The Lagos, Nigeria-based Autochek, an automotive technology company that seeks to make car ownership more accessible and affordable across Africa, has announced the acquisition of CoinAfrique, a leading platform for classified ads in French-speaking Africa, to accelerate the penetration of its auto financing services in Senegal, Côte d’Ivoire and...
Lonestar Cell MTN has partnered with Sendwave to enable customers to receive international remittances from the US straight into their Mobile Money accounts.
MTN believes that using MoMo for international remittances and daily financial transactions makes life easier, safer and more convenient.
“We are excited and very proud to be...
Huge Group is merging independent telco company Otel with its networks business, Huge Networks (the Transactions).
Huge Networks is a subsidiary company of the JSE-listed Huge Group and a data service provider and communications company. Otel is a nationwide provider of Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) and broadband Infrastructure-as-a-Service telecommunications...
In a brand phishing attack, cybercriminals try to imitate the official website of a well-known brand by using a similar domain name or URL and web page design to the genuine site.
The link to the fake website can be sent to target individuals by email or text message, a...
Rectron, a South Africa distributor of IT products, has announced the addition of Microsoft’s Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) programme to its portfolio, enabling clients to drive their Microsoft cloud business.
“In a business environment where companies, big and small, are migrating to the cloud, it’s more important than ever for...
MTN SA Foundation is rewarding top performing matriculants with bursaries and laptops to assist them with furthering their studies and give them access to the technological tools that are critical in their studies.
The recipients of the 18 bursaries and 200 laptops include three top learners in the LSEN (learners with special educational needs) category. A top performing learner...
Oracle South Africa today announced the appointment of Niral Patel as Managing Director and Technology Leader. Niral will be based in Johannesburg and will be responsible for accelerating the adoption of Oracle Cloud solutions, identifying new growth opportunities and enhancing engagement with key stakeholders in South Africa.
“Niral joins Oracle...
In an effort to continue to expand, Ingram Micro announced that it has opened its subsidiary office in Casablanca. The new office should assist the company in continuing to create a larger presence in Africa with Morocco as its North African base.
The company said that the Moroccan office is...
ESL Gaming, one of the world's leading esports companies, and global technology brand, Lenovo, announced their exclusive PC partnership for ESL’s Intel Extreme Masters (IEM) properties on Friday.
Starting with IEM Dallas in June 2022, Lenovo Legion will be the official OEM Partner covering multiple IEM tournaments that will run...
In celebration of a new forged alliance between Womhub and Cisco EDGE, the teams came together at the partnership launch to discuss the importance of partnerships and collaborations in shaping the landscape of progress, highlighting the stories that brought them to where they are today.
In the discussion led by...
On Friday, 29 November 2019, Sudatel announced that has appointed Sami Yousif Mohamed as the new CEO and Group President - effective immediately. The appointment comes as telecoms company prepares to invest heavily in its operations inside Sudan and across countries in West Africa.
Sudatel provides both mobile and fixed...
YouTube Music, Apple Music, Spotify and Amazon Music have all pledged in support of Blackout Tuesday - a campaign calling for the music industry to put normal day-to-day operations on 'pause' and "and instead spend time reflecting on how to support the black community."
According to The Verge, this movement...
Altron TMT has announced the acquisition of Inter-Active Technologies, by its wholly-owned subsidiary Bytes People Solutions (part of Bytes Technology Group). The agreement has been signed, and is subject to regulatory approval by the Competition Commission.
As a specialist customer interaction management business, Inter-Active Technologies delivers a wide range of...
Eutelsat and Paratus have partnered to bring high-quality network connectivity to South Africa.
Thanks to a new multi-year distribution agreement, Paratus will leverage Eutelsat Konnect in an attempt to connect remote and rural locations, businesses operating in farming, game farms and the SME segment and consumers, for home working, homeschooling...
The Ministry of Education in Senegal and Samsung Electronics Africa have announced the launch of a mobile education solution, which is aimed at creating positive change and providing an advanced and interactive classroom experience for learners.
Installed at the Plan Jaxaay Secondary School, the Samsung Smart School initiative is an...
Paratus Zambia confirmed the deployment of a 100Gig metro fibre ring in Zambia - marking a first for the pan-African telecommunications Group.
The fibre ring is expected to utilise technology that increases bandwidth over an existing fibre network, meaning businesses can transmit data at speeds of up to 100Gbps. Coupled...
