Safaricom is set to launch its M-Pesa services in South Africa at the end of August. Read the rest of this entry »
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Bharti Airtel to acquire Telecom Seychelles
Bharti Airtel, Board of Directors has approved the acquisition of 100 % of Telecom Seychelles Limited, the leading telecom operator of Seychelles, for an enterprise value of USD 62 million. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Africa, Bharti Airtel, Seychelles, Telecom Seychelles
Kenya to launch countrywide internet awareness campaign
DESPITE the arrival and successful operation of a third undersea fibre optic cable, East Africa Submarine System (EASSy) the penetration of the internet in rural communities is still very low. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: African mobile networks, African Telecoms, Bridging the digital divide, Kenyan internet
Rwanda Fibre Cable On By December
Kigali — The Rwanda government says it will have a complete fibre optic network across the country by December. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: fibre optic cable, Rwanda
FMNA Runner up to Blackberry Messenger for Innovation in Messaging Award
In a David v Goliath contest, ForgetMeNot Africa’s Message Optimiser came second to Blackberry Messenger for the Innovation in Messaging award, at the Global Messaging Awards held last night in London. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Blackberry Messenger, ForgetMeNot Africa, Global Messaging Awards, Message Optimiser, RIM
Part 6: ForgetMeNot Africa Digital Divide Debate – Senegal
In Part 6 of the ForgetMeNot Africa Digital Divide Debate series, Emmanuel Okonji journalist from the Daily Independent Newspaper shares his thoughts on the digital divide in Africa.
Filmed at West and Central Africa, Dakar, Senegal June 2010.
Tags: Daily Independent Newspaper, dakar, digital divide debate, Emmanuel Okonji, ForgetMeNot Africa, West and Central Africa Com
Day 1: West and Central Africa Com, Dakar, Senegal
The conference was opened by the Prime Minister of Senegal. While his speech was most likely wonderful unfortunatley the faulty translation headsets left the English speakers wondering and also wishing we had brushed up on our French. Read the rest of this entry »
ForgetMeNot Africa is nominated finalist at Global Messaging Awards
ForgetMeNot Africa are very proud to announce our eTXT service has been nominated for the Innovation in Messaging award, at the upcoming Global Messaging Awards 2010, in London. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: eTXT, ForgetMeNot Africa, Global Messaging Awards, Innovation in Messaging award, West and Central Africa Com
ForgetMeNot Africa in Dakar for West Africa Com
The ForgetMeNot Africa team are getting ready for the start of West Africa Com 2010 in Dakar which starts tomorrow. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: eTXT, ForgetMeNot Africa, West Africa Com
Reliance considers MTN merger
Reliance Communications Ltd. is considering a merger with South Africa’s MTN Group Ltd. or an infusion of fresh equity from a strategic foreign investor. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Etisalat, MTN, R-Comm, Reliance communications
