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MTN Appoints New Executive for BankTech
The MTN Group has announced the appointment of Andrew Goodrich as Executive for Banktech in our Group Fintech team, which became effective as of 1 June 2022. Andrew joined MTN in 2019 as a GM for Banktech & Beyond Payments…
Disrupt Africa Partners with SA SME Fund & Nedbank CIB
Disrupt Africa, a startup-focused research company, has partnered with SA SME Fund and Nedbank CIB to launch a research publication on the South African startup ecosystem. Since launching its research arm in 2016, Disrupt Africa has built up a significant…
Salesforce Partners with TikTok
Salesforce, an American cloud-based software company, is partnering with TikTok to make it easier for Commerce Cloud merchants to engage with the TikTok community, including advertising to users and making their products more discoverable. This partnership is the latest Commerce…
Kenyan Entrepreneur Creates an App for the Deaf
Kenyan entrepreneur, Luke Kizito, created an “assistALL” app that will help the deaf connect to the digital world. Kizito created assistALL, a sign language interpretation mobile app to facilitate with the click of a button communications between deaf people with…
How to Avoid Privacy Risks from Third-party Automotive Apps
Mobile applications for connected cars provide various features to make life easier for motorists, but they can also be a source of risk. Kaspersky experts have analysed 69 popular third-party mobile applications designed to control connected cars and defined the main…
Sheryl Sandberg is Stepping Down as Meta COO
Sheryl Sandberg is stepping down as COO, one of the highest-ranking executives of Meta, after 14 years of having worked with the company. According to The Verge, she will retain her seat on Meta’s board. Mark Zuckerberg reportedly has no…
MTN Group to Sponsor Commonwealth Business Forum in Rwanda
The MTN Group announced that it will be an anchor sponsor at the upcoming Commonwealth Business Forum (CBF) scheduled to take place from 21 to 23 June 2022, in Kigali, Rwanda. The Commonwealth Business Forum is part of the official…
Dimension Data Appoints New CEO for Africa
Dimension Data, one of the leading technology service provider in MEA, announced the appointment of Alan Turnley-Jones as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Dimension Data Middle East and Africa (MEA), effective from Wednesday, 1 June 2022. Turnley-Jones joined Dimension Data…
Over Half a Million More Customers Qualify for eBucks, FNB Says
FNB says an additional 525,000 customers will be eligible to earn eBucks when its annual earn rules and account pricing becomes effective from Wednesday (1 July 2022). Monthly account fees for FNB customers who use FNB Easy Zero and FNB…
Meta to Ditch the “FB” Stock Ticker
Meta, the parent company of Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp, announced on Tuesday that it is changing its ticker symbol from “FB” to “META” prior to the market opening on 9 June 2022. The company founded by Mark Zuckerberg rebranded from…
MTN SA Completes Sale of Over $400-Million in Towers Acquisition
MTN South Africa has completed a sale of $410-million in an IHS Holding Limited (IHS Towers) acquisition of 5,701 towers in South Africa from the mobile telecommunications company. Under the agreement, IHS Towers is also providing Power Management Services to…
SA’s Jobless Rate Still Among the Highest in the World, Economist Says
Statistics SA reported on Monday that the unemployment rate dropped from the record high of 35.3 % in the fourth quarter of 2021 to 34.5% in the first quarter of 2022. The latest data shows that an estimated 370 000…
AIMS Partners with Google to Strengthen Research Collaborations in Africa
In advancing the frontiers of scientific research in areas of specialization like artificial intelligence, the African Institute of Mathematical Sciences – Ghana (AIMS Ghana) has signed a Masters Sponsored Research Agreement (MSRA) with Google Research. The agreement seeks to further…
Researcher’s Avatar Sexually Assaulted – Turns Out the Metaverse is As Toxic
A non-profit organisation group, SumOfUS, published a report on 24 May 2022 that revealed that a researcher’s avatar was sexually assaulted in Horizon World, a Meta-owned metaverse platform. The report titled “Metaverse: another cesspool of toxic content” details the researcher’s…
Rystad Energy & ECP Renew their Partnership
Energy Capital & Power (ECP) has announced that it has renewed its strategic partnership agreement with energy knowledge provider, Rystad Energy. Following a successful, mutually beneficial relationship over the past year, the renewal is set to further improve Rystad Energy’s…
Clickatell Scoops Prestigious Nigerian ICT Award
Clickatell, a CPaaS innovator, and one of the Chat Commerce leaders was acknowledged by Nigeria Communications Week as their Communications Solutions Provider of the Year, as part of their 13th Beacon of ICT (BoICT) Awards, held on Saturday (28 May…
