September 6, 2019 •
People •
Kojo •
Comments Off on Airtel Africa appoints new Regional Director for East Africa
Telecommunications service provider, Airtel Africa has announced the appointment of Ian Ferrao as Regional Director of its East Africa business. Ian Ferrao, according to Airtel Africa, has over 12 years of experience in senior management telecommunications...
PEG Africa, a pay-as-you-go solar company based in West Africa, has recently raised $5 million from ElectriFI in order to continue its expansion in existing markets. PEG Africa finances and deploys solar energy to SMEs and households in West Africa. PEG...
August 29, 2019 •
Mobile and Telecoms •
Jenna Cook •
Comments Off on Airtel Africa crosses the 100 million active subscribers milestone
Telecommunications service provider, Airtel Africa announced that it has crossed the 100 million consumers mark across its operations. The company, which made the announcement on Wednesday, 28 August 2019, has a presence in 14 countries in Africa, primarily...
Korean telecommunication provider, KT, announced the launch of the Global Epidemic Prevention Platform (GEPP) in Ghana on Sunday, 18 August 2019. The project, in conjunction with the Ghana Health Service (GHS), is the first public-private partnership between...
On Tuesday, 9 July 2019, Printronix signed an agreement with Tri-Continental to broaden their reseller base and strengthen presence within Central, East and West Africa. Under the agreement, Tri-Continental will distribute Printronix and TallyGenicom line...
July 1, 2019 •
Education, West Africa •
Kojo •
Comments Off on Young Ivorian receives award in honor of Princess Diana
Meganne Lorraine Ceday Boho from Côte D’Ivoire has been granted the Diana Award, the highest accolade a young person can receive for humanitarian efforts or social action. The Diana Award celebrates its 20th anniversary in 2019. The Award was...
February 8, 2018 •
Top Stories, West Africa •
NetAdmin •
Comments Off on PAIX completes West Afican Data Centres investment
On 7 February 2018, PAIX data centres, a Pan-African provider of cloud- and carrier-neutral colocation data centre services, announced that it has completed its first African investment in West Africa Data Centres Ltd (WADC), Ghana. WADC trades under the...
February 2, 2018 •
General, Top Stories, West Africa •
NetAdmin •
Comments Off on Hitachi Vantara appoints Akinwale Awosokanre Regional MD for West Africa
On 1 February 2018, Hitachi Vantara, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi Ltd, announced that it has appointed Akinwale Awosokanre as Regional Managing Director for West Africa. Awosokanre has more than 20 years of experience in Business Development and Sales...
StarLink, a value-added distributor (VAD), has launched its Nigeria hub which will allow the company to service the West African region as it looks to engage with interested IT security specialised partners. The move forms a part of the company’s global...
TransferTo, a Cross-Border Mobile Payments Network for emerging markets, has announced the appointment of Djibril Diallo as VP Business Development to head operations across West and Central Africa. The move comes as the company looks to ramp up its activity...
Morocco-based financial services company, Wafacash, has announced that the company is scaling up operations with digital money transfer service WorldRemit to offer instant money transfers across West and Central Africa. The companies, who already work...
According to a report by Nigerian Communications Week, on Tuesday the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) raided and sealed the premises of Samsung West Africa in Victoria Island, Lagos, for failure to register some of its products on the market in...
MainOne, a Data Center company, has announced the release of a new interconnect service for carriers, enterprises and ISPs called Open-Connect. Open-Connect is a service that facilitates improved interconnection, collaboration and peering within the MDXi...
The West Africa Mobile Awards (WAMAS), the West African technology awards which looks to recognise the region’s leading mobile and tech companies, today announced the 2017 shortlisted finalists. With over 150 submissions coming in from across 14...
The West Africa Mobile Awards (WAMAS) will take place on the 18th of May in Lagos, Nigeria. This leaves potential contenders with just two weeks if they want to be considered at the gala awards ceremony which will take place in front of local and...
Trend Micro Incorporated, a global leader in cybersecurity solutions, in collaboration with INTERPOL, has released research on cybercriminal activity in West Africa, “Cybercrime in West Africa: Poised for an Underground Economy,” as part of its ongoing...
