Samuel Mungadze

Africa

Tech Journalist at Freelance

Senior News Journalist at ITWeb Africa

ITWeb Africa editor, African tech journalist.

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Articles

MTN Group makes move on LEO satellite as race opens

2 weeks ago | itweb.co.za | Samuel Mungadze

The race for low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites is gaining speed, and the technology is here to stay and must be embraced. This is according to MTN Group president and CEO Ralph Mupita, who hosted an editors' roundtable meeting yesterday to provide insight into the mobile operator’s developments and prospects. Mupita's comments come as satellites are increasingly being seen as an essential element of Africa's future communication infrastructure.
Ahead of G20 Summit, SA pushes for an innovation fund

2 weeks ago | itweb.africa | Samuel Mungadze

South Africa has called for the establishment of an innovation fund or facility to support digital entrepreneurship in underserved regions. Today, Solly Malatsi, South Africa’s minister of communications and digital technologies, made the plea as he welcomed the G20 Digital Economy Working Group and the Task Force on AI, Data Governance, and Innovation in Eastern Cape, South Africa. This comes as South Africa has become the first African nation to hold the G20 Presidency.
Peach widens African footprint with PayDunya acquisition

3 weeks ago | itweb.africa | Samuel Mungadze

Peach Payments, a South African fintech, is expanding its reach across Africa after agreeing to acquire West-African payment network PayDunya. The move announced yesterday allows Peach Payment to reach mainland Francophone Africa for the first time, following its expansion into Eswatini (2024), Mauritius (2021), and Kenya (2018). Peach Payments is an enterprise-grade payments gateway that facilitates online payments in Africa for businesses of all sizes.
Raxio gets $100m IFC funds to develop African data centre platform

3 weeks ago | itweb.africa | Samuel Mungadze

As the competition to develop data centres in Africa heats up, Raxio Group, a Sub-Saharan African data centre platform, has struck a $100 million financing arrangement with the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group.
Social media makes $8.3bn for SA mobile operators

3 weeks ago | itweb.africa | Samuel Mungadze

The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA), says telecom operators earned $8.3 billion (R159.3 billion) last year from customers who used their services to access social media platforms. According to ICASA’s latest State of the ICT Sector Report 31 March 2025, revenue generated by telecom operators through social media platforms has emerged as a significant driver of digital engagement.
Cameroon opens MTN’s frozen bank accounts after three years

3 weeks ago | itweb.africa | Samuel Mungadze

MTN Cameroon scored a victory in the Central African country, as the Littoral Court of Appeal in Doula lifted a garnishee order placed on the telco's bank accounts by the Bestinver group of companies. Cameroon's largest telecoms operator revealed the development on Tuesday evening, saying in a statement that the court unanimously decided – on 24 February – that the Bestinver group of companies was not entitled to impose these garnishees, which it had done since September 2022.
MTN picks Ankur Bajpai to oversee FTTH, FWA initiatives

3 weeks ago | itweb.africa | Samuel Mungadze

MTN Group, a pan-African telecom provider, is making a strong push to develop and implement its home broadband strategy, with a focus on Fibre to the Home (FTTH) and Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) technologies. The telco has appointed Ankur Bajpai as executive group Home Broadband, where he will oversee the broadband strategy, with a particular emphasis on FTTH and FWA solutions.
African firms urged to bring cyber to the boardroom

3 weeks ago | itweb.africa | Samuel Mungadze

Read time: 3 minutes With rising cyber security threats, such as ransomware and data breaches, there is an increasing demand for stronger security discussions at the boardroom level. That’s according to Bernard Munyaradzi Chadenga, virtual CISO (Chief Information Security Officer) at the Cimplicity Institute, who recognises that to achieve this, the CISO’s focus and approach needs to change.
HP to use tech to re-invent workplace experience

3 weeks ago | itweb.africa | Samuel Mungadze

Read time: 3 minutes HP president of technology and innovation Tuan Tuan states that during the next 12 to 36 months, the US tech giant will focus on solutions that improve, rather than replace, the human experience in the workplace. During his recent speech at HP's annual Amplify partner programme in Nashville, Tennessee, Tuan focused on the company's future objectives, including the development of more smart connected devices and personalised AI agents that will reinvent the work experience.
HGS opens CX hub as it punts AI to enhance the BPO sector

3 weeks ago | itweb.africa | Samuel Mungadze

Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming business process outsourcing (BPO) by improving customer experience (CX) and efficiency through automation, chatbots, and predictive analytics. Carrie Ramskill, director of HGS South Africa and COO of HGS UK, discussed the impact of AI in Cape Town last week at the launch of HGS South Africa's CX Delivery Hub. The CX Delivery Hub's debut coincides with BPO's positioning as one of the green shoots that would guide the economy and create jobs.