30 results
- 13 Oct 2021
Access Bank Completes Acquisition of Majority Stake in BancABC Botswana
Access Bank Plc has completed the acquisition of a majority stake of 78.15 percent in African Banking Corporation of Botswana Limited , BancABC Botswana. The bank announced this in a statement signed…
- 9 Oct 2014
Ericsson, Orange Botswana Partner for Improved QoS
Orange Botswana (Pty) Limited has entered into a multi-year managed services agreement with Ericsson. Through this agreement, Ericsson will manage network operations for Orange Botswana. This is an…
- 28 Jun 2021
Letshego Launches Fintech Offering LetsGO App in Nigeria, Botswana
Pan-African financial services group Letshego has announced the launch of its Android and iOS supported LetsGO App in Nigeria and Botswana. According to Letshego, the LetsGO App targets government…
- 11 Jan 2021
Uganda, Ghana and Botswana have Highest Percentage of Women Businesses owners in the world
The 2020 Mastercard Index of Women Entrepreneurs (MIWE) has once again ranked Uganda (39.6%), Botswana (38.5%) and Ghana (36.5%) as the world’s three leading economies having the most women business…
- 11 Sept 2020
Continental Reinsurance Acquires Botswana Subsidiary
Continental Reinsurance Plc on Thursday said a change in the ownership structure of Continental Reinsurance Ltd Botswana has been completed. After its recent acquisition of a minority 40 per cent…
- 19 Apr 2021
Access Bank acquires BancABC of Botswana with Cash
Access Bank has agreed to buy a majority stake in BancABC, the African Banking Corporation of Botswana for cash. The new acquisition comes a month after the Nigerian bank acquired a South African…
- 28 Jun 2019
Standard Chartered Extends its Digital Strategy Across Africa
Standard Chartered has announced yet another multi-market launch of its digital bank in Botswana, Zambia and Zimbabwe as part of its digital transformation strategy in Africa. The next wave of…
- 11 Dec 2019
Africa Found Wanting on Cyber Crime Preparedness
That's one of the biggest takeaways from the 2019 KnowBe4 African Cyber Security Report which surveyed over 800 respondents across SA, Kenya, Nigeria, Ghana, Egypt, Morocco, Mauritius and Botswana.…
- 4 Nov 2021
Google Opens Applications for Startups Accelerator Africa programme
Applications for Google’s three-month virtual accelerator programme are now open to startups located in Algeria, Botswana, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Morocco, Nigeria,…
- 17 Jun 2013
WorldVentures Launches Trust Council
WorldVentures™, the leading direct seller of vacation club memberships, with presence in South Africa, Kenya and Botswana, launches the Trust Council to measure, audit, counsel and advocate company…
- 25 Feb 2019
Orange launches Phone which Democratises Access to Internet in Africa
Orange partners with KaiOS Technologies and UNISOC to launch a phone with voice recognition at $US 20 in 16 countries in Africa and the Middle-East : Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central Africa…
- 16 Jul 2020
Nigeria, Others to Reach UN Affordable Broadband Target
Nigeria, Botswana and Seychelles are likely to reach the United Nations Broadband Commission’s target of affordable broadband services of less than 2% of Gross National Income (GNI) per capita by…
- 18 Jun 2021
Aviation, Space Engineering take Centre Stage on Glo-sponsored African Voices
Aviation and Space Engineering is the focus of this week’s edition of CNN African Voices Changemakers sponsored by national telecommunications company, Globacom. The guests on the programme are a…
- 19 Sept 2014
BBA Reveals 3 More Hotshots
The second three of this year’s Big Brother Africa reality show housemates have been revealed. This year’s show rescheduled to October has had many news surrounding it. BBA on Friday revealed the…
- 11 Jul 2023
HP, Cambridge Turn to Africa for EdTech Innovations to Transform Learning
This September, 25 of Africa’s most influential education technology (EdTech) leaders will head to Cambridge on a new fellowship programme from Cambridge Partnership for Education and HP. The HP…
- 28 Sept 2021
