Sri Lanka-based telecom technology and services company Omobio said on Wednesday it has signed an exclusive agreement with Moov Africa Côte d'Ivoire to deploy its international A2P messaging and firewall solutions.

Amazon Leo announced on Wednesday it has partnered with South African fixed ISP Herotel to launch a new service called “evry”, powered by Amazon’s LEO satellite network.

Equatorial Guinea’s state-owned telecommunications operator Getesa has signed a collaboration agreement with Huawei to optimise the country’s national telecommunications network.

African payments technology company Flutterwave has announced a collaboration with Xoom, PayPal’s international digital money transfer service, to enable fast transfers into Nigeria.

The Gambian government has begun the privatisation of its state-owned mobile operator, Gamcel, whose parent company, Gamtel, last week signed an agreement with private operator YCELL.

Senegalese telco Sonatel says it has boosted its teleport in Gandoul with the deployment of Eutelsat OneWeb's Satellite Portal Network (SNP), which includes 16 LEO satellite antennas and a Tier III technical room.

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is providing a senior loan of up to €270 million to Yas, a leading pan-African telecommunications company owned by Axian Telecom, to support the expansion of digital infrastructure and improve connectivity across Africa.

The Bank of Central African States (BEAC) has officially joined the Pan-African Payment and Settlement System (PAPSS), which aims to enable the efficient flow of money securely across African borders.

MTN Ghana and Telecel Ghana are reportedly planning to make bids for 5G licences after the government revoked the exclusive concession of 5G wholesaler Next-Gen Infraco (NGIC).

Agribusiness seems to have become a very attractive proposition for IoT equipment and services providers, as a recent announcement from the LoRa Alliance, the organisation defining, evolving and promoting the LoRaWAN standard, indicates.

Airtel Africa reduced diesel consumption by 9.1 million litres during its 2025/26 financial year as the operator accelerated efforts to lower emissions and improve the sustainability of its network operations.

East African cloud services provider Angani has joined the London Internet Exchange (LINX)’s Nairobi interconnection hub for regional peering in Kenya.

Underlining the continuing difficulties faced by telecoms companies in extending broadband rollout is news of complaints from a recent forum hosted by the Association of Telecoms Companies of Nigeria in Lagos.

South Africa mobile network operator rain and technology giant Huawei say they are jointly accelerating the deployment of a sub-1GHz massive MIMO 5G network across South Africa, with plans to deploy a multi-thousand-site scale commercial network.

Gabon has inaugurated its first Tier III international-standard data centre, in a move widely described as being aimed at strengthening the country’s digital sovereignty and expanding its digital infrastructure.

The International Finance Corporation (IFC) provided Airtel Africa with a US$150 million loan to help expand and modernise its mobile networks, targeting improved connectivity in underserved communities across the continent.

Angola's biggest telecommunications operator, Unitel, is preparing an initial public offering (IPO) of its shares on the local stock exchange and will launch a roadshow next week, according to a company statement.

Paratus Zimbabwe and Powertel Communications, the ICT arm of Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA), announced on Friday that the first phase of their national fibre backbone project is now live and carrying traffic.

The Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and Digital Affairs in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Genew Technologies for a major fibre optic initiative covering the Congo River.

Google Cloud launched several new initiatives to boost AI development in Africa on Wednesday, including new infrastructure, a new AI lab, digital skillsets development and startup funding.

The Chad QoS saga, pitting authorities against operators, continues. This time operator Airtel Chad has presented a new investment plan to improve service quality as Chadian authorities intensify pressure on telecom operators over network performance.

Kenya’s Court of Appeal has lifted an injunction blocking the government’s planned sale of a 15% stake in Safaricom to South Africa’s Vodacom, reviving a transaction valued at KES204.3 billion (US$1.6 billion), reported to Bloomberg.  

UNESCO said on Wednesday it has launched the rollout of a new mobile-based teacher professional development initiative in South Sudan that focuses on empowering women school leaders and teachers.

Vodacom South Africa announced on Thursday it is expanding its partnership with Amazon South Africa to offer the latter's Amazon Prime membership service to its customers.

Chad’s government has warned Maroc Telecom-owned operator Moov Africa Chad to improve network performance, amid growing frustration over what officials described as the deteriorating quality of mobile services across the country.

Tanzania Community Networks Company, a community-focused technology, information and internet business, has announced a deal with Korean IT company Innonet, to accelerate the deployment of TV white space (TVWS) connectivity solutions across East Africa.

The government of Zanzibar has announced a public-private partnership agreement with Yas Fibre, the broadband division of operator Yas Tanzania, to expand broadband infrastructure in the semi-autonomous archipelago off the coast of East Africa in Tanzania.

Malawian farmers will now be able to receive payments directly into their mobile wallets after a deal agreed between a local branch of Airtel Money and the country’s Agricultural Development and Marketing Corporation (ADMARC).

Mauritius Telecom CEO Veemal Gungadin highlighted the operator’s progress  to build trust in AI-native learning across its home market, a strategy culminating in the creation of a national AI registry.

African operator Airtel Madagascar has announced the introduction of the new 035 mobile prefix, suggesting that this marks a significant milestone in the operator’s expansion strategy as it continues to grow its customer base and network coverage across the country.