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- 15 Jun 2022
Africa Data Centres Expands South African Footprint with New 20MW Facility in Cape Town
Africa Data Centres, part of the Cassava Technologies Group, a pan-African technology group, is pleased to announce building a second data centre in Cape Town, South Africa. The new 20MW facility…
- 5 Mar 2015
Thomson Reuters Inaugurates 4th Trading Africa Summit in Cape Town
Thomson Reuters, the world’s leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals, has inaugurated the 4th Trading Africa Summit in Cape Town, South Africa. The summit,…
- 6 Apr 2019
Mastercard Foundation Invites Publiseer Young Africa Works Summit in Cape Town
Chidi Nwaogu and Chika Nwaogu, founders of Nigeria’s digital content distribution platform Publiseer, have been invited by Mastercard Foundation to participate in its Young Africa Works Summit,…
- 12 Apr 2018
Africa to US Subsea Cable Coming Soon
The first direct subsea fibre-optic cable system that will connect SA to Brazil, and eventually to the US, is set for commercial launch in 2020, according to Seaborn Networks COO Andy Bax. The…
- 30 May 2013
YooFlyForFree Airlines Offers Flights without Tickets
TopBookings travel club has partnered with YooFlyForFree airlines to introduce the new and revolutionary concept of a membership airline where no one can purchase a ticket. The members of…
- 27 Mar 2022
Amazon will Discover e-Commerce in Africa not a Tea Party
By Tarila Ben-White Feelers indicate that Amazon may now be ready to explore what the continent has to offer on the e-commerce front but the nous and experience of indigenous giants such as Konga…
- 23 Nov 2021
Zoho Announces New Office, Expansion Plans for Africa
Zoho, the global technology company offering the most extensive suite of business software in the industry, today announced the opening of its South African office in Cape Town. The office is the…
- 17 Nov 2013
SAP Africa Launches Urban Matters Initiative
SAP Africa has kicked-off its SAP® Urban Matters initiative at the Africa Urban Matters, Cities of the Future event being hosted in Cape Town. The event focuses on how innovative technology can be…
- 10 Nov 2016
Light Reading, KNect365 Launch Connecting Africa Community
Light Reading, in partnership with KNect365, has launched a new online community, Connecting Africa, which will track, analyze and report on all the major developments in Africa's communications…
- 7 Mar 2019
Microsoft Opens First Datacentres in Africa with General Availability of Azure
Microsoft on Wednesday announced the opening of its first datacentres in Africa, with the general availability of Azure from the new cloud regions in Cape Town and Johannesburg, South Africa. This…
- 7 Mar 2019
Microsoft Unveils First Datacentres in Africa
Microsoft announced the opening of its first datacentres in Africa, with the general availability of Azure from the new cloud regions in Cape Town and Johannesburg, South Africa. This makes Microsoft…
- 6 Oct 2008
Mweb Launches New Online Campaign
Mweb Business has broken new grounds with an online advertising promotion using video banners in the style of the well-known TV series, "The Office". The idea of Ogilvy Cape Town, the…
- 11 Jul 2014
Philips Introduces Ultra-Mobile Ultrasound System in Nigeria
Royal Philips has unveiled its new ultra-mobile ultrasound system (VISIQ) to the Nigerian market during the Lagos leg of its annual pan-African Cairo to Cape Town Roadshow. Currently in its fifth…
- 21 Apr 2021
Amazon to Open African Headquarters in South Africa
Amazon, a US e-commerce retail giant, has chosen South Africa as the headquarters for its African market. This development comes a week after Twitter, US-based microblogging and social networking…
- 12 May 2013
Nigerian Airports Missing in Skytrax World Airports Ranking: FAAN Reacts
The mixed reaction elicited by the non-listing of Nigerian airport among the top ten airports in Africa in the 2013 Skytrax World Best Airports ranking is understandable, according to Federal Airport…
- 14 Feb 2014
British Airways Showcases Serious Customer Investment with Flight of Fancy
