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Fri, July 5th, 10:40 · Paul Adepoju
Interswitch partners UnionPay as China-Africa business increases
Interswitch Transnational has announced it has completed an acceptance and acquiring third party payment processing integration with China’s UnionPay International. → Read more
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Fri, July 5th, 09:55 · Kamau Mbote
Huawei appoints another non-Chinese executive in ESA region
Deborah-Anne Strydom has been appointed to the position of assistant director (in charge) of Huawei’s Contract Commercial and Fulfilment Department for the East and Southern African region, the first non-Chinese individual to be appointed to such a position globally. → Read more
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Fri, July 5th, 08:55 · Nanine Steenkamp
Nigerian President to visit Huawei
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan will be visiting technology companies which have made West African investments during his visit to China. → Read more
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Thu, July 4th, 12:21 · Richard Cutcher
Yahoo! adds to Xobni to its startup stable
Yahoo! has added another startup to its ever increasing list of purchases after completing a US$30-40 million deal for email service Xobni. → Read more
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Thu, July 4th, 10:53 · Paul Adepoju
Customer forum is a viable link to the market – VDT Communications
Biodun Omoniyi, managing director of Lagos-based VDT Communications, has described customer forums as an effective tool with which companies and owners of brands can effectively keep tabs with new market trends. → Read more
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Thu, July 4th, 08:17 · Martin Cheruiyot
Burson-Marsteller expands African operations with Kenya presence
Burson-Marsteller,a global public relations and communication firm has announced a new exclusive partnership in Kenya with the creation of Engage Burson-Marsteller. → Read more
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Tue, July 2nd, 13:37 · Kamau Mbote
Worldwide IT spending to hit $3.7 trillion in 2013 – Gartner
IT spending globally is expected to exceed last year’s US$3.6 trillion by 2 per cent in 2013, hitting US$3.7 trillion, according to Gartner. → Read more
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Tue, July 2nd, 12:48 · Paul Adepoju
Ghana set to tackle financial security threats with IRIS banking technology
IRIS banking is set to be introduced in Ghana, according to plans by the International Computer System (ICS), International Business Machine (IBM) and Sunnet Systems. → Read more
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Tue, July 2nd, 12:09 · Martin Cheruiyot
GE and USADF announce $2 million challenge for energy in Africa
General Electric has announced a three-year partnership with the United States African Development Foundation (USADF) to launch and co-fund the Power Africa Off-Grid Energy Challenge. → Read more
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Tue, July 2nd, 10:36 · Tom Jackson
JSE reports zero outages since launch of Millenium Exchange
The Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) has said the launch of equity trading platform Millennium Exchange a year ago today has wiped out trading outages and boosted execution speeds by 400 times. → Read more
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Mon, July 1st, 10:02 · Paul Adepoju
Heritage Bank migrates to Nigeria Instant Payment production environment
Heritage Bank, a Nigerian money deposit bank, has announced it has migrated to the Nigeria Instant Payment (NIP) production environment. → Read more
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Fri, June 28th, 15:04 · Tom Jackson
Altech sets delisting date
Altron has said it expects to delist Altech from the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) on August 20, 2013 after its offer to acquire the entire issued share capital of the firm. → Read more
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Fri, June 28th, 13:45 · Susan Mwenesi
Mombasa Port digitisation completed
The Kenyan government has completed its plans to digitise the Mombasa Port, which also serves landlocked Uganda and Rwanda. → Read more
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Fri, June 28th, 08:20 · Tom Jackson
Rapid test device to improve HIV testing in Africa
An Australian healthcare company has launched AtomoRapid, an all-in-one rapid HIV test, in order to improve ease of use and reliability of testing in African countries where the disease is prevalent. → Read more
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Thu, June 27th, 15:34 · Richard Cutcher
Office 365 expands African footprint
Microsoft’s Office 365 software has been launched in nine more markets across Africa, including Cameroon, Rwanda and Senegal. → Read more
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Thu, June 27th, 14:28 · Martin Cheruiyot
Sony excites Kenyan market with new products
Sony has introduced two new products to the Kenyan market, including a home cinema system, the BDV-N9900SH, which features a ‘Football Mode’. → Read more
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Thu, June 27th, 14:19 · Mercy Makumi
Anti-money laundering takes high priority for banks
The level of interest by African banks in anti-money laundering (AML) initiatives has risen, according to the KPMG Africa Anti-Money Laundering Survey 2012. → Read more
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Thu, June 27th, 07:23 · Richard Cutcher
No suspects identified in SAPS hacking case
The South African police appear to be no closer to finding out who hacked the SA Police Service (SAPS) website, with the investigation ongoing. → Read more
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Wed, June 26th, 09:12 · Susan Mwenesi
Organisations are not upgrading their networks – Raoul Tecala
Raoul Tecala, Dimension Data’s business development director for network integration, has said organisations are not upgrading their networks for enterprise mobility and bring-your-own-device (BYOD) environments as aggressively as expected. → Read more
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Tue, June 25th, 08:24 · HumanIPO
The Tecno P3; Offering More For Less
The P3 is yet another innovative creation from the reliable makers of smartphones, TECNO mobile. Over recent months, TECNO mobile has introduced a variety of high quality smartphones which are also affordable and this has earned them the reputation of being one of the highest selling producers of smartphones in Nigeria. → Read more
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