General-purpose innovations can often fall into the solution-in-search-of-a-problem trap. After all, to a hammer everything looks like a nail. And to large language models (LLMs), everything might...
African telecommunications company MTN Group Ltd. is seeking to include up to three more strategic investors in its telecom unit, said MTN Group CEO Ralph Mupita....
The telecommunications industry can’t afford to put integrating generative artificial intelligence (AI) on hold. A backbone of the connected economy, global telecoms are under enormous...
Payments infrastructure TerraPay has launched a cross-border remittance partnership with Kenyan telecommunications firm Safaricom. The collaboration, announced Wednesday (July 19), will operate through TerraPay’s remittance...
Endava has acquired DEK to further its diversification and expansion in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region. With the addition of DEK, Endava will gain expertise spanning several industry...
One billion people have cellphones but no bank account, a gap wireless providers may fill. There’s nothing farfetched about the idea. It’s already well-established in...
The long-anticipated wait is over. Until November, Nigeria did not operate a telecommunications (telco) company-led mobile money model, opting instead for a bank-led model that...
Telecoms operator Airtel Africa notched a $200 million investment for its Airtel Mobile Commerce unit from the Qatar Investment Authority (QIA), MarketWatch and other news...
Two wireless service providers are seeking telecom licenses in Ethiopia, which is the fastest-growing economy in Africa and a place with a largely untapped telecommunications...