Kenyan operator Safaricom through its foundation has partnered with Dignitas, a non-governmental organisation, to provide access to education in urban slums with free e-learning tools
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Alphabet’s Loon, Vodacom partner to increase Internet access in Mozambique
Alphabet’s Loon and mobile operator company Vodacom have signed an agreement to use Loon’s balloon-powered Internet solution to expand Mozambiques Vodacom network
Vodacom South Africa service revenue grew by 2.3 per cent
Service revenue for Vodacom South Africa increased by 2.3 per cent over the year, supported by an increase in data elasticity and usage following out-of-bundle rate cuts and the implementation of the End-User Subscriber Services Charter (EUSSC)
Airtel selects IBM and Red Hat to build open hybrid cloud network
Telecom company Airtel has selected IBM and software company Red Hat to build its new telco network cloud
Telkom Kenya to power Afya Rekod COVID-19 monitoring platform
Telecom company Telkom will power health tech company Afya Rekod’s health management platform, which will facilitate COVID-19 monitoring and analysis