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Cassava Smartech has launched an education insurance cover product called ‘Enda Education Cover’, which is underwritten by Econet Life, the entity’s Insurtech arm. The new product offers a school fees benefit for primary and secondary education in the event of the death of the parent or legal guardian of the…

MultiChoice plans big changes to its video-on-demand offerings, including a radical refresh of the design of DStv Now, the streaming version of its satellite service, and new local content for its standalone VOD platform Showmax. This is according to the newly appointed CEO of MultiChoice Africa Group’s Connected Video unit, Niclas Ekdahl,…

MTN South Africa CEO Godfrey Motsa announced that the mobile operator will reach 90% 4G population coverage by the end of the year.

Kwesé iflix has unveiled a slate of original programming from Kenya, Tanzania and Nigeria.

Strive Masiyiwa says spinning off Cassava Smartech from the telecoms business will attract a different type of investor to the ones who have traditionally invested in the telecoms sector.

The chairman of Foxconn Technology Group, Terry Gou, said the biggest assembler of iPhones isn’t cutting research and development spending as demand for the smartphones cools. “No matter how stupid we are, we are certainly not cutting research and development expenses” Gou said in an interview outside a polling station in…

MTN Uganda has launched a US$270,000 start-up fund for local tech start-ups, representing a financial boost for start-ups that participate in the operator’s innovation challenge series.

Sony is skipping next year’s big game expo.

Kwesé iflix, just recently after taking centre stage at AfricaCom — the largest telecoms, media, and technology event in Africa — this year winning ‘best innovation in digital entertainment’, Econet Wireless Zimbabwe CEO Mr Douglas Mboweni revealed that it now has more than 5 million users in Zimbabwe and continues…

This acquisition represents another major milestone towards SEACOM achieving its vision to expand its African footprint through the consolidation of fibre assets.

New partnership announced at AfricaCom 2018 brings together Liquid Telecom’s award-winning VSAT service with Kymeta’s high throughput satellite communication system.

Gamer, Arcade Distillery, also known for creating titles for PS Vita, PS4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch, will soon be introducing a new game for the PS4 built around the Ethereum (ETH) blockchain.

Econet Group clinched top three awards at the prestigious AfricaCom Awards in a development signifying the mobile operating group’s impact internationally.

Demerging and listing of the technology company Cassava separately from Econet on the main bourse is expected to allow the group to focus on the growing digital service opportunities in Zimbabwe.

MTN South Africa and Ericsson have announced South Africa’s first 5G customer trial, deployment with a fixed wireless access site at technology company Netstar’s headquarters in Midrand.

Steward Bank achieved a 123% growth in profits to $19 million during the 6 months ended August 31, 2018 compared to $8.5 million same period prior year.

Vaya is part of the Cumii on Demand business which provides real-time platforms to connect users to their nearest service provider, saving them time and money, and bringing them convenience through mobile apps.

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