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The date for analogue switch-off in Kenya’s move to digital terrestrial television broadcasting remains unknown because, according to the Communications Commission of Kenya, countrywide infrastructure is still not in place. Government had originally intended to have the process completed by mid-June 2012

MTN Uganda has uncovered what it calls “irregular payments” totalling US$3,8m and has reported the matter to local police. The payments pertain to invoices for equipment the network never actually received. Uganda’s The Monitor newspaper reported at the weekend that MTN Uganda had been defrauded to the tune

The Kenyan government is ditching proprietary software in favour of free and open-source software alternatives in a move it hopes will save it money. According to a report in Business Daily, the migration away from proprietary systems will related costs go down by 20% initially but by as much as 80% within three

Attacks claimed by Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram targeting mobile phone towers in recent days have also left 15 people dead and buildings burnt, including two schools, officials said Friday. More than two dozen mobile phone towers for various providers have been destroyed in cities across northern Nigeria this week