Standard Bank South Africas new mobile app, on which customers can carrying out banking transactions, has registered close to 15,000 downloads in its first week since being launched
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Ethiopia eases fear of ‘Skype ban’
The Ethiopian government has not banned voice-over-Internet-protocol (VoIP) services such as Skype, contrary to recent reports
African nations ahead of Europe in LTE deployment
Long-Term Evolution (LTE) services are more in use in African nations than in several Europeans countries
GSM operators in Nigeria to pay fine for poor service
GSM operators in Nigeria have agreed to pay fines to the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) for providing poor service
Kenyan ICT company bags Zambian tender
A Kenyan ICT firm has won a KES 464.8 million (US$5.5 million) tender to upgrade ICT infrastructure systems for the Zambian power utility company ZESCO