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Mohamed Abdel Bassit leaves Orange Group, to head Liquid Telecom operations in West Africa, Middle East

January 14, 2019 admin 0

Liquid Telecom has appointed Mohamed Abdel Bassit as its new Regional CEO for Middle East and West Africa (MEWA), effective January 1, 2019. Based in Cairo, Bassit will oversee the group’s expansion further into MEWA […]

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Gulf Capital and AfricInvest pump $51 million into iSON Xperiences, a West African BPO operator

November 28, 2018 admin 0

Gulf Capital, one of the largest and most active alternative asset management firms in the Middle East, and AfricInvest, a pan-African mid-cap-focused private equity firm, have partnered for the first time to provide a US$ […]

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MDXI, Asteroid partner to launch West Africa’s carrier-neutral internet exchange, WAF-IX

October 30, 2018 admin 0

West Africa’s data centre provider, MDXI and global IXP platform provider, Asteroid have partnered to launch a carrier-neutral Internet Exchange Point (IXP) for the region. The West African Internet Exchange (WAF-IX), is based on Asteroid’s […]

Events Noticeboard

10 countries to participate at Electronic and Video Game Festival in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire

September 16, 2018 admin 0

Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire will from November 23 to 25, 2018, host the second edition of the Electronic and Video Game Festival of Abidjan (FEJA). This event is organized by Paradise Game, a key player in the […]

News

Orange invests in MainOne to boost its bandwidth capacity in West Africa

September 16, 2018 admin 0

Orange and MainOne Cable Company have signed an agreement allowing for a major investment by Orange in the West Africa submarine cable system, MainOne. Through the deal, Orange will acquire additional capacity, thereby reinforcing its position […]

Analysis & Features

Up&Ap: Sam Chappatte on building an e-retail industry, from West to East Africa  

April 27, 2018 admin 0

From an early age, he always had a dream of one day running a business in Africa. And so strong was the feeling that when he turned 18, he’d to share it with his wife […]

News

DPO’s new offices in Ghana to act as West Africa headquarters

April 19, 2018 admin 0

African payment service provider DPO has announced the official opening of its office in Ghana as part of the  company’s expansion efforts in the West African market. The new office will act as the DPO headquarters […]

BLOG

Cash flow an issue? 5 top tips to keep the cash flowing

March 22, 2018 admin 0

By Magnus Nmonwu Cash flow problems – more money going out of the business than is coming in – are among the most significant reasons that Nigerian companies go out of business. Cash flow isn’t simply […]

News

MDXi, a Nigeria-based data centre, seeks increase brand awareness via media campaign

October 10, 2017 admin 0

West Africa’s premier data centre solutions provider, MDXi – part of MainOne – has launched an advertising campaign aimed at reinforcing the company’s position as the data center provider of choice for enterprises in the region. […]

News

MainOne unveils Open-Connect Service, plans to become West Africa’s largest internet hub

June 19, 2017 admin 0

Following the partnership of MainOne’s Data Center company, MDXi, with the Nigerian Internet Exchange, (IXPN) to improve national transit traffic in Nigeria, the company has announced a new interconnect service for carriers, enterprises and ISPs […]

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Funke Opeke, MainOne CEO, nominated among 50 top influencers transforming global data center and cloud landscape

June 10, 2017 admin 0

Ms Funke Opeke, CEO of MainOne, has been nominated as one of 50 top influencers transforming the data center and cloud landscape in Africa, Middle East and Europe (EMEA) at the DataCloud Europe 2017 conference […]

BLOG

Why Nigeria’s CIOs must focus on the needs of connected consumer

May 19, 2017 admin 0

By Magnus Nmonwu The IDC CIO Summit, currently underway in Lagos, is focusing on how the next wave of social, mobile, analytics and cloud (SMAC) technologies will unleash innovation and productivity in the enterprise by […]

News

Toni Solarin-Sodara, an Andela developer from Nigeria, wins Microsoft’s MVP award

March 31, 2017 admin 3

Toni Solarin-Sodara has been awarded the Most Valuable Professional (or MVP) award from Microsoft. The award comes after Toni worked consistently for  four years with the .NET platform at Andela. The Microsoft’s MVP is a coveted award […]

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Orange brand launched in Burkina Faso after acquisition of Airtel in 2016

March 17, 2017 admin 0

Orange has launched its brand in Burkina Faso, with the move coming less than one year after the closing of the Group’s acquisition of Airtel in the West African nation. Orange will pursue its development in […]

Events Noticeboard

IOM’s ‘Aware Migrants’ online campaign to be launched next Wednesday

March 12, 2017 admin 0

The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has organised an online campaign – the Aware Migrants campaign – with the aim to inform migrants from 15 countries – mostly in West Africa plus Tunisia and Egypt […]

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African American targets to raise $1 billion to develop Brownsville, a modern city in Ivory Coast

