Tanzania’s leading digital lifestyle company, Tigo Tanzania, has launched a service that allows all Tigo Pesa customers to send and receive cash on their mobile money wallets from M-PESA in Kenya, MTN in Uganda and MTN and Airtel in Rwanda
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GSMA calls for applications to develop digital access solutions in Africa and Asia
The GSMA has opened applications for the Innovation Fund for Mobile Internet Adoption and Digital Inclusion
British Telecommunication, Ericsson partner to deliver cloud native dual-mode 5G Core
Ericsson and British Telecommunication PLC (BT) have signed a deal to deploy Ericsson’s dual-mode 5G Core (Evolved Packet Core and 5G Core), a fully container-based, cloud native Mobile Packet Core for 4G, 5G Non-standalone and 5G Standalone services as a single fully integrated core
Kenya’s Ministry of Health encourages people to use digital payments
Kenya’s Ministry of Health has advised the people to use digital payment methods such as mobile banking and debit and credit cards instead of cash as a precautionary measure against the coronavirus outbreak
Benin goes on digital offensive against COVID-19
Benin has set up a range of digital platforms to help combat both the spread of the disease and what the World Health Organization (WHO) has called “infodemic” of misinformation around it