Author: Tapiwa Matthew Mutisi

The evolution, or ‘revolution’ as network architecture experts would argue, that is 5G mobile networks is considered a reality today and the inevitable next level of core network infrastructure that will radically change B2B and B2C services. As the ICT industry worldwide takes steps to advance the evolution of networks, including…

Here is some good news for Nigeria, Kenya and South Africa as Google’s CEO Sundar Pichai who is currently in Nigeria’s commercial capital, Lagos, said in an interview that Alphabet Inc’s Google aims to train 10 million people in Africa in online skills over the next five years in an…

The Ghana Music Rights Organization (GHAMRO) is finally not all talks but action as it is now suing MTN, Airtel, Vodafone and Tigo for using intellectual property of musicians without paying royalties to them. According to lawyer for GHAMRO Adusei Poku, who spoke to Onua FM’s Emmanuel Agyemang, who was present…

Telkom SA SOC Ltd. is a wireline and wireless telecommunications provider in South Africa, operating in more than 38 countries across the African continent. Telkom is a semi-privatised, 39% state-owned company. The latest news is that Telkom, South Africa’s mobile and fixed-line operator has won a landmark case with costs…

Last year in December, the Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC), intervened with an interim price floor for data services to avert a looming price war in the telecommunications sector. The explanation of the NCC also came from even the Minister of Communications, Mr. Adebayo Shittu, who asked Nigerians to face reality.…

According to forecasts made by the GSM Association (GSMA) trade organisation, Sub-Saharan Africa is the fastest growing market for mobile technologies, with subscriptions set to jump to a half billion within the next three years. The region currently has 420 million mobile subscribers with a 43% penetration rate with SIM connections currently…

Safaricom, Kenyan telecoms giant, is to launch its “Masoko” E-commerce portal in the weeks ahead to take on dominant players like Jumia and Kilimall. Safaricom is said to be in its late stages of announcing an online shop for electronics and other services, paid for via award-winning M-Pesa. Now we all know all…

Bharti Airtel Limited is an Indian global telecommunications services company based in New Delhi, India. It operates in 18 countries across South Asia and Africa. Airtel provides GSM, 3G and 4G LTE mobile services, fixed line broadband and voice services depending upon the country of operation. Airtel is also testing VoLTE technology across five cities in India and should roll out the technology towards…

Safaricom, Kenya’s giant telecommunication firm, says that it has parted ways with M-Pesa boss Ronald Webb. Webb exits Safaricom at a critical time when the firm kick started a major upgrade of the mobile money platform. Ronald Webb, who has been the director of financial services at Safaricom following his…

A record number of Ghanaians are saving money using mobile phones as lenders push products to lure deposits using technology that is cheaper than building branches. Deposits with mobile-money providers jumped 25 percent to 1.57 billion cedis ($360 million) this year through April, the Accra-based central bank said in a…

MTN, South African mobile network, have finally spoken, after MyBroadband findings proved that indeed disappearing airtime is not an illusion, but it exists for real and MTN was found on the wrong side. MTN said they were not aware that other mobile networks were charging zero-rating LTE, and promised to…

World Bank’s latest financial report indicates that about 66% of the people in Africa do not have a bank account. However, the region has the highest number of people with mobile money accounts in the world. Whereas about 5% of the global population has a mobile money account, 10% of…

Many consumers have reported that their airtime and mobile data are disappearing, and that it is not in line with what they use. For instance, some time back in South Africa hundreds of cellular subscribers contacted Talk Radio 702 to complain about a phenomenon dubbed “data leakage”. Many smartphone users have complained about…

If an investment is simply too good to be true, it’s probably fraud and that’s how simple it is for you to tell and quickly run away since you will be about to be scammed. Pyramid scheme fraudsters usually advertise a multi-level investment or social financing scheme that offers extraordinary…

Vodafone Cameroon and Cameroon Telecommunications (CAMTEL) signed a new national strategic network sharing agreement, effectively expanding 4G coverage. The terms of the partnership stipulate that Vodafone Cameroon will use the existing infrastructures of CAMTEL which cover 100% the two cities – Douala and Yaoundé. This will allow Vodafone Cameroon to extend…

Some time in May, looking back on her failed presidential election campaign, former Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton took full responsibility for every political decision she made, but “that’s not why I lost” said former US Secretary of State. Instead she goes on to say that she was subjected to an unprecedented campaign…

MTN versus Vodacom – Who is the Biggest Provider of Mobile Money in Africa? The battle for control of the bank accounts of African consumers through mobile money – essentially the use of mobile phones to access financial services – is about to get competitive. The mobile money industry has…

MTN Group has redefined who an active subscriber is and that has led to MTN Ghana deleting a whopping 3.4 million inactive lines from its network in the first quarter of 2017 alone. Within the same quarter, however, MTN Ghana gained over 800,000 new active customers, and the net effect…

EcoCash was launched by Econet Wireless in September 2011, since then, across Zimbabwe a network of “human ATMs” immensely accelerated. EcoCash is an innovative mobile payment solution that enables Econet customers to complete simple financial transactions such as sending money to loved ones, buying prepaid airtime for themselves or other…

It’s been just over seven months since Twitter pledged to move faster to combat the systemic abuse problem that has plagued it for a decade, and the company claims to have made dramatic improvements in that time. And limiting or suspending thousands of accounts each day. Twitter’s battle to crack…