MTN, leader in the telecommunications sector in Cameroon, announced the signing of a Collaboration Framework Agreement with the Rural Electrification Agency (AER) to supply its rural sites with solar energy.
Djibouti Telecom took a giant leap in welcoming the landing of the new submarine cable 2Africa. An important ceremony was organized on this occasion at the beach Siesta under the patronage of the Minister of Communication in charge of Posts and Telecommunications, Radwan Abdillahi Bahdon, and in the presence of Djibouti Telecom representatives.
Telecom Egypt and Etisalat Misr signed six new commercial and strategic agreements, a step that comes within the framework of a joint cooperation between both parties to maximize their returns and support the development of new technologically advanced services to end users in the local market.
MTN Group joins the Global Network Initiative (GNI), signaling the commitment, to strengthen and innovate digital human rights efforts. The GNI is a multi-stakeholder organization whose mission is to protect and advance freedom of expression, privacy, and other key digital human rights by setting a global standard for responsible decision-making for companies across the information and telecommunications sector.
Airtel Africa has acquired an additional spectrum to bolster its service delivery in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Airtel Africa paid 42 million U.S. dollars for the 58 Megahertz (MHz) spectrum which will spread across 900, 1800, 2100, and 2600 MHz bands.
As part of its mobile financial services plans, Airtel Africa has launched banking services in Nigeria. The operator said that its subsidiary, SmartCash Payment Service Bank (SmartCash PSB), has started operations and services will initially be available at selected retail touchpoints, and operations will expand gradually across the country over the next few months.
Mobile communications technology has been a crucial enabler of the information age, connecting individuals, businesses, and governments, and facilitating improvements in daily life for people everywhere. Connectivity is the lifeline of modern societies and access to it is a digital human right.
Safaricom is planning to begin its commercial operations in Ethiopia by the end of 2022, pledging to launch the new network by then. Since May 2021, when the Safaricom-led consortium won a license to operate in Ethiopia, it has been looking to expand into the horn of Africa nation.
IHS Holding Limited, one of the largest independent owners, operators, and developers of shared communications infrastructure in the world by tower count has completed the acquisition of 5,701 towers in South Africa from Mobile Telephone Networks Proprietary Limited (MTN), one of the leading mobile telecommunications operators in South Africa. Under the agreement, IHS Towers is also providing power management services to MTN SA on approximately 13,000 sites, including the acquisition portfolio, across South Africa.
Etisalat Misr, a subsidiary of e&, entered the Egyptian market and commercially launched in May 2007, across Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. With a series of successes, this company was the first operator to present a 3.5G high-quality service, and also the first to introduce 4G services to its clients, without needing to replace their SIM cards to activate it. This is in addition to the continuous improvement of its network. This year marks the company’s 15th anniversary, “it is important to focus on the future by enhancing our adaptability to change, oftentimes very quickly, and tapping on our assets and resources to continue to grow,” said Khaled Hijazi, CBO, Etisalat Misr.
