Vodacom Business Africa partners with Crayon Africa to accelerate cloud adoption

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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Pandemic accelerates transformation of investment landscape

The almost year-long COVID-19 pandemic is transforming the investment landscape, with multiple long-term trends picking up speed. And the world is set to become more digitalized, automated and sustainability-sensitive as life style and economy undergo profound changes, according to experts and investment advisors. DIGITALIZATION DEEPENS The faster growth of e-commerce, online entertainment and long-distance work have made people rely more…

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Buying and selling a business is also business – Strive Masiyiwa.

Whenever you see a successful business, someone once made a courageous decision”. (Peter Drucker) I will never forget the first time I sold my business. It was my first company which I started way back in 1986, and it was called Retrofit. It was the largest electrical engineering construction business. It had been doing really well until I got into…

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MTN grows Mobile Money users to 42 million – drives digital inclusion across its markets

Driven to secure financial inclusion across its markets, MTN Group continues to grow the number of MTN Mobile Money (MoMo) users on its network, a trend that has accelerated during the COVID-19 pandemic. By the end of September 2020, nearly 42 million people were regularly transacting on MTN MoMo across 16 markets. This compares to 38 million active users at the…

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Facebook launches “My Digital World” to meet Digital Literacy Needs across Sub-Saharan Africa

My Digital World is a consolidation of all Facebook digital literacy programs including Safe Online with Facebook, Ilizwe Lam, and eZibo and will be offered virtually this year. Facebook announced the launch of “My Digital World” a programme designed to equip the youth and general public across Sub-Saharan Africa with digital skills needed to navigate the digital world. My Digital World is…

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Safaricom Foundation and Scope International Partner To Set Up Sanitation Booths

Thousands of people in the counties of Homabay, Siaya, Migori, Kisii, Bungoma and Busia are expected to benefit from sanitation booths set up by Safaricom Foundation in partnership with Scope International to help curb the spread of COVID-19. The sanitation booths have been installed at Kenya’s border to Tanzania at Isebania in Migori County and at the Ugandan border in…

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Reflection: #AgripreneurIt, _A time to plant and a time to plan [ Strive Masiyiwa ]

There’s an old story some of you have probably heard called “The Wolf You Feed”. It goes something like this (I have adapted it a little). One evening an old Cherokee told his grandson about a battle that goes on inside people. He said, “My son, the battle is between two ‘wolves’ inside us all. One is Evil. It is…

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Petroleum Authority gets new board of directors.

Kampala Uganda, Energy and Mineral Development Minister, Dr Mary Goretti Kitutu inaugurated a new board of directors to the Petroleum Authority of Uganda. The new board which includes members from the old board is expected to steer the Authority for the next your years. This is the second board of directors for the authority.The new Board was appointed by the…

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COVID-19: Ecobank and Google collaborate to support children with e-learning.

The collaboration aims to help children study online and stay on top of their education. Ecobank Group, the pan-African Bank, is leveraging its distribution and partner networks to raise awareness of literacy apps in the Google Play Store to support the education of children who are at home due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As COVID-19 continues to affect everyone’s lives,…

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