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- 26 Mar 2019
FXTM Extends Footprint to Mauritius
FXTM has announced the addition of another licence to its growing portfolio of regulated entities with the Financial Services Commission (FSC) of the Republic of Mauritius as part of its monumental…
- 18 Jun 2012
Orange Money Hits 4m Customers Mark, Launches in Jordan & Mauritius
Orange Money has reached the threshold of 4 million customers in Africa and the Middle East and celebrates its commercial launch in Jordan and Mauritius. These two additional countries mean that the…
- 13 Jun 2019
TD Shines in Far-Away Mauritius, Emerges Philips Partner of the Year Award
Technology Distributions Ltd (TD), Sub-Saharan Africa’s distribution giant was the cynosure of all eyes at the just concluded Philips Partners Conference held in Mauritius where the company claimed…
- 17 Aug 2016
Nigeria Ranks 114, Mauritius, Kenya Top Africa in Innovation Index 2016
Nigeria languish 114th out of 128 (Yemen as the last), gathering 23.15 out of 100 on income range which is rated as low-middle income, while China’s top-25 entry marks the first time a middle-income…
- 13 Aug 2019
IXPN Prepares for 10th Africa Peering & Interconnection Forum
Internet Exchange Point of Nigeria (IXPN) has expressed its readiness for the 10th anniversary edition of the Africa Peering and Interconnection Forum (AfPIF) to be hosted in Mauritius from 20-22…
- 5 Apr 2024
EnterpriseNGR Expands Financial Centres to Three African Countries
EnterpriseNGR has signed a Memorandum of Understanding to set up the Africa Roundtable of Financial Centres – a chapter of the World Alliance of International Financial Centres, in Mauritius, Morocco…
- 16 Nov 2023
2 Skilled Chefs Grace Glo-sponsored African Voices Playmakers
Two renowned chefs from the Republic of Benin and Mauritius are showcasing their culinary skills this week on CNN International's half-hour magazine program, African Voices Playmakers, sponsored by…
- 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.…
- 30 Sept 2017
Court Orders MTN to Pay Ex-Nigerian Staff N4.8Bn
National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN), Akure Division, has ordered MTN Nigeria Communications Limited and MTN International, Mauritius, to pay its former Network Group Operations Manager, Mr…
- 18 Sept 2018
AfDB, MCB Group Launch African Domestic Bond Fund
The African Development Bank and Mauritius Commercial Bank Group (MCB) have launched the African Domestic Bond Fund (ADBF). It is the first multijurisdictional fixed income Exchange Traded Fund (ETF)…
- 7 May 2013
GBOT, First Exchange in Africa, to Successfully CFDs
Global Board of Trade, the first international multi-asset bourse from Mauritius has successfully launched Contracts for Difference (CFDs). The launch of CFDs on GBOT makes it the 1st exchange in…
- 21 Jun 2019
Glo-sponsored CNN African Voices Celebrates 3 Car Enthusiasts
The Glo-sponsored CNN African Voices will this week celebrate three outstanding car buffs from Africa - Stacey Lee May from South Africa, Amirah Alladeen of Mauritius, and Ghana’s Fred Apaloo. The…
- 19 Jul 2019
Glo-sponsored African Voices Celebrates Three Disc Jockeys
The Glo-sponsored CNN African Voices will this weekend celebrate a new generation of the continent’s disc jockeys, including Amine K from Morocco, DJ Avneesh from Mauritius and Senegal’s DJ Dollar.…
- 21 Sept 2009
Microsoft Fetes Innovative Teachers
It is no longer the old saying that teachers rewards would be in heaven. All this is changing as Microsoft recently gathered teachers from across sub-Saharan Africa in Mauritius recently for the 2009…
- 17 Aug 2018
Westcon Now Sole Distributor for Extreme Networks in Nigeria, Others
Westcon Sub-Saharan Africa, the value-added technology distributor, is pleased to announce it has secured the sole rights to distribute Extreme Networks in Kenya, Mauritius, Nigeria, Ethiopia,…
- 15 Apr 2021
Accelerex Gets Investment Grade Credit Ratings from GCR
