Chinese company Huawei will assist the upgrade and expansion of Globacom’s telecommunications infrastructure in Nigeria as part of a recent agreement signed by the two companies worth US$750mn
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Web and mobile technologies harnessed for anti-malaria campaign
Pharmaceutical company, Novartis, and the Malaria No More charity have announced that they are to join forces in the fight against malaria
MTN Nigeria signs US$3bn loan deal
Telecoms company MTN Nigeria has secured a US$3bn loan facility from a group of 17 local banks and seven foreign lenders to pay for an upgrade of Nigerias mobile network infrastructure
Bharti Airtel to buy Warid Telecom Uganda
Mobile phone operator Bharti Airtel has announced that it has entered into an agreement to buy out Abu Dhabi Group’s Warid Telecom Uganda LLC
Nokia Siemens to demonstrate MWC products to local African audiences
Nokia Siemens Networks has set-up a ‘Mobile World Congress-Revisited’ road show for the Middle East and Africa regions in order to showcase its latest innovations unveiled at Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2013