Nigeria telecom giant MTN fined $5.2bn

Africa's largest mobile operator, MTN has succeeded in its bid to reduce a $5.2bn fine imposed by Nigerian authorities for failing to cut off unregistered users.

Nigeria said it was expecting telecoms giant MTN to meet a deadline for paying a record $3.9 billion fine which expires Thursday, despite the South African operator challenging the penalty in court.

Shares in Africa's biggest mobile operator, MTN, are suspended in the wake of a huge fine imposed by Nigerian regulators.

Nigeria imepunguzia faini kubwa ambayo ilikuwa imeipiga kampuni kubwa zaidi ya simu za mkononi barani Afrika MTN

Mkurugenzi mkuu wa kampuni ya simu ya MTN Sifiso Dabengwa amejiuzulu kufuatia faini kubwa ya dola bilioni 5.2 iliyotozwa na Nigeria

The student entrepreneurs behind Nigeria's online jobs giant

Tigo Tanzania, kampuni inayoongoza kwa ubunifu wa Kidigitali nchini, leo imezindua huduma inayowawezesha watumiaji wote wa Tigo Pesa nchini Tanzania kuweza kutuma na kupokea pesa kupitia simu zao za mkononi kutoka M-PESA ya Kenya, MTN nchini Uganda, Airtel na MTN za nchini Rwanda.
Huduma hii ni wazi sasa kwamba inawaunganisha wateja wa Tigo Pesa na mitandao mingine mikubwa ya mawasiliano katika ukanda wa Afrika Mashariki inayotoa huduma za kifedha kupitia simu za mkononi hatua ambayo itakuza...

The Zambian FA and three Zambia clubs are fined by Fifa for breaking international transfer rules.

Equatorial Guinea are fined £65,000 for the crowd trouble in Thursday's Africa Cup of Nations semi-final against Ghana.