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5 October 2018

On September 27, the company announced a special set of hashtags for the occasion. They were #NigeriaAt58, #HappyIndependenceNG, #NID18 and #NigerianIndependenceDay.

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Telecoms EN News update Telecoms and ICT in Africa - Issue no 945 5 October 2018

Top Story

Aldo Mareuse Telkom Kenya on its partnership with Google on Project Loon and the “gargantuan task” of getting the Government to rein in Safaricom’s dominance.

Telecoms

Malawi: Airtel Malawi Risks Licence Suspension Over SIM Registration - Tnm Registers 75 Percent

Kenya: Taxman's Plan to Mine Telecom Data Sparks Row

Nigeria Airtel 4G reaches Delta, Rivers State

ASN and GITGE launch subsea cable linking Equatorial Guinea with Sao Tome

Malawi concludes SIM registration; Airtel warned to disconnect inactive customers

ZTE to provide Africa with pre-5G

In brief

Internet

Ethiopia: When Violence Flares, Ethiopia Continues to Turn Off Internet

Ghana: Forum On Improving Internet Usage Held in Accra

SA Govt reveals planned WOAN spectrum allocation

Computing

Rwanda: Govt Embraces Smart Grid Technology

Money Transfer

Zapper, Net1 to roll out QR payments across Africa

Orange Money celebrates a decade of financial innovation in Africa

Kenya: T-Kash integrates with M-Pesa in interoperability initiative

Mergers, Acquisitions and Financial Results

Togo govt to open up TogoCom's capital to investors

Nigeria: MTN May Halt Listing Over $10B Claims, Investors Bemoan Decision

MTN Uganda and Mastercard diversify Mobile Money services in Uganda

Digital Content

In brief

Aldo Mareuse Telkom Kenya on its partnership with Google on Project Loon and the “gargantuan task” of getting the Government to rein in Safaricom’s dominance.

Malawi: Airtel Malawi Risks Licence Suspension Over SIM Registration - Tnm Registers 75 Percent

Kenya: Taxman's Plan to Mine Telecom Data Sparks Row

Nigeria Airtel 4G reaches Delta, Rivers State

ASN and GITGE launch subsea cable linking Equatorial Guinea with Sao Tome

Malawi concludes SIM registration; Airtel warned to disconnect inactive customers

ZTE to provide Africa with pre-5G

In brief

Ethiopia: When Violence Flares, Ethiopia Continues to Turn Off Internet

Ghana: Forum On Improving Internet Usage Held in Accra

SA Govt reveals planned WOAN spectrum allocation

Rwanda: Govt Embraces Smart Grid Technology

Zapper, Net1 to roll out QR payments across Africa

Orange Money celebrates a decade of financial innovation in Africa

Kenya: T-Kash integrates with M-Pesa in interoperability initiative

Togo govt to open up TogoCom's capital to investors

Nigeria: MTN May Halt Listing Over $10B Claims, Investors Bemoan Decision

MTN Uganda and Mastercard diversify Mobile Money services in Uganda

Mobile content platforms: Who is watching the gatekeepers?

Facebook cracks down on fake news in South Africa

830 Pregnant Women Die Daily, How Can Tech Help?

Operation Leave Home: a new social media trend encourages young Angolans to fly the coop

People

Events

Mobile money start-up MFS's founder Dare Okoujdou on how he raised US$4.5 million

In brief

Mobile money start-up MFS's founder Dare Okoujdou on how he raised US$4.5 million

Research Report Empowering regulators to protect consumer rights