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Belmoney, DigiPay Enable Congolese Remittances From France and Belgium
Belmoney and DigiPay Group have launched the DigiTransfer mobile app to serve the Congolese diaspora in France and Belgium, enabling instant transfers to mobile‑money wallets and bank accounts in the Republic of Congo and the DRC. The service routes funds through Visa and Mastercard, completing transactions in under five minutes without requiring DigiPay to obtain separate national licences. By leveraging Belmoney’s white‑label licensing and compliance framework, the partnership sidesteps regulatory friction and promises lower fees than the regional average of 7.9%. The rollout is positioned as the first step toward a pan‑European remittance network.
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Liquid, Microsoft and SA's DCDT Launch Mobile Digital Lab
Liquid Intelligent Technologies, together with Microsoft and South Africa’s Department of Communications and Digital Technologies, launched a solar‑powered mobile digital lab at the Royal Bafokeng Institute. The lab brings hands‑on training in Microsoft 365, Teams, Copilot and the Power Platform...
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Who Will Benefit From Ghana's 2027 5G Push?
Ghana’s government has set a new target to achieve 70 % nationwide 5G coverage by March 6 2027, moving from an exclusive ten‑year license with Next Gen InfraCo to an open‑model framework that invites multiple operators. The previous rollout stalled, with delays from late 2024 into 2025...
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Kenya's Judiciary Embraces AI, Digitization
Kenya’s judiciary has accelerated its digital transformation, moving from e‑filing and virtual courts to AI‑driven tools. Almost all case files are now digitized, and a paperless ERP system supports HR and services. The bench is piloting an AI transcription service,...
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Diamond Trust Bank, Mastercard Enable Wearable Payments in Kenya
Diamond Trust Bank (DTB) Kenya has launched DTB Wearables, a suite of NFC‑enabled wristbands and rings that let customers pay by tapping at any contactless point‑of‑sale terminal. The service, built on Mastercard’s Tappy Pay platform, links directly to existing DTB...
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Starlink Gets Greenlight in Uganda, Airtel Tests Direct-to-Cell
SpaceX’s Starlink has secured a provisional operating license from Uganda’s Communications Commission, obligating the company to set up a national gateway, register all devices and maintain a staffed local office. The agreement follows a memorandum of understanding signed with President...
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Zimbabwe Adds Online Content Creators to Tax Bracket
Zimbabwe’s revenue authority (Zimra) announced that all local online content creators must pay income‑tax, PAYE or capital‑gains tax on earnings from platforms such as YouTube, TikTok and Facebook. The deadline for filing overdue returns from the Jan 1 2026 reforms is June 30 2026,...
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Orange Plans Subsea Cable Linking Europe to South Africa
Orange Group and a consortium of African telcos have signed an MoU to build the Via Africa submarine cable, a new subsea link connecting Europe to South Africa. The system will land in the UK, France, Portugal and several West...
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Exito Announces the South Africa Manufacturing Show 2026
Exito Media Concepts announced the South Africa Manufacturing Show 2026, scheduled for June 11 in Johannesburg. The 33rd edition will convene over 150 C‑level executives and technology leaders to examine AI, IoT, robotics, cybersecurity and sustainable production within the country’s evolving...
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Guinea Joins Medusa Africa Submarine Cable
Guinea has signed a construction and maintenance agreement to become a landing point for the Medusa Africa submarine cable, adding a second international subsea link to its network. The public‑private operator GUILAB will oversee the cable’s operation and upkeep for...
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Exito Announces 2026 BFSI Innovation & Technology Summit
Exito Media Concepts announced the 2026 BFSI Innovation & Technology Summit in Johannesburg for June 10, 2026. The event will gather more than 200 senior technology leaders—CTOs, CIOs, CISOs—from South Africa’s banks, insurers and financial services firms. Under the theme “Recalibrating South...
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Airtel Africa Subscribers Surge, Data Usage Boosts Revenue
Airtel Africa reported 183.5 million subscribers at the end of FY2026, a 10.5% increase and its strongest net addition year to date. Data users rose 14.8% to 84.2 million, pushing data revenue up 35.2% to $2.53 billion and making it the group’s top...
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Safaricom Group Service Revenue Tops $3.2B
Safaricom Group posted an 11.5% rise in service revenue to KES 414.1 billion ($3.2 billion) for the year ended 31 March 2026, boosted by a 86.6% jump in Ethiopian revenue. Kenyan service revenue grew 10% to $3.1 billion, while operating profit climbed 40% to $1.14 billion. The...
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Vodacom Tanzania, Thunes Roll Out M-Pesa Links to Uganda and China
Vodacom Tanzania and cross‑border payments platform Thunes have launched a new M‑Pesa integration that lets Tanzanian users send real‑time payments to merchants in Uganda and China. The service routes payments through MTN MoMo in Uganda and Alipay in China via the...
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Sierra Leone Invests $400M in Telecom, 60% Usage Gap Remains
Sierra Leone has poured $400 million into telecom infrastructure, expanding its national fibre backbone to 14 of 16 districts. Despite the rollout, a 60 % usage gap persists, with only 20.8 % of the 8.86 million population online at the end of 2025. Minister...