tech + telecom highlights
By Timo Jokiaho As technology evolves towards containers and cloud-native architectures and applications, there are key architectural considerations for communications service providers (CSPs) to address 5G is accelerating deployments of edge computing, as communications service…
Despite significant strides in the telecom industry, which have been made in terms of technology and reach, the spread of network connection in rural areas around the world, remain the last frontier for the telecom…
Stakeholders from 8 African countries have deliberated on policies and frameworks to drive innovation, technology and sustainable mobile payment ecosystem Key representatives from over 8 countries in Africa gathered at a workshop organized by Vodacom…
Airtel Africa announces partnership with Ecobank Group to allow Airtel Money customers to improve their access to mobile financial services • The partnership will also allow Ecobank corporate account holders to make bulk disbursements, such…
Africa’s Fintech ecosystem has surged 60% in the last two years and the continent’s Fintech firms have grown to 491 from 301 in 2017, with $132.8 million raised in 2018 • last year the sector…
KaiOS enables a new category of affordable smart feature phones that require limited memory, while still offering a rich user experience TECNO, the leading mobile phone brand in Africa, announced the launch of the latest…
Kaspersky Lab researchers have seen the number of attacks using malicious mobile software nearly double in just a year. In 2018 there were 116.5 million attacks, compared to 66.4 million in 2017, with a significant…