Vodacom Business Africa has partnered with Crayon Africa, a global leader in Software Asset Management (SAM), Cloud and Volume licensing and associated consulting services, to deliver seamless and improved cloud solutions to businesses in Africa as they embark on their cloud adoption journey. According to a study from Vodafone Business, ‘future ready’ businesses (FRBs) can be identified by six unifying…
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Marketing – Strive Masiyiwa.
Find your greatness: This is how we are supposed to do it! Let me first tell you some #BreakingNews! This Saturday afternoon I will have the honor of taking part in a Presidential Youth Entrepreneurship town hall with His Excellency President Paul Kagame in Kigali, Rwanda. I’ll share more here very shortly so you can RSVP to attend if you…
Read MoreKiira motors ready to take orders as CEO Musasizi gets global recognition
Engineer Paul Isaac Musasizi is tipped to appear in the top 50 people chosen from around the world for their unique and excellence in innovative ideas, by Bloomberg, the renowned business media. But Musasizi, the Chief Executive Officer of Kiira Motor Corporation, says this achievement is for Uganda’s motor vehicle industry. While naming him on the special list dubbed “Ones…
Read MoreTechnology is simply a tool to provide solutions – Strive Masiyiwa
“Innovation: Imagine the future and fill in the gaps!” (Brian Halligan) As I have told you before, #Innovation is the heartbeat of our business. Every day I take time to study technologies that could help us offer new and better products for our customers and communities. Liquid Telecom Kenya plays a central role in our research into new technologies. Many…
Read MoreAWIEF Awards Women Entrepreneurs and Business Owners in Africa
Pan-African entrepreneurship and innovation non-profit organization; the Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum (AWIEF) yesterday announced winners of its 6th edition of the AWIEF Awards during its annual conference that was held online from December 2 to 3, 2020. The AWIEF Awards recognized, honored and celebrated Women Entrepreneurs and Business Owners in Africa and across industry sectors, for their economic…
Read MoreGITEX Technology Week 2020 opens doors – only major in-person technology event
Dubai World Trade Centre is preparing to open the landmark 40th edition of GITEX Technology Week, the only major in-person technology event to go live in 2020, hosted from 6th-10th December. Visitor safety is DWTC’s number one priority, and GITEX will be hosted in full compliance with Dubai Government regulations as well as the guidelines of the Dubai Health Authority…
Read MoreZain launches “Zain eSports” brand
Zain announces the launch of its new eSports brand in line with the launch of the largest seasons of regional esports competition, organized by “EA Sports” in the Middle Eastern markets for the game “EA Sports FIFA 21” It is considered a unique competition, first of its kind in the region as it will be organized in an official partnership…
Read MorePOPIA compliance is not just an IT problem
CommVault’s Johan Scheepers on the upcoming “South Africa’s Protection of Personal Information Act” and the misconception of it just being an IT problem. Since its implementation in 2018, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has become a global standard in protecting end users from the unlawful use or dissemination of their personal information. South Africa’s Protection of Personal Information Act…
Read MoreMTN appoints new Group CFO,announces changes to regional structure and Group Executive Committee
MTN announced that it has completed a comprehensive review of the Group strategy with a focus on accelerating growth, deleveraging the holding company debt and unlocking value. The revised strategy will be presented in more detail following the release of MTN’s 2020 full-year results in March 2021. To support the Group’s strategy execution, MTN Group announced the appointment of a…
Read Morestc, Ericsson and MediaTek partnership achieves first Global 5G New Radio non-standalone FDD/TDD carrier aggregation
stc announced another milestone in its 5G commercial network development, demonstrating new radio (NR) time division duplex (TDD) and frequency division duplex (FDD) carrier aggregation (CA) using Ericsson Spectrum Sharing (ESS) in FDD band and on a single MediaTek Dimensity 5G chipset. The company established the 5G Non-standalone (NSA) data call by aggregating 20MHz on FDD spectrum (shared with LTE…
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