Millicom, now an independent business but formerly backed by Kinnevik and still headquartered in Luxembourg, has disposed of its African businesses and is now wholly focused on its Latin American investments. Millicom, in its statement, said that it has agreed to sell its entire operations in Tanzania to a consortium led by Axian, a Madagascar […]
Privacy protection company Surfshark has released an in-depth analysis on Internet affordability in 85 countries (81 per cent of the global population). According to the study, Africa has the least affordable and the worst quality internet in terms of speed & stability. Key findings of the study: 75 per cent of the researched countries have […]
The French OTT distribution platform Molotov has taken its first steps into Africa. After a rollout in Ivory Coast at the end of 2020, the service, which is backed by Idinvest and Xavier Niel (Free), is ready to deploy in the rest of French-speaking Africa. For the months to come, ‘Molotov Afrique’ plans to launch […]
Orange, a platinum member of the Smart Africa Alliance, supports the One Africa Network (OAN) project which has the aim of reducing the cost of communication and keeping the traffic generated and destined for Africa within Africa. The Smart Africa Secretariat has emphasised the need to collaborate effectively with the private sector and create synergies […]
Bboxx, a next generation utility, has forged a partnership with Canal+ to provide customers in Africa with greater access to television content, news and entertainment. The new bundled offer means customers can buy a Bboxx solar home system with a television and get access to more than 100 channels and radios, such as A+, France […]
The BBC’s global reach increased by 11% year on year in 2020 to 468.2m people a week – the highest number ever. BBC News in Africa has had an impressive year and now reaches 132 million people a week across 12 language services and 30 TV programmes. Investment from the UK government’s ‘World 2020’ initiative […]
Along the line of well-established actors such as Freeview in the UK, DTH free-to-air bouquets are spreading around sub-Saharan Africa, reports Dataxis. These offers, which bundle free channels into identifiable packages accessible through the purchase of specific set-top-boxes, are currently received by more than 8 million households in the region – a number to put […]