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Africa’s Top Smartphone Seller Transsion Is the World’s Fastest Growing Phone Maker
Transsion, the top smartphone seller in Africa, posted the highest annual growth in smartphone shipments in 2023 of the top five phone makers in the world.
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- Technology, Telecommunications
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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MTN to Disconnect Globacom Customers over 15 Years of Interconnect Debt in Nigeria
The NCC in a notice on Monday, said it has now approved partial disconnection of Globacom from MTN Nigeria Communications Plc due to non-settlement of interconnect charges.
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- Technology, Telecommunications
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Orange Withdraws from Ethio Telecom Sale Process
The France-based operator group explained it would not move forward with a plan to attempt to acquire a 45 per cent stake in the Ethiopian business.
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- Technology, Telecommunications
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- mobile finance
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Kenya to Sell 35 State Companies as Africa Seeks to Jumpstart IPOs
With 40 exchanges across the continent, Africa could have as many as five company listings a day.
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- Investing, Telecommunications
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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French Soccer Players Back African Mobile Video Network StarNews Mobile in $3 Million Round
The five-year-old mobile video network prioritizes offering monetization avenues for African content creators through distribution partnerships with major telecommunications operators.
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- Technology, Telecommunications
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- data, digital inclusion
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ProLocums, a Gig App Revolutionizing Healthcare Staffing Launches in Nigeria
If you want a ride, you have the Uber app. If you want to buy or sell appliances, you have the Jiji app. So why can’t we have one for healthcare which is one of the most important sectors?
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- Technology, Telecommunications
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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AFRIFF, MTN Join Forces to Empower African Filmmakers, Indigenous Content Creators
This year’s festival, with the theme ‘Indigenous 2.0 Global’, will be held between November 5 and 11 at the Landmark Centre in Lagos.
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- Technology, Telecommunications
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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In Pursuit of a Cashless Africa: Learning from Nigeria’s Struggle to Accelerate its Transition to Digital Finance
The use of cash for payments is dwindling globally, while the electronic payments industry is burgeoning. As Osahon Akpata at Ecobank points out, this growth is also happening in Africa, though cash still remains king. He highlights several factors that are driving both the growth of digital finance and the ongoing usage of cash on the continent, exploring how African countries can accelerate their transition to a cashless economy — and what they can learn from Nigeria's struggles in that area.
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- Finance, Technology, Telecommunications
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