The Fourth Industrial Revolution will fail Africa if we don’t solve rural exclusion. With most African countries still categorised as ‘developing’ and large sections of…
Building The Intelligent Telco Enterprise: Growth Opportunities For African Telecoms Operators
While the telco industry may have seen its traditional revenue streams decline further in 2018, thanks in part to the popularity of over-the-top (OTT) services…
Workforce Experiences to Match Customer Experiences: The Next Frontier for Telco Success
Since GSM was first demonstrated in Cape Town in 1993 and the first GSM networks launched the next year, the telco industry has fundamentally transformed…
Experts Doubtful Africa is Ready for 5G
The major buzzword of the 2018 Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona last week was definitely 5G. Every network operator and phone-maker wanted to talk…
Disrupt or be Disrupted: It’s do-or-die for African Telcos in 2018
No industry will remain undisrupted in 2018 and the years to come. But for African telco providers, who have feasted on near-uninterrupted subscriber and revenue…
Africa’s Telcos Should Invest In Emerging Technologies In Order To Counter Stalled Revenue Growth
Although Africa’s largest telco operators are generally showing growth in their customer bases, revenue growth has somewhat stalled to as little as 1% year on…
The Top 4 Digital Transformation Priorities for African Telecoms Operators
After nearly two decades of uninhibited growth and profitability, African telecoms operators (telcos) are facing the converging forces of digital disruption. Some of the factors…
Telcos Must Become Digital Service Providers to Survive Ongoing Disruption, Changing Consumer Needs
Since the first mobile networks were established in Africa in the 1990s, mobile network operators have experienced exponential growth to become some of the largest…
Africa: Mobile Subscriptions Set to Hit 1 Billion
Despite ongoing economic challenges and some tricky regulatory issues, Africa is fast approaching the 1 billion mobile subscriptions landmark. The continued rollout of 3G and…
The Building Blocks of a New Mobile Revolution: Strategic Focus Areas for Africa’s Telcos in 2017
Despite on-going economic challenges and some tricky regulatory issues, Africa is fast approaching the 1bn mobile subscriptions landmark. The continued rollout of 3G and 4G…
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