MTN Rwanda has confirmed it has collected 2,500 smartphones so far under its scheme to provide handsets to people who cannot afford them, The New Times reported. The campaign ...
The Rwanda Connect Challenge has received more than 31,000 pledges for its scheme to provide smartphones to people who cannot afford them. The Minister of ICT and Innovation, ...
MTN Rwanda has announced the fourth edition of MoMo Month, under the theme "Let's Go Cashless". The campaign rewards new and potential MoMo customers and there are promotions ...
Jumia announced it will close its business in Rwanda after six years of operations, just weeks after it exited Cameroon and Tanzania, New Times reported. In a message to its ...
Rwanda's broadband ISP Korea Telecom Rwanda Networks, a joint-venture between Korea Telecom and the government of Rwanda, has invested USD 10 million into the upgrade of its ...
Altron has partnered with Pascal Technologies to provide an integrated payment system for motorcycle public transport services in Rwanda.Altron is supplying the ...
Mozilla and the German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) said they have joined to collect open speech data in local languages and develop local ...
MTN Rwanda says it has complied with new legislation for financing universal health coverage through Community Based Health Insurance (CBHI), called Mutuelle de Sante. In ...
MTN Rwanda has announced the launch of its "We're Good Together" initiative, derived from the MTN Global Campaign launched earlier in October in South Africa. It aims to ...
Rwasat-1, a satellite built by three Rwandan engineers and a team of Japanese at Tokyo University, will be launched into orbit in November, New Times reported. Rwasat-1 was ...
Rwanda' Mara Group has launched two smartphones, describing them as the first "Made in Africa" models, Reuters reported. They will run on Android and the Mara X will cost RWF ...
Tanzanian pay-television operator Azam TV has ended its sponsorship of the Rwanda Premier Football League for breach of contract, The New Times reported. Azam TV entered into ...
Uganda said it had blocked online access to Rwanda's main state-owned newspaper New Times' website on national security grounds, two days after the countries signed a pact to ...
Russian national operator Rostelecom and fixed operator ER-Telecom have completed the first stage of their project to remove overhead telecom lines in the city of Rostov. ...
MTN Rwanda is allowing customers who want to register or swap their SIM cards to be recognised using biometric technology, reports New Times. The move is inspired by the need ...
MTN Rwanda is considering a direct listing on the Rwanda Stock Exchange (RSE) and is mulling the acquisition of a stake in Korea Telecom Rwanda Network (KTRN), New Times ...
Singapore-based Pundi X has officially launched its smartphone powered by blockchain technology in Kigali, Rwanda. The startup said it was the first blockchain mobile phone ...
Rwandan operators Airtel and MTN have announced they will start a digital inclusion programme, as part of the GSMA's We Care initiative in Rwanda. We Care is being launched ...
MTN Rwanda has announced the appointment of Mark Nkurunziza as its new CFO, succeeding Lily Zondo, who has served from 2016. Nkurunziza joins MTN with over 20 years of ...
The former CEO of the Rwanda Development Board (RDB), Mark Nkurunziza, is set to join telecom operator MTN Rwanda in a similar capacity, the New Times reported citing unnamed ...
MTN Rwanda, in partnership with KTRN, said it has lowered its 4G prices in order to continue providing affordable internet to all Rwandans. Customers can now get 4G data ...
Globalstar said it has received MSS and terrestrial authorizations in South Africa, Mozambique, Gabon, and Rwanda. These countries join Botswana in representing over 1.1 ...
Airtel Rwanda has launched a three months promotion where clients and agents stand a chance to win money every time they transact on Airtel Money. The mobile money campaign ...
Crystal Telecom has recovered from the slump it suffered in 2017 to register a profit of RWF 1.5 billion in 2018, earning shareholders dividends amounting to about RWF 1.2 ...
MTN Rwanda and the Private Sector Federation (PSF) have tied up to increase easy-to-use services, starting with mobile money pay and ticketing. The partnership aims to extend ...