Work from home • Habitudes • Dec 2020
Speaking of the opportunities opened up by working from home in South Africa, 15% of respondents said they liked working without clothes
Imaging solutions • Dec 2020
Konica Minolta, Inc. (‘Konica Minolta’) announced that Konica Minolta Sensing Europe B.V., its wholly-owned subsidiary for the sensing business, based in the Netherlands, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Specim, Spectral Imaging Oy Ltd (‘Specim’)
Mobility • Communication • Nov 2020
Huawei's Smart Urban Rail Solution streamlines the production, management and service subsystems of urban rails and fully integrates service data
Cybersecurity • Service • Nov 2020
Vertiv, a global provider of critical digital infrastructure and continuity solutions, announced a distribution partnership with Cyber Security South Africa (CSSA), an industry-leading cyber security technology distributor
AI • 5G • Banking • Oct 2020
The Coronavirus has accelerated the need for mobile and self-service banking, with traditional branches seeing a fall in customer traffic, meaning their customer acquisition has also significantly declined
Innovation • Partnership • Sep 2020
At HUAWEI CONNECT 2020, Mr. Peng Zhongyang, Board Member, President of Enterprise BG, Huawei, delivered a keynote speech on the theme of "Paradigm Shift for Greater Value"
Information • Disinformation • Oct 2020
The #FakeHunter application of the Polish Press Agency (PAP) is now available for Android and iOS. Thanks to it, not only computer users, but also mobile device users will be able to report potentially false information
Service • Security • Sep 2020
Parents have always managed to set geographical boundaries – where their children could go and where they could not – back in time. Nowadays there is another opportunity to monitor the child's whereabouts – to track the location of them using special software. Yet, according to Kaspersky's special survey for parents, not many parents in Nigeria realise this
Technology • SME • Sep 2020
Building on the successful format of our image FORMULA DR-S150, the new image FORMULA DR-S130 answers the call for a robust and high-performance digitisation solution for any small or home office
Technology • Linguistics • Sep 2020
People adapt their language to their conversation partners, for example by using technical terms. Computers, on the other hand, still find it difficult to react individually to different users
Banking • Africa • Aug 2020
The leading pan-African banking group, Ecobank, is delighted to announce that it has won the Award for Innovation in Financial Services at the 2020 edition of the prestigious African Banker magazine Awards.
Commercial partnerships • Africa • Ago 2020
Ecobank Group announces 2020 Winners of Fintech Challenge • All 10 finalists were officially inducted into the Ecobank Fintech Fellowship programme to explore commercial partnerships with the pan-African banking giant
Entertainment • Australia + New Zealand • Ago 2020
Video views in Q2 increased by 40% and connected TVs grew by 160% as consumption of news and entertainment content nearly doubled during the COVID-19 pandemic
Finance • Africa • Ago 2020
Standard Chartered Bank and Airtel Africa have today announced a strategic collaboration to drive financial inclusion across key markets in Africa by providing customers with increased access to mobile financial services
Entrepreneurship • Africa • Ago 2020
Finalists will compete for the top crown on August 21 and be inducted into the Ecobank Fintech Fellowship to pursue commercial partnerships in Ecobank's 33 markets across Africa • The challenge, in its third edition, is designed to deepen collaboration between Ecobank and Fintechs with Africa focused products
Health • Nigeria • Ago 2020
Canon Central and North Africa (CCNA) is proud to support and highlight its partners making a special effort to support vulnerable people through the COVID-19 crisis
Banking • Nigeria • Ago 2020
Sterling Bank Leads with Lending, Investing and Credit Rating Features on WhatsApp with Clickatell's Chat Banking Solution • Customers can now initiate bank transfers, and airtime and bill payments, check balance and BVN enquiries, as well as statement generation directly on WhatsApp with the aid of Kiki, a new personalised financial assistant
Service • Ghana • Ago 2020
In Ghana, African Development Bank-funded training builds skills for the economy of the future • The programme of study for skills-focused training was developed in three areas: mechanical engineering, welding and manufacturing, and electronics
Services • Chat Desk • Ago 2020
Chat Desk is a digital contact center solution that helps agents resolve customer queries and obtain customer insights in real-time using chat channels for live agent support
Education • Cameroon • 3/2020
This is the first export contract on educational software for My Office of this scale
Tech • Image • 3/2020
Exactly a month since its development announcement of the EOS R5 – a full frame mirrorless camera built on the revolutionary EOS R System – Canon Inc. reveals additional information • Achieving the ‘impossible’, Canon Inc. confirms the EOS R5’s video capabilities will far exceed that of competing cameras on the market.
