The Sierra Leonean media has fallen behind in the use of IT, said Tonya Musa, a media consultant and lecturer at Fourah Bay College, in an interview after a training program for journalists last week.  read more »

As part of Zain Sierra Leone's expansion strategy, the company's network has moved from its previous 076 code to 078, director of sales and customer care Keith Tukei revealed Thursday.  read more »

The cost of communication in South Africa is set to fall after Pretoria High Court ruled in favor of Altech last week, giving telecom companies the right to build their own networks.  read more »

Police in Zambia have arrested three Zain Zambia employees for stealing US$10,000 belonging to the company.  read more »

The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has introduced a 10 percent excise duty on wireless telephone services, which local loop operators have criticized as unfair.  read more »

Mobile phone operator Zain Kenya has commenced a two-year, 25 billion Kenyan shilling (US$366.3 million) expansion program with an initial investment of 3 billion shillings to upgrade its network.  read more »

Motorola Israel Limited (MIL) has sought an official invitation letter from the Sierra Leone government for a team of its experts to visit the country, a source from the country's Ministry of Information and Communications wrote in an e-mail to Deputy Minister Mohammed Koroma on Wednesday.  read more »

Danish broadband operator Emperion A/S is looking to enter East Africa's IT scene through a partnership with Uganda's Data Fundi, a consulting and systems integration company.  read more »

MTN Uganda has instructed its content partners to stop sending unsolicited SMS (Short Message Service) messages to their clients' phones following a public outcry over the messages.  read more »

Safaricom and PesaPoint have entered into a partnership that will allow M-PESA registered customers to withdraw money from PesaPoint ATMs using their Safaricom phones, eliminating the need for ATM cards.  read more »