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Critics say Telkom is attempting to slow the rolling-out of high-speed broadband.
DATA

Telkom turns to mobile and fibre as landline business takes knock

​Telkom is steering its business towards "new revenue streams", such as mobile, data and the internet

  • Lameez Omarjee
3 min read
Edwin Inganji’s smartphone app quickly connects users in Nairobi to emergency services.
CELLPHONE DATA

Dump Icasa and the market will force down data prices

The growing public outrage expressed through #DataMustFall is not misplaced, but the political solutions offered so far are.

  • Staff Reporter
4 min read
‘I had to find ways to compensate for my lack of masculinity,’ says the writer (Graphic: John McCann/M&G)
MOBILE SERVICE PROVIDERS

Dear MTN and Vodacom, don’t dictate to us how to use the internet

By trying to bully services like WhatsApp and Skype, MTN and Vodacom are unlevelling the online playing field.

  • Andrew Verrijdt
5 min read