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Month: July 2018

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After World Cup, GOtv subscribers to enjoy Serie A, Spanish La Liga matches from August

July 31, 2018 admin 0

With the end of the 2018 FIFA World Cup, GOtv customers are in for an enormous viewing of over 760 matches set to commence mid-August. GOtv Kenya fans are in for a treat this football [c]

News

Liquid Telecom deploys ExpressRoute link Western Cape gov’t in South Africa, first direct private connection to Azure Cloud

July 31, 2018 admin 0

Liquid Telecom has delivered the first Microsoft ExpressRoute service peering in Africa, in the process offering customers better performance, tighter security and lower latency. Microsoft ExpressRoute, part of Liquid Telecom’s CloudConnect offering, allows businesses to [c]

CSR

Google partners with 21st Century to offer free WiFi in 5 cities in Nigeria

July 31, 2018 admin 0

Google hosted its second Google for Nigeria event where it announced that it would help more people in Nigeria, and across Africa, benefit from the opportunities the web has to offer. In a bid to [c]

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With revamped PesaPap app, even non Family Bank customers can access loans

July 31, 2018 admin 0

Family Bank customers as well as non-customers to the bank are now able to access instant loans and also set investment goals for periods between 3 to 12 months. This follows the revamping of Family [c]

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Bharti Airtel sees increase in Africa revenues as India records decline

July 31, 2018 admin 0

Bharti Airtel has announced its audited consolidated financial results for the first quarter ended June 30, 2018. During the quarter, Bharti Airtel acquired Telenor’s operations in India, meaning that financial and operational parameters of the [c]

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Need to augment data centre portfolios with edge deployments in Nigeria – MDXi boss

July 31, 2018 admin 0

MDXi has reiterated the importance of edge data centres to enable African consumers enjoy improved online experiences with much reduced latency, while significantly reducing transit costs. The company’s General Manager responsible for its West African [c]

BLOG

Telecom expense management and the Internet of Things (IoT)

July 27, 2018 admin 0

By Tanya Seda IoT is moving rapidly from something to keep an eye on for future planning, to a real “thing” that has to be dealt with. In able to understand IoT costs you need to [c]

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Microsoft joins 2018 MENA Innovation Summit in Egypt as a sponsor

July 27, 2018 admin 0

As part of its mission to empower students and educators around the globe through technology, Microsoft is participating in the 2018 MENA Innovation Summit, taking place in Cairo, Egypt, from July 29 – 31, 2018. [c]

BLOG

How to choose a Linear Actuator

July 27, 2018 admin 0

Linear actuators are great and versatile tools. There are a lot of different uses these drives can have, from opening doors and windows to items with regulating length. Most of these purposes need linear actuators [c]

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Telkom Kenya to use Google’s balloons to expand 4G coverage to rural areas

July 26, 2018 admin 0

Telkom and Loon, a subsidiary of Alphabet, have announced a deal to pilot a new 4G/LTE access network service in Kenya. This will be Loon’s first commercial service in Africa. Telkom Kenya’s chairman, Eddy Njoroge, states: “This [c]

News

Women urged to be more innovative to benefit from digital opportunities

July 26, 2018 admin 0

Women leaders have been urged to be more innovative and strategic to succeed in utilising digital opportunities to build their businesses and brands. Speakers at a forum on women leadership in digital called on career [c]

BLOG

Going beyond mortgages, HF moves to strengthen banking unit via HF Whizz app

July 26, 2018 admin 2

Traditionally and for along time, Housing Finance Company  – which has since rebranded to simply Housing Finance (or HF in short) – was known for nothing else apart from the provision of mortgage lending services [c]

CSR

Trust between Europe and Africa can be fostered through opportunity, technology and CSR – Sophia Bekele

July 26, 2018 admin 0

Sophia Bekele, the founder and CEO of DotConnectAfrica (DCA), joined other distinguished speakers at the one-day  2018 EurAfrican forum held under the patronage of the President of Portugal, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa and the Government of Portugal, who [c]

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Microsoft in drive to spur use of its IoT and AI solutions via Pop Up Labs initiative

July 26, 2018 admin 0

Microsoft 4Afrika last month hosted international experts in Nairobi, Kenya for a targeted, productive popup lab and series of events focused on the internet of things (IoT) and artificial intelligence (AI) solutions. The team worked with [c]

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Safaricom launches 2 new base stations, expands FTH coverage in Coast region

July 26, 2018 admin 0

Safaricom has launched two new base stations and expanded Fibre-To-Home (FTH) connectivity in Coast region as part of its broader strategy to expand its network infrastructure in the country. One of the stations, which is situated [c]

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From Oracle, Alex Menage joins Temenos to help drive sales efforts in Africa

