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61: Is MTN Nigeria's Nightmare Over?

61: Is MTN Nigeria's Nightmare Over?

Subscribe on iTunes [http://bit.ly/2cl7ISa] | Subscribe on Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/3Z3LxMD9ilV0cMYc9c9MMe] On Friday, June 10th 2016 MTN’s stock price on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange jumped by 20%. This happened in the wake of the news that the firm’s nine-month Nigerian nightmare might finally

51: Nigerian House of Representatives Calls For MTN Nigeria To Pay Over $10bn

51: Nigerian House of Representatives Calls For MTN Nigeria To Pay Over $10bn

Subscribe on iTunes [http://bit.ly/2cl7ISa] | Subscribe on Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/3Z3LxMD9ilV0cMYc9c9MMe] > MTN’s Nigeria headache is now officially a chronic migraine. Just as the MTN Group thought the worst was over, Nigeria’s House of Representatives decided to shake things up. Some members have declared

46: Nigeria's Communications Commission Accepts MTN Nigeria's 'Chump Change' Settlement

46: Nigeria's Communications Commission Accepts MTN Nigeria's 'Chump Change' Settlement

Subscribe on iTunes [http://bit.ly/2cl7ISa] | Subscribe on Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/3Z3LxMD9ilV0cMYc9c9MMe] It would seem that MTN might be off the hook over the small matter of the several billion dollars it owes/owed the Nigerian Communications Commission — proving to many that “all animals are equal,

42: SEACOM Experiences Second Major Outage In As Many Weeks

42: SEACOM Experiences Second Major Outage In As Many Weeks

Subscribe on iTunes [http://bit.ly/2cl7ISa] | Subscribe on Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/3Z3LxMD9ilV0cMYc9c9MMe] The soul-destroying Twitter outages and more recent SEACOM broadband disruptions notwithstanding, the team at the AfricanTechRoundup.com has been extremely busy since we properly got 2016 on the go a few weeks ago. So

40: Why Is South Africa Looking To Regulate Services Like WhatsApp?

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40: Why Is South Africa Looking To Regulate Services Like WhatsApp?

Subscribe on iTunes [http://bit.ly/2cl7ISa] | Subscribe on Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/3Z3LxMD9ilV0cMYc9c9MMe] African policy makers are struggling to come to grips with the opportunities and threats presented by various important innovations being spurred by technological advancement — this as they carry out the unenviable task of safeguarding

39: Netflix & Buffering (Featuring Emeka Okoye and Aaron Fu)

39: Netflix & Buffering (Featuring Emeka Okoye and Aaron Fu)

Subscribe on iTunes [http://bit.ly/2cl7ISa] | Subscribe on Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/3Z3LxMD9ilV0cMYc9c9MMe] We hope you’ve had a restful break, and that your return to the office hasn’t been too jarring. As for us, we’re just loving this trend of brilliant Africans crashing our

31: The Mark Kaigwa, Thebe Ikalafeng & Rebecca Enonchong Episode

31: The Mark Kaigwa, Thebe Ikalafeng & Rebecca Enonchong Episode

Subscribe on iTunes [http://bit.ly/2cl7ISa] | Subscribe on Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/3Z3LxMD9ilV0cMYc9c9MMe] This week's instalment of the African Tech Round-Up [https://www.africantechroundup.com/] was recorded at the African Media Leaders Forum [www.africanmedialeadersforum.org/language/en/], which wrapped in Johannesburg on the weekend. And what

29: MTN Nigeria Stunned By Unprecedented $5.2 Billion Fine

29: MTN Nigeria Stunned By Unprecedented $5.2 Billion Fine

Subscribe on iTunes [http://bit.ly/2cl7ISa] | Subscribe on Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/3Z3LxMD9ilV0cMYc9c9MMe] It’s been a truly awful week for the MTN Group— what with a $5.2 billion fine imposed on MTN Nigeria (the group’s largest and most profitable subsidiary) by the Nigerian Communications

7: Mark Vs. Marek - Whose Hotel Booking Platform Reigns Supreme?

7: Mark Vs. Marek - Whose Hotel Booking Platform Reigns Supreme?

Subscribe on iTunes [http://bit.ly/2cl7ISa] | Subscribe on Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/3Z3LxMD9ilV0cMYc9c9MMe] Nigeria's tech scene was abuzz last week following Mark Essien's hotel booking platform Hotels.ng [http://hotels.ng] securing international investment co-led by Omidyar Network and the EchoVC Pan-Africa Fund. However, for undisclosed reasons