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Articles tagged with: Union and Africa
MTN Nigeria Secures $2.15 Billion Loan to Fund Network Expansion
MTN's Nigerian subsidiary has signed 3-5 year loan agreements worth US$2.15 billion with 17 banks to fund its network expansion. Of the banks, fifteen are Nigerian, while the remaining two are Germany's KfW Ipex and the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China. more
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African churches use mobile phone to ring up growth in members
A mobile phone suspended on a belt round the waist, or from the neck, is a common sight among members of church congregations in Africa. Now, church leaders are heaping praise on mobile phones, sometimes called cell phones, because they say the instruments help congregations grow. more
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Invest in High Speed Internet, Says Scholar to African Leaders
Deliberations are underway in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa ahead of Sunday's 14th Ordinary Summit of the African union heads of state. more
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2.6 GHz Band Vital for the Growth of LTE According to GSMA Backed Research
The licensing of the 2.6 GHz band will be critical to unlocking the benefits of global scale economies in the Mobile Broadband market, according to a new report by US-based research firm Global View Partners in partnership with the GSMA. more
Related Tags: lte, gsma, coverage, music, option, video, planning
Zain, Western Union Planning Mobile Money Transfer Service
Zain and Western union are to work together to deliver mobile money transfer services in countries in Africa and the Middle East through Zain's new Zap platform. The Zap service provides Zain customers access to a full range of transactional services from their mobile phones. Customers can interact with select bank accounts, top-up or transfer airtime, and move money to businesses, friends and family. The service allows customers to pay bills such as electricity, and can even be used to settle grocery bills in the supermarket. more
Related Tags: zain, western-union, mobile-banking, zain-group, villages, mobile-money, top-up, globe
Vodacom Shares Soar on South African Stock Listing
.. Zuma were the lead opponents to Vodafone taking control of Vodacom. The Cosatu union has vowed to call for a boycott of Vodacom products in protest at the sale of the controlling stake to Vodafone. Vodacom is due to release it's annual earnin more
Related Tags: vodacom, telkom, vodafone, cosatu, court, South Africa
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