Telecoms

Telkom has partnered with Nairobi County Government and Meelin Media Limited to set up free, wireless internet in select parts of the Nairobi Central Business District. This is being done under an initiative dubbed Link Kenya Project. The service will be available in three spots... Read More

Safaricom will start a joint venture with Vodacom to acquire the intellectual property rights to M-Pesa mobile financial services platform from Britain’s Vodafone, Safaricom’s CEO said on Thursday. The $13.4 million (Sh1.3 billion) deal will let both purchasers make significant savings in royalties paid to... Read More

We live in a more and more connected age. Even in our homes, we now consume more and more online media than ever before. Having a home internet solution is key to this. Fiber to the Home is the best way to go if you... Read More

As part of Telkom Kenya's Ksh 1 Billion network expansion and optimization program, the third largest Telco in Kenya is carrying out upgrades to its infrastructure in five major towns in Kenya. Along with this upgrade, expansion of services such as their IP Core to... Read More

Africell Uganda is among the top three telecoms in Uganda in terms of subscriber base (as of September 2018) coming in the third position with 2.1 million subscribers. The first two positions are occupied my usual suspects MTN Uganda (10.7 million subscribers) and Airtel Uganda... Read More

Ugandans will have to dig deeper into their pockets every time they make mobile money transactions on MTN Uganda according to a new tariff guide on the MTN website. In a move that won't win them any popularity contests, the Everywhere-You-Go network is set to... Read More

Mobile money service enables payments via a mobile device. The rapid growth of mobile money in East Africa is a phenomenon which has few precedents in the history of finance and banking and which has implications which are likely to prove profound for the financial... Read More

As previously reported, MTN Uganda has been in talks with the Government to sell a stake to NSSF. As of today, the MTN Group CEO Rob Shutter has confirmed that MTN Uganda is ready to give 20% of its stake to Ugandans. This will bring... Read More

The Executive Director Supervision, at Bank of Uganda, Dr Tumubweine Twinemanzi, has challenged the financial services sector to adopt a shared technology services delivery model. He argued that this cuts down the cost of doing business hence passing on those benefits to customers in the... Read More