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  • [ June 29, 2022 ] Country Queen, the Kenyan produced series, to premiere on Netflix on July 15 Analysis & Features
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Chidi Akubuiro named MD for TradeDepot operations in Anglophone West Africa

May 9, 2022 admin 0

TradeDepot, the B2B eCommerce and embedded finance platform in Africa, has appointed former Coca Cola and Hayat Kimya Nigeria Executive, Chidi Akubuiro, as its Managing Director for English-speaking West Africa. Effective from May 1, 2022, [c]

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Africa Data Centres opens new 10MW facility in Lagos, Nigeria

November 30, 2021 admin 0

Africa Data Centres, the largest network of interconnected, carrier- and cloud-neutral data centre facilities on the continent, has announced the opening of its new 10MW data centre facility in Lagos, Nigeria. The new facility, the [c]

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Nikki Popoola, WIOCC’s Sales Director for West Africa, named among women to watch in global wholesale carrier community

June 30, 2021 admin 0

Nikki Popoola, Sales Director, West Africa at WIOCC, has been identified as one of the 20 Women to Watch within the global wholesale carrier community in the latest issue of the industry’s magazine, Capacity. In the “20 [c]

Analysis & Features

Building greater sustainability, climate resilience in West Africa

March 2, 2021 admin 0

By Titilayo Adewumi Across Africa, urban centres are rapidly expanding as the continent’s large – and growing – youth population seek better fortunes in the city. In 2020, Kinshasha was the world’s 17th-largest city by [c]

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Orange announces commissioning and launch of Djoliba, a pan-African cable project

November 11, 2020 admin 0

Orange and its subsidiaries announced the commissioning and commercial launch of Djoliba, the first pan-African backbone, at the AfricaTech Festival international trade fair. The infrastructure is based on a terrestrial fibre optic network, coupled with [c]

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8 start-ups from Francophone West Africa selected for Afrikhaliss program

October 6, 2020 admin 0

Suguba in partnership with Mercy Corps and the French Development Agency (AFD) is organizing its second investment readiness program in French-speaking West Africa to support the most promising start-ups in the digital sector. The 8 [c]

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First Distribution extends Kaspersky distribution deal to West Africa

August 12, 2020 admin 0

First Distribution, a pan-African distributor of cyber security, data centre, enterprise and Cloud solutions, has expanded its distribution agreement with Kaspersky, now offering the security software portfolio in West Africa. First Distribution currently distributes Kaspersky [c]

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In 10 years, MainOne has invested $400 million to bridge digital divide in West Africa

June 30, 2020 admin 0

MainOne, West Africa’s provider of wholesale and enterprise connectivity and data center services, marks 10 years of operations this year. Ten years ago, the company launched its operations with the commissioning of the first private [c]

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Afrikhaliss programme to fund 8 digital startups from Francophone West Africa

June 17, 2020 admin 0

Suguba has partnered with Mercy Corps and the French Development Agency (AFD) to organize the second 6-month investment readiness program in West Africa to support the 8 most promising startups in the digital sector in [c]

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StarTimes, UNESCO sign MoU to promote youth education, creative industries in West Africa

January 16, 2020 admin 0

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Multisectoral Regional Office for West Africa (UNESCO) and StarTimes recently established a partnership by signing a memorandum of understanding (MoU). The parties agreed to carry out projects for [c]

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SAP hosts executive roundtable in Lagos to showcase intelligent enterprise benefits

September 20, 2019 admin 0

Technology and thought leaders from top Nigerian companies gathered last week at the SAP Executive Roundtable to discuss opportunities for Nigeria to excel in the digital economy. The event featured a line-up of expert speakers [c]

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Tri-Continental to distribute Printronix’s printing products in Central, East and West Africa

July 14, 2019 admin 0

Printronix has recently signed a distribution agreement with Tri-Continental. Under the deal, Tri-Continental, a major IT distributor in the African market, will distribute Printronix and TallyGenicom line matrix printers as well as its desktop serial [c]

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West Africa’s Vista Bank contracts Temenos to replace, modernise its IT systems

March 11, 2019 admin 0

Vista Group, a West Africa-based bank specifically designed to meet the needs of retail and commercial customers, has picked Temenos to power its digital transformation journey. Vista Bank is transforming its IT systems using Temenos [c]

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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 [c]

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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$ [c]

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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 [c]

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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 [c]

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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 [c]

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 [c]

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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 [c]

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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 [c]

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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. [c]

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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 [c]

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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 [c]

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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 [c]

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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 [c]

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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 [c]

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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 [c]

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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 [c]

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 [c]

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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 [c]

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Country Queen, the Kenyan produced series, to premiere on Netflix on July 15

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AFEX expands to Kenya with $1 million farm input loan program for 5,000 farmers

Wimbart expands PR and Communications mentorship programme to cover additional areas

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