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MTN MoMo Ready For NAPSA Payments

May 4, 2023

Leading mobile financial services provider MTN Mobile Money has commended the National Pension Scheme Authority (NAPSA) for including mobile money as one of the…

Airtel Zambia Hauls 4 Awards At ZIPRC Conference For 2nd Year Running

April 4, 2023

Airtel Networks Zambia Plc has for the 2nd year running walked away with the most awards at the annual Zambia Institute for Public Relations…

Mtn Zambia Launches The Country’s First 5G Network

November 24, 2022

MTN Zambia today launched its 5G network, becoming the first mobile operator in Zambia to offer 5G services commercially after successfully undertaking trials of…

Paratus Zambia Wins Service Excellence Award for ISP & IAP Sector In Zambia.

October 10, 2022

Paratus Zambia has won the Service Excellence Award for the ISP and IAP sector in Zambia. The service excellence awards are organised and managed…

MTN Zambia Launches Annual Customer Service Week

October 3, 2022

MTN Zambia today launched its annual Customer Service Week across the country to celebrate its customers. Customer Service Week is a global event to…

GSMAZ Officially Launches Its Operations In Zambia To Enhance Financial And Digital Inclusion

August 26, 2022

(Image L-R: CCPC Executive Director – Mr. Chilufya Sampa, ZICTA Acting DG, Mrs. Pethel Phiri, ZAMTEL Acting CEO Mr. Joshua Malupenga, Minister of Technology…

MTN Group Accelerates Investment Into Broadband Coverage In A Challenging Macro Environment In H1 2022

August 16, 2022

MTN Group reported a resilient performance in the first half of 2022, balancing an accelerated investment into its networks, reducing the cost to communicate…

Airtel Zambia hauls 4 awards at ZAPRA conference

May 17, 2022

Airtel Networks Zambia Plc over the weekend walked away with the most awards at the annual Zambia Public Relations Association (ZAPRA) conference and awards…

Tech Industry Profile: Spotlight on Keith Banda

April 19, 2022

If anyone knows the telecoms industry very well in Zambia, Keith Banda is that guy. Having started with Celtel (yes, that Celtel from way…

Zamtel to set up 700 new towers by end of 2019 – Mupeta

March 19, 2019

Zamtel has announced that it will construct 700 new communication towers by the end of 2019 as it continues with its aggressive network roll…

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…

Zambia has a 4th mobile operator!

March 19, 2018

Introducing UZI Zambia Limited. Yup, ZICTA has officially announced that they have given a notification to award a 4th mobile network operator licence to…

Zamtel ready to switch on 84 new transmission sites, targets blanket national coverage

November 23, 2017

State owned telecommunications company Zamtel says 84 of its 110 new transmission sites countrywide are ready to be commissioned in the first phase of…

CEC Liquid Telecom invests in youth education to drive Zambia’s digital future

November 22, 2017

Pupils at Mpulungu Day Secondary School received 15 computers in a joint donation between Honourable Freedom Sikazwe, MP and CEC Liquid Telecom last month….

Zamtel activates Lusaka South MFEZ with fibre network

October 19, 2017

Zamtel, Zambia’s only total telecommunications provider Zamtel has been awarded a contract for the Supply, Delivery, Distribution and Maintenance of an Optic Fibre Cable…

Press release: ZAMTEL settles K10.2m for spectrum and operating fees

August 3, 2017

Zamtel, the only indigenous telecommunications company in Zambia has announced that it has now paid the Zambia Information Communication and Technology Authority (ZICTA) K10.2…

MTN and BongoHive Telecom Application Developer Hackathon set for 14th October 2015

August 22, 2016

MTN Zambia and BongoHive are partnering to host the Telecom Application Developer (TAD) Hackathon from 14 – 16 October 2016, which will run parallel to…

MTN launches “Browse 4Eva & Win a Samsung” promotion

February 11, 2016

MTN Zambia launched its Browse 4Eva & Win a Samsung promotion and a Samsung Galaxy A5 is up for grabs between now and the…