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RingCredible app slashes African calls by 50%
Due to ease of use, a clear proposition and unbeatable rates, phone app RingCredible is rapidly conquering the international call market. After the earlier acquisition in May in Hong Kong of Yeloworld, RingCredible has now acquired African Jabbaworld. To fully…
Dimension Data acquires Mweb assets
South African based internet service provider Internet Solutions, a division of Dimension Data, has revealed that it has recently signed an agreement to purchase several assets as well as business divisions from Mweb Connect. According to the company, Mweb Connect…
Nigeria: Ogunsanya named Telecom CEO of The Year
Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Airtel Nigeria, Segun Ogunsanya, has been revealed as the “Telecom CEO of The Year.” The announcement was made at the 2014 Nigerian Telecoms Awards, which was held this past Saturday 20th September in Lagos.…
Ghana: Samsung & MTN offering free Airtime & Data
Samsung Ghana has revealed a special offer for two of its models under the Galaxy range, the Galaxy Ace 3 and Galaxy Trendlite. According to the company, the new prices of the GHS 279 and GHS 349 respectively are apart…
Growth of cloud in SA fuels the need for appropriate storage
Massive data growth and an increasing trend toward virtualisation technology are having a profound impact on the modern organisation. The data centre, as well as cloud services and solutions both public and private, are becoming increasingly important to the survival…
SAP drives public sector innovation and agility
SAP Africa has kicked off its public sector innovation roadshow in Johannesburg, to highlight how the SAP innovation solutions portfolio including, cloud and big data, supports all levels of government in order to facilitate socio-economic change throughout Africa, governments are…
IT News Africa: Top Stories of the Week
This week in tech has been especially exceptional not only is tech booming across Africa, but the continent also came in strong as Huawei revealed its GCI findings at the 2014 Huawei World Congress. Reporting straight out of China, at…
Hitachi & Clarion to accelerate dev of connected cars
Hitachi Data Systems Corporation (HDS) has announced a partnership with Clarion Corporation of America, a leader in consumer and commercial mobile electronics, to jointly research and develop new data-driven solutions for deployment in the next generation of Clarion in-vehicle connectivity…
Huawei brings next-gen Agile Network solution to SA
Huawei has announced the South African launch of its much-acclaimed agile network solution at The Forum in Johannesburg. Huawei’s agile network is the industry’s first network centred on services, users, and experiences. Huawei’s agile network solution has been deployed in…
MTN introduces new WoW tiers
MTN South Africa introduced two new WoW tiers for its prepaid customers to give them even more budget flexibility and additional value in their voice and data usage. In addition to already popular WoW bouquet of promotions, MTN is rewarding…
Social media is transforming money transfers to Africa
A new World Bank Development Research Group Report released in August, sponsored by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, shows that digital payments and remittances are playing a key role in increasing financial inclusion throughout the developing world and in…
E-commerce booming in Nigeria
Managing Director of online hotel booking platform Jovago, Marek Zmyslowsk,i has stated that e-commerce is the key driving innovation factor for mobile payments in Nigeria. In a statement made on a panel for Mobile Payment Solutions for the Nigerian Market…
Airtel Africa announces leadshiper shuffle
Bharti Airtel has announced the appointment of three key business leaders in The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Niger. The leadership roles, according to the company, will become effective as of October 1, 2014. According to Airtel Africa, Djibril…
Nigeria: Jumia unveils same day delivery service
Jumia has introduced a same day delivery to its customers in Lagos, exactly two years after its major competitor, Konga, introduced a similar service in the country. According to Nicolas Martin, Jumia’s Managing Director, the online retailer’s goal is set to…
Kenya: Interswitch acquires a Paynet Group
Interswitch Transnational Holding (“Interswitch”), the leading pan-African integrated payments company, announces it has reached a partnership agreement with the Paynet Group (“Paynet”), East Africa’s leading multi-institutional payments provider, to combine its businesses. Interswitch will acquire a majority shareholding in Paynet…
Orange, BANK OF AFRICA in mobile financial services partnership
BANK OF AFRICA and Orange Money customers will be able to transfer money directly from their Orange Money account to their BOA account and vice versa. Orange () customers will have the opportunity to carry out safe and real-time banking…
