Category: News

Orange Sierra Leone and Orange Money SL have joined government institutions, regulators and industry stakeholders in validating Sierra Leone’s National Roadmap to Combat Mobile and Digital Fraud. The two-day consultative workshop, held from 18 to 19 August 2026, brought together telecommunications operators, mobile money providers, government agencies, civil society organisations and private-sector representatives to strengthen…

RSwitch has taken its digital financial inclusion campaign, #TwagiyeKashiresi, directly to communities in Kigali, engaging residents and businesses in Nyabugogo and Gisozi Agakiriro. The two-day outreach focused on helping people understand and adopt digital financial services through demonstrations, question-and-answer sessions and on-the-spot opening of merchant and personal accounts. The campaign promotes the use of eKash,…

Comsol is entering South Africa’s home broadband market as a wholesale provider of 5G-Advanced infrastructure, backed by new investment from Platform Investment Partners and Wimsey Capital. The South African fixed wireless connectivity and private network operator, which has nearly three decades of experience, has secured a new shareholding structure following the exit of Nedbank Private…

OpenAI has launched ChatGPT for Teens, introducing a dedicated experience for users aged 13–17 with stronger safeguards, healthy-use features and parental controls. Accounts are automatically placed into the teen experience when OpenAI’s systems estimate that a user is under 18, or when users identify themselves as being between 13 and 17. The experience adds protections…