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Al Maghribia expands its African reach with Arabsat-5C
Al Maghribia is one of the many channels belonging to the Société Nationale de Radiodiffusion et de Télévision (SNRT) bouquet. This collection of channels runs with 100 per cent Moroccan video programming and production. The content is entirely Moroccan and…
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Nigerian network provider, VDT, to rollout 4G
On Monday, 24 June 2019, Nigerian broadband service, VDT, announced that it’s going to begin offering 4G data plans in 19 states in Nigeria. The company revealed that it is leveraging on the Bitflux network it built from scratch to…
US and Asian companies dominate rankings of world’s most valuable tech brands
Amazon is the world’s most valuable technology brand with a monumental $187.9billion brand value Apple, Google, and Microsoft defend spots as brand values continue to surge China’s WeChat breaks into top 10 as the world’s strongest tech brand Technology brands…
The imperative for human-centered leadership in South Africa
Duke Corporate Education (Duke CE) will host its annual Davos of Human Capital 2019 event on 11 July in Johannesburg, South Africa. The event will explore how we can shape the interaction between humanity and technology to build leadership for…
Playfre launches SongRoute service to help African artists monetize their work
Playfre, the African music streaming service created by Chika Nwaogu, has launched a new service called SongRoute. SongRoute is designed to further help African artists monetize their music online. This latest service comes just shortly after the release of myPlayfre,…
Teknologia 19 tech expo to be held in Helsinki, November 2019
The Tivi Future of 5G seminar for decision-makers will be held this November as part of the Teknologia 19 tech expo, in Messukeskus Helsinki. The event showcases recent business and service concepts in 5G and serves as a forum for…
Singapore-based payment company, Thunes appoints new CFO
Thunes, a business-to-business global payments platform that is targeted at emerging markets announced that KB Teo will be the new Chief Financial Officer. Teo enters the job with vast knowledge he has gathered over the past 25 years in the…
Jony Ive, Apple’s chief design officer, resigns
On Friday, 28 June 2019, Apple shared the news that its chief design officer, Jony Ive, has resigned from the company. According to an article published by Telecompaper, Ive will depart Apple later this year in order to start his…
Huawei wins best smartphone at the European Hardware Awards 2019
Friday, 28 June 2019 — Huawei’s p30 pro has been announced as the best smartphone of 2019 by the European hardware association. In preparation for its fifth annual awards, over 100 experienced editors from Europe’s leading technology publications examined, nominated…
Dell Technologies Forum 2019 offers modern digital technologies for everyone
The Dell Technologies Forum Johannesburg which took place at the Sandton Convention Centre on 27 June 2019 showcased products and solutions that enable real transformation from the edge to the core to the cloud and revealed ways to better manage…
South African entrepreneur seeks to use robotics to transform education
A young South African entrepreneur aims to use a robot to teach children how to build new robots. RD9 Solutions is a start-up company created by Tyrone van Balla. van Balla and his business partner Ridhaa Benefeld aim to build…
OneCart launches grocery shopping platform in South Africa
OneCart has launched a new e-commerce grocery website and mobile application that allow users to shop by category across multiple stores. Products can be filtered according to dietary preferences, allowing for a more tailor-made shopping experience. Founded by Lynton Peter’s…
Standard Chartered expands its digital bank across Africa
Standard Chartered has announced the expansion of its digital bank as part of its digital transformation strategy in Africa. The digital bank will now be available in Botswana, Zambia and Zimbabwe this follows the launch of digital-only banks in…
Luis Ortega joins Pagero Gulf as Managing Director for Middle East and Africa
Pagero Group has appointed Luis Ortega as Managing Director for its Middle East and Africa operations, in a bid to best assist the company with its growing operations in the region. With 25 years of experience in the engineering, consulting…
E-sports event, Rush set to bring gamers and e-sports enthusiasts together
Rush 2019, a multi-platform, multi-tournament e-sports event held in South Africa will take place at the Sun Arena in Times Square, Pretoria, from 28 June to 30 June. This e-sports event is an initiative of NAG, a South African gaming…
Safaricom Kenya sued for alleged breach in private consumer data
Kenyan telecommunications operator, Safaricom, is facing just over a $1 trillion lawsuit for allegedly violating the data privacy of 11.5 million consumers. According to The Standard, a case filed at the High Court details how one of the company’s subscribers,…