July 26, 2018 admin 0

Temenos, a banking software vendor, has announced that Alexandre (Alex) Menage has been appointed as the firm’s Head of Sales in Africa. Alex brings over 15 years of experience in the financial services industry, including [c]

BLOG

5 ways to transform your home storage and backups

July 26, 2018 admin 0

NAS stands for network-attached storage. Sounds complicated and technical and only for hardcore technology fundi’s right? Wrong. NAS happens to be a clever, easy and brilliant way to build a home server that allows you [c]

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Kenya’s Mookh Africa wins Visa startup contest, takes home Kshs 5 million

July 26, 2018 admin 0

Visa has announced that a tech startup based in Kenya, Mookh Africa, is the overall winner of its firm’s sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) Everywhere Initiative contest, a global program aimed at startups and designed to encourage the development [c]

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Andela opens its fourth African technology hub in Kigali, Rwanda

July 24, 2018 admin 0

Andela, the company building high-performing engineering teams with Africa’s most talented software developers, has announced the launch of a pan-African technology hub in its fourth African market in Kigali, Rwanda. To fuel the expansion, Andela [c]

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Twitter board member sacked by Ogilvy Group following staff complaints

July 24, 2018 admin 0

Ogilvy Group recently sacked its chief creative officer, Tham Khai Meng, after an investigation into his behavior following employee complaints. The decision was communicated to staff in a memo by the firm’s CEO John Seifert. [c]

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4 Kenyan firms shortlisted in Visa startups contest, competing for Kshs 5 million

July 24, 2018 admin 0

Leading fintech companies from sub-Sahara Africa have made it to the finals of Visa’s Everywhere Initiative, a global innovation program that tasks start-ups to solve commerce challenges of tomorrow, further enhance their own product propositions [c]

News

Stephane Duproz joins Africa Data Centres as Chief Operating Officer

July 24, 2018 admin 0

Africa Data Centres (ADC) has named Stephane Duproz as its new Chief Operating Officer (COO). Part of the Liquid Telecom Group, ADC was launched in 2018 to address the growing demand for cloud storage and [c]

Analysis & Features

Global and African-based firms turn to Oracle Blockchain for speedy, secure transactions

July 24, 2018 admin 0

Businesses around the world have been deploying an early adopter version of Oracle Blockchain Cloud Service, which becomes generally available today. The service allows organizations to easily build blockchain networks to drive more secure and efficient [c]

Analysis & Features

Sophos Intercept X for server blocks cyber attackers from hitting business enterprises

July 24, 2018 admin 0

Sophos has announced Sophos Intercept X for Server, a next-generation server protection with predictive deep learning technology that provides constantly evolving security against cyber threats. Sophos’ deep learning neural networks are trained on hundreds of [c]

BLOG

How scammers are using fake gift cards to lure victims to hand them personal data

July 22, 2018 admin 0

Kaspersky Lab experts have discovered the distribution of an unusual fraudulent scheme that tricks users into parting with their time and their data, for no return. By creating fake websites for the free generation of [c]

Analysis & Features

Shipping losses fall but new cybersecurity, climate risks threaten safety progress – Allianz

July 22, 2018 admin 0

Large shipping losses have declined by more than a third (38%) over the past decade, according to Allianz’s Global Corporate & Specialty SE’s (AGCS) Safety & Shipping Review 2018, with this downward trend continuing in 2017. [c]

Analysis & Features

2018 World Cup opening match had highest volume of payment transactions – Visa

July 22, 2018 admin 0

Visa, selected as the official payment services partner of FIFA, has released an analysis of spending inside the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia stadiums from the opening match on June 14 through the semi-finals on [c]

News

British Airways unveils new app for its affluent passengers to use Avios rewards

July 22, 2018 admin 0

British Airways (BA) has launched a brand new app for members of its Executive Club. Members can use the app to discover new ways to collect and spend Avios, find new offers and see personalised [c]

Analysis & Features

AfricaCom 2018 – These are the speakers expected to headline the event

July 22, 2018 admin 0

Whether your focus is connectivity infrastructure, disruptive technologies, digital services or ICT strategy, the 2018 edition of AfricaCom – set for November 3 to 15  at the CTICC in Cape Town, South Africa – will be the [c]

News

Ibrahim Youssry to oversee Microsoft operations in Africa and Middle East

July 17, 2018 admin 0

Microsoft has appointed Ibrahim Youssry as Regional General Manager of Microsoft MEA Multi Country Cluster (MCC). This new subsidiary spans the full African continent (except for South Africa and Egypt), the Indian Ocean Islands, as [c]

BLOG

Why we need to move from financial access to financial health

July 16, 2018 admin 0

By Tilman Ehrbeck Over the past decade, the push for financial inclusion has united governments, companies, technology entrepreneurs, and nonprofit organizations in dozens of countries on every continent — and with remarkable success. In 2011, [c]

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