-
More African Countries Are Looking to Tax Mobile Money Transactions
Just over a year ago, Uganda’s regulators introduced a so-called social media tax and a levy on mobile money transactions. Uganda is not alone: Industry research from 2017 shows up to 26% of the taxes paid in the mobile industry in 12 Sub-Saharan countries were industry-specific.
- Categories
- Technology, Telecommunications
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
-
Huawei Technicians Helped African Governments Spy on Political Opponents
Employees embedded with cybersecurity forces in Uganda and Zambia intercepted encrypted communications and used cell data to track opponents, according to a Wall Street Journal investigation.
- Categories
- Technology, Telecommunications
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
-
Viewpoint: Regulators Walk the ‘Mobile Money’ Line
Banking-by-phone is on the rise, and so are the risks of anti-competitive behaviour and money laundering.
- Categories
- Finance, Telecommunications
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
-
Africell to Spend $100M on Mobile Infrastructure, Fintech in Africa
Africell founder and chief executive Ziad Dalloul told Reuters the money would help fund infrastructure investments for its operations in Uganda, Democratic Republic of Congo, Gambia and Sierra Leone.
- Categories
- Finance, Investing, Telecommunications
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
-
A Power Outage and Mobile Money Blackout Expose the Vulnerability of Zimbabwe’s Economy
In what seems like a never-ending cycle of misery for ordinary Zimbabweans in the last year, it is likely there will be more power cuts and ultimately more economic disruption due to the country’s currency troubles and—now, climate change.
- Categories
- Finance, Technology, Telecommunications
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
-
Ethiopia Offers New Hope for Phone Providers With African Dreams
As part of an ambitious reform program, the government of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed plans to award telecommunications licenses to two private operators next year, and sell a minority stake in Ethio Telecom.
- Categories
- Finance, Technology, Telecommunications
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
-
Two Companies Approved To Run South Sudan’s First Mobile Money Platform, m-Gurush
Theventure is a joint partnership between South Sudan’s Trinity Technologies Limited, a local tech firm, and Zain Telcoms South Sudan.
- Categories
- Finance, Technology, Telecommunications
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
-
Kenya Regulators Warn MPs on Safaricom Split Bill
The issue of competition in Kenyan market is an issue politicians and regulators have regularly investigated over the last two years, with calls to spin-out mobile money units nothing new.
- Categories
- Finance, Technology, Telecommunications
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
Subscribe to Our 'Business in Global Development' Newsletter!
Our new weekly LinkedIn newsletter features NextBillion's latest original articles, along with curated news, jobs, bizdev opportunities and events from our recent coverage of impact-focused business in emerging markets.
We respect your privacy. Your information is safe and will never be shared.
Don't miss out. Subscribe today.