria

25 may 2015 - 08:45:21
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria is teetering on the verge of total shutdown due to lack of electricity and petroleum [...] Full text...

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Kenya: 100 key decision-makers discuss "Powering East Africa"

18 february 2015 - 11:56:40
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Some 100 key decision-makers will converge in Kenya 25-27 March, 2015, to discuss how to effectively [...] 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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Nigeria: Telecoms firm Globacom extends sponsorship of CAF Awards to 2018

09 january 2015 - 10:46:04
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's telecommunications firm Globacom has extended the sponsorship of the annual CAF Awards by the Confederation [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: New forex policy slows down telecoms expansion in Nigeria

29 december 2014 - 12:17:07
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The recent policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) banning import of electronics and telecommunications [...] Full text...

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Kenyan: Safaricom launches 4G mobile system

04 december 2014 - 15:10:46
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan telecommunication firm, Safaricom, said Thursday it was launching the fourth Generation (4G) LTE - the [...] Full text...

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Tanzania: Kenya telecom market in disarray as Viettel drops bid for Orange Group's stake

28 november 2014 - 08:04:04
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Vietnamese telecoms group Viettel’s withdrawal from its planned purchase of Orange Group’s 70 percent [...] Full text...

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Tanzania: China's ZTE at risk of losing Ethiopia Telecom deal

17 november 2014 - 13:08:33
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - The Ethiopian government has warned the Chinese telecommunications firm, ZTE Corp., that it may [...] Full text...

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Rwanda: Personalized services to change telecoms business in sub-Saharan Africa

13 november 2014 - 13:04:12
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Although sub-Saharan telecoms markets still see growth in numbers of mobile subscribers, their revenue margins will [...] Full text...

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Rwanda: Israeli IT firm eyes Africa's telecoms market

10 november 2014 - 18:17:32
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - An Israel-based IT company operating in telecom fraud management and business research intends to enter the [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: African States to earn US$2.6 trillion from agriculture by 2020 - Expert

22 october 2014 - 14:11:56
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Africa's leading economies, including Nigeria, South Africa, Egypt and Kenya, are expected to earn some US$2.6 [...] Full text...

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Tanzania: Africa poised for massive increase in internet coverage by 2015

15 october 2014 - 08:15:57
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Telecom operator Angola Cables has announced an investment of US$100 million together with Brazil’s [...] Full text...

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Tanzania: Telecom Namibia starts work on govt. fibre network

13 october 2014 - 13:19:09
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Telecom Namibia, the national telecommunications services provider, has started constructing a fibre-based network to [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Kenya's Safaricom cancels cheaper int'l roaming service launch

02 october 2014 - 14:15:32
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan mobile phone company, Safaricom, has cancelled plans to introduce cheaper roaming international call tariff after [...] Full text...

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Tanzania: Telecel Zimbabwe unveils hospitality, funeral cover for subscribers

29 september 2014 - 18:50:00
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Zimbabwe mobile phone company, Telecel Zimbabwe has partnered insurance firm Zimnat Lion in launching [...] Full text...

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Tanzania: M2M services to help operators succeed in challenging Africa, Middle East market

22 september 2014 - 18:44:25
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Machine-to-machine services are growing fast and providing new revenue streams for operators in Africa [...] Full text...

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Tanzania: Orange extends mobile money partnership with Bank of Africa

18 september 2014 - 13:27:48
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Customers of Orange Money and Bank of Africa, in a number of African countries, [...] Full text...

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Tanzania: French smartphone maker targets Nigeria, Kenya to boost sales

16 september 2014 - 12:13:22
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - French smartphone manufacturer Wiko Mobile has announced it was expanding to new markets in [...] Full text...

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Tanzania: Millicom ramps up mobile money banking in Tanzania

11 september 2014 - 14:37:19
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Telecoms company Millicom has stepped up its push to gain ground for its mobile [...] Full text...

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Tanzania: Zain Telecom, Bank of Khartoum launch Sudan's first mobile money service

04 september 2014 - 07:24:56
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Sudan's first mobile money service, called Hassa,is now operational thanks to cooperation between Bank [...] Full text...

