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Liquid Telecom selected as regional partner for MIT’s 2019 Inclusive Innovation Challenge to address digital economy disparities across Africa

April 16, 2019

Liquid Telecom, the leading pan-African telecoms group, is proud to be the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s (MIT) official partner for the 2019 Inclusive Innovation…

Liquid Telecom named Best African Wholesale Carrier for 7th consecutive year at Global Carrier Awards

October 26, 2018

Liquid Telecom was named as the Best African Wholesale Carrier for a record seventh year at The Global Carrier Awards ceremony in London…

Liquid Telecom completes acquisition of CEC Liquid Telecom Zambia

October 17, 2018

Liquid Telecom has completed the acquisition of the remaining 50% stake in its Zambian subsidiary, CEC Liquid Telecom, from Copperbelt Energy Corporation PLC. The…

Liquid Telecom appoints Wellington Makamure as new Regional CEO of Southern Africa

October 15, 2018

Liquid Telecom has appointed Wellington Makamure as the new Regional CEO of Southern Africa, placing him in charge of four key markets in the…

MTN Zambia shares progress and future goals for Zambia’s ICT sector

September 5, 2018

This morning MTN Zambia held a stakeholder engagement meeting where the company reflected on its work over the past 18 months, sharing the company’s…

Understanding net neutrality, and why its removal is harmful

December 13, 2017

On Thursday 14th December 2017, the FCC (Federal Communications Commission) in the US will be sitting down to vote on a new bill that…

Ericsson expects 1 billion 5G subscriptions by 2023

November 29, 2017

In its November Mobility Report, tech giant Ericsson has put out some global key figures on the state of mobility as you can see…

Press Release: Agreement marks Liquid Telecom’s entrance in Tanzanian market

December 14, 2016

Liquid Telecom has received the final regulatory approval to close its latest transaction in Tanzania and has become the majority stakeholder of Raha, Tanzania’s…

All we know about Vodafone Zambia

May 30, 2016

It’s been a few months coming and Vodafone is nowhere in sight in Zambia just yet, but we know they are here, keeping real…

Last week’s Tech Trends – April 18th to 22nd, 2016

April 24, 2016

Here are all the stories we shared last week: The Apple app store is dead The App mall (store) is dead; time to re-invent…

Bandwidth wars in Zambia – The digging is not yet over!

April 21, 2016

A turf war to lay fiber-optic cables directly to homes in Zambia’s largest cities is delivering faster speeds and cheaper prices. Several companies are…

Rate Your ISP

October 23, 2015

We are conducting a poll on which internet service provider (ISP) ranks best across 4 criterial; performance, reliability, service and value for money. The…

MTN Group and Liquid Telecom partner to provide business network services

August 24, 2015

In a release by Liquid Telecom, the two mobile and internet service providers have announced today that they will be partnering in providing ‘wholesale,…

ISP Realtime rebranded to ‘Hai’ under Liquid Telecom: What they offer

August 24, 2015

Liquid Telecoms, a major internet service provider (ISP) in Zambia and beyond, acquired ISP retailer RealTime and rebranded it to ‘Hai‘ just this month…

Connect Your Multichoice DStv Explora to the internet and download stuff

June 10, 2015

The age of the Internet of Things (IoT) is here and Multichoice is jumping right into it by connecting DStv to internet facilities. Owners…

Liquid Telecom’s Fibroniks FTTH Project Expands From Zambia To Zimbabwe

April 17, 2015

Internet service provider (ISP) CEC Liquid Telecom had recently started a fibre to the home (FTTH) service named Fibroniks in February in Zambia (which…

Is Your ISP Throttling Bandwidth?

November 17, 2014

We all complain about how slow internet connections can get. Infact, we generally associate slowness with the rate of our data connections. Some internet…

Pros and Cons of 4G/LTE connectivity in Zambia

July 28, 2014

In a country such as Zambia where internet is generally either hanging on EDGE or 3G, which are not user friendly for the large…

The 4th/ 5th Mobile Operator: Is there room for other players in Zambia

June 25, 2014

The debate on whether or not there is room for 4th or even 5th network mobile operator (NMO)in Zambia is like the weather and…

Huawei Zambia launches Roadshow Demo Truck

May 6, 2014

Today Huwawei Zambia luanched their highly innovative roadshow demonstration truck at Intercontinental Hotel, Lusaka and it was graced by Honorable Yamfwa Mukanga, Minister of…