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Sepio Systems to tackle cyber-attacks
Sepio Systems, a U.S. and Israel-based Rogue Device Mitigation company has partnered with distribution company Tech Data and IT solutions provider SHI to address hardware-based cyber-attacks. This is said to include invisible network devices, rogue peripherals and manipulated firmware. This…
Nokia’s digitalization of 5G Oulu factory recognized by World Economic Forum
Nokia’s 5G factory in Oulu, Finland, dubbed as the “factory of the future,” has been selected by McKinsey and the World Economic Forum as an Advanced 4th Industrial Revolution (4IR) Lighthouse. This selection reflects Nokia’s leadership and success in adopting…
Naspers appoints new CEO
On 3 July 2019 Naspers, a global internet group, announced the appointment of Phuthi Mahanyele-Dabengwa to the global Naspers management team in the position of CEO, South Africa. Mahanyele-Dabengwa will report directly to Bob van Dijk, Group CEO of Naspers.…
Apex Legends Season 2 begins on 2 July 2019
Apex Legends is a free-to-play battle royale first-person shooter video game developed by Respawn Entertainment and published by Electronic Arts (EA). Like most battle-royales, players are dropped onto one big map and have to fight to be the last one…
SANS Institute to improve critical cyber-security skills in Saudi Arabia
The SANS Institute, a private U.S. for-profit company specializing in cyber-security training, has announced a training event for cyber-security professionals in Saudi Arabia called SANS Riyadh 2019. The event will take place from 28 July 2019 to 1 August 2019…
LG launches G8s ThinQ smartphone worldwide
LG has announced that their G8s ThinQ smartphone will be available for sale globally. The smartphone was first announced at the Mobile World Congress that took place in Barcelona, Spain, on February 2019. The G8s ThinQ was unveiled by LG…
4 Africa Exchange appoints interim CEO
4 Africa Exchange (4AX), has announced that Fay Mukaddam has stepped down as Chief Executive Officer (CEO). The CEO of RainFin Sean Emery will take over as interim CEO of 4AX. Mukaddam is still involved with the company as an…
KLM to celebrate its centenary this October
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines is set to celebrate its centenary in October 2019. KLM was founded in The Hauge, Netherlands, on 7 October 1919. KLM is currently the world’s oldest airline still flying under its original name. 29 June 2019…
Young Ivorian receives award in honor of Princess Diana
Meganne Lorraine Ceday Boho from Côte D’Ivoire has been granted the Diana Award, the highest accolade a young person can receive for humanitarian efforts or social action. The Diana Award celebrates its 20th anniversary in 2019. The Award was established…
TPV Gulf announces new distributor for their technology in Egypt
TPV Gulf, the company in charge of AOC and Philips brand of monitors, has announced the appointment of their new distributor, East Asia for Computer Systems, in order to maintain its presence in the Egyptian market. “The ICT sector achieved…
Google set to build new internet cable between Africa and Europe
Google is planning to build a new undersea cable called “Equiano” that will connect Africa to Europe, more specifically South Africa to Portugal. The Equiano subsea cable will be fully funded by the company. Google has invested $47 billion in…
3 young women engineers make a difference in their communities
Norconsult Iyanda is a black woman-owned electrical engineering company that provides knowledge and expertise in design and project management for electrical engineering projects. Three young women who are employees of Norconsult Iyanda have been honoured by the company. These young…
Al Maghribia expands its African reach with Arabsat-5C
Al Maghribia is one of the many channels belonging to the Société Nationale de Radiodiffusion et de Télévision (SNRT) bouquet. This collection of channels runs with 100 per cent Moroccan video programming and production. The content is entirely Moroccan and…
Playfre launches SongRoute service to help African artists monetize their work
Playfre, the African music streaming service created by Chika Nwaogu, has launched a new service called SongRoute. SongRoute is designed to further help African artists monetize their music online. This latest service comes just shortly after the release of myPlayfre,…
Singapore-based payment company, Thunes appoints new CFO
Thunes, a business-to-business global payments platform that is targeted at emerging markets announced that KB Teo will be the new Chief Financial Officer. Teo enters the job with vast knowledge he has gathered over the past 25 years in the…
South African entrepreneur seeks to use robotics to transform education
A young South African entrepreneur aims to use a robot to teach children how to build new robots. RD9 Solutions is a start-up company created by Tyrone van Balla. van Balla and his business partner Ridhaa Benefeld aim to build…