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Senegal: Dubai to organise Africa Global Business Forum

02 september 2014 - 20:18:40
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry will organise the 2nd Africa Global Business Forum (AGBF) [...] 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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Nigeria: Security agencies in Nigeria start official tapping of telephone calls

18 august 2014 - 19:49:31
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Due to insecurity in Nigeria, the country's security agencies have started monitoring calls in order to [...] Full text...

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Tanzania: Google, Yahoo make phone numbers mandatory for new email IDs

11 august 2014 - 13:37:59
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - World's most popular free email providers, Google (Gmail) and Yahoo, have made telephone numbers [...] 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: 4 East African countries abolish roaming charges

11 august 2014 - 13:26:42
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Four East African countries - Rwanda, Kenya, Uganda and South Sudan - have agreed [...] Full text...

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Tanzania: Bharti Airtel partners with BGFIBank for mobile services in four African countries

08 august 2014 - 10:34:27
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - India's Bharti Airtel Limited has partnered with financial services institution BGFI Bank Group to [...] 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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Nigeria: Govt plans to reduce telecoms infrastructure taxes

05 august 2014 - 12:45:39
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - As a way of encouraging telecommunication companies to mobilise more funds to develop their networks, the [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Kenyan telecoms firms hit by changing technology trends

01 august 2014 - 15:21:36
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan telecommunications companies have recorded 2.7% drop in voice traffic and a 10% drop in the [...] 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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Tanzania: Mobile usage in Africa offers fresh opportunities in recycling

29 july 2014 - 13:57:27
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – As mobile use grows sporadically in Africa, environmental concerns have emerged with respect to [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Interactive Alliance calls for creation of call centres across Africa

22 july 2014 - 15:45:23
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Christopher Bell, the Interactive Intelligence’s Channel Manager for Africa, has called for the creation of a [...] Full text...

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Tanzania: Steady growth expected in Kenyan telecoms market as operators expand networks

22 july 2014 - 09:14:07
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Kenya was the 13th largest telecom services market in Africa and the Middle East [...] Full text...

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Mozambique: Telecoms joint venture in Mozambique wins Mobile Innovations Award

17 july 2014 - 13:13:16
Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) - Movitel, a joint venture between Vietnamese telecommunications group, Viettel, and Mozambique’s SPI company, has won the [...] Full text...

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Tanzania: Pricing strategies, 3G network upgrades to drive Senegal’s telecom revenue growth

02 july 2014 - 13:02:05
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Global telecommunications development monitor Pyramid Research (PR) has said it expects to see overall [...] Full text...

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Tanzania: EAC regional fibre ring eases business connectivity

13 june 2014 - 15:01:54
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Businesses across the East African Community (EAC) will from now receive continuity of Internet [...] 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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Tanzania: State telecoms firm, NEC Corporation upgrade microwave links in key locations

29 may 2014 - 16:17:16
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - NEC Corporation, a leader in the integration of IT and network technologies that benefit [...] Full text...

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Uganda: Africell Holding acquires Orange Uganda majority stake from the Orange Group

19 may 2014 - 12:32:30
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - The telecommunications company Africell Holding has signed an agreement with the Orange Group to acquire its [...] Full text...

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Senegal: Gambia to host digital summit

20 march 2014 - 14:50:01
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The Gambia is billed to host ''Annual Innovation Africa Digital (IAD) Summit'' which will run from [...] Full text...

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Tanzania: Network investments, undersea cables to boost SA's telecom sector

19 march 2014 - 11:41:00
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Huge investments are expected to take place in South Africa over the next five [...] 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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Ethiopia: Advanced analytics in telecoms to catalyse demand for big data in 2014

31 january 2014 - 11:24:27
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Regional cloud providers as well as enterprise-focused telecommunication companies are well positioned for the increased [...] Full text...

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Ethiopia/South Africa: 'Undersea cables to boost revenue from data services'

29 january 2014 - 18:17:06
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Huge investments are expected to take place in South Africa over the next five years [...] Full text...