Global Accelerex, the Nigerian subsidiary of Accelerex Holdings Mauritius (Accelerex) has been assigned A-Credit rating by Agusto & Co and A2NG (short term, stable outlook) credit rating by…
- 8 Mar 2021
Data Growth, Improved Connectivity & DRaaS Driving Cloud Adoption in Africa
Five African countries are experiencing growth in cloud service roll out and adoption. They are Nigeria, South Africa, Kenya, Mauritius and Namibia, says Trent Odgers, Cloud Hosting Manager at Veeam.…
- 26 Jun 2018
Nigeria, Others to Get Three Top-notch Cyber security Facilities
NEC XON is creating three new cyber defence operations centres (CDOC), one in Nigeria, another in Senegal, and the third in Mauritius, in addition to the existing facilities in South Africa. The new…
- 15 Apr 2016
.africa domain Frozen by US Court Injunction
A US district court has granted Mauritius-based DotConnectAfrica Trust (DCA) a preliminary injunction to hold up the .africa geographic top-level domain (gTLD) again. After a…
- 12 Apr 2021
Accelerex Gets Investment Grade Credit Ratings from Agusto & Co, GCR
Global Accelerex, the Nigerian subsidiary of Accelerex Holdings Mauritius (Accelerex) has been assigned A- (stable outlook) credit rating by Agusto & Co and A2NG (short term, stable outlook)…
- 18 Nov 2020
Accelerex Holdings Secures $20m Investment from ACA
Accelerex Holdings, Mauritius (“Accelerex”), has signed an investment agreement with regional private equity firm, Africa Capital Alliance (“ACA”), for the Capital Alliance Private Equity IV (CAPE…
- 29 Sept 2016
MTN Dismisses Allegations of Improper Repatriation of Funds
MTN Nigeria has refuted as “completely unfounded” being allegations by the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria that the Company has illegally repatriated $13.92 billion out of Nigeria over a…
- 28 Sept 2016
Melaye Fingers Minister, Banks in Illegal Transfer of $14Bn from MTN
Dino Melaye, member of the Senate representing Kogi-West Senatorial District, yesterday, alleged that MTN Nigeria had repatriated $13.9 billion from Nigeria to other countries between 2006 and now…
- 7 Feb 2019
Nigeria to Participate @ 10th Africa Peering & Interconnection Forum
Nigeria has confirmed her attendance to this year’s Africa Peering and Interconnection Forum (AfPIF), an annual event that serves as a platform to develop the African Internet. Confirming the…
- 11 Sept 2013
Nigeria Inch into ‘Africa Country of Future’ Top 10
Despite a well articulated policy designed by former President Olusegun Obasanjo, to see Nigeria among the 20 leading global economies in 2020, the country continues to titer in development strides.…
- 19 Jun 2018
Nigeria Missing as Ghana, Others Lead African Telecoms
BuddeComm recently launched an exclusive Telecoms Maturity Index (TMI), that analyses the broadband, mobile and fixed Line markets of a country as well as a range of economic parameters to rank it on…
- 16 Mar 2020
TJI Says Nigeria Squanders $2.6Bn on Corporate Tax Incentives
Tax Justice Network (TJN), a nongovernmental organization has said that Nigeria squandered some $2.6 billion on corporate tax incentives in one year, making the country to suffer a downgrade to 34th…
- 10 Feb 2014
AfrAsia Bank Pioneers ‘XtraMiles’ for its MasterCard Cardholders
AfrAsia Bank has introduced Africa’s first rewards program offering real time booking on over 450 airlines and at 200,000 hotels to its World and Titanium MasterCard cardholders. In collaboration…
- 25 Oct 2023
Govt, Regulatory Support ‘Critical’ for Improving Africa’s 4G Performance
Global connectivity intelligence firm Ookla says government support and policy action are crucial in facilitating the roll out of 4G networks across Africa. According to Ookla, operators require…
- 24 Aug 2017
Afreximbank Targets $1Bn to Boost African Trade
Dr. Benedict Oramah, President, Afreximbank, yesterday in Lagos met with leading Nigerian investors to push for strong participation in the bank’s $300 million equity offering. He told investors that…