MTN ranked as highest African brand
South African mobile operator MTN has topped the list as the highest ranked African brand in the prestigious Millward-Brown Brandz Top 100 Most Valuable Global Brands 2013 survey, released today. MTN Group President and CEO Sifiso Dabengwa (Image source: File) This year’s listing shows that MTN moved up an impressive nine places to position 79th, More...
Africa technology on the rise say Tech Demo delegates
Africa is unique and home to seven of the ten fastest growing economies globally and, from a mobile point of view, exhibits the second fastest growth outside of Asia. Decision makers across ICT businesses on the More...
MTN pushes to secure Myanmar licence
MTN stepped up its awareness campaign in South East Asia today by detailing its unparalleled track record in emerging markets to the Myanmar media. MTN Group President and CEO Sifiso Dabengwa (Image source: File) The More...
Eutelsat, MultiChoice search for Africa’s brightest tech stars
Eutelsat Communications and MultiChoice Africa have announced the return of the DStv Eutelsat Star Awards for 2013. The awards inspire innovative thinking among secondary and high school students in Africa, to More...
Bill Gates once-again world’s richest
Microsoft creator Bill Gates is once again the world’s richest person, as an upsurge in Microsoft’s stock price pushed him beyond former number one Carlos Slim. According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, More...
Challenges or no, Orange says it is here to stay
Doing business in Africa requires focus and “feet on the ground” or genuine presence claims management at Orange Business Services, the Business-to-Business arm of France Telecom-Orange. The company says it More...
Tigo Rwanda launches BlackBerry Z10
Rwanda mobile service provider Tigo has announced that BlackBerry’s latest smartphone, the Z10, is now available for mobile subscribers in the country, and added that the Z10 is fully supported by the network. Rwanda More...
Uganda forms ICT Association of Uganda
Uganda has officially launched the ICT Association of Uganda (ICTAU), a sector lobby group which aims to bring together ICT professionals and policy makers to share ideas on how to further the country’s ICT goals More...
Rockefeller Foundation invests $100 million in Digital Jobs Africa
The Rockefeller Foundation has announced a new Foundation initiative that will focus on Africa’s youth and employment, called Digital Jobs Africa. Strive Masiyiwa, Econet Wireless Founder (image source: file More...
Orange Campus set up in Senegal
With the creation of a new Orange Campus site in Senegal, the France Telecom-Orange Group, which is present in some 20 African countries, reaffirms its commitment to strengthening its worldwide managerial community More...