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‘Nigerian Government taking steps to address telecoms challenges’

18 december 2013 - 22:49:15
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria’s Minister of Communication and Technology, Mrs Omobola Johnson, says the government is taking steps to [...] 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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China grants 49.5 billion FCFA to Niger for telecoms services

16 december 2013 - 15:11:52
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - China is to make 49.5 billion CFA francs available to Niger to finance the construction of [...] Full text...

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Mauritania tasks mobile phone operators to improve quality of service

11 december 2013 - 16:38:34
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritania's Telecommunications Regulatory Authority has called on the three mobile phone operators in the country to [...] Full text...

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1.7m unregistered mobile telephone subscribers disconnected in Niger

29 november 2013 - 19:04:57
Niamey, Niger (PANA) – Some 1.7 million unidentified mobile telephone subscribers have been permanently disconnected in Niger, Almoustapha Boubacar, Director-General [...] Full text...

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Smartphone revolution leads mobile operators to business repositioning

27 november 2013 - 08:28:26
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - The increasing weight of smartphone subsidies on mobile operators' profitability and the growing demand [...] Full text...

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'Telecoms sector in Africa, Mideast offers huge potential'

26 november 2013 - 07:30:32
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - The telecommunications sector in Africa and Middle East (AME) region offers enormous potential for [...] Full text...

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Investment in Nigeria's telecoms sector hits US$25b - Pres. Jonathan

21 november 2013 - 09:20:39
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Investment in the Nigerian telecommunications sector in the past 12 years has hit US$25 billion, the [...] Full text...

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3 projects win Orange African Social Venture Prizes

15 november 2013 - 13:52:45
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Three projects, one each from Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire and Tunisia, have emerged winners of the Orange [...] Full text...

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Alcatel-Lucent, YooMee Africa join forces to build ultra-broadband wireless internet in West, Central Africa

14 november 2013 - 07:58:48
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Alcatel-Lucent, a forefront global communications firm, announced Thursday it will enable YooMee Africa, the [...] Full text...

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Alcatel-Lucent empowers mobile operators to enhance network planning

13 november 2013 - 07:46:04
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - France-based global communications solutions provider Alcatel-Lucent said Wednesday it is enhancing the way mobile [...] Full text...

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Powerful solar chargers to be launched in SA

05 november 2013 - 10:04:18
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - A set of powerful handheld solar chargers are due to be launched at AfricaCom, [...] Full text...

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Southern Africa public broadcasters prepare for digital switchover

22 october 2013 - 11:43:41
Arusha, Tanzania (PANA) - There is need for policy convergence among public service broadcasters in southern Africa countries, as the [...] Full text...

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Kenya mall shooting: Kenyan security agencies 'control all floors', death toll now 69

23 september 2013 - 13:38:46
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan Interior Minister Joseph Ole Lenku said the government forces battling the terrorists holed up in [...] Full text...

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Kenya mall shooting: Standoff enters day 3

23 september 2013 - 08:06:49
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The standoff at the Westgate shopping mall in Kenya's capital city of Nairobi enters day 3 [...] Full text...

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Broadband growth boosts OTT video services in North Africa, Mideast

06 september 2013 - 16:47:11
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - The rising appetite for seamless multi-screen access to video content in the Arab world, [...] Full text...

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Kagame, Museveni, Kenyatta meet in Mombasa

28 august 2013 - 18:45:06
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) – The leaders of Rwanda, Uganda and Kenya were due to meet Wednesday in Mombasa, Kenya, for [...] Full text...

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Mobile broadband boosts competition in Cameroon’s telecoms sector

28 august 2013 - 15:17:37
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Cameroon's telecoms landscape is changing considerably, thanks to the entry of a new Mobile [...] Full text...

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Mobile subscribers in poor countries seek multiple profiles to suit daily needs

23 august 2013 - 08:53:12
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Demand for multiple mobile profiles presents sizeable opportunities for operators that are addressing the [...] Full text...

