The Britsh Red Cross will launch its TERA SMS messaging system in a bid to save lives, protect livelihoods and strengthen recovery from crises and disasters in West Africa
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Mobile phones to boost productivity and incomes of 30,000 Tanzanian farmers
Vodafone Group, the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and not-for-profit organisation TechnoServe has announced it has signed an agreement to deploy mobile technology to increase the productivity of thousands of low-income, smallholder farmers in Tanzania
Airtel Zambia invests US$80mn in infrastructure upgrade
Zambia’s biggest mobile phone operator Airtel to spend more than US$80mn on upgrading and expanding its base station infrastructure
African nations accelerate growth by investing in ICT, reveals Huawei report
China-based telecom major Huawei’s Global Connectivity Findings (GCI) revealed that African nations are accelerating growth by investing in ICT capabilities
BOA and Orange offer new mobile financial service in Madagascar
Customers of Bank of Africa (BOA) and Orange in Madagascar can now transfer money between the two accounts through their mobile phones