First Bank of Nigeria partners Etisalat for mobile banking
First Bank of Nigeria and the UAE-based Etisalat have partnered to make mobile payments more accessible and secure for Nigerians
Commerce
Opera Mediaworks acquires South Africa's AdVine Mobile
US-based browser and mobile software company Opera Mediaworks (OMW), in a bid to expand its footprint in the African market, has acquired South Africa-based AdVine Mobile
IHS to buy Airtel’s telecom towers in Zambia and Rwanda
Nigeria-based telecom infrastructure group IHS has signed an agreement with Airtel to acquire 1,100 telecoms towers in Zambia and Rwanda
Airtel Money reaches one million customers mark in DR Congo
Telecom services provider Bharti Airtel has announced that its mobile commerce service, Airtel Money, has achieved a target of one million revenue-earning customers in DR Congo
NATCOM Consortium wins bid to buy Nigerian telecom firms
NATCOM Consortium has won the bid to buy Nigerian national telecom companies — Nigerian Telecommunications Limited (NITEL) and Nigerian Mobile Telecommunications Limited (Mtel) — for a total of US$252.5mn
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