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774b naira spent on calls in Nigeria in 6 months

22 august 2013 - 12:08:13
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Telecommunication subscribers in Nigeria have spent about 774.06 billion naira (US$4.7 billion) on voice calls and [...] Full text...

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Unregistered SIMs: 386,536 GSM lines disconnected in Nigeria

14 august 2013 - 08:59:40
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Some 386,536 Global System for Mobile (GSM) telephone lines were disconnected in June, following a directive [...] Full text...

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Wireless leaders plan to develop 3G/4G base stations for enhancing wireless connectivity

31 july 2013 - 13:03:11
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - France’s Alcatel-Lucent and Qualcomm Technologies Inc., a subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated, announced Wednesday a [...] Full text...

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Mobile operators move from digital to m-wallet payment services

30 july 2013 - 12:01:19
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - More advanced m-payments services, typically targeting customers in the developed world, such as m-wallet [...] Full text...

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Mauritania warns mobile phone operators on calls drop rate

26 july 2013 - 12:48:39
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritania’s telecommunications regulatory body has warned the three mobile phone operators in the country to sit [...] Full text...

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'Bandwidth cost crashes in Nigeria'

15 july 2013 - 10:37:12
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The cost of bandwidth has crashed by 200 per cent in Nigeria due to the advent [...] Full text...

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Cherie Blair Foundation launches mobile service for Tanzanian business women

02 july 2013 - 05:54:22
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Tanzanian women entrepreneurs Tuesday got a shot in the arm following the launch [...] Full text...

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Algerian telecom market set to become more competitive with 3G introduction

25 june 2013 - 07:31:25
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Algeria is set to become more competitive as 3G is introduced in 2013 and expected [...] Full text...

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Telkom Kenya, Eaton sign 15-year tower management partnership

17 june 2013 - 16:27:50
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Integrated telecommunications services provider, Telkom Kenya, which operates Orange's mobile and fixed-line telecommunications services in Kenya, [...] Full text...

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Ericsson open service delivery centres in Nigeria, DRC

12 june 2013 - 10:56:01
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Global telecommunications network company Ericsson has established two new service delivery facilities in Nigeria and the [...] Full text...

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Emergency rule, war against terrorists highlighted in Nigeria

18 may 2013 - 07:48:54
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The declaration of emergency rule in three States worst hit by violence - Adamawa, Borno, Yobe [...] Full text...

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Kenyan telecoms firm joins global initiative on privacy rights

15 may 2013 - 11:32:48
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan telecommunications company Orange has joined seven telecoms firms that have partnered with the Global Network [...] Full text...

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Telecoms firm Globacom returns as Nigerian pro football league title sponsor

08 may 2013 - 09:53:27
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's mobile phone company Globacom has returned as the title sponsor of the country's professional football [...] Full text...

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Telkom Kenya reaps from fixed line subscribers' growth

25 april 2013 - 16:52:15
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Telkom Kenya has continued to grow the number of its fixed line subscribers despite the fact [...] Full text...

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Nigeria begins mobile number portability 22 April, 2013

22 april 2013 - 08:42:06
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigerians will Monday, 22 April, 2013, begin to enjoy the benefits of porting their mobile phone [...] Full text...

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Kenya mobile telecoms data drives 3G expansion

17 april 2013 - 12:01:23
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Kenya’s telecommunications market is one of the most dynamic in sub-Saharan Africa and, with the [...] Full text...

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Nigeria’s telecom regulatory agency to boost sector

15 april 2013 - 12:08:52
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The regulatory Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has outlined a five-year Strategic Master Plan (SMP) that will [...] Full text...

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Aggreko-Shanduka named Africa’s best fast track power project

11 april 2013 - 15:07:54
Johannesburg, South-Africa (PANA) - The Aggreko-Shanduka cross-border power project, located at Ressano Garcia in Mozambique, has been named Africa’s Best [...] Full text...

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Cloud computing set to drive telecoms business in Africa

27 march 2013 - 16:33:08
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - The future of Cloud Computing for telecommunication companies in Africa is bright, and according [...] Full text...

