Author: Tapiwa Matthew Mutisi

The Cloud 2020 Online Conference will launch on 21 September and has already attracted a record number of registrations. The Cloud 2020 Online Conference will feature an exciting on-demand format which makes it easy for delegates to listen to the speakers who interest them. Radio and TV personality Aki Anastasiou will serve…

APM Terminals Apapa is the latest terminal in the company’s rollout of public 4G LTE networks at its facilities in Nigeria. Wireless connectivity supports APM Terminals’ global initiatives such as the standardisation of Terminal Operating Systems, reporting and support; Asset Digitalization; and GPS based Position Detection Systems used for auto-locating…

Ada Labs Africa with headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya announced that since it’s launch earlier this year, the fusion lab has acquired six startups. The Lab currently has two in the market with the other four launching in the coming months. Founded on artificial intelligence and blockchain, Ada Labs is a…

Samsung has made a breakthrough in its production of mobile memory chips, commencing mass production of the industry’s first 16-gigabit LPDDR5 mobile DRAM and this process is enabled via extreme ultraviolet (EUV) technology, and the chips are built on Samsung’s third-generation 10nm (1z) process. Samsung said its new 16Gb LPDDR5 technology boasts…

With over 40 million Video Play purchases in 2019, Vodacom’s Video Play is certainly carving out its place in the Video on Demand landscape in South Africa, offering instant access to affordable entertainment content such as blockbuster movies, popular series, kids’ shows, music videos and much more. To provide Video…

Just when you thought the year 2020 couldn’t get much weirder, billionaire Elon Musk has introduced a group of pigs with mind-reading brain implants. During an event at Neuralink’s headquarters in Fremont, California, Musk found himself hanging out with a passel of Yucatan swine and several of them had previously…

Netflix has announced that it is making a live-action series based on Capcom’s hit survival horror game franchise Resident Evil and the series will be produced by Constantin Film, the same company responsible for the six Resident Evil movies released to date. Its first season will comprise eight episodes of one…

The Africa Telecommunication Union (ATU) launched the ATU Africa Innovations Challenge 2020, a competition designed to identify and support young African innovators who have developed useful mobile applications for benefiting the fight to contain COVID-19 and possibly other emergency situations in Africa in future. According to the ATU Secretary General…

Vodacom is introducing the VodaBucks Rewards Programme as a single platform that rewards customers for their loyalty to Vodacom. Free to join, the VodaBucks Rewards Programme rewards customers with VodaBucks, which is a unified virtual currency, every time they achieve personalised behavioural goals, such as buying specific bundles using the…

Orange Business Services, a network-native digital services company, and De Beers Marine South Africa, a division of De Beers – the global diamond company, have jointly installed and tested a customized IoT solution to provide geo-fencing to maintain safe working distances for crew around the heavy machinery involved in marine…

Delivery Hero SE, the world’s local delivery platform, has partnered with Mastercard to fully digitize its payment chain within its ecosystem across all their brands in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). By enabling secure digital payments, this will lead to superior consumer experience and financial security for consumers,…

Liquid Telecom has appointed Clayton Naidoo as its Group Chief Business Officer, effective from 1 October 2020 and he won’t be replacing anyone since the position is a new one within Liquid Telecom, and the group said that this role forms part of its wider digital transformation strategy. Liquid Telecom…

Netflix Inc. is offering 10 of its movies and shows for free, including hits like “Stranger Things” and “Bird Box,” stepping up its marketing of the streaming service in an increasingly saturated industry. The company posted a list of titles on its website that non-subscribers can see without logging in or signing…

Nestlé has appointed Mauricio Alarcon as new Chief Executive Officer of Nestlé Central and West Africa Ltd, effective September 1, 2020 and he has a robust and in-depth understanding of Central and West Africa that in 2014, he became Managing Director of Nestlé Côte d’Ivoire where he drove business growth…

Sugentharan Perumal has been appointed as acting MTN Group Chief Financial Officer (CFO) following the appointment of the previous CFO, Ralph Mupita, as the new MTN Group CEO. Perumal is currently acting CFO of MTN South Africa and previously held the CFO position at MTN Irancell. A chartered accountant for…

MTN has announced changes to the board of directors of MTN Group, as well as to the board of major subsidiary MTN South Africa. After six years as an independent non-executive director of MTN Group – the last five as audit committee chairman – Christine Ramon will step down on…

Genesys, the global leader in cloud customer experience and contact center solutions announced it is working with Adobe to help organisations break down data siloes between marketing, commerce, sales and service departments. With a new integration between Genesys Cloud with Adobe Experience Platform, organisations can now gain a deeper understanding of customer…

MTN has announced it now offers a month-to-month payment option on its SIM-only packages. The payment option requires no long-term contract lock-in, credit checks, or completing complicated paperwork, the operator said. “MTN Month-to-Month is available to anyone that either doesn’t want to be tied to a contract or who is…

MTN is adding its voice to global efforts to raise awareness about the importance of wearing masks to fight the spread of COVID-19 with today’s launch of the #WearItForMe campaign across its markets. As society navigates the “new normal” brought about by the pandemic, wearing face coverings remains one of…

As more consumers utilise the internet to work from home and rely on e-commerce in our new low touch economy, there is opportunity for businesses to increase their website or application traffic with the right technology. Vodacom’s Reverse Billed Data allows your business to offer clients and staff free access…