MTN Group Beats Lockdown Hiccups as Data, fintech Services Boost Half-Year Result

MTN, Africa’s biggest mobile carrier, has continued to weather COVID-19 pressures in Nigeria, recording double-digit growth in data revenue and fintech services in the six months ending June. MTN Nigeria…

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Mobile Operators to Earn $100b from Direct Carrier Billing by 2025

The total spend over direct carrier billing will reach $100 billion for the first time by 2025; rising from $37 billion in 2020. The study anticipates that the increasing shift…

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Roger Brown Resumes as New CEO of Seplat

The newly appointed Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Seplat Petroleum Development Company Plc, Roger Brown has a resumed office. August 2, 2020: Roger Brown, the new resumed on August 1,…

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What Keeps Money Launderers Up at Night?

If you’re laundering money or financing terrorism, what keeps you up at night? Beyond the day-to-day intrigues of a life of crime, you have a money trail to worry about.…

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Smartphone Shipment Suffers Shipwreck as COVID-19 Bites Hard but Huawei Leads Market Leaders

The global shipment smartphone has suffered shipwreck from the scourge of the COVID-19 pandemic but the crisis didn’t stop Huawei from taking the position of leadership in the industry. Latest…

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Nigerian Dating App, Vybe Hits 10,000 User Base, Spreads to 65 Countries

Lagos-based dating app Vybe has built a user base 10,000-strong across 65 countries since its launch in April of last year. Touting itself as a dating app designed by Africans,…

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Samsung Considers Dropping Galaxy App Store from Devices as Google Dangles New Mobile Apps Deal

Samsung Electronics Company Limited is considering dropping its Bixby virtual assistant and Galaxy Apps Store from its mobile devices as part of a new global revenue-sharing deal with Alphabet Inc’s…

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Do You Know You Can Securely Erase Your Android Device

It’s an inevitable moment in the smartphone-owning cycle, the point at which a newer, shinier model comes along and your trusty old device is no longer needed. Maybe your company…

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South Africa Begins Public Hearing on 5G Tower Erection on Private Property

Communications and digital technologies Minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams has gazetted a new policy on the deployment of communications networks in SA, and has allowed the public to comment on the proposal…

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Covid-19, Telecommuting and Africa’s Digital Space

It is no news that the outbreak and proliferation of Covid-19 have had some of the most acute implications on global economies in recent times; the vast majority of private…

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