Exclusive interview with Nokia's Roque Lozano on the acceleration of infrastructure investment in Africa driven by AI & ...

BTC will launch 5G in selected parts of Gaborone in October 2026, marking its entry into Botswana's commercial 5G market.

Connecting Africa's hot startup of the month is Nigeria's Chassis, a cloud GPU infrastructure company that provides locally ...

Algeria's Ministry of Post and Telecommunications has announced the start of 5G deployment after the country's Regulatory Authority of Post and Electronic Communications (ARPCE) granted licenses to ...

More than $2 trillion flowed through mobile money wallets globally in 2025, and $1.4 trillion of that was transacted in sub-Saharan Africa. That is according to the State of the Industry Report on ...

Tech giant Google has announced US$37 million worth of investments in artificial intelligence (AI) projects and skills development across Africa. Connecting Africa attended the opening of an AI ...

Cryptocurrency platforms across Africa are rapidly improving identity verification performance as the industry moves toward stricter regulation and stronger fraud prevention. That is a key takeaway ...

Over the past five years, Ethiopia has made significant progress in liberalizing its telecom market to spur competition and growth and has significantly increased mobile penetration and uptake in 3G ...

Tanzania imposed nationwide Internet restrictions on Wednesday, October 29, 2025, during the general election, disrupting mobile data services and blocking access to social media platforms across ...

Kenya added 2 million more mobile money accounts between January and March 2026. The country's total mobile money subscriptions increased from 51.4 million at the end of December 2025, to 53.4 million ...

Telecom operator Ooredoo Algeria has expanded its 5G network to all provinces in the North African country, ahead of the government's rollout schedule. The telco said it is accelerating the nationwide ...

Orange's Ivorian subsidiary has partnered with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to promote digital inclusion and youth empowerment in the country. The companies said the collaboration ...