By Pikie Monaheng The global pandemic has accelerated the need for true digitisation as African customers demand a more seamless digital customer experience from their communications service providers (CSPs), writes Pikie Monaheng, CEO at Amdocs…
Digital transformation at work
Temenos, the banking software company, announced that Al Rajhi Bank, Saudi Arabia's second largest bank and the world's largest Islamic bank with total assets of over USD 97bn, has chosen Temenos to power its digital…
Modernization initiative to fully virtualize 2G and 3G…
Zain Selects Parallel Wireless Open RAN to Modernize Existing 2G and 3G Infrastructure • World’s First Virtualized 2G, 3G, 4G, 5G Unified Open RAN to Deliver Efficiency and Cost Savings Parallel Wireless, Inc., announced that Zain, the…
INFINIDAT y Peer Insights 2019
INFINIDAT ha sido reconocido con la designación Customers’ Choice en el informe Peer Insights 2019, recientemente publicado por Gartner y que está basado en los análisis, comentarios y puntuaciones de los usuarios finales. Además de…
S21sec y el proyecto ODSI
S21sec, primer proveedor Pure Player de servicios de ciberseguridad en España, ha anunciado la conclusión de su participación en el Proyecto ODSI, tras la validación de su desarrollo por parte de la máxima autoridad europea,…
Incoming portfolio-wide document security and productivity
Canon Central and North Africa, a leader in imaging solutions, is proud to announce the next edition of its third generation imageRUNNER ADVANCE platform with new version 3.8 firmware. This extensive portfolio of 26 products and…
How FB is preparing for elections across Africa
Ms. Akua Gyekye, Public Policy Manager, Africa Elections, wants to share an update on their work to reduce the spread of misinformation, protect election integrity and support civic engagement across the continent. Their work across…
Employers are leveraging new technology to find ideal…
In the next three years, top HR executives and employers have asserted that the biggest impact on recruitment will be Technology Augmenting the Hiring Process. In other words, how technology will make the hiring process more…
Robots, drones + virtual reality concepts aimed at…
DEAL 2019 in Dubai •Newgame changers to bring further engaging and immersive experience in African Family Entertainment Centers (FEC)s and indoor theme parks The entertainment concepts are evolving and have taken a completely new avatar with…
Genesys grows thanks to Cloud computing
Genesys, the global leader in omnichannel customer experience and contact center solutions, announced its cloud sales have risen 32% year-over-year. The cloud business growth spans all market segments with 70% gains in the mid-market, 50% in small-and-medium sized…
Ethiopia telecom privatisation leads new wave of deals…
Africa TMT investment increases as Ethio Telecom, which has around 66 million customers, took a major step forward in its much-anticipated privatisation last month by pre-selecting six consultancies in partnership with the World Bank Telecom,…
Smart card and ticketing system for Ivorian transport…
Digital Afrique Telecom (DAT) launches a smart card and ticketing system for over 700 buses of the leading Ivorian transport company (SOTRA) • It allows each passenger of SOTRA, the Abidjan local bus company, to buy…
Better broadband penetration with converged solution
Avanti Communications Group plc (Avanti), a leading provider of satellite data communications services in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) and MainOne, a premier connectivity and data centre solutions company in West Africa, have…
Fighting against crime with biometric ID systems
These biometric solutions enable the police force to better solve crimes through the electronic collection, storage and processing of fingerprints, palm prints and facial captures New solution enables rapid capture of suspects' biometric data –…
Facebook opens Content Review Centre in Sub-Saharan Africa
It will employ approximately 100 reviewers by the end of the year, who will support a number of languages, including Somali, Oromo, Swahili and Hausa As part of our continued investment across Sub-Saharan Africa and…