Telecoms

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  Telecoms

  Why Kenya kept retail investors out of its biggest Safaricom sale yet

  Kenn Abuya

  4th December 2025

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  Telecoms

  $1.57bn share sale hands Vodafone majority control of Safaricom

  Kenn Abuya

  4th December 2025

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  Telecoms

  Telecoms rebound adds ₦7.47 trillion to Nigeria’s GDP

  Temitayo Jaiyeola

  2nd December 2025

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  Analysis, Telecoms

  GSMA’s $40 smartphone plan aims to pull 600 million Africans online

  Frank Eleanya

  24th November 2025

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  Telecoms

  MTN now connects one in five Africans

  Frank Eleanya

  18th November 2025

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  Telecoms

  Spectranet slides below 100,000 subscribers as Starlink and FibreOne regain momentum

  Frank Eleanya

  14th November 2025

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  Telecoms

  Globacom grows tower assets to remain second-largest operator in 2024

  Frank Eleanya

  13th November 2025

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  Telecoms

  South Africa’s Vodacom resists Kenyan push to split M-Pesa from Safaricom

  Adonijah Ndege

  12th November 2025

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  Telecoms

  MTN, Airtel dominate Nigeria’s ₦7.67 trillion telecom market in 2024

  Frank Eleanya

  12th November 2025

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  Telecoms

  Equinix to build $22 million data centre in Lagos as demand for cloud services soars

  Opeyemi Kareem

  10th November 2025

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  Telecoms

  T2’s internet user base falls below 800,000 despite roaming deal

  Frank Eleanya

  5th November 2025

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  Telecoms

  MTN dominates Africa’s mobile speed charts; Vodacom leads in 5G network race

  Frank Eleanya

  5th November 2025

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  Telecoms

  Madagascar’s AXIAN Telecom acquires Kenya’s Zuku operator Wananchi Group for $63m

  Adonijah Ndege

  5th November 2025

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  Telecoms

  As power costs soar, Rack Centre goes hybrid with gas and solar

  Frank Eleanya

  4th November 2025

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  News, Telecoms

  TechCabal’s Frank Eleanya, 14 others make Digital Public Infrastructure Journalism Fellowship 

  TechCabal

  3rd November 2025

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  Telecoms

  World Bank ties Nigeria’s Project BRIDGE $500m loan to strict milestones

  Frank Eleanya

  3rd November 2025

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  Telecoms

  MTN Nigeria triples capex to ₦757bn as data traffic surges 36%

  Frank Eleanya

  31st October 2025

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  Telecoms

  MTN Nigeria declares first dividend since 2023 after returning to profitability

  Temitayo Jaiyeola

  30th October 2025

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  Telecoms

  MTN South Africa, ICASA hold talks to make data cheaper and expand digital access

  Sakhile Dube

  30th October 2025

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  Telecoms

  Airtel Africa raises investment to $900 million, partners Starlink in digital push

  Frank Eleanya

  28th October 2025

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  Telecoms

  From Olorunnimbe to Maida: Meet the new NCC board that will shape Nigeria’s $75bn telecom sector

  Abdulrasheed Abubakar

  28th October 2025

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  Corrections, Telecoms

  Correction: Just 3% of Nigeria’s 170 million mobile users are on 5G

  Frank Eleanya

  27th October 2025

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  Telecoms

  Global MVNO Lebara begins hiring in Nigeria ahead of 2026 launch

  Frank Eleanya

  22nd October 2025

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  Telecoms

  GSMA, MTN, Airtel, Orange push for $30 4G smartphones in Africa

  Frank Eleanya

  22nd October 2025

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  Telecoms

  ntel restuctures board ahead of January 2026 relaunch

  Frank Eleanya

  21st October 2025

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  Telecoms

  Nigeria’s NCC to roll out 5-year spectrum roadmap in November for faster internet

  Frank Eleanya

  21st October 2025

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  Features, Telecoms

  From IHS to Paradigm: Rwanda’s tower market gets a new player with big ambitions

  Frank Eleanya

  20th October 2025

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  Telecoms

  Nigeria’s rural internet speeds double with MTN taking the lead

  Frank Eleanya

  20th October 2025

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  Telecoms

  NCC rolls out new device tracking system: Here’s what it means for your phone

  Frank Eleanya

  13th October 2025

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  Telecoms

  MTN wants to connect 8 million Nigerian homes with FibreX by 2028

  Frank Eleanya

  10th October 2025

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  Telecoms

  Nigeria’s internet lifelines are breaking with 19,000 fibre cuts since January

  Frank Eleanya

  8th October 2025

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  Features, Telecoms

  Why Lagos still has no functional public WiFi network

  Frank Eleanya

  8th October 2025

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  Telecoms

  Safaricom fires 113 employees over fraud as internal cases rise

  Adonijah Ndege

  8th October 2025

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  Telecoms

  Backed by fresh capital, Nigeria’s ntel is plotting a 2026 comeback

  Frank Eleanya

  6th October 2025

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  Features, Telecoms

  Why telcos struggle to keep you online on Nigeria’s busiest highway

  Frank Eleanya

  3rd October 2025

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  Analysis, Telecoms

  Nigeria’s first civilian astronaut could be chosen by public vote

  Frank Eleanya

  1st October 2025

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  Telecoms

  How your data bills fuelled a ₦15.02 trillion telecoms boom in six months

  Temitayo Jaiyeola

  1st October 2025

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  Features, Telecoms

  Inside the long, painful fall of NITEL and ntel’s shot at redemption

  Frank Eleanya

  30th September 2025

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  Telecoms

  How service outages knocked Telkom Kenya out of top three mobile operators

  Kenn Abuya

  29th September 2025

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  Telecoms

  Nigeria’s first listed internet provider is making profits, but burning cash

  Frank Eleanya

  19th September 2025