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How CFOs & CIOs are Funding Digital Transformation with OPEX, not CAPEX
CFOs and CIOs, collaborating to drive the accelerated digital transformation necessitated by rapid technology advances and COVID-19, now have a smart alternative to traditional financing and management of IT assets that boosts business efficiencies and competitiveness. Rapid technology advances driving…
Safaricom Launches Shari’ah-Compliant Mobile Loans
Safaricom has partnered with Gulf African Bank to launch a Shari’ah-compliant mobile financial service, Helal Pesa, in Kenya. According to Tech Weez, the product is the first Shari’ah-compliant mobile and digital solution in the East African country. Customers accessing financing…
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Showmax to Launch 4 New Original Titles in Kenya
In yet another move to invest in the film and TV industry in Kenya, Showmax has unveiled four new Original productions to be released in 2022. The incoming slate includes Kenya’s first Christmas feature film, a crime drama series set…
Kenya Gets Sixth Submarine Internet Cable Worth $400-Million
On Tuesday, Kenya launched its sixth submarine internet cable worth $400-million to offer high speed, lower latency, and broader bandwidth. According to Business Daily, the cable will connect Africa to France and Pakistan through the Europe-Asia route, providing direct connectivity…
You Can Now Translate To & From isiZulu Across the Entire Microsoft Ecosystem
Microsoft has added isiZulu to its Microsoft Azure Cognitive Services Translator, enabling text and documents to be translated to and from South Africa’s most-spoken official language across the entire Microsoft ecosystem of products and services. isiZulu joins Kiswahili as the…
SA Will Need $30-Billion for Energy Transition says African Development Bank
African Development Bank Group President Dr Akinwumi Adesina has assured South Africa of the Bank’s strong support as the country transitions from fossil fuel to renewable energy. Adesina told Minister for Mineral Resources and Energy, Gwede Mantashe, that the Bank…
Liquid Intelligent Secures Slice of Equiano Subsea Cable
Liquid Intelligent Technologies, a business of Cassava Technologies, a pan-African technology group, has announced it has acquired a fibre pair on the Equiano subsea cable, allowing Liquid to transport traffic up to 12 Terabits, bringing a much-needed increase in international…
South Africa’s Absa Bank Appoints New CEO
South Africa’s Absa Bank Group has appointed Arrie Rautenbach as its new CEO effective immediately. Rautenbach had currently been serving as Absa’s head of retail and business banking and will now be leaping to the head of the banking group,…
Disney+ South Africa Launch Date Finally Set
Disney+, the streaming service from The Walt Disney Company, has confirmed launch dates for the 42 countries and 11 new territories set to launch this winter. The streaming service will launch in South Africa on 18 May 2022. South African…
Zoho Officially Announced as Platinum Sponsor for IoT Forum Africa 2022
Zoho Corp, the India-based global technology company, has officially been announced as Platinum Sponsor for the upcoming IoT Forum Africa 2022 event, the premier Internet of Things conference in Africa. IoTFA 2022 will see over 600 delegates and 30 speakers…
Central Energy Fund to Invest $68M in South African Gas Project
South Africa’s Central Energy Fund (CEF) will reportedly invest R1-billion ($68-million) to help fund Renergen’s Virginia Gas Project in Free State, South Africa, in order to accelerate the second phase of the project’s development. According to News24, CEF has signed…
AB4IR’s Kelebogile Molopyane to Speak on Bridging the Digital Divide Through Incubation at IoTFA 2022
The premier Internet of Things event in Africa, IoT Forum Africa 2022, is set to feature the CEO of Africa Beyond 4IR, Kelebogile Molopyane, as a speaker. The Digital Innovation Hub located in Tshwane, Mabopane Odi Campus, South Africa, AB4IR…
Twitter Reacts to Will Smith Slapping Chris Rock at the Oscars
On Monday Will Smith, an American actor, turned the Oscars upside down when he slapped Chris Rock for making a joke about his wife, Jada Pinkett-Smith. The Fresh Prince together with Jada and Chris Rock started trending on South African…
Airtel Africa Wants to Get Rid of its Towers to Cut Costs
Pan-African telecommunications firm Airtel Africa has reportedly stopped investing in new tower infrastructure in Kenya, and other markets across the continent, as it prepares to sell most of its already-existing infrastructure assets. This is in efforts to reduce ownership of…
Panel of Judges Announced Winners of C/Can’s Live Pitch & Grant Award
On Thursday, the judging panel chaired by Dr. Akosua Gyimah Omari-Sasu, Director of Health Services from the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly and member of the City Cancer Challenge (C/Can) City Executive Committee, officially confirmed the winners of the C/Can Live Pitch…
Microsoft Involved in Alleged Widespread Corruption in Africa, says Whistleblower
On Friday, a former employee of Microsoft wrote an essay that was published on Lioness, a whistleblower website, alleging that corruption in the company has become widespread across Africa and the Middle East. In 2019, the tech giant company together…
