tech + telecom highlights
C Comba’s industry-leading RRH, base station antennas products and services, combined with Parallel Wireless world’s first 2G/3G/4G/5G software, advance Open RAN with lowest TCO for MNOs globally Parallel Wireless, Inc., and Comba Telecom Systems Holdings Limited jointly announced…
The Bank has invested more than $150 million in building technology hubs in Rwanda, Senegal and Cabo Verde • Leaders should devise an “incentive structure” to promote a startup culture among young Africans. “I think…
By Ayanda Kotobe, Finance Director at RS Components Why do we stop at traffic lights? It’s not because we are naturally attuned to seeing red as the order to stop. If that were the case,…
Since its initial introduction in April of this year, the DHL Africa eShop app has seen its user base grow rapidly, and within the first three months of operation, it had already been rolled out…
S21sec ha publicado un informe que analiza la evolución del cibercrimen durante la primera mitad del año en curso. Bajo el título “Threat Landscape Report”, el informe pone de manifiesto el creciente enfoque criminal en…
Standard Chartered today announced yet another multi-market launch of its digital bank in Botswana, Zambia and Zimbabwe as part of its digital transformation strategy in Africa. The next wave of digital-only banks follows launches in…
The 2019 Islamic Finance Awards, presented by World Finance Magazine, has announced that Temenos has won the 'Best Islamic Banking & Finance Technology Provider', for its breakthrough digital front office product, Temenos Infinity, and next…
Ecobank leads the way as technology changes the traditional bank model; Reaffirms commitment to corporate sustainability. Ecobank Transnational Incorporated ("Ecobank"), parent of the Ecobank Group, the leading pan-African bank with operations in 36 countries across…
Making Finance Work for Africa just announced its newly redesigned website “We are excited about our new website and the improved access it provides users to our resources,” said MFW4A Coordinator, David Ashiagbor. “For anyone…
"Coding must be compulsory, at all levels. The currency of the future is going to be coding...We must democratize technology," Adesina tells Mo Ibrahim Governance Week •Information technology must not be the exclusive privilege of…
Africa must digitise its economies, broaden its tax base, prevent further deterioration of fiscal and debt positions, and aim for double-digit growth to achieve the UN 2030 global goals (SDGs), and the AU Agenda 2063 according to the 2019…
Ecobank Academy and International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) join hands in an effort to boost effective and sustainable leadership capabilities Ecobank is proud to announce that its prestigious Ecobank Academy…
The 5th agrofood & plastprintpack Nigeria 2019 with 120+ global technology leaders from 24 countries •Top level 3-day conference on Skills development, Value chain approach, Circular economy & Finance, start-ups and digitalization Due to the…
Vista Bank chooses cloud-native, cloud-agnostic Temenos Infinity and Temenos T24 Transact to provide innovative, customer-centered banking services Vista Group, a challenger bank building itself into a world class pan-African financial institution specifically designed to meet…
Kaspersky Lab researchers have seen the number of attacks using malicious mobile software nearly double in just a year. In 2018 there were 116.5 million attacks, compared to 66.4 million in 2017, with a significant…