7 Most Read Stories of the Week

South Africa: MTN offers airtime and data jackpot on Black Friday
New and existing MTN subscribers are in for an airtime and data bonanza when they either purchase a 3G, LTE device, or sign up or upgrade for a 24 months MTN contract on Black Friday, on 25 November. Customers who upgrade to specified MTN tariff plans or sign up for a postpaid contract on Black Friday will receive 50GB data bundles each month and 10 000 MTN to MTN minutes per month for the duration of their contract. Read More

MFS Hub connects to 120 million mobile wallets in Africa
MFS Africa announced that its MFS Hub is now connected to 120 million mobile wallets in Sub-Saharan Africa. Through partnerships with mobile network operators including Airtel, Econet, MTN, Orange, Tigo and Vodafone, MFS Africa now has unparalleled reach into mobile wallets across the continent. The MFS Hub scales transactions across networks and borders to create greater value for customers and service providers, support regional and international trade, and boost financial inclusion. Read More

Clickatell calls for a transformation in customer support
In a response to the growing trend to bring digitalisation to business workflows, global leader in mobile messaging, Clickatell, has launched its next evolution chat-based solution for business to consumer communications.
Clickatell Touch combines online chat and bot-driven interactions (including the benefits of machine learning), with workflow automation, through its proprietary Touch-card technology. Read More

Ghana SMTC ready for operation ahead of elections
Penplusbytes Flagship “Social Media Tracking Centre (SMTC) is up and running ahead of the 2016 elections in Ghana on November 7. According to MyJoyOnline the SMTC is a system that monitors and responds in real time to reports emanating from social media platforms such as Twitter, Facebook etc. Read More
Key contributors to the rise of eCommerce in Africa
E-Commerce has rapidly grown in the recent years across Africa and the world at large.
This is conceivably because of the plentiful positive outcomes it has had on various industries including travel, tourism, and hospitality sectors, with a ripple effect on entire economies especially in developing countries. These include but not limited to increased revenue returns as businesses diversify their clientele reach, as well as efficient and faster transactions both online and via mobile money solutions. Read More

Nigeria: Airtel introduces free search info for feature phones
Airtel Nigeria in partnership with global development organsation, Human Network International (NHI), has unveiled the 3-2-1 Service – a call-in system that provides free information – ranging from healthcare to good governance – to Nigerians. The service will also be available to those in rural communities. Read More

Huawei wins 2 awards at AfricaCom 2016
Huawei picked up two prestigious awards, namely, The Most Significant LTE Development, and Delivering Excellence in Customer Experience at the AfricaCom 2016 awards dinner held at The Waterfront Lookout Granger Bay Cape Town. The award for Most Significant LTE development was awarded jointly to Huawei and MTC, a telecom operator in Namibia, for the introduction of LTE and 4.5G in Namibia. Read More