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Tanzania passes law to force local telecos to list in the bourse
DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) – Tanzania has passed a new telecoms law making it mandatory for mobile phone companies to list on the country’s stock exchange in the next three years, a senior government...
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Vodacom South Africa Launches M-Pesa
Safaricom’s M-Pesa innovation is spreading in uptake. We know that the stories in Afghanistan, Kenya and Tanzania have been unique but South Africa’s Vodacom has just dipped its hands into the pudding...
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Vodacom: M-Pesa is a Disappointment in South Africa
Many countries have been impressed by the uptake of mobile banking in Kenya. That has made the countries so much admire the service and want to implement it. In August 2010, Vodacom South Africa...
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Vodacom SA Also Launches Own ‘Okoa Jahazi’
Vodacom South Africa hopes to replicate the success of various Safaricom products. First was M-Pesa and now they have just launched the Airtime credit system known in Kenya as Okoa Jahazi. Qualifying...
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Vodafone Launches ARM-Powered Ubuntu “Webbook” in South Africa
This is going to be a first. Ubuntu is the world’s most popular Linux distro. Getting a netbook of laptop bundled with it has been the hardest thing in the world. The Vodafone announced that it has...
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Western Union Partners with Vodacom Tanzania to Enable Transfer to M-Pesa Users
Vodacom Tanzania has launched a service which enables its M-Pesa clients to receive money from Western Union worldwide. The service enables M-Pesa users in Tanzania to receive money from 108,000...
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Tanzania’s Mobile Subscribers Grew by 22% in the Last Year
According to an article appearing on Reuters Africa site, Tanzania’s mobile phone subscribers grew by an estimated 22% to 25.6 million in the last year. The development is said to have been helped by...
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Samsung Galaxy S3 to Retail at Ksh 90,000 through Vodacom in South Africa
Kenyans might be lucky if the claims by my sources at Safaricom are true. Vodacom South Africa has confirmed in a tweet that it will be selling the Samsung Galaxy S3 at a whooping Ksh 90,000 (R8,979)....
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Vodacom Tanzania Introduces New Affordable Data Tariffs
Vodacom Tanzania has announced new data bundles which will retail from as little as 250/- per day.Through a campaign dubbed Wajanja Internet Campaign, Vodacom will also look to have Facebook and...
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Vodacom Tanzania’s Clients to Get Free Airtime for M-Pesa Usage
Tanzania mobile network operator, Vodacom has today introduced an offer that will see all M-pesa registered subscribers get free airtime for every M-pesa transaction, whether they are sending or...
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Vodacom Tanzania Reduces BlackBerry Subscription Rates
Looks like Rene Meza is taking the low tariff focused competition to Tanzania. Just after Airtel Tanzania reduced its BlackBerry rates, Vodacom has reduced its pre-paid BlackBerry subscription rates...
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Vodacom Tanzania Unveils a New Competition for App Developers
App developers in Tanzania have a reason to smile as Vodacom looks to better their lives even before Safaricom employ the same in Kenya. It is jusst not clear if Vodacom will be promoting the iOS and...
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Vodacom Tanzania Reduces Cross Network Call Rates by Up to 50%
Mobile phone subscribers in Tanzania now have a reason to keep calling more, followingVodacom’s move to reduce cross networkj call rates by 50%.The leading telecommunications company has introduce the...
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Vodacom South Africa to Double SMS Bundles for the Hearing Impaired
Vodacom South Africa has announced an inspiring promotion where its clients with hearing impairement will now receive double the value on every SMS bundle purchased. This is because such subribers...
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