Yellow Card Secures $15m Funding
Pan-African cryptocurrency exchange, Yellow Card, has announced a US$15m Series A that the company says will be used to ramp up hiring and continue its expansion across the continent. The round was…
- 16 May 2021
Nigerian Security Agencies Use Israeli, US Technology for Forensic Surveillance of Journalists’ Phones
Technology developed by United States and Israeli firms were acquired by Nigerian security agencies for forensic surveillance of mobile phones of journalists, according to a report by the Committee…
- 7 Sept 2022
African Start-ups Selected for BFF to Share of US$4m
Google has announced that sixty eligible black-founded start-ups across Africa have been selected for the second cohort of Google for Startups Black Founders Fund (BFF) for Africa. The company said…
- 2 Sept 2020
Cloud Central to Business Continuity in Africa - Report
The COVID-19 pandemic has pushed cloud computing to the front of decision-makers minds, according to the new Cloud in Africa 2020 Report, with business disaster recovery and remote working identified…
- 26 Jul 2010
Big Brother All Stars Housemates Unveiled
Mnet has finally broken the ice on who the Big brother All Stars housemates are, after much speculations and heightened tension. BBA 5, a Big Brother Africa All Stars version is a combination of…
- 21 Jun 2019
Synergy Communications Acquires Vodacom Business Nigeria, Others
Vodacom Group has announced the sale of its business unit operations in Nigeria, Zambia and Cote d’Ivoire to Andile Ngcaba’s Synergy Communications. The transaction is now subject to approval from…
- 27 Sept 2019
Glo-sponsored African Voices Features Mwila Musonda this Week
Another omnibus edition of the Globacom-sponsored African Voices started airing from this Friday on the Cable News Network (CNN). The omnibus edition incorporates the guests showcased in separate…
- 17 Jul 2018
Go Rentals Targets Nigeria in African Operations Expansion Plan
At its annual partner results event this week, Go Rentals CEO Evan Berger announced its 2018/19 expansion plans into Africa for its Technology Rental services. "Our pilot expansion began in…
- 22 Nov 2018
Visa on Arrival Will Boost Inbound Tourism Revenue - Jumia MD
The managing director of Jumia's hotel and flight marketplace, Omolara Adagunodo has urged the federal government through the Nigerian Immigration Service to extend visa on arrival (VOA) to…
- 5 Dec 2016
DStv Subscribers Plan Boycott over Price, Other Issues
Subscribers to DStv service in Nigeria have asked Multichoice, owners of DStv and GoTV, to reduce its monthly subscription in the country by 15 per cent as leading Pay-tv operator has done in many…
- 26 Oct 2018
Microsoft 4Afrika deepening Data & AI capabilities in Africa to enhance employability and entrepreneurship
Digital transformation is re-imagining industries around the world. Technology is no longer a nice-to-have, but a necessity for staying in business. Research shows that modern technologies like AI…
- 15 Feb 2010
Zambia’s Lukando Wins Face of Africa 2010
On Saturday February 6, in a stylish haute couture showcase 22-year-old Lukando Nalungwe from Zambia joined an exclusive group of winners when she was named the eighth and newest M-Net Face of…
- 28 Nov 2016
Nigeria Missing as Namibia Tops All African Countries Featured in Global Entrepreneurship Index
The Ashish J Thakkar Global Entrepreneurship Index of 85 countries ranks Singapore as the best environment for entrepreneurs. Of the African nations, Namibia scores highest and comes 42nd overall –…
- 8 Mar 2017
Africa Leads in Creating Resilient Women Entrepreneurs – Mastercard Index
Following the release of the Mastercard Index of Women’s Entrepreneurship (MIWE) on Tuesday, it was revealed that 34.8 percent of businesses in Uganda are owned by women, making it one of the top…
- 27 May 2016
Local SMEs Show Tech Trends Will Make or Break Businesses in 2016
There is nothing or little small about small businesses anymore. Cloud and collaboration tools have made it possible for many businesses to compete against large enterprises. In fact, a recent study…