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Europe is Trailing on Network Roll-Out and Digital Investment Metrics

Total telecom investment in Europe reached €51.7bn in 2019, up from €48.6bn in 2018. 70% of…

Ørsted’s 2020 Op Profit Grows

Strong results for 2020, both operationally and financially, reaffirmed its recently updated 2021 earnings guidance as…

EU-China Grounded in Sustainable Development Principles

EU and China concluded in principle at the end of 2020 negotiations for a Comprehensive Agreement…

EU to Focus on Research and Innovation (R&I) Funding Programmes

The EU has focused increasingly on ensuring wider participation in its research and innovation (R&I) funding…

African Tech Startup Funding Record Breaking in 2020

African tech startup funding in 2020 according to the sixth edition of the annual African Tech…

Airtel Africa to no Invest in Ethiopia

Since the Ethiopian government announced in 2019 that it would be liberalizing the country’s telecoms sector,…

European Investment Bank (EIB) to Finance Burkina Faso Solar Plant

EU lender the European Investment Bank (EIB) has announced plans to finance the expansion of a…

Mauritius and Morocco to Measure and Track the Performance of Africa’s Local Bond Markets

Mauritius and Morocco join eight African countries that are part of the Bloomberg African Bond Indices…

Faisal Islamic Bank of Sudan Acquires License from US Company Mastercard

The partnership is a watershed moment for Sudan, which since the fall of dictator Omar al-Bashir…

First 5G Messaging OpenLab of the Financial Industry

OpenLab is jointly initiated by ZTE and CUP Data, both of whom are the members of…