Airtel Rwanda successfully organized a consumer promotion contest titled ‘Tunga,’ in partnership with Kirusa, a global provider of telecom and social media solutions. The promotion that ran from August 11, 2016, to November 17, 2016, [c]
At CES 2017 next month, LG Electronics will introduce a new laser projector, the LG ProBeam,designed to deliverthe ideal home cinema viewing experience. The LGProBeam will go beyond the demands of consumers who seek not [c]
VimpelCom Group has announced the 24 country winners that will compete in the Eurasia Mobile Challenge final in Yerevan, Armenia on January 24 and 25, 2017. Eurasia Mobile Challenge is an initiative of Make Your [c]
TechWomen, an initiative of the U.S. Department of State, brings emerging women leaders in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) from Africa, South and Central Asia, and the Middle East together with their professional counterparts [c]
An online bookshop co-founded by one of Kenya’s most popular bloggers and creative writers – the Magunga Bookstore – has been nominated among the finalists in the Startup of the Year Africa 2017 contest in [c]
International Expo Consults (IEC), part of Falak Holding, organisers of the SGI Dubai show, are seeking participants from the print and signage industry in African region during the SGI Dubai 2017. The SGI Dubai 2017 show [c]
Edelman, a global PR and marketing firm, has signed on Chain Reactions Nigeria, one of Nigeria’s major PR firms, as its exclusive affiliate in the country following a one-year strategic partnership. The affiliation further expands [c]
The internet is one of the most important enablers of social development and education. While Internet services have been quite phenomenal in the rest of the world, access to the Internet remains very low in [c]
Smart Burundi, a telecom service provider, and Kirusa have announced the launch of InstaVoice Missed Call, Voicemail, and Voice SMS service in Burundi. With this collaboration, Smart subscribers can now send and receive voice messages easily, [c]
Kaspersky Lab has announced the the promotion of Aman Manzoor to the new role of Head of Consumer Sales in META (Middle East, Turkey and Africa) region and appointment of Amir Kanaan as MD in [c]
By Donald Meyer It’s that most wonderful time of the year – the time where I like to take a look back and reflect on what the year has been as well as look forward [c]
Vera Oloo has left IBM after 5 years of service as the IT firm’s PR Lead for Africa. Ms Oloo, who joined the company in early 2011, resigned from IBM in August this year and [c]
Samsung Electronics has won the “Innovations Time” awards during an event held in Russia. The prize in the nomination “Technical innovation of the year. Environment and energy saving” was awarded to Samsung for its washing [c]
Simple ideas really can be powerful. This is elegantly demonstrated if one observes the impact of Deme So’s innovation to deliver access to justice to Malians, Tien Sira. The innovation is conceptually simple, yet provides [c]
Mobisol has donated a new solar-power unit to Mkoyo Dispensary, a medical facility located in Mkoyo Village, Hombolo within Dodoma Municipality, Tanzania. The Mobisol solar system was installed to illuminate the maternity wing which previously [c]
Tigo Tanzania has launched Tigo app, a convenient mobile app that provides an easier way to buy Tigo bundles, top up customers’ accounts, check account balance and most importantly, keep track of data usage. The [c]
Job search portal Fuzu has raised Kshs 186 million (1.75 million EUR) of funding from Finnfund, Barona and Polkuni to support business development and expansion in Africa and Asia. The company, currently operating in Kenya, [c]
Econet Media and MTG (Modern Times Group), an international digital entertainment group, has announced the conclusion of the sale of MTG’s Ghanaian free-to-air terrestrial channel Viasat 1 and Modern African Productions (MAP) to the Econet [c]
Postal Corporation of Kenya – PCK or Posta – has appointed George Makori Ouko as its Assistant GM for ICT. Makori joined Posta in December this year from Mahindra Comviva where he’d been the Country [c]
Digital disruption is shifting the balance stay of power in financial services and influencing the way, millions of people bank their money, make payments, remittances and more, in a continent where mobile phone penetration exceed [c]
Airports are placing a higher priority on IT investments for passenger and airport security with 50% rating it a high priority, up from 37% last year. This is according to the 2016 Airport IT Trends [c]
Betty Mwangi-Thuo, who resigned as Head of M-Pesa at Safaricom in March this year, has now joined Britam as the firm’s Commercial Director. Mrs Mwangi assumed her new role at the beginning of this month [c]
The evolution of telecommunications technology, from 1G networks to our current 4G standard, has utterly transformed how we share and consume information. Now, through pioneering research in the field and exciting core innovations such as [c]
AfChix, a network of women in Technology, is seeking to document 10 African women in Technology role models from the regions – that is Southern Africa, North Africa, East Africa, West Africa, Central Africa and [c]
Ooredoo Algeria has, in partnership with Nokia, successfully achieved a transmission speed of 1.2 terabits per second over optical fiber in Africa’s first field trial of innovative optical communications technology. The trial was conducted between [c]
The latest research from Kaspersky Lab and B2B International has raised concerns about the safety of over-55s online. The findings of the research, in a report entitled: ‘Older and wiser? A look at the threats [c]
Paystack, a fintech startup from Nigeria, has raised US $1.3 million during its seed funding round which attracted participation from Tencent, Comcast Ventures and Singularity Investments. Paystack, founded by Shola Akinlade and Ezra Olubi, is [c]
Scatec Solar has signed a Joint Development Agreement (JDA) with Africa50, an African Infrastructure Fund sponsored by the African Development Bank and more than 20 African States and Norfund (the Norwegian Investment Fund for Development Countries), [c]
KodaCloud Inc, a provider cloud service Wi-Fi powered by Artificial Intelligence (AI) to enterprise customers, has announced the release of Wi-Fi research findings conducted by iGR. The results show that 64% of over 12 million small [c]
Professional and amateur photographers have until January 31, 2016 to submit their entries to Wikimedia Foundation’s Wiki Loves Africa photo contest. Wiki Loves Africa is an annual contest, hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation, where people across Africa [c]
Merck has announced 5 winners from Kenya, Burkina Faso, Gabon, Uganda and Ethiopia under the category of ‘Best African Women Researchers Award’ and four winners from Botswana, Cameroon, Gambia and Zimbabwe for ‘Best Young African Researchers [c]
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