A Kenyan consumer research firm, mSurvey, which conducts its studies over mobile phones, has raised $3.5 million (Sh350 million) in equity from a group of venture capital firms to fund its African expansion programme.

The series A funding round was led by Africa-focused venture firm TLcom Capital with investment from Social Capital, Kapor Capital and Golden Palm.

But it"...

The management of telecom operator Vivacall has opted to settle its case on a tax dispute and shutdown through arbitration, a top government official said.

In March, South Sudan’s government shutdown Vivacell, one of the largest telecom firms in the country, for alleged noncompliance with regulations. It said the firm had failed to pay over $60 million in tax since its establishment.

Vivacell"...

With substantial part of 1.3 billion global feature phone users coming from Africa, there is need for more affordable smartphones in the continent, Mr Joseph Umunakwe, General Manager at HMD Global, West, East and Central Africa, has said.

Umunakwe, who stated this while announcing the availability of HMD’s Nokia 1 in Nigeria, said as the value market in feature phones, the company understood the barrier and challenges people face when it"...

Sudatel is starting to talk more confidently and explore new international partnerships. The lifting of US sanctions has removed a barrier that has in the past held it back. Russell Southwood spoke to Nazar Gard Kareem Ali Arabi, Chief Strategy Officer, Sudatel about its MoU with Liquid Telecom, its fibre link to Chad and the state of its international operations.

Earlier this year Sudatel signed an MoU with Liquid Telecom to roll-out Fibre-To-The-Home"...

(AETOS Wire)-- At the Mobile 360 – West Africa event, the GSMA announced the launch of the GSMA Mobile Money Certification, a global scheme for mobile money providers to offer safer, more transparent and more resilient financial services to millions of mobile money users around the world. The certification relies on an independent assessment of a mobile money provider's ability to deliver secure and reliable services, to protect the rights of consumers and to combat money"...

(AETOS Wire)-- The mobile industry in West Africa is forecast to contribute more than $50 billion annually to the region’s economy by 2022, according to a new GSMA study published today at the ‘Mobile 360 – West Africa’ event being held in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. The new report, The Mobile Economy: West Africa 2018, calculates that the region’s mobile ecosystem contributed $37 billion in value last year, equivalent to 6.5 per cent of GDP1,"...

Intelsat S.A, operator of the world’s first Globalized Network and a player in integrated satellite solutions, has announced that Vodacom Business Nigeria has signed an agreement for satellite services to expand its enterprise broadband networks and enable new and enhanced services throughout West Africa.

Under a new multi-year agreement, Vodacom Business Nigeria will utilize the satellite services on Intelsat 35e to deliver fast, high-quality"...

South Sudan’s government and the management of Vivacell failed to reach an agreement after protracted talks in Juba today.

South Sudan authorities on Tuesday shutdown the mobile network operator Vivacell, citing failure to pay over $60 million in tax since its inception.

Vivacell's establishment in 2008 was facilitated by top officials of the ruling party SPLM."...

Vodafone Zambia has announced plans to launch 4G voice services (Voice over LTE – VoLTE) commercially within the next three months under a newly acquired license from the Zambia Information and Communication Technology Authority (ZICTA).

Chief Executive Officer, Lars Stork said, “We have consciously built in support for VoLTE in our 4G network and the tests we have conducted have shown tremendous results.”

“VoLTE"...

South Sudan’s government on Tuesday shutdown the mobile network operator Vivacell, citing failure to comply with regulations and policies.

Information minister and government spokesman Michael Makuei Lueth told Radio Tamazuj that the largest telecom company had failed to pay over $60 million in tax since its establishment, prompting the government to shut it down starting from tonight.

Makuei"...