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Vodacom SA Partners Cybersecurity Firm Evina to Fight Mobile Fraud

Image sourced from SABC News. Vodacom, one of SA’s leading network providers, has announced a partnership with mobile payments cybersecurity company, Evina, in a major step forward in mobile user safety. According to a statement from Vodacom, mobile users in Africa’s most advanced economy will now join the ranks of the tens of millions of consumers globally that are protected daily by Evina’s payments technology. In recent years, the South African mobile industry has attracted a large number of fraudsters leading to a substantial increase in user complaint rates. These frequent fraudulent attacks are due to the fact that a large number of the African population uses a cellular phone, especially as a mobile payment method. Fraudsters are never far from where mobile transactions are. In Sout...

New Vodafone & UN Initiative to Give 3.4-Billion Access to a Smartphone by 2030

A new global initiative has been launched by Vodafone Group and ITU, the United Nations specialised agency for information and communication technologies, to address the global digital divide. The initiative aims for an additional 3.4 billion people to have the ability to access and use the internet through a smartphone by 2030. The Digital Divide With mobile broadband (4G) networks now covering 82% of the population of Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs), the mobile usage gap is 6x larger than the mobile coverage gap (2) In line with the Broadband Commission Global Targets 2025 on affordability and connectivity, the new Working Group will identify policy, commercial and circular-economy interventions to increase smartphone access. Co-chaired by Vodafone Group CEO, Nick Read, and ITU ...

Businesses are Increasingly Adopting IoT to Drive Energy Sustainability says Vodacom

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Vodacom Invests Millions on New Solar-Powered Sites Across SA

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Top 10 Largest Telecom Companies in Africa

Sourced from the Guardian Nigeria. The COVID-19 pandemic has spurred digital transformation initiatives across Africa, but it has also affected the revenues of its largest telecommunication firms. Almost all of the companies in this list had their bottom lines affected by the global pandemic either positively or negatively, however, a key trend is clear – customer bases are growing across the board as Africa is steadily developing. These telecoms represent an important technology in the continent, the technology that enables and facilitates communication. A vital innovation for developing economies. The following list takes into account both total annual revenue and current user base/subscribers to rank the telecoms. Here are the top 10 largest Telecom companies in Africa ranked: 10. Globa...

Vodacom Partners With Trend Micro Expanding its Cybersecurity Offerings

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Pandemic Drives Surge in Digital Health Use Across Africa says Vodacom

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Vodacom Launches “Everyday-Ta!” Bundles with Free YouTube Data

Vodacom has launched three new 30-day promotional LTE bundles available exclusively to new prepaid customers. Everyday-ta! Data Bundles come standard with a bolt-on YouTube data allocation, enabling customers to stay connected on SA’s leading network. The bundle will be rationed in equal daily amounts, over the validity period with a YouTube allocation. For example, a customer opting for a 30GB Everyday-ta! Data Bundle at R299 ($20,98) will get 1GB anytime data, every single day for 30 days, plus 2GB of YouTube allocation valid for 30 days. These Everyday-ta! data bundles give customers the convenience of a daily data allocation. In the event that customers run out of data, there are great value offers available on the Just 4 You platform (*123#) or via the My Vodacom App. “We have deliber...

Vodacom Business Africa Expands to South America

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Vodacom Reveals More Details About VodaPay – its “All-Encompassing” Super App

Image sourced from SABC News. /* custom css */ .tdi_4_b3c.td-a-rec-img{ text-align: left; }.tdi_4_b3c.td-a-rec-img img{ margin: 0 auto 0 0; } Vodacom has announced the next phase of development for its e-commerce super app, VodaPay. The app is scheduled for release in South Africa with reports claiming a date closer to the end of the year. The telecom giant also revealed more details about the app, including insights into its development and its ‘Mini Programs’ feature. An All-Encompassing Solution /* custom css */ .tdi_3_a4d.td-a-rec-img{ text-align: left; }.tdi_3_a4d.td-a-rec-img img{ margin: 0 auto 0 0; } Developed by Vodacom Financial Services in partnership with leading global digital lifestyle services platform Alipay, VodaPay, says the company, is an all-encompassing mobile payments...

Vodacom Partners with Digital Parks Africa to Expand Data Centre Footprint

/* custom css */ .tdi_4_440.td-a-rec-img{ text-align: left; }.tdi_4_440.td-a-rec-img img{ margin: 0 auto 0 0; } For more than a decade, Vodacom Business has provided premium data centre facilities to businesses across the country for hosting and managing information technology (IT) services. Now, in partnership with Digital Parks Africa, a provider of wholesale data centres for large-scale data centre needs, Vodacom Business can further support clients’ off-premise data centre requirements while offering the highest IT standards and services. Today, organisations depend on the effective use of technology more than ever.  Not only to support ongoing business processes but also to drive new sources of competitive differentiation. Despite the rise of digital services, many organisations ...

Vodacom Injects R100-Million to Drive Connectivity in KwaZulu-Natal

A Vodacom investment of R100-million ($73,137.60) has been injected into the KwaZulu-Natal region in South Africa and has led to the deployment of 84 brand new base station sites. This comes as part of the telco’s KwaZulu-Natal Region drive. The new sites were rolled out in 9 District municipalities and 14 local municipalities including Jozini, uMhlabuyalingana, uMfolozi, uMlalazi, uMsinga, uMzumbe, uMgeni, Ray Nkonyeni, Mandeni, eNdumeni, eDumbe, Msunduzi, Newcastle and Nqutu. This is part of Vodacom’s Rural Coverage Acceleration Programme, firmly aimed at expanding network coverage for people who live in deep rural and remote areas in South Africa. Vodacom hopes this investment and new infrastructure will augment the continued development of network infrastructure outside of urban areas ...