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September 14, 2017 •
Cloud Computing, East Africa, North Africa, Southern Africa, Sponsored, Top Stories, West Africa •
Dean Workman •
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At Huawei Connect 2017, Huawei launched the industry’s first all-cloud, network-wide smart video cloud solution, together with industry partners including Yitu, SenseTime, NetPosa, Harzone, MIMOS, and Qognify. The open cloud platform benefits from a...
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September 8, 2017 •
East Africa, Mobile and Telecoms, North Africa, Retail, Southern Africa, Top Stories, West Africa •
Dean Workman •
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Counterpoint Research revealed on Thursday 7 September 2017 that Chinese smartphone manufacturer, Huawei, has overtaken Apple as the world’s second largest smartphone maker by sales. Apples’s iPhone now sits in third place with Samsung sitting at...
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September 7, 2017 •
East Africa, Gadgets and Gaming, Top Stories •
Fundisiwe Maseko •
Comments Off on Huawei’s new Y series devices launched in Kenya
Huawei, on 6 September 2017, launched three of their mid-range smartphone devices in Kenya. The Huawei Y7 Prime, Huawei Y5 and Huawei Y3 are, according to the company, ideal for entry level smartphone users like young professionals. Huawei Device Kenya...
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August 21, 2017 •
Education, Enterprise, Southern Africa, Top Stories •
Dean Workman •
Comments Off on Huawei and partners to empower South African youths
Huawei, along with their channel partners, hosted a certification award ceremony, as well as interview sessions for the Huawei Authorised Information and Network Academy (HAINA) graduates from the Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) at the Huawei...
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August 10, 2017 •
General, Internet of Things, Top Stories, West Africa •
Dean Workman •
Comments Off on Nigerian Government and Huawei partner on Smart Cities initiative
According to reports by the Nigerian Communications Week, Nigeria’s Minister of Communications, Adebayo Shittu, speaking at a Smart Cities summit held in Abuja this week confirmed that the Federal Government would partner with Huawei, a global...
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July 20, 2017 •
Mobile and Telecoms, West Africa •
Dean Workman •
Comments Off on 100 Nigerian Engineers Sacked in Etisalat Crisis
Crisis plagued telco 9Mobile (previously known as Etisalat Nigeria) is embroiled in yet another controversy as one of its key strategic partners, Huawei Technology, sacked over 100 Nigerian engineers on Tuesday, this according to Blueprint report. Having...
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July 14, 2017 •
General, Southern Africa, Top Stories •
Fundisiwe Maseko •
Comments Off on Bytes People Solutions wins Huawei Award
Bytes People Solutions, a provider of skills development, talent management and business process outsourcing services, has recently been awarded “Best Service Partner 2016” by Huawei. The award was in recognition of Bytes People Solutions obtaining the...
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July 12, 2017 •
Finance, Mobile and Telecoms, Top Stories •
Dean Workman •
Comments Off on Huawei to offer WorldRemit’s international money transfer service
Huawei, an ICT solutions provider, and WorldRemit, a digital money transfer service, announced at the GSMA’s Mobile 360 conference in Dar es Salaam that the two companies will be entering into a partnership which will make WorldRemit’s international money...
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June 20, 2017 •
Mobile and Telecoms, Retail, Southern Africa, Top Stories •
Dean Workman •
Comments Off on Huawei’s Mobile Ascendancy Continues
In what is another step forward for Huawei in the South African market the company recorded a 68% growth in the first month of sales of the new flagship devices the P10 and P10 plus when compared to that of last years model the P9 series. What makes...
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June 14, 2017 •
Enterprise, Southern Africa, Top Stories •
Dean Workman •
Comments Off on Huawei, PRASA announce South Africa’s First GSM-R Rail Network Operation
Today at the Africa Rail 2017 conference, the longest-running rail event in Africa held in Johannesburg, South Africa, Huawei and Passenger Railway Agency of South Africa (PRASA) jointly announced the first rail operational Global System for Mobile...
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May 30, 2017 •
Mobile and Telecoms, Top Stories, West Africa •
Dean Workman •
Comments Off on MTN Nigeria gets N221 Million Waiver
Nigerian Communications Commission executive vice chairman, Prof Umar Garba Danbatta, has secured a permit fee waiver of an astonishing N221 million ($697 thousand) for MTN Nigeria in Kano State, this is according to reports from Nigerian Communications Week....
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May 18, 2017 •
Enterprise, Events, Southern Africa, Top Stories •
Dean Workman •
Comments Off on Eskom and Huawei Partner to Advance Smart Grid Innovation
Huawei today announced, at its Fifth Global Power Summit at the African Utility Week (AUW) event in Cape Town, that they have entered into a smart grid joint innovation initiative with Eskom. The Huawei-Eskom collaboration aims to accelerate digital...
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May 16, 2017 •
Gadgets and Gaming, Mobile and Telecoms, Southern Africa, Sponsored •
Dean Workman •
Comments Off on Huawei P10 now available at MTN stores
MTN customers can now purchase the much-anticipated Huawei P10, the latest and most advanced flagship smartphone from Huawei, from selected MTN stores from as little as R399 a month. The Huawei P10 Lite and P10 are available on My MTNChoice+ S for R399 and...
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April 21, 2017 •
Mobile and Telecoms, Top Stories •
Fundisiwe Maseko •
Comments Off on MTN SA & Huawei launch the first LTE LAA network in Africa
MTN and Huawei have partnered to bring the first LTE Licensed Assisted Access (LAA) network in Africa. LTE LAA is an evolution of the LTE-Unlicensed mobile technology, which enables LTE to utilise unlicensed spectrum to significantly enhance network capacity....
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April 21, 2017 •
Backup and Storage, Cloud Computing, Southern Africa, Top Stories •
Dean Workman •
Comments Off on T-Systems and Huawei partner to bring OTC to South Africa
T-Systems South Africa and Huawei announced at the Huawei Eco-Connect Conference in Sandton today an industry disrupting partnership that will bring Open Telekom Cloud (OTC) to South Africa. OTC is a simple, secure and affordable Open Stack Public Cloud...
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April 21, 2017 •
Enterprise, Events, Top Stories •
Dean Workman •
Comments Off on Huawei Launches OpenLab in South Africa
At their flagship event, The Huawei Eco-Connect Conference in Sandton, Huawei announced the opening of their Global OpenLab Program in South Africa. The opening of the lab will see Johannesburg become one of 7 new Huawei OpenLabs for 2017, joining cities such...
