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Cisco Names Ogunlade GM, Announces Other Appointments

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Cisco on Monday announced Africa leadership appointments to underpin its Commitment to the Continent with Dare Ogunlade named as general manager for Nigeria, Ghana, Liberia and Sierra Leone, effective June 2013. 

Lagos based Dare Ogunlade will report directly to Carlos Marques, general manager, Sub-Saharan Africa.

Dare joined Cisco Nigeria in October 2006 as an account manager for service provider, before becoming MTN Strategic Account leader for Nigeria and Ghana in 2011.

He is vastly experienced in structuring complex deals and therefore brings the wealth of knowledge and expertise required to accelerate the growth in Nigeria region.  

Career opportunities and employee growth are very important to Dare, as he attributes his own personal career growth at Cisco to the strong mentoring that he has benefited from over the years.

One of his objectives is to ensure that the Nigerian team members have the same opportunity to fulfill their career aspirations.

Dare holds a degree in Electrical Engineering and also an MBA from Lagos Business School. He is married and has two children. 

Focused on Growth in Africa Cisco also announced the appointments of David Meads to the role of Cisco’s Vice President (VP) for Africa responsible for the company’s go-to-market strategy across the continent and Sabrina Dar as general manager, Sales for Cisco East Africa (including Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda and Ethiopia). 

Africa, with its population of over one billion, is experiencing a business boom, based on solid fundamentals which include growth outpacing most of the world, a rising young population of workers and consumers, plus global demand for the continent’s commodities.

As Cisco’s VP for Africa, Meads will be looking at how technology can drive country transformational opportunities within this environment, in particular broadband penetration, and help accelerate governments’ agendas.   

Newly appointed general manager, for Cisco in East Africa, Sabrina Dar will also report directly to Carlos Marques. With more than 10 years’ experience in finance, strategy, marketing and sales with Cisco, Sabrina has worked on Cisco’s Emerging Theatre Partner Organization, and was also, as the marketing lead for Cisco’s London 2012 Olympics sponsorship, where she worked as part of the team, which enabled Cisco to deliver the highest rated customer experience for a Cisco-led event.         

In his comment, Dare, said:  “Cisco is committed to supporting West Africa, as a significant contributor to its overall business success and I am delighted to have been appointed to lead this region and take our focus to the next level. These are exciting times for ICT growth in West Africa as our governments are placing a major focus on country transformation and driving societal change and Cisco is partnering with both government and businesses to support this new wave of societal evolution. I look forward to being part of it.” 

David Meads, vice president for Africa, Cisco expressed: “My key objective is to drive Cisco’s strategy to support African country innovation, prosperity, sustainability, and social inclusion through the building of life-changing networks. Ultimately, Cisco wants to enable customers, nations and organizations in Africa to be more competitive through the adoption and use of technology.

“Africa is a challenge with its varied markets, cultures and regulatory frameworks, but Cisco strongly believes that the most significant opportunity is to catch up and overtake other countries and leverage broadband as a platform for socio and economic transformation using the network to improve lives, empower citizens and make businesses more competitive. I am confident that with our new leadership in East and West Africa we will be able to define our focus and make a significant difference.”

     


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Huawei Unveils AI Computing System to Challenge Nvidia’s Flagship Product

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China’s Huawei Technologies unveiled an AI computing system on Saturday that an industry expert said rivals Nvidia’s most advanced product, as the company aims to expand its footprint in the country’s booming AI sector.

Huawei Unveils AI Computing System to Challenge Nvidia’s Flagship Product

The CloudMatrix 384 system made its public debut at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC), a three-day event in Shanghai, attracting a large crowd to Huawei’s booth with its showcase of cutting-edge AI innovations.

The system has attracted significant interest from the global AI community since Huawei (HWT.UL) first introduced it in April. Industry analysts see it as a direct challenger to Nvidia’s GB200 NVL72, the most advanced system-level offering currently available from the U.S. chipmaker.

In an April article, Dylan Patel, founder of semiconductor research firm SemiAnalysis, stated that Huawei now possesses AI system capabilities that could surpass those of Nvidia.

Huawei staff at its WAIC booth declined to comment when asked to introduce the CloudMatrix 384 system.