Handsets • 5G • 3/2020
This year, 2020, more 48-megapixel and 64-megapixel cameras will now officially come into people’s hands
Partner network • Africa • 3/20
The first level of the distribution channel will be granted to companies with the special status of master partner for the country or a group of countries in Africa
Virtual Network Functions • 2/16
GSMA Accreditation • 2/16
Subscription sports platform • Dec 2020
LaLiga signs Mondia group as strategic technology and commercial partner for Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific • First roll-out agreement with Orange group will see the exclusive LaLiga Xtra subscription-based platform introduced across the region in the coming months
E-commerce • Digital • Nov 2020
Chinagoods platform originated from the trend of digital transformation of Yiwu Commodities City
Commerce • Communication • Nov 2020
Entertainment • Technology • Oct 2020
With the subscription-based service, JumiaPay consumers will have full access to Jumia Games with thousands of high quality games
Technology • Health • Sep 2020
Education • Service • Sep 2020
Lyra will initially teach users how to read and write in English, and will be offered for free to people in need of literacy skills the most • The app was co-developed by WGI and GE, as part of their ongoing partnership; 20-year-old WGI CEO Chance Wilson and GE seek to expand literacy in many underserved communities around the world
Technology • Printing • Sep 2020
Built on a proven and reliable technology platform with enhanced automation and extensive media-handling capabilities, the imagePRESS C10010VP sets new standards in productivity, application diversity and quality
Technology • Industry • Sep 2020
The Swedish legal tech company digip® launches a SaaS solution that simplifies and streamlines the management of trademark protection and domain management
Canon • Storyteller • Aug 2020
Canon celebrates this alliance with exciting initiatives, from the Canon Female Photojournalist Grant and the inaugural Canon Video Grant through to Canon's Student Development Programme • Visa pour l'Image 2020 goes digital
Trade fair • Africa • 2020
The four-day digital event is to provide a platform for valuable business contacts between leading global manufacturers and top buyers from the African agrofood & plastprintpack industry
Prize competition • Africa • Ago 2020
Cloud platform • Ago 2020
Broad multivendor ecosystem of leading cloud platforms, technology providers and system integrator resellers gives enterprises greater control and flexibility
Banking • Somalia • Ago 2020
Sombank selects Temenos Islamic Banking to create innovative financial products to help with the country’s economic growth, leveraging the market-leading capabilities of Temenos Infinity and Temenos Transac
Digital payment • Africa • Ago 2020
African telcos benefit from the best billing integration, bundling deals, user engagement and subscriber acquisition services • Mondia Pay registered 5.3 billion transactions on its platform last year with telcos across the continent
Cloud Comms • Africa • Ago 2020
RingCentral and Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise will jointly develop programs enabling both companies to lead the cloud communications services for the enterprise market
Satellite • Ethiopia • Ago 2020
Eutelsat 8 West B is a state-of-the-art satellite with dedicated coverage of Ethiopia on its East beam, and is part of the 7/8° West video neighborhood
Intelligent automation • Ago 2020
Telecom • Africa • Ago 2020
Motorola Solutions launches a new device specially designed for small and medium businesses in Sub Saharan Africa
Service • Ghana • Ago 2020
The platform will offer a multi-tenant ready environment to host financial institutions and payment service providers to offer Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) across multiple channels
Africa • Connectivity • Ago 2020
In line with its focus on accelerating access to affordable broadband connectivity in Africa's underserved populations, and more recently, due to the increased customer demand for connectivity solutions, Tizet, West Africa's pioneer solar-based internet service provider today announced the successful upgrade of its core network infrastructure capacity to 100Gbps.
Service • Africa • Ago 2020
Vertiv Announces New Suite of Edge Infrastructure Products and Further Develops Award-Winning Partner Programme in Europe, Middle East and Africa • One year after the successful launch of its partner programme, Vertiv adds new benefits for channel resellers and revamps product offerings
Service • Technology • Ago 2020
Data bias, “black box” risk and lack of human oversight are key concerns
Entertainment • Africa • 3/2020
The logo was recently revealed via social media, following months of research and testing, and has already found favour across the market
Community • Africa • 3/2020
Upto $3 million in total will be awarded to 80 programme participants worldwide • In line with its mission to give people the power to build community around the world and its commitment to supporting the community leaders who drive change, Facebook (https://www.Facebook.com/) is announcing the launch of the Community Accelerator programme which will be available in the following countries across SSA: South Africa, Kenya and Nigeria.
Africa • Start-Ups • Mar 2019
Twenty of the most promising Francophone African tech start-ups will participate in the L'Afrique Excelle (Afrique-Excelle.com) residency in Mali, a full-week bootcamp set to kick off the Francophone edition of the World Bank Group's XL Africa, tech start-up accelerator.
Messaging • 2/16
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