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- 26 Oct 2021
Gabriel Swanepoel Named as the New Country Manager for Mastercard South Africa
Mastercard has appointed Gabriel Swanepoel as the new Country Manager for Mastercard in South Africa. Gabriel Swanepoel, new Country Manager, Mastercard, South Africa This serves as a promotion from…
- 10 Apr 2015
South Africa Offers GMB Seized Nigerian $15m
South Africa has indicated her willingness to return the more than $15 million seized from some Nigerians last year in a move designed to please the country's new president. This is contrary to…
- 22 Sept 2021
Olatomiwa Williams, Microsoft Country Manager, to Deliver Keynote Speech @ #AfriTECH2021
Olatomiwa Williams, Country Manager for Microsoft Nigeria, has been announced as Keynote Speaker for Africa Tech Alliance Forum 2021 (#AfriTECH2021). Olatomiwa Williams, Country Manager for Microsoft…
- 26 Jun 2026
MTN Chairman Blasts Xenophobia, Says South Africa Is Nothing Without Africa
Mcebisi Jonas, MTN Group Chairma,n has used the funeral service of Zimbabwean-born activist and public servant Thokozani Damasane to mount a sweeping attack on xenophobia, ethnic politics and state…
- 15 Nov 2022
40 African YouTube Creators Join #YouTubeBlack Voices Cohorts
YouTube today has announced the expansion of efforts to support creators and the creative economy in Africa through the 2023 #YouTubeBlack Voices creators and artist cohorts. Now in its third year,…
- 25 Sept 2012
Intel Takes Nigerian Students to South Africa’s Science Fair
Intel is sponsoring nine Nigerian students drawn from three secondary schools in the country to South Africa to take part in a science fair/competition of all secondary schools in Africa, in a move…
- 15 Jun 2010
Ecobank Extends ATM Services to South Africa
Ecobank Transnational Incorporated has extended its regional Automated Teller Machine (ATM card) services to South Africa to enable holders of the card withdraw cash within the country from I,860…
- 20 Mar 2014
Makwane, New Country Manager Microsoft Nigeria Resumes Officially
Microsoft has announced the appointment of Kabelo Makwane as the company’s new country manager for Nigeria. A seasoned technology professional and long-standing member of the Microsoft family, South…
- 1 Oct 2025
Nigeria, South Africa Set to Exit FATF Grey List
Nigeria and South Africa may be removed from the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) grey list as early as this month, a move expected to strengthen investor confidence in Africa’s two largest…
- 19 Oct 2009
P&G Appoints Kumar MD for West Africa
Management of Procter & Gamble in Nigeria has announced the appointment of Manoj Kumar managing director, West Africa to replace Stanislav Vecera who is moving to South Africa as Managing…
- 8 Jun 2023
4Sight Expands Microsoft’s SME Solution to More Countries Across Africa
4Sight Dynamics Africa is expanding the availability of Microsoft’s business management solution for small and medium-sized businesses to an additional 11 countries on the continent. The company…
- 6 Mar 2018
Arbor Networks’ ATLAS Report Underscores Need for Edge-to-Edge Security in South Africa
As part of its 13th Annual Worldwide Infrastructure Security Report (WISR), Arbor Networks, the security division of NETSCOUT, has released its ATLAS (Active Threat Level Analysis System) special…
- 17 Jun 2015
Smile, Ericsson Sign 1st Sub-Sahara Africa 4G/LTE Managed Services Contract
Smile Communications and Ericsson have signed the first 4G/LTE managed services contract signed in Sub-Saharan Africa. Under the terms of a five-year multi-country managed services agreement,…
- 9 Jul 2019
Autopsy Shows Mrs. Chukwu, CIIN Chief was Murdered in South Africa
The death of Mrs. Uju Ndubuisi Chukwu, deputy director general, Chartered Insurance Institute of Nigeria (CIIN) in South Africa is "unnatural", according an autopsy report by Department of Health,…
- 28 Sept 2015
DHL Express Appoints new MD for Sub-Saharan Africa
Hennie Heymans, currently Managing Director of DHL Express South Africa, has been appointed as Managing Director of DHL Express Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), effective from 1 October 2015. In his new…
- 19 May 2009
