Telecoms

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  Telecoms

  South Africa’s Blue Label Telecoms to change name in major rebrand

  Sakhile Dube

  11th July 2025

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  Telecoms

  Safaricom replaces enterprise head Cynthia Karuri-Kropac amid executive shakeup

  Kenn Abuya

  10th July 2025

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  Cybersecurity, Telecoms

  Inside the eight-hour-long cyberattack that tried to cripple MTN Nigeria

  Frank Eleanya

  9th July 2025

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  Analysis, Telecoms

  Only one in 100 internet users in Nigeria uses 9mobile. Can roaming turn things around?

  Frank Eleanya

  8th July 2025

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  Companies, Telecoms

  Safaricom CEO becomes highest-paid NSE executive with $2.2 million

  Adonijah Ndege

  8th July 2025

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  Corrections, News, Telecoms

  Correction: NCC data show FiberOne subscriber base down; Starlink, Spectranet also slip

  Frank Eleanya

  8th July 2025

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  Exclusive, News, Telecoms

  NCC gives tower companies August deadline to improve internet quality or face fines 

  Frank Eleanya

  4th July 2025

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  Telecoms

  Starlink resumes direct shipments to Lagos, opens new office 

  Frank Eleanya

  3rd July 2025

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  Corrections, News, Telecoms

  Correction: SIM registration halted as NIMC migrates to new identity platform

  Frank Eleanya

  3rd July 2025

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  News, Telecoms

  MTN Nigeria enters cloud race with completion of first phase of $235 million data centre

  Frank Eleanya

  1st July 2025

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  Analysis, Telecoms

  Nigeria’s Internet has a border problem. IXPN wants to fix it by 2030

  Frank Eleanya

  23rd June 2025

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  News, Telecoms

  MTN, Airtel, others will now deduct USSD charges from airtime, as banks clear ₦180bn debt

  Frank Eleanya

  19th June 2025

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  Features, Telecoms

  In Benue, fragile telecoms infrastructure makes an unsafe state even deadlier

  Frank Eleanya

  19th June 2025

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  News, Telecoms

  Airtel’s SmartCash partners Leadway to bypass car insurance limitations for motorists

  Frank Eleanya

  16th June 2025

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  Analysis, Telecoms

  One year on, Nigeria’s telecom protection law fails to stop fibre cuts

  Frank Eleanya

  13th June 2025

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  News, Telecoms

  New USSD billing model gives Nigerians more control over charges

  Frank Eleanya

  11th June 2025

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  Mobile Money, News, Telecoms

  MTN Uganda to spin off mobile money unit into a standalone fintech

  Adonijah Ndege

  11th June 2025

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  Explainers, Telecoms

  Why MTN, Airtel, Others will now deduct USSD charges from you

  Frank Eleanya

  10th June 2025

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  Telecoms

  South Africa’s Telkom mobile service revenue grew by 10% driven by strong subscriber base  

  Sakhile Dube

  10th June 2025

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  Explainers, Telecoms

  Behind the data drain: Why your internet bundle feels like it’s disappearing

  Frank Eleanya

  7th June 2025

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  Analysis, Telecoms

  Why Nigeria’s 5G adoption is stuck below 3% three years after launch

  Frank Eleanya

  5th June 2025

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  News, Telecoms

  9mobile gets NCC approval to launch national roaming on MTN infrastructure in June

  Frank Eleanya

  28th May 2025

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  Telecoms

  Glo’s market share falls to record low of 11.9% amid service quality woes

  Frank Eleanya

  27th May 2025

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  Telecoms

  From ₦1 to ₦9,477 per metre: What each Nigerian state charges for broadband right-of-way

  Abdulrasheed Abubakar

  26th May 2025

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  Analysis, Telecoms

  IHS trims tower portfolio to 37,700 in strategic shift from smaller African markets

  Frank Eleanya

  26th May 2025

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  FinTech, Telecoms

  MTN enters payments market with MoMo Pay targeting cash-heavy informal sector

  Sakhile Dube

  21st May 2025

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  Analysis, Telecoms

  9mobile, MTN worst hit as fibre cuts, power failures cause record network outages in May

  Frank Eleanya

  21st May 2025

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  Features, Telecoms

  Lebara bets on voice bundles to win in Nigeria’s $20 billion telecom market

  Frank Eleanya

  20th May 2025

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  News, Telecoms

  Spar enters South Africa’s mobile market with MTN-backed MVNO

  Sakhile Dube

  13th May 2025

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  News, Telecoms

  Nigerians will pay more for calls and data under proposed 5% telecom tax

  Frank Eleanya

  13th May 2025

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  Analysis, Telecoms

  What MTN’s first ₦1 trillion quarter says about the future of Nigerian telcos

  Bunmi Bailey

  12th May 2025

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  News, Telecoms

  IHS shares hit 20-month high as Nigerian telcos bounce back

  Frank Eleanya

  12th May 2025

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  News, Telecoms

  Safaricom profit jumps 11% to $540 million as Ethiopian unit losses fall

  Adonijah Ndege

  9th May 2025

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  News, Telecoms

  9mobile loses over 300,000 subscribers as roaming deal with MTN stalls

  Frank Eleanya

  9th May 2025

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  Analysis, Telecoms

  Legend, Nigeria’s first publicly listed ISP, has bigger plans than just selling internet

  Frank Eleanya

  8th May 2025

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  Features, Telecoms

  NITDA’s Kashifu Inuwa sees small language models as Africa’s entry into AI race

  Frank Eleanya

  6th May 2025

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  News, Telecoms

  Airtel Africa partners SpaceX to expand Starlink to remote communities

  Frank Eleanya

  5th May 2025

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  News, Telecoms

  NCC to revise 22-year-old telecoms law to address AI, 5G, and cybersecurity

  Frank Eleanya

  30th April 2025

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  News, Telecoms

  MTN Nigeria posts ₦133.7 billion Q1 profit in second straight positive quarter

  Frank Eleanya

  29th April 2025

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  News, Telecoms

  9mobile claims SIM porting is active, but users say otherwise

  Frank Eleanya

  29th April 2025