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iSON Wins SERAS Best Company Work Place Practices Award

iSON Xperiences, formerly iSON BPO, the leading Business Process Outsourcing firm, with a strong focus in sub-saharan Africa with presence in 14 countries was has been awarded ‘Best Work Place Practice” under the Sustainability, Enterprise and Responsibility Awards (SERAs) 2018. iSON Xperiences competed and defeated 55 companies in Africa to clinch the award in Lagos, […]

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Huawei CFO Seeks Bail on Health Concerns, as Canada Wants her in Jail

The CFO of China’s Huawei Technologies Co Ltd argued that she should be released on bail while awaiting an extradition hearing, citing her longstanding ties to Canada, properties she owns in Vancouver and fears for her health while incarcerated, court documents showed on Sunday. Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou is fighting to be released […]

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GE Nigeria Launches e-learning Portal in Lagos

In line with its commitment to skills development and the empowerment of entrepreneurs in Nigeria, GE, the digital industrial company, has launched an e-learning portal for its Lagos Garage advanced manufacturing training program with the objective of extending the training program’s reach to thousands of Nigerians across the country. The portal was launched during GE’s […]

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Huawei Founder’s Daughter Arrested on U.S. Request

The daughter of Chinese tech giant Huawei’s founder has been arrested in Canada and is facing extradition to the United States, dealing a blow to hopes of an easing of Sino-U.S. trade tensions and rocking global stock markets. The shock arrest of Meng Wanzhou, who is also Huawei Technologies Co Ltd’s chief financial officer, raises […]

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HP Targets 100,000 Africans in Three Years with ICT Skills

About 100,000 learners across Africa in the next three years are to benefit from the gesture of the HP Foundation’s HP LIFE program, which kicked off today with the commitment of opening a new tech-enabled HP LIFE Center in South Africa. HP made the announcement today at the Global Citizen Festival: Mandela 100, pledging support […]

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Expert Predicts IoT will Disrupt Cloud Technology

It is no longer enough to simply offer a cloud solution as emerging technologies start to not only dominate, but provide much needed competitive advantage to business. Jeremy Potgieter, SADC regional Head, Eseye, says that the growth of the Internet of Things (IoT) alongside the prevalence of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and analytics are disrupting business […]

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Exclusive: U.S. senators ask White House to Probe ZTE work in Venezuela

Two U.S. senators on Wednesday will ask the Trump administration to investigate whether ZTE Corp, the Chinese telecommunications company, violated U.S. sanctions by helping Venezuela set up a database that monitors the behavior of its citizens. China’s ZTE Corp logo is seen at its offices in Caracas, Venezuela October 4, 2018. Picture taken October 4, […]

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Gulf Capital, AfricInvest Invest $51m into iSON Xperiences

Gulf Capital, one of the largest and alternative asset management firms in the Middle East, and AfricInvest, a leading pan-African mid-cap-focused private equity firm, have partnered for the first time to provide a US$ 51 million structured loan and equity investment to iSON Xperiences (formerly iSON BPO Limited), one of the largest outsourcing and customer […]

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New Guidelines for ICT Research, Development in Nigeria Underway

The Nigerian Communications Commission, (NCC) Nigeria’s telecoms regulatory agency has taken a bold step that will soon result to some reform that in ICT research and development as it plans to unveil a blueprint that will serve as the guiding principle for Information and Communications Technology (ICT) research in the country. A seven-man panel of […]

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iSON Technologies Appoints Rahul Srivastava as CEO

ISON Technologies, a technology services and consulting firm, providing end-to-end IT services and solutions across Africa, Asia and Middle East, has announced the appointment of Rahul Srivastava as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Srivastava joined iSON Technologies in 2012 and for the last 6 years has served in various capacities at iSON Technologies across […]

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