Affairs | Affairs | Development | Economy | Finance | People | Telecom
Cellcom enjoys major investment
afrol News, 3 March - An international private equity firm focused on investing across the African continent [Emerging Capital Partners (ECP)] on Monday announced a US $20 million investment in Cellcom Telecommunications Limited, mobile telecommunications company with operations in West Africa. Read more
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Senegal
Affairs | Affairs | Economy | Privatisation | Telecom
Sonatel's future worries staff
afrol News, 29 February - Senegalese government's announcement that it would withdraw its capital from the national telecommunications company, Sonatel, has caused anxiety and disbelief among the company's staff. Read more
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Nigeria
Affairs | Affairs | Economy | Policy | Policy | Privatisation | Telecom | Telecom
Nigeria cancels privatisation
afrol News, 19 February - The government of Nigeria has again quashed the sale of a major privatisation deal approved by the regime of the former President, Olusegun Obasanjo.
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Africa
Affairs | Affairs | Development | Economy | People
'Science with Africa' soon
afrol News, 17 January - Ethiopian is due host "Science with Africa" conference that seeks to promote and enhance the role of science and technology in the continent's development.
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Zambia
Affairs | Affairs | Development | Economy | Energy | People
Eergy for Zambia and others
The Post/ZANIS News , 26 December - Zambia's quest to develop an electricity inter-connector with two East African countries Kenya and Tanzania will work out once "we increase our tariffs," Zambia's Energy Permanent Secretary Peter Daka has said. Read more
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Kenya
Affairs | Development | Development | Industry | Livestock | Socio-economic | Trade
Kenya to increase milk production
afrol News, 16 November - Machira Gichohi, the Kenya Dairy Board Managing Director said effective next year, the East African county aims to produce more than four billion litres of milk annually.
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Senegal
Affairs | Affairs | Economy | Socio-economic | Telecom | Telecom
Sonatel, Ascade seal major deal
afrol News, 15 November - Senegal's national telecommunications operator and its largest international wholesale carrier, Sonatel SA has selected Ascade's Carrier Cockpit (TM) suite to optimize and automate all aspects of its global interconnect business. Read more
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Africa
Affairs | Affairs | Development | Economy | Infrastructure | Policy | Policy | Telecom | Telecom
$50 billion investment for African telecoms
afrol News, 31 October - The GSM Association has announced plans to invest over US $50 billion in sub-Saharan African over the next five years to provide mobile coverage to more than 90% of the population.
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Africa
Affairs | Affairs | Development | Economy | Infrastructure | Socio-economic | Telecom
Africa to enjoy ICT boom
afrol News, 31 October - The African Development Bank’s (AfDB) plans to interconnect all African capitals and major cities with ICT broadband infrastructure and strengthen connectivity by 2015 means the continent is few years from enjoying ICT boom. Read more
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Ghana
Affairs | Affairs | Crime | Economy | Law | Policy | Policy | Telecom | Trade
Ghana’s leading mobile operators in trouble
afrol News, 16 October - Two of Ghana’s most popular mobile telephony network operators, MTN and Onetouch have been ordered by the National Communications Authority (NCA) to halt the activation of new access lines with immediate effect. Read more
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Nigeria
Affairs | Affairs | Development | Diplomacy | Economy | Mining | Trade
India eyes Nigeria energy
afrol News, 15 October - The visiting Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has said his trip to Nigeria has been premised on expanding and diversifying trade with the country. Read more
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Affairs | Affairs | Development | Economy | Energy | Good governance | Infrastructure | Poverty
Hydro-energy sustains Africa’s economic growth’
afrol News, 10 October -
Despite recording economic growth, most African countries continued to experience short supply of electricity, which hampers development in general. But the President of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB), Donald Kaberuka, said hydro-energy is capable of sustaining the current economic growth in the continent.
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Africa
Affairs | Affairs | Economy | Infrastructure | Policy | Telecom
Multichoice Africa boosts capacity leases
afrol News, 31 August -
The leading pay-TV operator in sub-Saharan African, MultiChoice Africa, has boosted its capacity leases with Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL) to support further expansion of its pay television and Internet services in sub-Saharan Africa, the company discloses. Read more
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Ethiopia
Affairs | Cooperation | Development | Trade
Ethiopia initiates 10 irrigation projects
afrol News, 13 August - Ten of the 29 African Development Bank (ADB) sponsored irrigation projects costing US $70 million have been initiated in Ethiopia. The funding will no doubt boost Ethiopian government‘s untiring efforts to empower millions of farmer and eventually cut down the high poverty rate.
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Gambia
Telecom | Telecom
Gambia sells out 50% telecoms shares
afrol News, 13 August - It has been confirmed that 50% of both the Gambia Telecommunication Company Ltd (GAMTEL) and Gambia Cellular Telephone Company (GAMCEL) have been sold out to a Lebanese-owned company, Spectrum Investment Group Ltd. Read more
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Ghana
Affairs | Development
Ghana to introduce automated banking
afrol News, 6 July - Ghanaian bankers' dream to introduce an electronic platform for interbanking services would soon be realized, as the country’s Central Bank is collaborating with the Ghana Association of Bankers to establish the system before the year ends.
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Senegal
Cooperation | Development | Energy
Senegal's ambitious solar power project "mismanaged"
afrol News / IRIN, 28 June - Poor planning, maintenance and technical support are amongst the factors threatening to undermine an ambitious effort to electrify Senegal's remote Sine-Saloum Delta using solar energy. Another major problem is people's lack of willingness or ability to pay the fees for the photovoltaic systems.
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