A London-based asset management group, Gemcorp, has won a US$ 189 million contract from the government of Angola to manage, renovate and expand state-owned Angola Telecom’s networks. The partnership aligns with the Angolan government’s strategy to restructure Angola Telecom, the country’s telecommunications and internet service provider.
Botswana Telecommunications Corporation Limited (BTC) has partnered with Infovista, the global leader in Network Lifecycle Automation (NLA), and selected Infovista TEMS Pocket, TEMS Paragon, TEMS Discovery and Planet products for next-generation 4G and 5G mobile network planning, testing, optimization, and benchmarking. BTC operates Botswana’s leading nationwide 4.5G/LTE-advanced network, serving people and businesses throughout the country.
In January 2023, Cabo Verde Telecom (CVTelecom) will merge with its subsidiaries, CVMóvel and CVMultimedia, to offer fixed and mobile telecom services, as well as on-demand Internet and TV services, to better enhance the value it offers to clients and shareholders.
Botswana will launch its first satellite into space next year. The cube satellite (CubeSat), which is a miniature spacecraft replacing the common huge spaceships, will be Botswana’s first satellite (BotswanaSat-1).
Evina, a cybersecurity company for carrier billing, and Telecoming, a tech firm developing DCB experiences, released the 2022 edition of the DCB Index. This initiative is part of the strategic alliance between the two companies to place Direct Carrier Billing, which is a payment technology that allows mobile users to pay for any service by charging the purchase to their carrier bill, at the forefront of the payments industry and reinforce their commitment to developing a transparent, secure and stable mobile economy. The DCB Index provides insights into the Direct Carrier Billing market of countries in the Middle East and Africa region (MEA), ranking them according to their current DCB status and potential to further develop this growth-boosting mobile payment method.
As the first week of COP27 comes to an end in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt’s climate change and climate financing in particular have taken center stage. COP27, or “the African COP,” as it is being called, presents an unprecedented opportunity for a unified African voice to move beyond talk to concrete action on financing for climate adaptation and mitigation.
Cellulant, Africa’s leading pan-African payments company, won three prestigious awards at the just concluded National Communications Awards in recognition of its contribution to driving innovation and Ghana’s digitization agenda. The company was also recognized for its leadership in driving online and offline payments with its digital payment platform, Tingg.
With a presence in about fifteen African countries, the Digital Virgo group, a global specialist in payment via telecom operators' bills and mobile money, took part in AfricaCom in Cape Town. The group's management, including the CEO, Guillaume Briche, and Mounia Terhzaz, Africa’s general manager, gave an overview of the development of Digital Virgo’s activities on the continent and announced that its customized payment platform has provided 25 million Africans with access to digital content and services in 2022.
Africa Data Centers, a business of Cassava Technologies, a pan-African technology group, announced that it has secured a piece of land adjacent to its existing data center in Nairobi, Kenya, and plans to expand the facility up to an extra 15 MW of IT load. The build will be completed in the first half of 2024 and will add five times more capacity than the current amount.
Motorola Solutions will demonstrate how its integrated ecosystem of technologies can help first responders in Sub-Saharan Africa stay focused on the front line while enabling public safety agencies to build greater trust within the communities they serve.
