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MTN Teams Up with ETAP to Reward Nigerians for Good Driving
MTN Nigeria, one of Africa’s leading technology companies, has teamed up with ETAP, a mobility technology company that creates solutions and incentives to improve the automotive experience across Africa, to reward Nigerian drivers for maintaining good driving behaviour. Leveraging ETAP’s…
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How You Should Invest $10,000
While $10,000 is not a fortune, it is enough to create meaningful wealth over the long term. Consider that $1,000 invested in Amazon would be worth nearly $220,000 today, growing at an average annual return of 30.88%. Or that $1,000…
Infobip Launches Chatbot Solution at Mobile Operator Africell
Infobip, a global cloud communication company, recently implemented its Answers chatbot solution at Africell, one of the leading mobile telco operator groups in Africa. Africell is a mobile network operator providing mobile network coverage and related technology services to more…
Telkom Kenya Faces Delays on its New Mobile Money Subsidiaries
Telkom Kenya says that it is facing delays in getting approval from the Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) for its two mobile money subsidiaries that it announced last year. According to Business Daily, the telecommunications company announced Telkom Digital and…
Here’s the New Petrol Price for July
South African Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources, Gwede Mantashe, has announced adjustments in fuel prices for July. As of Wednesday (6 July 2022), the price of 93 unleaded petrol will increase by R2.37 ($0.15) and the price of 95…
Lenovo Appoints New Southern Africa General Manager
On Monday Lenovo, a global technology company, announced the appointment of Yugen Naidoo, who will take the role of GM for its South African division. Naidoo succeeds Thibault Dousson, who now leads the Lenovo SSG (Services and Solutions Group) for…
AfroCentric Group Launches New Digital Wellness Platform
The AfroCentric Group, a JSE-listed company, has launched AMP, a new digital wellness platform designed to integrate into medical schemes’ existing member apps. AMP forms part of AfroCentric Group subsidiary Medscheme’s Integrated Smart Solutions and brings it a step closer…
Airtel Kenya Appoints New CEO
Airtel Kenya, one of the largest telecommunications service providers in Kenya, has announced the appointment of Ashish Malhotra as the new CEO. Malhotra replaces Prasanta Das Sarma who left the position for a co-CEO position for Fibre Services at Airtel…
Bboxx & Orange Connect 150,000 People in DRC to Clean Energy
Bboxx, a Pan-African super platform providing access to essential products and services, and Orange Telecom have partnered to launch a new mini-grid project to help accelerate the provision of clean energy access for households across the Democratic Republic of Congo…
Implementing Security Best Practices to Maintain Integrity at the Edge
Industry 4.0, IIoT, and smart manufacturing are all buzzwords that we’ve been talking about for years. Many of us have had visions of factory floors run by futuristic robots and drones reminiscent of SciFi movies like iRobot. Well, it seems…
Top 4 Most Trending Stories – Week in Review
As this week comes to a close we take a look at the stories that resonated most with our readers. Eskom is forced to implement Stage 6 loadshedding in South Africa, Apple gears up to launch a whole host of…
Why High-Bandwidth Networks Should Form Part of Every Cloud Strategy
Cloud computing was first introduced commercially in the 2000s, but since the Covid pandemic in 2020, it has become an essential tool for businesses to improve administrative processes, employee productivity and the customer experience. However, businesses cannot fully experience the…
Google.co.za Back Up After Sudden Shutdown on Friday Morning
It seems like the Google domain is back up after it suddenly shut down on Friday morning when South Africans started to see domain name service (DNS) errors on the main Google search page. All Google services that use the…
Mustek Group Appoints New CEO
Mustek, a JSE-listed technology company, has announced Hein Engelbrecht as the Group’s CEO. Hein became acting CEO shortly after the passing of the then CEO and founder David Khan in May 2022. The company’s board made this decision as plans…
Xiaomi 12 South African Launch Date Revealed
Chinese smartphone and electronics company Xiaomi has revealed the South African launch date for the Xiaomi 12, part of the company’s flagship series of devices. According to the announcement, the Xiaomi 12 will arrive in South Africa on 8 July…
HUAWEI P50 is Now Available in South African Stores
On Friday Huawei, the Chinese technology company announced that the Huawei P50 is now available in South African stores. “The HUAWEI P Series has always been about our passion for and pursuit of the best quality, aesthetics and photography experiences.…
