Ever wondered about those USSD codes used by your phone company? Here's the complete list for Vodacom, MTN and Telkom.

One major way to achieve this is the use of USSD codes for different Nigerian banks. USSD, which means Unstructured Supplementary Service Data, is a communications protocol used by mobile phones to ...

PTA has directed all mobile operators to let users check and cancel Value Added Services via USSD codes, including *6611# for ...

Stax, a startup that allows Africans to buy airtime, send and request money, and transfer funds between accounts via automated USSD codes, has raised a $2.2 million seed extension round. U.S.-based VC ...

Consumers have expressed deep concerns over the planned disconnection of Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) services for nine banks by telecommunications companies (telcos) starting ...

The USSD technology is prone to fraud, slow and laborious. Technologists believe it is time for Uganda to shift to better technologies and this will require a collaborative effort from the innovators, ...