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Impressive growth of global Internet Protocol TV subscriptions reported

20 march 2013 - 10:16:07
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Global IPTV (internet protocol television) subscriptions are expected to pass the 100 million mark [...] 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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Atlantique Telecom selects Ericsson to manage its African networks

13 march 2013 - 18:39:59
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Atlantique Telecom, part of the Etisalat Group, Wednesday announced that it has entered into a five-year, [...] Full text...

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Kenyan telecoms market remains dynamic as operators jostle for their share

06 march 2013 - 11:19:23
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Although the Kenyan telecommunications market appears to remain stagnant between 2012 and 2017 [...] 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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Africa's first mega city, payoff for electricity workers reported in Nigeria

23 february 2013 - 07:58:05
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The new 5-million-square-metre Eko Atlantic City, dedicated in Lagos on Thursday, government's move to settle "disengaged" [...] Full text...

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Kenyan telecoms firm drops copper cables over high maintenance costs

19 february 2013 - 18:54:15
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Telkom Kenya-Orange, the country's oldest telecommunications operator, said Tuesday it was spending US$ 45 million to [...] Full text...

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Airtel reconsiders its African market approach

14 february 2013 - 10:28:45
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Three years since Bharti Airtel, one of the world’s top telecommunications companies by subscribers, [...] Full text...

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France Telecom forays into South African market

12 february 2013 - 07:59:26
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - South Africa’s mobile telecommunications market is becoming highly competitive, with 100 percent mobile penetration [...] Full text...

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'Why telephone manufacturers shun local production in Nigeria’

11 february 2013 - 12:06:28
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Major phone manufacturers like Samsung, Nokia, BlackBerry, Tecno, LG and Huawei have no plans to establish [...] Full text...

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New Huawei Windows phone to be introduced in Africa

05 february 2013 - 19:04:19
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Microsoft and Huawei, the China-based telecoms equipment maker, announced Tuesday that they are partnering [...] Full text...

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Nigeria's telecoms regulator slashes cost of SMS

24 january 2013 - 14:45:23
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The regulatory Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has reduced the cost for all domestic off-net short messaging [...] Full text...

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Mali grants licence to third mobile phone operator

22 january 2013 - 13:17:41
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Malian government has granted the country's third mobile telephone licence to Planor-Monaco Telecom International Group [...] 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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Kenya govt extends sim card registration to Friday

02 january 2013 - 18:41:59
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Kenya government has extended the deadline for the registration of mobile phone SIM cards to [...] Full text...

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Kenya mobile operators improve quality of service

01 january 2013 - 19:14:16
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Kenyan mobile telecommunications industry recorded improved performance in Quality of Service (QoS) during the last [...] Full text...

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Kenyan telecom regulator to switch off 6m unregistered phone users

31 december 2012 - 12:52:00
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya’s telecommunication regulator announced Monday it would switch off six million mobile phone users for failing [...] Full text...

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Growing operator competition to drive Uganda’s telecoms network expansion

24 december 2012 - 12:13:03
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Fixed broadband revenue in Uganda is expected to experience 60 percent growth between 2012 [...] Full text...

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Mobile apps, mobile ads and cloud services to drive growth in SA

13 december 2012 - 13:24:33
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Mobile advertising revenue in South Africa is forecast to grow at a compound annual [...] Full text...

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Kenyan waste management firm among Orange Africa Social Venture Prize winners

03 december 2012 - 14:18:03
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - A Kenyan waste management initiative, TAKACHAR, is one of the three winners of this year’s Orange [...] 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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Pay-TV providers develop multi-screen video models

19 november 2012 - 15:05:23
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - As more subscribers opt for the over-the-top (OTT) services, pay-TV providers must develop a [...] Full text...

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Airtel completes largest network transformation in African telecoms history

19 november 2012 - 11:45:46
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Bharti Airtel, a leading telecommunications services provider with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa, [...] Full text...

