South Africa's Vodacom has teamed up with US software company Amdocs to create an African Centre of Excellence intended to enable Vodacom to more easily deliver new products and services to its customers in Tanzania, Mozambique and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) through the use of a standardized IT architecture.

MTN has raised R4.3 billion ($281 million) through the sale of 575 million shares in its Nigerian unit to Nigerian investors. The share offer was 1.2 times oversubscribed with a total of 802 million shares subscribed for by more than 126,000 investors, including retail and institutional investors.

Ericsson has agreed to provide on-the-job mentoring and training in information technology skills to students at a number of Moroccan universities as part of its #AfricaInMotion campaign, which aims to help the continent become more digitally inclusive. The training program offered includes online courses on 5G networks, the Internet of Things and artificial intelligence, amongst other subjects.

A1 Telekom Austria Group is launching its A1 Net Protect cybersecurity product at its North Macedonian unit. A1 Net Protect is based on software created by Whalebone, a Czech cybersecurity company.

UK cable operator Virgin Media is throwing in more than 20 extra TV channels into its content mix for its subscribers during February at no extra cost. The freebies include Comedy Central, MTV and Sky History. Been waiting for Great Escapes with Morgan Freeman? You're in luck!

— Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, Light Reading