Safaricom, the Kenyan mobile phone company that runs a money transfer service almost the size of the East African nation’s economy, invested in a courier service business in an effort to stimulate e-commerce and gain a foothold in growing
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Africa’s start-ups are seizing an opportunity they say Google and Apple have missed – making apps for non-smartphones. In a region where the average customer doesn’t own a smartphone or a bank card, hundreds of millions
BT Group should be permitted to retain ownership of the UK’s main broadband network, but it needs to give rivals better access to it, regulator Ofcom said. Ofcom called on BT, the UK’s former telecommunications monopoly
Vodacom, through parent Vodafone, has launched two new premium own-branded smartphones in an effort to push up the number of high-end 4G/LTE users on its network. The telecommunications operator’s own-branded devices have proved highly
Vodacom parent Vodafone, weighing the impact of the UK vote to quit the European Union, said it’ll consider moving its headquarters elsewhere unless the country negotiates continued access to the European Union’s single
Telecommunications company Neotel expects regulators to approve the sale of its business to Econet-owned Liquid Telecom before the end of March 2017. India’s Tata Communications, which owns a controlling stake in Neotel, announced on Tuesday
MTN Group named Vodafone Group’s Rob Shuter as CEO, turning to a seasoned executive to lead Africa’s biggest mobile-phone company following the settlement of a record fine in Nigeria. Shuter, a South African who leads Vodafone’s
Former Vodacom and Vodafone executive Rob Shuter has been named as the new president and CEO of telecommunications group MTN after an extensive search. Shuter, who is a previous chief financial officer at Vodacom
MTN Group has appointed Babak Fouladi as group executive for technology and information systems. Fouladi will lead the delivery of MTN’s network and IT strategy across
Vodacom freely admits that one of the biggest barriers to getting more South Africans using its 3G and 4G data networks is the cost of smart devices, including smartphones and tablets. It’s one of the