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LTE network for rollout in East Africa

16 november 2012 - 10:26:09
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Smile Telecoms has announced the extension of its existing partnership with Alcatel-Lucent to roll [...] 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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Africa's mobile subscriptions to hit 1 billion in 2015

13 november 2012 - 16:28:32
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The number of mobile subscriptions in Africa will cross the 750-million mark during the fourth quarter [...] 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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Regulators hold key to mobile broadband development in Africa

01 november 2012 - 12:20:11
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - As governments in Africa gain experience in telecommunications management and receive an influx of [...] Full text...

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Bharti Airtel marks 60m customers in Africa

24 october 2012 - 09:14:06
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Bharti Airtel, a leading telecommunications services provider with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa, [...] Full text...

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No winner this year for Mo Ibrahim prize for good governance in Africa

15 october 2012 - 14:09:11
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Mo Ibrahim Foundation Monday said there is no winner for this year's African Leadership Prize [...] Full text...

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Nigeria to spend 17.6b naira to mitigate effects of 'unprecedented' flooding

09 october 2012 - 07:39:46
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria is to spend a total of 17.6 billion naira to mitigate the effects of ''unprecedented'' [...] Full text...

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Tutu wins US$1m Mo Ibrahim Foundation award 'for speaking truth to power'

04 october 2012 - 13:57:38
Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa Thursday bagged the one-off US$1 million Mo Ibrahim Foundation's [...] Full text...

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Kenyans agonize as CCK blocks counterfeit phones (News Analysis)

03 october 2012 - 14:32:17
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - When the Communication Commission of Kenya (CCK) and the mobile telecoms industry reaffirmed their commitment to [...] Full text...

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France Telecom, Orange, appoints 7 CEOs in Africa, Middle East subsidiaries

20 september 2012 - 18:04:51
Paris, France (PANA) - In agreement with its local partners, Orange Telecoms has appointed the following Chief Executive Officers in [...] Full text...

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Zamtel to offer live television streaming on mobile phones in Zambia

12 september 2012 - 16:48:07
Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Zambia Telecommunications Company (ZAMTEL) has partnered with the public-owned Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation (ZNBC) and the [...] 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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Africa's info, communications ministers meet in Sudan

05 september 2012 - 15:18:47
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan on Wednesday called on African countries to close ranks in the field of communication to [...] Full text...

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Indicted telephone companies pay 3.6 billion CFAF fines in Niger

04 september 2012 - 17:25:25
Niamey, Niger (PANA) – Several telephone companies in Niger, indicted for offering services below expectation, have paid over 3.6 billion [...] 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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Improved telecom links lower connectivity cost in Tanzania

07 august 2012 - 15:31:22
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - The arrival of new submarine telecommunications cables in 2009, paired with government investment in [...] Full text...

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Tanzanian govt clips trading wings of Indian mobile services firm

01 august 2012 - 08:08:10
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Tanzania has censured an Indian cell phone services provider for operating in the African [...] Full text...

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Bharti Airtel launches pan-African e-learning programme across Africa

25 july 2012 - 12:32:37
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Leading global telecommunications company Bharti Airtel has announced a partnership with the largest e-learning provider in [...] Full text...

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Madagascar gets enhanced telecom services

19 july 2012 - 14:50:22
Antananarivo, Madagascar (PANA) - Airtel Madagascar executives said Thursday the launch of the firm's mobile 3.75 generation platform would help [...] Full text...

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Tata partners with Main One Cable to bring Video Connect Network to Nigeria

16 july 2012 - 14:57:07
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Tata Communications, a leading global communications provider, Monday announced that its Video Connect Network has been [...] Full text...

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Money transfers boost Kenya’s mobile phone boom

10 july 2012 - 17:24:47
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya’s telecoms industry has grown to cover nearly 90% of the country’s 40 million people, with [...] Full text...

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Airtel to offer fastest mobile internet with 3.75G launch in Rwanda

04 july 2012 - 16:25:58
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Airtel on Wednesday announced the introduction of the fastest mobile Internet in Rwanda, with the launch [...] Full text...

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