New deal promises greater access to fast and reliable mobile internet for millions of South Africans across Liquid Telecom’s network for the first time. FULL STORY >

The mobile continent’s appetite for communication technology and its unique challenges create both challenges and opportunities for African telcos.Sherry Zameer, SVP Internet of Things for CISMEA at Gemalto, explains. FULL STORY >

CDC Group Plc, the UK’s development finance institution, has reached an agreement with pan-African telecoms group Liquid Telecom to invest $180m (about R2.5 billion) with the company, continuing the spate of investments this... FULL STORY >

Vodacom, a subsidiary of Vodafone Group, today announced it has added 19 new countries to its already extensive 28 markets footprint, increasing its overall coverage to 47 countries across Africa. FULL STORY >

Further details of some of the sessions that delegates to AfricaCom can anticipate have been revealed. FULL STORY >

In the wake of the recent International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Telecoms World 2018 held in Durban, TechSmart’s Ryan Noik (RN) sat down with Eva Andrén (EA), the Vice President Managed Services Middle East & Africa... FULL STORY >

Ericsson, Telstra and Intel have successfully completed the first end-to-end 5G non-standalone (NSA) 3GPP data call on a commercial mobile network at Telstra’s 5G Innovation Centre on the Gold... FULL STORY >

On the 10th of May 2018, MIA Telecoms will be launching iServ UC, The Business Cloud, an innovative enterprise cloud telephony solution FULL STORY >

Mark Tinka, head of Engineering at SEACOM gives insight on software-defined networking and network function virtualisation technologies of the future. FULL STORY >

The latest regional appendix to the upcoming Ericsson Mobility Report forecasts that LTE subscriptions will expand by 47 percent from 30 million in 2017 to 310 million by 2023 in Sub-Saharan Africa. FULL STORY >

Mariam Abdullahi, Telco Industry lead at SAP Africa explains how Telco companies can save their shrinking profits. FULL STORY >

According to Robert Marston, Global head of Product at SEACOM, they’ve been looking at the SD WAN landscape and working with partners to cut out the complexity for customers of choosing an SD WAN solution that best suits their... FULL STORY >

Integrated ICT and connectivity provider Vox has partnered with local network provider Sqwidnet, to provide individual consumers and enterprise customers with connectivity, data analytics and reporting for Internet of Things (IoT) applications... FULL STORY >

Cell C today announced it has concluded the recapitalisation of the company. The recapitalisation reduces the net debt of Cell C to no more than R6 billion which includes USD184 million of bonds which are fully hedged into South African Rand. FULL STORY >

Often customer experience is measured using checklists and monitored in isolation – without considering the multiple aspects that make up the entire customer experience, says Euphoria Telecom CEO, George Golding. FULL STORY >