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Digital Africa

Digital Africa

From bandwidth-hungry fintech, to the rollout of ultra-fast telecoms connections, Africa’s tech sector is undergoing yet another profound shake up.

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record high

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Is there a bubble emerging in Africa’s tech start-up scene? The number of deals closed by Africa’s tech start-up scene mushroomed in 2021 to 681. In total, the deals, closed by 640 start-ups, brought in around ...

© Vodacom has launched Tanzania’s first 5G technology. A child uses a mobile phone in Nairobi, Kenya, May 28, 2022. REUTERS/Monicah Mwang

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digital transformation

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Tanzania becomes the latest African country to launch 5G Tanzania’s leading telecom operator by subscriptions, Vodacom has launched the country’s first 5G technology in what promises to be a transformational...

An employee prepares to attend to customers inside a mobile phone service centre operated by Airtel Kenya in downtown Nairobi, Kenya July 15, 2021. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya

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complementary efforts

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Banks & mobile money operators must collaborate to drive financial inclusion, says Airtel SmartCash In April 2022, Airtel Africa was granted a licence to operate as a payment service bank (PSB) in Nigeria – nearly four years after initial guidelines ...

Kendall Ananyi, CEO of Nigerian start-up Tizeti, founded in 2012 ©Tizeti

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positive balance

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Telecoms: Nigeria’s Tizeti tries its luck in Francophone Africa Tizeti, a provider of internet access via solar terminals in Nigeria and Ghana, is looking to move into Côte d’Ivoire and Togo, two already busy marke...

Christel Heydemann unveils the 5GLab in Abidjan, 20 September 2022. © Twitter Cheydemann

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Orange expansion

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Orange reaffirms its ambitions for Africa Christel Heydemann, who was appointed six months ago as head of Orange, made her first trip to the continent with her staff, specifically to Côte d’Iv...

© Safaricom Ethiopia employees walk past a billboard during the Safaricom ceremony to officially launch its operations in Ethiopia, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, October 6, 2022. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri

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new horizons

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Ethiopia’s digital finance sector hopeful as it awaits foreign competition A ceremony to celebrate the launch of Safaricom Ethiopia’s nationwide commercial launch marks the latest radical development in the domestic digital f...

© An investor briefing at Safaricom’s headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya. REUTERS/Baz Ratner

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niche network

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Ethiopia: Safaricom services will be available to 25% of the population by April 2023 Kenyan telecoms provider Safaricom will launch its Ethiopian network in the north-eastern city of Dire Dawa in August, the first stage of a phased nat...

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