British Airways recently brought together the best of Britain and South Africa at 30,000 feet over Johannesburg to showcase how its £5 billion investment is benefitting customers. Some 200 guests…
- 9 Nov 2015
AfricaCom 2015: Ericsson Enables Networked Society Change Makers
At AfricaCom, Ericsson will be demonstrating its commitment to enabling innovators in the Networked Society, as well as the impact its latest technologies and services can have in unlocking new…
- 23 Aug 2017
BICSI Sign MOU with FTTH Council Africa
BICSI, the association advancing the information and communications technology (ICT) community, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with FTTH Council Africa. The purpose of this MOU is to…
- 2 Jul 2012
600m Africans Lack Electricity-Heutinck
Eric Heutinck, general manager, MAGHREB and West Africa, Royal Philips Electronics is a consummate salesman. Royal Philips Electronics of the Netherlands is a diversified health and well-being…
- 1 Jul 2015
Philips Renovates, Deploys Mobile Ultrasound at OriIyanrin Healthcare Centre
On the occasion of Philips’ sixth consecutive Cape Town to Cairo roadshow, Philips in collaboration with OriIyanrin Primary Healthcare (PH) Center popular known as the “Healthcare Centre”) unveiled…
- 13 Nov 2015
How Retailers Can Protect Themselves from Data Breaches- MasterCard
At the 2015 Retail Congress Africa held in Cape Town recently, MasterCard addressed various issues impacting retailers across Africa. A key topic discussed was the protection of data and what…
- 27 Feb 2017
Samsung Ushers in Latest Tech Trends at Annual Africa Forum
Samsung has showcased the latest range of products at the 8th Annual Samsung Africa Forum happening at the Cape Town International Convention Centre. With the expected continuous growth of this…
- 10 Dec 2021
Globacom Honoured with Loeries Craft Certificate, 10 LAIF awards
Telecommunications operator, Globacom, has received the coveted Loeries Craft Certificate, a Giant Film for cinematography in Cape Town, South Africa. The award was won by Glo’s Commercial, ‘Street…
- 14 Aug 2015
Ericsson AHUB to Connect African Innovators & Business Community
Ericsson on Thursday announced that it will be hosting an innovation station named “Ericsson AHUB” in partnership with Informa at AfricaCom 2015, Cape Town, 17- 19 November. The innovation station…
- 15 Nov 2016
Connectivity, Digital Services & Apps Form Huawei’s Key Focus in Africa
The AfricaCom got underway in Cape Town, on Tuesday, offering a platform for the architects of Africa’s digital future to showcase technologies for Africa’s development. Similar, Huawei, diamond…
- 11 Nov 2022
AfCFTA will Forge Collaborations Among e-commerce Firms on the Africa, Accelerate Growth - Alerzo CEO
At the just concluded Africa Fintech Summit held in Cape Town, South Africa, Adewale Opaleye, the founder and group chief executive officer of Alerzo posited that the African Continental Free Trade…
- 24 Oct 2025
Africa Tech Festival 2025 to Spotlight Cybersecurity and Cloud Resilience in Africa’s Digital Growth
Africa Tech Festival (ATF), the continent’s leading platform for digital innovation, will kick off next month in Cape Town with a strong focus on cybersecurity and cloud resilience - two critical…
- 15 Nov 2018
Huawei Places Nigeria on Short-term Radar for its Data Centre Offering
Multinational ICT firm Huawei has officially launched its AI-integrated public Cloud offering for Africa at AfricaCom 2018 in Cape Town, South Africa and confirmed the data centre will be located in…
- 24 Mar 2022
Google's Undersea Cable Equiano Berths in Togo
Google’s undersea cable Equiano has arrived in Togo, and will run from Lisbon in Portugal to Cape Town in South Africa along the African coastline of the Atlantic Ocean. Google expects internet…
- 22 Jul 2022
Treepz Wins GSA Award For Best Industrial Tech Company In Africa
Treepz Inc records another major 2022 win for its company. In the just concluded Global Startup Awards which took place in Cape Town, South Africa, Treepz bagged the award for Best Industrial Tech…