Africa’s mobile phone operators are ramping up plans to bring banking to millions of Africans, in some cases for the first time, after the coronavirus crisis caused a surge in use of digital financial services.
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Ethiopia has set a new deadline of February 2021 to complete the partial privatisation of the country’s telecommunications industry, with carriers such as Orange, Vodafone Group and MTN Group keen to participate.
The head of the French cybersecurity agency Anssi said there would not be a total ban on using equipment from Huawei in the roll-out of the French 5G telecommunications network.
The United Nations is partnering with MTN, Vodacom, Orange and Airtel on a mobile data platform that delivers coronavirus-related information around Africa.
The largest wireless carriers operating in Africa are starting to form partnerships ahead of making offers for new licences to be awarded by Ethiopia.
Stephane Richard, the CEO of French telecommunications giant Orange, wants to step up its presence in Africa and is mulling an entry into South Africa.
A giant subsea cable to help bring more reliable and faster Internet across Africa will cost just under $1-billion (R18.7-billion at the time of writing), according to three people familiar with the project.
A massive new submarine broadband cable is to be built around Africa and the Middle East and is being backed by the likes of Facebook, China Mobile, MTN Group, Vodafone Group and Orange.
Ethiopia moved closer to liberalising one of the world’s final frontiers for telecommunications by publishing the final draft of directives. South Africa’s MTN Group and Vodacom Group are keen to invest.
Econet Global, owned by Zimbabwean billionaire Strive Masiyiwa, is keen to acquire a telecommunications licence in Ethiopia, which is opening up the industry to foreign investment for the first time.