March 12, 2017 admin 0

Ivory Coast is attracting investor interest from Americans of African descent, including one Tiahmo Rauf, a native of Missouri and a resident of Abidjan. Rauf is on course to developing a new city in the West […]

Analysis & Features

Huge rise in cyber frauds on individuals, businesses in West Africa – Interpol report

March 10, 2017 admin 0

A joint INTERPOL and Trend Micro research paper on cybercrime activity across West Africa has revealed a significant growth in cyber frauds on individuals and businesses. Combining survey results from INTERPOL member countries across the […]

News

Facebook’s Chris Cox winds up West Africa tour in Senegal

March 6, 2017 admin 0

Chris Cox, Facebook’s Chief Product Officer has wound up his West Africa tour in Senegal which he visited to find out how the country’s creatives, developers and entrepreneurs are using Facebook and Instagram to bring […]

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Chris Cox, Facebook’s Chief Product Officer, to speak at Social Media Week in Nigeria

February 27, 2017 admin 0

Facebook’s Chief Product Officer Chris Cox is in Nigeria today, to speak at Social Media Week in Lagos about the future of media, and to meet with Nigerian entrepreneurs and content creators. Nigeria is the […]

News

Nigeria’s Internet Exchange Point and MainData Nigeria partner to provide cheaper interconnection services

February 25, 2017 admin 0

MainData Nigeria (MDXi) and the Internet Exchange Point of Nigeria (IXPN) have announced a partnership aimed at expanding the peering of Internet Transit traffic within Nigeria. The partnership seeks to take advantage of the numerous […]

News

Janghoon Chung appointed LG’s East and Central Africa MD as Tae-ick Son moves to West Africa

February 2, 2017 admin 0

LG has announced the appointment of Janghoon Chung, as its new MD in charge of East and Central Africa business. Mr. Chung, who brings with him over 20 years’ experience in leadership and knowledge of […]

CSR

3 female students win MasterCard’s Ideas Matter Doctoral Fellowships

December 15, 2016 admin 0

The West African Research Association (WARA) and The MasterCard Foundation have announced the recipients of the Ideas Matter Fellowship Program, a new fellowship which supports the research of young academics in the region focusing on […]

News

Huawei sets up Orange’s new network operation facility in Côte d’Ivoire and Senegal

November 26, 2016 admin 0

Huawei and Orange Group have inaugurated a Global Network Operation Center (GNOC) with sites in Dakar, Senegal and Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, as part of a five-year managed services project begun in 2015. The GNOC covers […]

Analysis & Features

This Halloween, Startimes Kenya brings you ‘Dark Water’

October 30, 2016 admin 0

The month of October maybe drawing to a close but this should not mean that the exceptional entertainment you’ve come to expect from Startimes Kenya is coming to an end, if not, you still have […]

News

Undersea cable operator MainOne selects Minkels as data centre supplier

October 26, 2016 admin 0

Minkels, an affiliate of Legrand, has been selected as data center supplier for West African connectivity and data center solutions company, MainOne. MainOne’s undersea fibre optic cable connects West Africa to Europe and also operates […]

News

DStv adds TRACE Mziki and TRACE Naija for East and West Africa subscribers

September 15, 2016 admin 0

DStv has launched two new music channels – TRACE Naija and TRACE Mziki – for its East and West Africa subscribers, from beginning of September this year. The channels are available on the Premium, Compact + […]

News

MainOne’s Data Center attains West Africa’s first SAP HANA certification

August 12, 2016 admin 0

MainOne, the premier connectivity and data center Solutions Company, today announced that its Data Center subsidiary, MDXi is now an SAP-certified provider of Infrastructure Services for SAP solutions. This new certification confirms the ability of […]

News

After West Africa, Stanford Seed programme to launch in East Africa

May 10, 2016 admin 0

Building on the success of its program in West Africa, Stanford Seed, the Stanford Institute for Innovation in Developing Economies, has announced the launch of the Seed Transformation Program in East Africa. In May, the […]

News

MainOne adopts global trends to ensure best performance in West Africa

April 26, 2016 admin 0

MainOne, premier connectivity and data center solutions company recently reinforced its commitment to enhancing its submarine cable assets at SubOptic 2016, the convergence place for leading optical technology vendors to exchange ideas and review latest […]

Events Noticeboard

Oracle Cloud Day to run simultaneously across 4 time zones in Africa

April 7, 2016 admin 0

Oracle is gearing up to host its Oracle Cloud Day event next week, to showcase the firm’s fully integrated stack of cloud applications, platform services, and engineered systems. Set to be held on April 14, […]

News

After West Africa, Clavister opens North Africa office to drive regional growth

March 16, 2016 admin 0

Clavister, a leader in high performance network security, has previously announced that it is expanding its operations into West Africa, and is now opening a North African office to give direct sales and technical support […]

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