Mobile Messaging is Precursor of Mobile Banking- Van Heerden
Deon van Heerden was appointed Clickatell’s South Africa country manager and vice president of sales for the Middle East and Africa last April. Prior to this, he successfully launched the…
- 30 Oct 2019
Afreximbank to Establish Quality Assurance Centres in South East, South South
The Africa Export Import Bank is set to establish an Africa Quality Assurance Centre (AQAC) for the entire South East and South South regions in the country. The AfrEximBank is an export-import Bank…
- 12 Oct 2021
How Kaspersky Blocked Over 30,000 Mobile Malware Attacks in Nigeria, Kenya & South Africa
Over 30,000 out of the more than 206,000 mobile malware attacks blocked by Kaspersky solutions for the Middle East, Turkey and Africa (META) region in just 6-months measured, between January to June…
- 3 Nov 2021
Digital Lab Africa Showcases 2021 Top 7 Africa Digital Arts Innovators from 5 Countries
Leading digital arts innovators platform Digital Lab Africa (DLA) has showcased the work of its winners of the 5th Digital Lab Africa awards at the Fakugesi Digital Arts Festival in South Africa. The…
- 21 Nov 2019
Nigeria in Dire Need for National Agency on Information Management - IIM Africa
The human race is living in an exciting time with data and technology at the heart of many major transformational initiatives and policies, in both public and private organizations. However, to…
- 14 Apr 2009
Nitel Shops for Ship to Repair Cut Sat-3 Cable
Nigerian Telecommunications Limited (Nitel), which holds the country’s stake in the South Atlantic 3/West Africa Submarine Cable (Sat-3), has gone to South Africa in search of a ship that…
- 23 Jun 2023
Nigeria Ranks Among Top 10 Countries on Crypto Adoption - EMURGO Africa's State of Web 3.0 Report
EMURGO Africa, in strategic partnership with PwC, on Friday unveiled the "State of Web3.0 in Africa" report, a forward looking publication that provides an expansive and insightful analysis of the…
- 2 Feb 2021
MTN uses Unlicensed Spectrum to Launch Fibre Quality Connectivity in South Africa
MTN has launched its Supersonic AirFibre offering, which it says overcomes distance and a lack of infrastructure in urban, township and rural communities to bring fibre-quality connectivity to more…
- 9 Mar 2020
IIM-Africa Seeks Proper Data and Information Management
The Institute of Information Management (IIM) Africa has called for cautious efforts to infuse the culture of effective data and information management into the public and private sectors in Nigeria…
- 1 Oct 2024
ALX Africa Leads Tech Innovation with New Batch of Pioneer African Data Scientists
ALX, Africa’s leading tech career accelerator, a few weeks ago announced the successful graduation of over 2,800 learners across Africa. The countries include Ghana, South Africa, Rwanda, Ethiopia,…
- 19 Feb 2013
AfDB Embarks on Revolutionary Data Management, Dissemination Programme in Africa
African Development Bank (AfDB) has launched an ambitious program to significantly improve data management and dissemination in Africa. The ultimate goal of the program is to facilitate wider public…
- 7 Nov 2013
FDI in Africa Grown by $4Bn Since 2001
Trends in retail trading, the business landscape in Sub-Saharan Africa, how international retailers enter the continent and the innovation in payment methods were some of the issues tackled during…
- 30 Jul 2015
Africa 2020 Presents Exciting Opportunities for Asset Managers- PwC
New research from PwC predicts that traditional assets under management (AuM) in 12 markets across Africa will rise to around $1,098 billion by 2020, from a 2008 total of $293 billion. This…
- 4 Feb 2025
Canal+ to Carve, Spin out MultiChoice's LicenceCo in Aggressive Takeover Bid
Canal+ S.A., a French media and telecommunications conglomerate based in Paris, will restructure MultiChoice Group and carve out its broadcasting licence and South African DStv subscribers into…
- 18 Jul 2016
CNN MultiChoice Announces African Journalist 2016 Finalists
Finalists in the prestigious CNN MultiChoice African Journalist 2016 Competition were announced today by Ferial Haffajee, Chair of the independent judging panel. This year, the competition received…