OnMobile Global Limited has tied up with Airtel Africa to power the Airtel Football service across the continent.
As part of this partnership, OnMobile has partnered with Goal.com, which holds the rights for live match alerts for English Premier League matches in Africa. Airtel?s subscribers can avail of updates on football clubs and live match alerts.
In so far, the facility has net 11.6 million subscribers across 11 countries in Africa since its launch in August 2012.
The service which is accessible through SMS and the IVR, USSD and WAP platforms and the internet is currently available in English, French, Swahili and Hausa.