THE rising cost of living means that individuals need more than 'average skill' to manage personal finance. Financial institutions are now tasked with introducing products to make it easy for you to manage your personal finances.
Phase3 Telecom, has expanded its multimillion dollar contract agreement with Chinese firm, Fiberhome International, a highly reputable telecom equipment vendor.
Nigeria's leading telecommunication company, MTN, has once again demonstrated its commitment to supporting activities and courses that add value to the lives and aspirations of the populace following its full partnership with the forth coming People Police Marathon, which will
The reality of skill gaps in the information, technology and communication sector has started to hit home with a wave of poaching of senior managers among the leading players.
Kenya's first online investment game is now in full operation. Smart Youth Investment is an Internet-based learning portal for students and other young people, which imitates a stock market and all its activities. The aim is to teach students how
The government of Rwanda has officially launched a tender seeking bids for a third telecommunications operator in a move that should bring competition to a sector that has been viewed largely as a near monopoly.
The CDMA 2000 technology supplied by Huawei and ZTE has quietly carved itself out an interesting minority position underwritten by Chinese Government loans. It is delivering the early manifestation of African convergence products and upping ARPUs for data. It not
Kenya's president Mwai Kibaki has called upon potential investors to invest in energy and Information Communication Technology (ICT) sectors in his country.
At the risk of sounding controversial and insensitive, I think the Safaricom IPO refunds were bound to be a painful exercise and it was unreasonable to expect an efficient process.
THE TAPPING OF KEYBOARDS in the Internet café in Kampala is interrupted only by the noise from the street. Then the electricity suddenly goes off. The computer screens wink out and there is a collective sigh as people lean back
Transnational Corporation of Nigeria Plc (TRANSCORP) has announced changes in the membership of the board of Nigerian Telecommunication PLC (NITEL). This move, according to sources, follows the stepping down of NITEL's erstwhile chairman, Chief Ferdinand Alabraba.
Second National Operator, Globacom, last week opened its 41st Gloworld shop at the departure hall of the Murtala Mohammed Airport's new domestic terminal, tagged MM2.
THE story of Nigeria's telecommunications expansion since 2001 when former president Olusegun Obasanjo's administration issued the first three GSM licences to ECONET Wireless - now a member of the Celtel International network, MTN Communications Nigeria and M-Tel has enigma and
The Minister of Tourism, Culture and National Orientation, Prince Adetokunbo Kayode, said the recent launching of e-Tourism products would re-shape the tourism industry.
CELLULAR group MTN has derailed a R511m deal for the Huge Group to buy out a chain of airtime resellers by belatedly exercising a pre-emptive right to acquire the shares itself.
