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Lola Kassim appointed new Uber GM for West Africa
Ride-hailing mobile app Uber has appointed Lola Kassim, a Nigerian-Canadian, as its new general manager for West Africa. Lola, who most recently worked as a Management Consultant with McKinsey and Company, is a professional with over 10 years of global…
Jasco appoints Neo Modisakeng as new group secretary
Jasco Group, a smart technology, security, power and ICT solutions partner, announced on Monday 16 October 2017 that the company has appointed Neo Modisakeng as the new Company Secretary and Legal Advisor. According to the company, the appointment shows their commitment…
IoT.nxt CEO nominated for IT Personality of the Year
Nico Steyn, CEO of Internet of Things innovator IoT.nxt, was named as one of the nominees for the IT Personality of the Year award, managed and presented by the Institute of Information Technology Professionals of SA (IITPSA), on Wednesday 11 October…
Cell C names Douglas Craigie Stevenson as new COO
South African telecommunications company, Cell C, announced on Tuesday 26 September 2017 that the company has appointed Douglas Craigie Stevenson as its new Chief Operations Officer (COO). Stevenson joins Cell C from Telekom Networks Malawi, where he served as Chief…
Interview: DEOD MD discusses industry rocking DSTV/Showmax merger
IT News Africa recently spoke to Stephen Watson, MD of Discover Digital, in an interview which looked to reveal his perspective, as a small role player in the video on demand scene, on the recent announcement from Multichoice that Showmax…
Sage appoints new executive vice-president for African region
Sage announced on Monday 18 September 2017 that Pieter Bensch has been appointed as the company’s new executive vice-president for Africa and Middle East. Bensch, an ICT veteran, will be responsible for leading the growth of Sage’s business across the…
Interview: No better time to join the African digital race
IT News Africa recently spoke to Hendri Lategan, CEO of Swipe Interactive, in an interview which looks to unpack how mobile apps are changing the face of business on the African continent. Swipe Interactive is a specialist digital solutions agency…
Liquid Telecom appoints new chief business development officer
Telecoms group Liquid Telecom, a subsidiary of Econet Global, announced on Thursday 7 September 2017, that the company has appointed Willem Marais as Chief Business Development Officer. Marais in his new role will help oversee the group’s business development as well as…
Joe Falter appointed as the new CEO of Jumia Travel
Jumia Travel has announced the appointment of a new Chief Executive Officer, Joe Falter, succeeding Paul Midy who has exited the top post to take a different position in the larger Jumia Group. Falter, who is also the Founder and…
Microsoft appoints new Country Manager for WCA
Microsoft has appointed Yacine Barro as Country Manager for West and Central Africa (WCA). Barro, who returns to Microsoft after serving as Business Development Manager for Microsoft WCA between 2004 and 2006, will be based in Dakar, Senegal. “We have…
Increased remittances will have greater impact on development
Migrants sent around $450 billion in remittances to developing countries in 2015, 40% of which went to rural areas. On 16 June, the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the UN agency tasked with eradicating poverty and hunger in rural…
Altron appoints new business unit MDs
JSE listed Allied Electronics Corporation Limited (Altron) has announced the appointment of Chad Baker as Managing Director of Bytes Managed Solutions, and Leslie Moodley as Managing Director of Bytes Systems Integration, a new business unit within Altron coming out of…
Interview: Benji Coetzee “I earned my seat at the table”
This women’s month IT News Africa spoke to Benji Coetzee, the founder of startup EmptyTrips, in an interview which looked to highlight the role in which women play in the ever growing tech landscape. EmptyTrips is an online marketplace that uses…
South Africa: Bonang to headline latest Cell C App
South African star and media personality, Bonang Matheba, in collaboration with South African mobile network, Cell C, officially launched the “Bonang by Cell C” app on the 22nd of August. The app is the first of its kind and will…
Cell C Board appoints new Chairman and deputy Chairman
Cell C, a South African telecommunications firm, has announced that Kuben Pillay and Larry Nestadt have been appointed as members of the companies board. The appointments of Pillay and Nestadt come after the company’s recent recapitalisation which saw Blue Label Telecoms and Net1…
South African YouTube Star Caspar Lee joins UK Agency as CIO
Caspar Lee has been appointed as the Chief Innovation Officer of UK-based social media marketing agency Influencer. Casper, who is a London-native by birth and moved to South Africa as a child, has been living in London since 2013. The 23-year-old…
