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  • Published on Mar 27, 2020

    Mobile Money Providers Score a Major Win – But Are They at Risk of Losing it All?

    The GSMA’s recently launched 2019 State of the Industry Report on Mobile Money highlighted a major milestone that the industry crossed last year: more than 1 billion mobile money accounts. For the first time, digital transactions represent the majority ( …

    Source: Next Billion - Neutral
  • Published on Mar 5, 2020

    M-Pesa wants to be more than just a mobile money service

    Vodacom and Safaricom’s M-Pesa mobile money platform has ambitions to do more than just mobile money services – but don’t call it a digital bank. Speaking at the BusinessTech Digital Banking Conference on Thursday (5 March) managing executive for M-Pesa at …

    Source: News (South Africa) - Uncategorized
  • Published on Nov 22, 2019

    Showmax revamps content, launches mobile app

    Showmax, a streaming service of pay-TV company MultiChoice, has announced it is rolling out a revamped version of the video-on-demand platform, Showmax, including a mobile app, with new and better features and technology. The company also announced new …

    Source: News (South Africa) - Uncategorized
  • Published on Jan 1, 2021

    Events that will shape 2021

    The MarketWatch News Department was not involved in the creation of this content. Locals take over top EABL, BAT jobsEast African Breweries Limited (EABL) and British American Tobacco (BAT) will from January 1 be managed by new chief executives following …

    Source: MarketWatch - Neutral
  • Published on Sep 16, 2019

    Raising taxation on Internet slows economic growth

    By BITANGE NDEMO More by this Author There is a strong relationship between good fiscal policies and economic growth. This isn’t an opinion but a view supported by several research initiatives. It is also something that I have experienced in the past as a …

    Source: Nation - Uncategorized
  • Published on Dec 18, 2020

    Netflix adds Zimbabwe Billionaire Strive Masiyiwa to its board

    Zimbabwean billionaire Strive Masiyiwa. (Courtesy) Zimbabwean billionaire Strive Masiyiwa, who founded telecom giant Econet Global, has joined the board of directors at Netflix, becoming the first African to do so. According to Bloomberg, the global …

    Source: The Standard - Uncategorized
  • Published on Aug 19, 2019

    Kenya to start taxing foreign OTT platforms.

    The government of Kenya is set to place a tariff on foreign online platforms with the Ministry of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) already in the final stage of developing a framework for taxing online streaming media services. When the …

    Source: Ventures Africa - Neutral
  • Published on Nov 13, 2020

    MultiChoice picks up R1.3bn stake in Nigeria’s BetKing

    MultiChoice Group CEO Calvo Mawela. MultiChoice has acquired a 20% stake in Nigerian online sports betting company BetKing for R1.3 billion, with the potential for a further R500 million investment, as the pay-TV group expands its entertainment ecosystem. …

    Source: News (South Africa) - Uncategorized
  • Published on Feb 21, 2019

    Uganda social media tax decrease internet users, revenues Quartz Africa

    Uganda’s social media tax has proved to be detrimental to both its internet and mobile money sectors. In the three months following the introduction of the levy in July 2018, there was a noted decline in the number of internet users, total revenues …

    Source: The Africa News.net - Neutral
  • Published on Jun 14, 2020

    DStv to air Netflix, Amazon videos in change of tack

    Monday, June 15, 2020 0:01 By ELIZABETH KIVUVA MultiChoice Kenya Corporate Affairs manager Philip Wahome. PHOTO | SALATON NJAU | NMG  DStv will add Netflix and Amazon Prime Video to its platforms, in a shift of strategy that has seen its parent firm, …

    Source: Business Daily - Neutral
  • Published on Oct 23, 2020

    KRA to go after video games, music downloads in new tax

    Youngsters playing video games at Fairdeal Electronics at Nairobi West, in Nairobi on July 26, 2016. [Robin Toskin, Standard] The Government has moved to extract more revenues from the transactions taking place in every corner of the nascent digital …

    Source: The Standard - Uncategorized
  • Published on Nov 7, 2018

    Data and Mobile Money are the next growth frontiers for telecoms

    At least 20 years ago, making a phone call was so precious and expensive. It was limited to a few and at the time, the mobile handset was considered an innovation, but only for those with significant amounts of money. Fast forward to today, owning a mobile …

    Source: The Daily Monitor - Uncategorized
  • Published on Jan 8, 2019

    Traditional telco and over-the-top service providers can co-exist profitably

    By JOHN WALUBENGO More by this Author Over-the-top services, or OTTs in technical jargon, are those services that ride over telecommunication infrastructure with the potential to compete with or substitute the traditional telco services like voice, SMS or …

    Source: Nation - Uncategorized
  • Published on Jun 5, 2018

    MultiChoice appoints Kenyan to head unit

    Tuesday, June 5, 2018 20:04 By CONSTANT MUNDA Mr Stephen Isaboke. FILE PHOTO | NMG  Video entertainment giant MultiChoice Africa has tapped a Kenyan to head its regulatory function across the continent. The South African-owned pay TV firm, which runs …

    Source: Business Daily - Neutral
  • Published on Oct 16, 2018

    Kenyan Q2 mobile phone subscriptions rise to 45.5 million

    The number of mobile service subscriptions in Kenya rose to 45.5 million in the second quarter to 30 June from 44.1 million reported in March. This is an increase of 13.2 percent from 40.2 million on 30 June 2017. There were 44.3 million pre-paid and 1.19 …

    Source: Telecompaper - Neutral
  • Published on Sep 22, 2018

    Don’t rush to regulate internet, support it

    By LENNOX YIEKE More by this Author In Kenya, like elsewhere around the world, more people are texting and calling via Skype, WhatsApp, Facebook, Viber and other free messaging apps, collectively referred to as Over the Top (OTT) services. The increased …

    Source: DAILY NATION - Uncategorized
  • Published on Jul 17, 2018

    Kenya’s mobile phone penetration among highest

    Nine out of ten Kenyans have a mobile phone, making Kenya’s mobile phone penetration one of the highest in the world. The latest market report by the Communications Authority says between January to April this year, Kenyans used more than 11 billion …

    Source: Kenya Broadcasting Corporation - Uncategorized
  • Published on Oct 4, 2018

    Laying foundations for the rapid growth of Africa’s mobile network

    As more and more Africans turn to mobile usage in their day-to-day lives, BICS ensures that the network infrastructure is in place in order to embrace this rapidly expanding market. Across Africa, particularly sub-Saharan Africa, the mobile phone market is …

    Source: African Business Review - Uncategorized
  • Published on Sep 14, 2020

    And Now The EXITS Courtesy Of The Pandemic

    By Eric M.K Osiakwan On 9th September 2020, US based blockchain investor, Digital Currency Group (DCG) bought Naspers- backed South African cryptocurrency exchange Luno and Transactions Capital took a $109M position in WeBuyCars also from South Africa. …

    Source: Africa.com - Neutral
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