Infrastructure spending, donor assistance and proceeds from the Safaricom initial public offering are likely to check the rise in long term interest rates, which threaten to slow down lending.

The matatu's tyres screech loudly as it swerves to avoid hitting a pedestrian. The young man notices that the passengers are looking at him, unplugs his earphones and hears the tout shouting at him. When confronted, he apologises and says

The Ministry of Post and Telecommunications has urged stakeholders and the public to cooperate fully with the government and the Liberia Telecommunications Authority to adhere to reform within the telecom sector.

Ahead of the celebration of Sierra Leone's 47th independence anniversary, Africell Monday launched the 'I Love Sierra Leone' promotion at the Mamba point restaurant on Wilberforce in Freetown.

RESIDENTS of Kyambogo, Upper Kololo and Mbuya have complained over the increased number of telecommunication masts put up by Warid Telecom in residential areas.

Communications and Information Minister, Mr. John Odey, has asked the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) to collaborate with Nigeria, with a view to assisting her in the development of Information and Communications Technology (ICT).

The adoption of an international standard "ISO IEC 29500: Office Open XML file format" for the local information technology sector will have to wait a bit longer as the Standards Association of Zimbabwe opted to abstain in a recent electronic

Telecom Namibia (TN) has an ambitious plan to achieve N$1.35 billion in revenue by 2010.

BARCLAYS Bank has concluded the first phase of installation of the new 7m pounds (sh23.5b) Flexcube banking technology at its branches.

A MAXIMUM fine of R1 , some form of private censure and a slap on the wrist were what three directors of Blue Label Telecoms received from the JSE late yesterday after four cases of share dealings not being cleared

Nigeria's fifth licensed GSM operator has signed up to participate at the forthcoming West African International Telecommunications and Information Communication Technology Exhibition ( W.Afri.Tel 2008) in Lagos.

Reltelwireless, Nigeria's foremost telecommunications solutions provider, has been named Nigeria's 2008 "Telephone Company of The Year", at the Titans of Tech Awards held recently in Lagos.

Secretary General of the International Telecommunications Union, Mr. Hamadoun Toure, who has been on his first official visit to Nigeria last Thursday in Abuja expressed how impressed he was with the monumental leap the country was making as the fastest