India to investigate antitrust complaints against Apple
India may investigate a complaint against Apple after allegations that the US computer giant violated local competition laws, an antitrust agency official told Dow Jones Newswires Wednesday. The...
View ArticleThe key to USSD growth in Southern Africa
USSD (Unstructured Supplementary Service Data), has enormous potential to deliver new products and services to mobile customers in sub-Saharan Africa, but has yet to come into its own as a mature,...
View ArticleHow mobile money is bridging the gap to online payments in Kenya
Mobile Money has come a long way in the last few years. Kenyan mobile network operator, Safaricom, introduced its MPesa service in 2007 and the service literally took off, setting the stage for a...
View ArticleAirtel partners with UNESCO for IT youth training in Gabon
Bharti Airtel Limited, commonly known as Airtel — an Indian multinational telecommunications services company with its headquarters in New Delhi — has launched a training programme aimed at giving new...
View ArticleAirtel partners with Kenya Revenue Authority to allow for tax payments on mobile
Airtel Kenya has partnered with Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA). The partnership will make it possible for Kenyan citizens to make tax payments of up to KES 140 000 per day through the Airtel Money...
View ArticleFacebook partners with Airtel to launch Free Basics in Nigeria
Bharti Airtel Africa, a leading telecommunications service provider, has announced that it has partnered with Facebook and to launch Free Basics in Nigeria. In 2015, Facebook promised to bring Free...
View ArticleFacebook digging the dirt to bring internet to Uganda
Not content with launching satellites or unmanned solar-powered gliders, Facebook is taking a more based approach to bringing internet to Africa. According to a new Recode report, the company alongside...
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