Work has started on the South Atlantic Cable System (SACS), which will link Africa with South America. The 6,500km cable will run from Fortaleza, Brazil to the municipality of Quissama on the Angolan coast, offering […]
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Alternative Finance: P2P Lending potential in Africa
There’s huge potential for home-grown peer-to-peer (P2P) lending platforms, according to a recently released report on alternative financing vehicles. According to the Africa and Middle East Alternative Finance Benchmarking Report, Kenya and South Africa are […]
Mozambique’s Vodacom compensates users for dropped calls
Mozambique mobile operator Vodacom has started compensating customers of its prepaid and hybrid plans with MZN 6 of bonus (1 minute free) for each interrupted call due to technical reasons. These include network failure, wireless […]
Mozambique merges loss making state communications firms
Mozambique has merged two state-owned telecommunications companies to return the loss-making firms to profitability and its plans to cut spending as it struggles with a debt crisis that is crippling the economy private television station, […]
Mozambique is determined to restructure state business sector
The Mozambican government is determined to restructure the state’s business sector, a process that will include a variety of approaches, notably partial privatisation, redefinition of the strategic focus and closures, the prime minister said. Carlos […]
The rise of mobile in Africa
There are 960-million mobile subscriptions across Africa – an 80% penetration rate – compared to Internet penetration of just 18%, with 216-million Internet users. In Nigeria, the Internet penetration is much higher at 53%, while […]
