Digital lifestyle company Millicom has revealed the revenue of its pan-African telecoms company Tigo for the first time rose to US$1 billion. This is part of revelations made in the company’s annual report for 2014 released today and made available to Innovation Village.
According to the report, Tigo’s customer numbers grew by 24% to 25.3 million in 2014; more than one in five customers now take a data package; and mobile money customers increased by 50% to 6.1 million.
Millicom this afternoon announced it is selling its Tigo business in Senegal to Wari Group for $129 million. Based in Senegal, Wari Group, is a leading platform for digital financial services in Africa. The announcement confirms speculations on the fate of the company with various companies linked to the sale.…
Millicom is launching "Think", a tech incubator in Rwanda today. The objective is to develop innovative and scalable businesses in which Millicom will take an equity stake. The incubator will be located in a purpose-built facility in Rwanda’s capital, Kigali. It will be the base from which a small number…
Telecoms company Tigo Tanzania have launched Millicom University to develop the learning and development experiences of its employees. Millicom University is a virtual e-learning platform that targets employees of Tigo across Tanzania. Tigo General Manager, Mr Diego Gutierrez, said "Several milestones have been achieved, since the inception of the e-learning…
