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Hengtong Aberdare recommits to helping students in South Africa
Hengtong Aberdare (Aberdare), a subsidiary of Hengtong Group, an innovation leader in China that focuses on fibre optic, electrical and technical network construction and operations, has pledged to donate a hi-tech computer centre (“the Center”) to the Siqongweni Secondary School…
The ACCEL Entrepreneurship Awards: Application deadline approaching
ACCEL Awards returns in 2019 with the annual African entrepreneurship start-up contest. The elite London Business School’s Africa Club is organizing the competition, along with the Africa Club Alumni, FTSE 100 companies, media companies, venture capital firms, and entrepreneurship incubators.…
Telkom expands its 4G network in Kenya
Telkom Kenya’s 3G/4G project expansion worth KES 1 billion and is targeting to maximize fibre-to-the-building (FTTB) product, improving its service quality for enterprise and corporate customers. This expansion, that is part of Telkom’s long-term network modernisation programme, will also see…
Nigeria: ALTON urges government to reduce multiple taxation
Telecommunications operators in Nigeria have urged the federal government to review the Amended Tax Order of 2015 to reduce multiple taxation. Association of Licenced Telecommunication Operators of Nigeria (ALTON) has asked the Federal Government to review the Amended Tax Order…
Callers can hear you over FaceTime before you answer
A bug in Apple’s FaceTime video-calling application allows a caller to hear audio on the receiving end before the call is actually answered. Considered a major privacy issue, many users fear that this could be used for malicious intent because…
Remote patient monitoring could be worth €46.1 billion in 2023, study says
Remote patient monitoring (RPM) solutions reached revenues of €17.5 billion in 2018 according to a new market report from Berg Insight. RPM revenues are expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 21.4 percent until 2023, reaching €…
10 best ways to manage a brand on Instagram in 2019
Continuous follower, growth, actions, and engagement are necessary for the success of your business on Instagram. The social networking site is regularly used by companies for promoting their brands and reaping great returns. However, the way big brands are marketing…
Huge Telecom announces new MD
Huge Telecom, a subsidiary of Huge Group, has announced Robert Burger as the new managing director to its investors, effective as of 23 January 2019. Burger was appointed as the Financial Director of Huge Telecom on 1 August 2018 and…
Gartner predicts global IT spending to reach $3.8 trillion in 2019
Global IT spending is anticipated to increase by 3.2 percent and reach $3.8 trillion in 2019 due to growth in the cloud, Internet of Things (IoT), and data centre markets. According to Gartner, spending is shifting from mobile devices to…
Rudi Matjokana returns to Vodacom
Vodacom Group has announced the appointment of Rudi Matjokana as Managing Executive for Public Enterprise Business. Rudi will report into Vodacom Business Chief Officer for Enterprise Sales, Mickey Mashale and will form part of the Vodacom Business executive committee. He…
black extends free data promotion
black has announced that it is extending its free data promotion to stream content until the end of June. The free data can be accessed on any of Cell C’s prepaid or contract plans and can be used to browse,…
Sierra Leone gets faster internet services
Telecom operator K3 Telecom, a subsidiary of the Swiss group K3 Telecom AG, launched in Sierra Leone on 21 January 2019. This marked the official start of their ISP with triple-play services in Freetown, on their own wireless broadband telecommunications…
Kenya: Major telecoms firm nominated for Global Mobile Awards
M-Pesa Global, Safaricom’s money transfer platform, has been nominated for the prestigious Global Mobile Awards. The service, which was launched last November, allows all M-PESA users to send money anywhere across the world. In partnership with Western Union, M-PESA global…
Google’s I/O developer conference is coming up in May
Kicking off on the 7th of May, Google’s next I/O developer conference will be taking place at the Shoreline Amphitheater in Mountain View, CA. The 2018 conference kicked off on the 8th of May. Every year, Google announces the date of…
Best practices for an online learning system
The online learning industry is projected to grow to US$325 billion by 2025. Bricks-and-mortar higher education institutes have already started developing e-learning solutions to be used in conjunction with classroom learning and others to be used completely on their own.…
Blockchain can enhance F&B industry’s traceability
Advances in blockchain technology could enable the food and beverage industry (F&B) to enhance traceability. In the US alone, food recalls and foodborne illnesses cost $77 billion per annum, including discarded products, loss of revenue, damage to corporate reputations and…
