The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has announced plans to implement a system to better measure voice, Internet and SMS traffic. Using this system, the government hopes to fight fraud and improve its collection of the daily revenues reported by telecom operators.
African startups raised a record $5.3 billion last year despite the deep recession in the tech industry, which has dwindled the funding pool.
The Tanzanian government has extended the SIM card verification deadline until February 13. According to ICT Minister Nape Nnauye, after this date, unregistered SIM cards will be disabled.
SpaceX kicked off another busy year with the launch of the Transporter-6 passenger mission from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS).
Mama Money, a South African fintech that offers cross-border money transfer and banking services, has partnered with Zimbabwe’s AFC Commercial Bank, effectively connecting to the bank’s customer base, which includes 45 cash collection points.
A London-based asset management group, Gemcorp, has won a US$ 189 million contract from the government of Angola to manage, renovate and expand state-owned Angola Telecom’s networks. The partnership aligns with the Angolan government’s strategy to restructure Angola Telecom, the country’s telecommunications and internet service provider.
The Kamoa-Kakula Copper Project in the Democratic Republic of Congo will continue to enjoy high-speed satellite-based connectivity services as part of a new agreement between SES and Ivanhoe Mines. The enhanced partnership builds on a successful five-year relationship between SES and Ivanhoe Mines and comes at a time of significant investment in low-latency, high-capacity solutions in the region following the boom in the African mining industry.
In January 2023, Cabo Verde Telecom (CVTelecom) will merge with its subsidiaries, CVMóvel and CVMultimedia, to offer fixed and mobile telecom services, as well as on-demand Internet and TV services, to better enhance the value it offers to clients and shareholders.
Africa Data Centres has broken ground on its new facility in Nairobi; The new build will expand its existing data center by up to 15 MW of IT load. The facility will be built in the company's leading-edge modular design.
Evina, a cybersecurity company for carrier billing, and Telecoming, a tech firm developing DCB experiences, released the 2022 edition of the DCB Index. This initiative is part of the strategic alliance between the two companies to place Direct Carrier Billing, which is a payment technology that allows mobile users to pay for any service by charging the purchase to their carrier bill, at the forefront of the payments industry and reinforce their commitment to developing a transparent, secure and stable mobile economy. The DCB Index provides insights into the Direct Carrier Billing market of countries in the Middle East and Africa region (MEA), ranking them according to their current DCB status and potential to further develop this growth-boosting mobile payment method.
