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C Comba’s industry-leading RRH, base station antennas products and services, combined with Parallel Wireless world’s first 2G/3G/4G/5G software, advance Open RAN with lowest TCO for MNOs globally Parallel Wireless, Inc., and Comba Telecom Systems Holdings Limited jointly announced…
African governments have a crucial role to play in taking the continent to the next stage in its digital evolution Africa still lags behind the rest of the world in its digital transformation, and in…
Adebayo Adedeji Annual lecture focused around the question of digital transformation in Africa Former Nigerian Minister for Communications Technology, Dr. Omobola Johnson, delivered the UN Economic Commission for Africa's (ECA) annual Adebayo Adedeji at the ongoing…
UNITEL is the newest African Associate Partner of the World Economic Forum, the first Angolan company to be included in the exclusive network of Partner level companies. The Partnership will allow UNITEL to support the…
Twenty of the most promising Francophone African tech start-ups will participate in the L'Afrique Excelle residency in Mali, a full-week bootcamp set to kick off the Francophone edition of the World Bank Group's XL Africa, tech…
La empresa de comunicación financiera y relaciones con inversores Bracken colaborará con la quinta edición de Startup Olé, que se desarrollará en Salamanca del 26 al 28 de marzo, dentro de su apuesta por el…
Tigo, Tanzania’s leading digital lifestyle company, has since last year donated more than 2,400 desks worth over Tshs 230 million (about US$ 105,000) to needy primary schools in the country in a sustainable exercise that…
Global Voice Group (GVG) – a provider of IT solutions to governments and regulatory authorities – this week announced the launch of its new headquarters in Madrid, Spain. This development supports GVG's overarching strategy to…
The 13th German-African Energy Forum is going to set the stage for German and Africa businesses as well as public enterprises to expand our economic ties, do deals, create jobs, combat energy poverty, and use…
MOBILE WORLD CONGRESS, Spain, March 1, 2018/ -- In partnership with Google, Mara Corporation Limited (MC) (https://Mara.com) is set to release the Mara X for the African market in the second quarter of 2018. The…
Applications are now open for the 8th Orange Social Venture Prize in Africa and the Middle East This prize, awarded by Orange, rewards innovative projects based on Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) which improve…
Washing powder technology combines with digital technology to make ordinary citizens pro-active water savers Specialist mobile and digital marketing enabler, Digitata Insights, has partnered with Laundry brand Sunlight on a water saving awareness campaign that…
Innoventures Announces 4 Winners of Startup Reactor Cycle Four • Innoventures also announced an upcoming 100 million EGP fund for startup ventures based in Egypt On the 5th of December, Innoventures held “Startup Nova - Entrepreneurship…
More than 750 candidates responded to the call for projects, which ran from May to September 2016, reflecting the potential of the telecommunications sector to support development in Africa and Middle East in fields as…
The Next Einstein Forum launches Process for New Class of NEF Fellows, Africa’s Top Scientific Talent The new class will join 15 of Africa’s top young scientists, the NEF’s first Fellows Class, and will present…