Zeepay is planning to raise $10m in equity funding to support the creation of new mobile-money hubs in East and Southern Africa. According to Andrew Takyi-Appiah, Co-founder and managing director of Zeepay, the new hubs, which will consist of processing centres and back offices, are expected to be in Rwanda and South Africa. He adds that the use of [...]
MTN South Africa has introduced a new voice and data Combo Bundles comprising of a monthly, weekly and daily options. For added value, MTN Combo Offer’s data, voice and video allocations will be available for one month if a new bundle is bought before expiry. MTN has also presented its newly upgraded eSIM solution capable of supporting [...]
UduX partners with MTN to offer MTN’s subscribers discounted data bundles to view content and stream unlimited music on the uduX app. MTN Nigeria is one of Africa’s largest mobile service providers with more than 60 million users in the country. Subscribers can use credit cards, pay-as-you-go airtime or data packages to pay for the service. [...]
MTN Uganda has introduced ‘Pay mpola mpola’ an easy payment plan that enables customers to buy smartphones and pay in easy instalments over a specified period. MTN Uganda Chief Marketing Officer, Sen Somdev said the that the initiative behind this offer is to allow many Ugandans access to the internet through easing affordability of smartphones; [...]
MTN Nigeria has collaborated with Gameloft to roll out MTN Gameworld – a new gaming platform for its subscribers. The platform will offer the Nigerian gaming community access to a wide variety of fun and exciting games online through a premium catalogue from Gameloft and other renowned publishers. The Chief Digital Officer of MTN Nigeria, [...]
Bonang Matheba has collaborated with MTN to expand its mobile app, “Bonang Matheba’s World”. “As my world continues to grow, expand and innovate, I am especially honoured to partner with MTN and leverage this development in the mobile digital content space. I’m excited to be able to reach more fans and engage with them directly [...]
South African mobile operator Cell C has reported that it expects to close around 128 stores across the country. Not surprisingly perhaps, a Cell C spokesperson has pointed to changes in the retail environment and the effects of the coronavirus as part of the reason for the shift from physical retail. The company is in [...]
MTN, Africa’s largest mobile operator, announced its plan to exit the Middle East region and focus mainly on the African market. The group’s CEO Rob Shuter, announced, “As part of our ongoing portfolio review, we believe the group is best served to focus in the future on our pan-African strategy. We will therefore be exiting [...]
ZTE, an international provider of telecommunications, enterprise and consumer technology solutions for mobile broadband and 5G connectivity, has introduced its first 5G wireless router, the ZTE 5G Indoor Router MC801A, in South Africa in partnership with MTN, one of the leading telecoms carriers in South Africa. ZTE 5G Indoor Router MC801A has the latest Wi-Fi 6 [...]
Ethiopia’s communications regulator announced that it has received twelve bids for the two telecom licenses it intends to grant to multinational mobile companies, breaking the state monopoly. Th regulator stated that nine bidders are telecom operators and two non-telecom operators, and one submission was incomplete. Bidders consist of Etisalat, Axian, MTN, Orange, Saudi Telecom Company, [...]