Safaricom awards contract to CommProve

Safaricom, Kenya’s leading mobile operator, is looking to CommProve to improve its subscriber network quality of experience. As part of the agreement, CommProve will deploy its next generation network monitoring solution, CommProve NetLedge across Safaricom’s network....

Pay for goods online using M-Pesa

Consumers in Kenya and Tanzania can now use M-Pesa to pay for a range of online goods and services including airline tickets, says Robin Philip, marketing director for South African payment services provider PayGate. “There is very little e-commerce activity in many...

Unison first to host SAP MMS locally

Unison Communications, the continent’s leading enterprise communications management (ECM) provider. recently became Africa’s first ECM specialists to boast a locally hosted SAP Managed Mobility Service (MMS).  The partnership is an exciting one for the company, whose...

Vodacom Tanzania prepares for 4G

Vodacom Tanzania recently conducted a 4G (LTE – long term evolution) trial in Dar Es Salaam using Nokia Siemens Networks’ Single RAN (radio access network) and Liquid Core technology. In addition, the trial used Nokia Siemens Networks’ Circuit Switched FallBack...

TPG America, Africa promote iPMCS

Showing massive success with its Integrated Project Management Control System (iPMCS) in the United States, and now managing more than US $50-billion in capital projects, TPG America has joined forces with TPG Africa to promote TPG iPMCS throughout Africa. TPG America...

Siemon strengthens support for Africa

Global IT infrastructure specialist Siemon has announced two expert appointments to its African team; Iyer Sivakumar and René Proost. Together they will lead the sales support for the region, with Proost taking responsibility for South Africa and Namibia and Sivakumar...