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Africa, Middle East, mobile phone shipments plunge in 1Q 2016, IDC

Shipments of mobile phones declined 11.7% quarter on quarter in the Middle East in Q1 2016, according to the latest figures released by International Data Corporation IDC. The market totaled 26.1 million units for the...

Aqueous Hybrid Ion batteries power Loisaba Conservancy

Aquion Energy, manufacturer of Aqueous Hybrid Ion batteries and energy storage systems, and SolarAfrica, an African solar energy services company, announced a newly installed off-grid microgrid at the Loisaba...

Mastercard integrates 2M Vodafone mobile wallets in Egypt

MasterCard completed the migration of 2 million Vodafone Cash mobile wallets to its open mobile payments ecosystem, as part of its collaboration with Vodafone Egypt, the largest mobile network operator in the country....

MasterCard includes Africa in 40M merchant target by 2020

MasterCard set a goal to connect 40 million micro and small merchants to its electronic payments network within five years. This expands on the company’s Universal Financial Access 2020 commitment made last year. To da...

African Development Bank projects move to digital display

The African Development Bank has released a new online tool that enables anyone in the world to see at a glance how the Bank’s projects are boosting Africa’s economies and making Africans’ lives...

Mombasa added to African Internet Exchange Point network

The African Union Commission, through the Infrastructure and Energy Department, in collaboration with the Ministry of Information, Communications and Technology of Kenya launched the Kenya Internet Exchange Point of...

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