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Opera launches a new browser
Opera, the Norwegian browser developer has announced Opera Vintage, a new browser that will provide users with exclusive access to their favourite websites from the last millennium in a way that prioritizes feeling over functionality. It’s bulky but robust design…
CiTi calls women to apply for the Top Tech Tools Business programme
CiTi (the Cape Innovation & Technology Initiative), has partnered with the City of Cape Town to launch its fully-funded Top Tech Tools for Women in Business programme. Applications close on Friday 5 April. Kicking off in April, the…
HP targets fraudulent manufacturers in East Africa
Alongside local African authorities, HP’s ACF team have conducted two highly successful operations to stop the trade of counterfeit cartridges for HP printers across Uganda and Mozambique. Firstly, In September and October 2018, HP’s ACF team and local authorities raided…
How AR and VR will transform the retail experience
Augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) have the potential to shake up the customer experience by individualising retailers’ offers and enabling customers to visualise products in different settings. By 2020, 100 million consumers will shop in AR online and…
Centrify announces new P.E.A.K. Performance Partner Program
Centrify, a provider of cloud-ready Zero Trust Privilege to secure modern enterprises, has launched a new partner program that empowers the channel to better help organisations stop the leading cause of data breaches: privileged access abuse. The Centrify P.E.A.K.…
Harambee wins 2019 Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship
The Skoll Foundation has announced that Harambee Youth Employment Accelerator has received the 2019 Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship. Founded by Silicon Valley entrepreneur Jeff Skoll, this prestigious award recognises change agents whose innovations have had significant, proven impact on the…
General Electric appoints Ghana CEO
General Electric has announced the appointment of Sulemana Abubakar (Abu) as the Chief Executive Officer for GE Ghana. In this position, Abu will play a pivotal role in steering the next phase of strategy and growth for GE in Ghana.…
Altron appoints Executive in newly created role
Altron has announced the appointment of Sayeeda Khan as Group Executive Risk and Compliance. “We see corporate governance, positive control posture and compliance as a critical foundation for our growth strategy. It is for this reason that we have chosen…
Over 2000 students to benefit from library and ICT centre in Ghana
The MTN Ghana Foundation has commissioned a modern library for a High School in the Eastern region. The facility will include a 20 seater ICT Centre and Teachers common area. In addition, the MTN Ghana Foundation partnered with Huawei Ghana…
What is Apple Arcade and how does it work?
Apple recently announced a slew of new subscription services. Among these was a new service called Apple Arcade, an all-access gaming subscription service. Through a monthly subscription, you’ll have unlimited access to a curated selection of paid games on the…
AfricaOnline appoints new MD
AfricaOnline, a subsidiary of Gondwana International Networks (GIN) has appointed Foster Plender as its Managing Director. Plender, brings with him decades of telecommunications experience across both African and European markets. “I am excited to lead AfricaOnline as it continues to…
Vox launches email archiving solution for SMEs
Vox, an integrated ICT and infrastructure provider, has launched an unlimited email archiving solution to provide organisations with a cost-effective and user-friendly way to protect their email data in the event of a disaster. “It has become far too commonplace…
Liquid Telecom, MTN partner to upgrade existing fibre network in East Africa
Liquid Telecom Kenya, part of the pan-African telecoms group, Liquid Telecom, and Nokia has announced a two-year partnership to upgrade their existing fibre network to support OTN/DWDM technology with an initial network capacity of 500G. This will result in a…
ICT remains one of the biggest industries in South Africa
The ICT sector has one of South Africa’s biggest job markets and is also one of the biggest contributors to the economy. This is according to the State of ICT report published by the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa…
MTN highlight company’s efforts to deepen digital and financial inclusion
MTN Group has released its integrated and sustainability reports for the period ending 31 December 2018, setting out how the group creates value and highlights the six distinct growth opportunities the company is pursuing across the voice, data, digital, fintech,…
Financial services embrace hybrid cloud
Nutanix, Inc. has recently announced findings of its Enterprise Cloud Index Report for the financial services sector, measuring financial firms’ plans for adopting private, public and hybrid clouds. The report revealed that the financial sector outpaces other industries in the…
