The unified licencing regime employed by the National Communications Authority (NCA) in awarding mobile licences in the country has been rated as the best for telecom operators on the continent, B&FT has learnt. Currently Ghana, Nigeria and Uganda are among the few African countries that have introduced the unified licences in awarding new mobile phone licences, which include those recently secured by Globacom Ghana Limited and Zain Ghana Limited. A study recently undertaken by global Research and Consulting giant Ernst & Young, dubbed Africa Connected: A telecommunications growth story and...
Africa telecom investments boom despite downturn: study
Yahoo Daily News
Yahoo Daily News
ADDIS ABABA (AFP) – Investment in Africa's telecom industry remains unabated despite the economic slowdown, with international providers set to increase their presence, a report said Wednesday. A study carried...
Africa weather information network launched by UN, public-private partnership
United Nations
United Nations
18 June 2009 About 5,000 new automatic weather stations are set to be deployed across Africa, under a climate change initiative announced today by the United Nations World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the Global...
IDC plans to invest R15bn in rest of Africa over five years
Business Report
Business Report
By Mzwandile Jacks The Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) had set aside R15 billion to invest in new and existing projects in the rest of the continent over the next five years, the state-owned financier said at...
Ndukwe Decorated Pillar of Telecom in Africa
All Africa
All Africa
Executive Vice Chair man and Chief Executive...
Africa pioneers mobile bank push
BBC News
BBC News
Mobile financial services in the developing world could be worth $5bn by 2012, say analysts. CGAP - a consortium that works to expand financial services in developing countries - said the growth in mobile coverage was...
Iran pulls mobile licence from Zain
Gulf News
Gulf News
Tehran: Iran has pulled its third mobile licence from Kuwait's Mobile Telecommunications (Zain) and will hold a fresh tender, the Poul daily said on Thursday. The paper quoted Telecommunication Minister Mohammad...

