Category: COVID-19

MTN SA signs strategic partnership with African Union on COVID-19 vaccinations

Posted by MobileWorld - January 29, 2021

Mobile telecommunications operator,MTN, Africa’s leading mobile network, has announced a donation of US$25 million to…

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Microsoft Azure revenue grows 50% as pandemic fuels cloud and gaming demand

Posted by MobileWorld - January 27, 2021

Microsoft Corp recently reported its Azure cloud computing services grew 50%, the second quarter of…

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Global app downloads breached 200bn in 2020,says Reports

Posted by MobileWorld - January 26, 2021

After a year that saw more app downloads than ever before, demand for new apps…

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UNDP Donates Robots to Help Kenya’s Covid-19 Fight

Posted by MobileWorld - January 25, 2021

Kenya’s Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe on Friday received three pilot smart “anti-epidemic” robots from…

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Customers demand greater digital engagement from Communication Service Providers (CSPs)

Posted by MobileWorld - January 21, 2021

Communication service providers need to transform their IT systems, as well as their approach to…

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MTN awards users with 1GB of data for downloading Covid-19 Alert South Africa app

Posted by MobileWorld - January 13, 2021

MTN recently announced that it is rewarding its users that download the Covid-19 Alert South…

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5G tops telecoms predictions for 2021

Posted by MobileWorld - January 8, 2021

2020 was the year that telecommunications proved to be the foundation for the modern society.…

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AFDB Unveils Top 20 AfricavsVirus Winners in Virtual Event

Posted by MobileWorld - December 22, 2020

The African Development Bank has announced 20 finalists of the AfricavsVirus Challenge who will receive…

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COVID-19 Lockdown fuels 55% growth in app downloads across sub-Saharan Africa in 2020

Posted by MobileWorld - December 16, 2020

The Sub-Saharan region recorded a 55% surge in the total number of apps downloaded during…

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Telkom Partners Showmax Pro mobile, launches new data deals

Posted by MobileWorld - October 17, 2020

  Showmax Pro has announced partnership with Telkom to launch data deals for Telkom mobile…

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