A spokesperson for Huawei did not respond to questions.

Huawei has become widely regarded as China’s most promising domestic supplier of chips essential for AI development, even though the company faces U.S. export restrictions.

Nvidia CEO, Jensen Huang told Bloomberg in May that Huawei had been “moving quite fast” and named the CloudMatrix as an example.

The CloudMatrix 384 system features 384 of Huawei’s latest 910C chips and, according to SemiAnalysis, surpasses Nvidia’s GB200 NVL72 in certain performance metrics, despite the latter using 72 B200 chips.

SemiAnalysis attributes this performance advantage to Huawei’s strong system design, which offsets the lower power of individual chips by leveraging a greater number of them and incorporating system-level innovations.

Huawei describes the system as utilizing a “supernode” architecture that enables ultra-high-speed interconnectivity between chips.

In June, Zhang Pingan, CEO, Huawei Cloud confirmed that the CloudMatrix 384 was already operational on Huawei’s cloud platform.


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Transcorp Hotels Delivers Stellar H1 Results, Declares Over ₦1Bn Dividend

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Transcorp Hotels Plc has delivered a stellar performance in the first half of 2025, recording a 60% year-on-year surge in revenue to ₦47.57 billion, up from ₦29.72 billion in H1 2024. Gross profit climbed 71% to ₦36.21 billion, maintaining a strong 76% margin despite inflation and operational headwinds.

The hospitality giant, a subsidiary of Transnational Corporation Plc, also announced an interim dividend payout of ₦1.024 billion — offering ₦0.10 per 50 kobo ordinary share to shareholders.

In a bold move, the company unveiled Nigeria’s largest corporate venue — the 5,000-seat Transcorp Centre — staking its claim as the new leader in event hospitality. Chairman Emmanuel Nnorom described the results as proof of Transcorp Hotels’ transformative strategies and unwavering investor commitment. MD/CEO Uzo Oshogwe attributed the success to relentless execution and a resilient business model.

Transcorp Hotels, renowned for iconic assets like Transcorp Hilton Abuja and its digital platform Aura, says it isn’t just leading Nigeria’s hospitality sector — it’s redefining excellence across Africa.


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Microsoft Servers Hacked by Chinese Groups

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Chinese “threat actors” have hacked Microsoft’s SharePoint document software servers and targeted the data of the businesses using it, the firm has said.

Microsoft Servers Hacked by Chinese Groups

 

China state-backed Linen Typhoon and Violet Typhoon as well as China-based Storm-2603 were said to have “exploited vulnerabilities” in on-premises SharePoint servers, the kind used by firms, but not in its cloud-based service.

The US tech giant has released security updates in response and has advised all on-premises SharePoint server customers to install them.

“Investigations into other actors also using these exploits are still ongoing,” Microsoft said in a statement.

The firm said it had “high confidence” the hackers would continue to target systems which have not installed its security updates.

It added that it would update its website blog with more information as its investigation continues.

Microsoft said it had observed attacks in which hackers had sent a request to a SharePoint server “enabling the theft of the key material by threat actors”.

Charles Carmakal, chief technology officer at Mandiant Consulting firm, a division of Google Cloud, told reporter, it was “aware of several victims in several different sectors across a number of global geographies”.

Carmakal said it appeared that governments and businesses that use SharePoint on their sites were the primary target.

A number of adversaries who stole material encoded by cryptography were then able to regain ongoing access to the victims’ SharePoint data, he said.

“This was exploited in a very broad way, very opportunistically before a patch was made available. That’s why this is significant,” Carmakal said.

Carmakal said the “China-nexus actor” was deploying techniques similar to previous campaigns associated with Beijing.

Microsoft said Linen Typhoon had “focused on stealing intellectual property, primarily targeting organizations related to government, defence, strategic planning, and human rights” for 13 years.

It added that Violet Typhoon had been “dedicated to espionage”, primarily targeting former government and military staff, non-governmental organizations, think tanks, higher education, the media, the financial sector and the health sector in the US, Europe, and East Asia.

Meanwhile, Storm-2603 was “assessed with medium confidence to be a China-based threat actor”.

 

 

 


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