| Onatel makes certain payments using cash transfer app free - 08/04/2020 |
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| TELECOM/ICT Operators and Service Providers | Africa | Burkina Faso |
| Onatel is making all cash transfers for water and electricity bills available at no additional in-app cost through their cash transfer app, Mobicash. They are also taking out all additional charges on commission payments for all produce traders, as well as increasing the overall monthly payment allowance through their Mobicash app. |
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| Airtel Nigeria pledges $4.9 million dollars in relief effort for Coronavirus and provides free data and SMS messages - 08/04/2020 |
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| TELECOM/ICT Operators and Service Providers | Africa | Nigeria (Federal Republic of) |
| Telecom giant Airtel Nigeria has pledged $4.9 million dollars to help curb the spread of the Coronavirus. The sum will be notably spent on provisions of an isolation centre or any required medical facility, as well as over 100,000 respirator masks. On the telecommunications front, they are making SMS messages free for all customers across their network, on top of free data for customers to access (...) |
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| Vodacom supports Tanzania with free education platform, health awareness, free data, and more - 07/04/2020 |
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| TELECOM/ICT Operators and Service Providers | Africa | Tanzania (United Republic of) |
| Both Vodacom Tanzania and the DRC are prioritizing network optimization for areas that need improvement as well as network resilience. Vodacom Tanzania continues to promote its free education platform for students. Through the Vodacom Tanzania Foundation, Vodacom is providing the Ministry of Health and ICT Departments with 10 Mobile Routers and bundles to assist them in their response efforts. Vo (...) |
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| Airtel Rwanda makes free cash transfers available for all its customers - 06/04/2020 |
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| TELECOM/ICT Operators and Service Providers | Africa | Rwanda (Republic of) |
| In response to the spread of COVID-19 worldwide, Airtel Rwanda is making all cash transfers free on its phone plans, to discourage in-person cash exchanges that might expose people to the Coronavirus. They have also waved online transaction fees for water bill payments and given cash bonuses on electricity recharges. |
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| Sonatel provides free access to educational material to students - 06/04/2020 |
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| TELECOM/ICT Operators and Service Providers | Africa | Senegal (Republic of) |
| Sonatel is providing a free subscription to all students to online educational material, in partnership with different universities in Senegal. They are providing 1 Go of access to French, English and mathematics lessons for one month, with free renewal. Furthermore, they are increasing debit for many of their packages to encourage remote working, notably in their Flybox option. Finally, they are (...) |
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| COVID-19: MTN Foundation provides free access to online educational platforms - 04/04/2020 |
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| TELECOM/ICT Operators and Service Providers | Africa | Cameroon (Republic of) |
| MTN Foundation announces that, it is providing free access to websites and other digital platforms dedicated to education from MTN’s network in Cameroon. This initiative, which is part of the national response to the spread of COVID-19, will enable pupils, students and teachers to access the educational resources they need, without consuming their airtime or internet bundles, at this time when sch (...) |
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