ZICTA has since reiterated that the members of the public should at all costs desist from buying already registered SIM cards as such is against the law and anyone found wanting risks being prosecuted.

Chaaba revealed that so far, ZICTA has encountered situations where innocent people have been implicated in investigations due to owning SIM cards that were once used by criminals.

ZICTA confirmed with Zambian Business Times that the SIM cards that will not be claimed within 90 days after deactivation will be allocated to other new users. The Authority has since appealed to members of the public to take time to regularise their SIM card registration to avoid losing their contact numbers and for the country to have a clean database.…

As far back as June 28, 2017, This Day Live said another point to note is that USSD is very important within emerging economies, where the cost to access data services is increasing. Despite the growth of smartphone penetration and 3G/4G coverage, the data access cost is a key factor in deciding how information is consumed.

Meanwhile, the continued reliability of USSD will enable mobile service providers and financial institutions more opportunities to satisfy new market segments, add more value to the customer, and meet underserved customer needs.

In a related article by Myriad Connect published January 29, 2018, the core benefit of USSD is that it doesn’t rely on a data connection to operate, thereby helping reach the billions of people in areas where network coverage is at its most basic or for sectors of the population for whom a data connection is too expensive to access.

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• Network International has announced it will collaborate with Infobip to deliver WhatsApp for Business banking services to various financial institutions across Africa
• For individuals, this means that people can access their money securely and speedily and make use of the most recent chatbot technology
• Infobip is one of the significant providers of A2P SMS services worldwide

Network International, a provider of digital payment solutions, has announced that it will collaborate with Infobip in order to deliver WhatsApp for Business banking services to various financial institutions across Africa.

The full-stack cloud communications firm, Infobip is one of the significant providers of A2P SMS services worldwide. It will assist Network International in fulfilling its mission of expanding financial inclusion throughout Africa.

The agreement will assist financial institutions in providing world-class support and seamless services in a personal, timely, and reliable manner.

This assistance will be provided in addition to assisting financial institutions …

Payments have historically been a complex problem for African businesses and the banks serving them.

For this reason, companies need to collaborate with many partners to process the numerous types of payments that customers use. This is necessary since each nation prefers a different group of payment alternatives.

Card payments, an area in which banks perform exceptionally well, have a shallow level of penetration, which presents a challenge for banks considering the size of the population without a bank account and the popularity of mobile money.…

Each year, the programme supports ten small and medium Kenyan female-led entrepreneurial businesses by offering mentorship, advisory, coaching, networking opportunities, access to seed capital and investor forums that help mould their businesses to international standards.

The mentorship takes 12 weeks where the teams are offered expert training in the areas of business idea conceptualization, strategy formulation and marketing, which is key in moving the businesses from incubation to sustainable ventures.

The ten businesses shortlisted from more than 300 applications will compete for up to Ksh1 million in seed funding. Since its inception, 30 start-ups have participated, 15 have been awarded Ksh1 million each in seed funding, and 41 businesses have so far gone through the incubation process, with the first four cohorts attracting 1,150 applications.…

• Airtel Kenya has announced that it spent KSh 4.7 billion ($39.6 million) to acquire an additional 60 MHz spectrum
• The telecommunications company said the additional spectrum would help it expand its mobile network in the East African nation
• Airtel Africa said that the investment reflects their continued confidence in the opportunity inherent in the Kenya market
• The investment comes months after the company paid KSh 1.13 billion ($9.5 million) to the Communications Authority of Kenya for a network license

Airtel Kenya has announced that it spent KSh 4.7 billion ($39.6 million) to acquire an additional 60 MHz spectrum, which will help it expand its mobile network in the East African nation.

The new spectrum will help Airtel’s 4G network capacity expansion in Kenya. It will assist mobile data and fixed wireless home broadband capacity.

At the same time, the additional spectrum is expected to pave way for the rollout of …