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- 23 May 2021
Strive Masiyiwa, Econet Founder Becomes Britain’s First Black Billionaire
Strive Masiyiwa, a London-based Zimbabwean businessman, founder Econet Group, and philanthropist has made history as the first black billionaire. Strive Masiyiwa, Econet Founder Masiyiwa, in the…
- 25 Apr 2016
DIAA2016 to Present Medal of Honour Award to Masiyiwa
The 3rd Digital Impact Awards Africa (DIAA2016) will present “Africa’s Digital Revolution Leadership Medal of Honor” award to Mr. Strive Masiyiwa, executive chairman and founder of the Econet Group.…
- 19 May 2015
Unlocking Potential of Africa’s Socio-Economic Prosperity
Mr. Strive Masiyiwa, Africa against Ebola Solidarity Trust Board member and chairman of Econet, has said that for Africa to achieve its vision of social and economic prosperity, African…
- 26 May 2020
Liquid Telecom Eyes Datacentre Expansion in Nigeria, Ghana
Strive Masiyiwa, Executive Chairman of the Liquid Telecom Group, confirmed that plans are at an advanced stage to enter West Africa and said: “We have secured land to build the largest datacentres in…
- 20 Oct 2015
Corruption, Politicians Killed Econet Wireless- Founder
Strive Masiyiwa, CEO and founder of Econet Wireless, the first GSM operator to go live in Nigeria (in 2001) has opened fresh cans of worms up on how the company was killed by Nigerian factors. Over…
- 1 Oct 2021
Masiyiwa, Tech Billionaire Plans 10 Mega Data Centers in Nigeria, Others
Liquid Intelligent Technologies has opened its fifth mega data center in South Africa, as it doubles down on its continental leadership in the growing data centers sector where it is targeting to…
- 17 Nov 2019
Giwa-Tubosun, Nigerian Wins $250K Jack Ma Grant
Temie Giwa-Tubosun, CEO of LifeBank, has won $250,000 grant from the Jack Ma Foundation, at the foundation’s maiden Africa Netpreneur Prize Initiative (ANPI) ,which held in Accra, Ghana, at the…
- 6 Mar 2019
Dangote, Adenuga Lead Black Billionaires List
Aliko Dangote, business mogul and Mike Adenuga, oil and telecoms mogul are the richest black people in the world, according to by Forbes, the influential American business magazine. Dangote…
- 28 Oct 2020
Liquid Telecom Commences Construction of $100M Datacentre in Lagos
Liquid Telecom’s Africa Data Centres, pan-African network of interconnected, carrier-and cloud-neutral datacentres, has embarked on the construction of what it describes as one of the largest…
- 6 Feb 2012
Rule of Law @ Test in Econet Wireless Dispute
After long drawn years of legal tussles in and out of court corridors, the recent judgment by the Federal High Court sitting in Kaduna reinstating Econet Wireless Ltd’s equity in Airtel Networks…
- 8 Nov 2021
IFC Backs Liquid Intelligent Technologies to Boost Africa’s Digital Infrastructure
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has partnered with Liquid Intelligent Technologies to expand data centre capacity and the rollout of fibre-optic cable on the African continent. The…
- 18 Jul 2022
Cassava Technologies Announces $50m Strategic Investment from C5 Capital
Cassava Technologies (Cassava), Africa's first integrated tech company of continental scale, and owners of Africa Data Centres (ADC) announced that it has secured a US$50 million investment from C5…
- 24 Mar 2026
USDC Stablecoin to Expand Reach in Africa via Circle–Sasai Partnership
Circle Internet Group, Inc., one of the world’s leading internet‑financial platform companies, has entered a partnership with Sasai Fintech, a business within Cassava Technologies, to expand access…
- 7 Oct 2013
New Richest Men List Put Africa’s Billionaires Fortune @ $144Bn
Ventures Africa, an African business magazine and news service, said it has launched the first of its new annual Africa rich list, touted as the most comprehensive ever compiled. It revealed the true…
- 12 Nov 2014
UBA Commits $1m to Ebola Fight, Elumelu Canvasses Corporate Africa Support
Tony O Elumelu, United Bank for Africa (UBA) board chairman, has announced the donation of $1million, to assist the fight against Ebola, currently present in three West African countries, where UBA…
- 29 Jun 2016
Liquid Telecom & RBH Agree to Acquire Neotel
On Tuesday, Liquid Telecom, a privately owned Pan-African telecoms group majority owned by Econet Global, announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire South African communications…
- 23 Feb 2017
Business Today, Disrupt or Die (Part 3)
Today, disruptive companies are the fastest-growing in history. In reality, they are movers and shakers in the business world today. They came and smoothly disrupted the business ecosystem. They…
- 19 Jan 2018
9mobile: Airtel Pulls Out of Bid as Glo, Helios Fail to Name Price
Airtel Nigeria did not submit a final bid for 9mobile despite being on the shortlist of five, according to TheCable. Also, although Globacom and Helios Investment Partners LLP submitted bids,…
- 22 Feb 2018
Kwesé Buys Stake in iflix to Broaden SVOD Offering
Pan-African entertainment company and Econet Wireless subsidiary Kwesé has acquired 'significant' stake in Malaysian-based entertainment services firm iflix Africa for an undisclosed amount to…
- 14 Oct 2019
Four Nigerians Make Africa Netpreneur Prize Initiative Top 10 Finalists List
The Africa Netpreneur Prize Initiative (ANPI) has identified the top 10 finalists for its grand finale event taking place in Accra, Ghana on 16 November 2019. Among them are four Nigerian…
- 7 Nov 2019
Augmented Reality Art Show Launches to Champion Africa’s Tech Leaders
A unique African augmented reality art experience “Nyota” that showcases and celebrates 24 of Africa’s technology pioneers, has been unveiled by Co-creation Hub (CcHUB). The landmark AR exhibition…
- 6 Apr 2021
Africa Data Centres Commits to West African Hub with Lagos Datacentre
Africa Data Centres, the pan-African network of interconnected, carrier-and cloud-neutral datacentres and part of the Liquid Telecom Group, has confirmed a significant investment into the…