Business

Schneider Electric Showcases Sustainable Datacentres at AfricaCom

Datacentre operators are under increasing pressure to meet sustainability goals and address their carbon footprint. According to Harvard Business Review, 99% of large company CEOs agree that sustainability forms a vital part of their business’ future success. Furthermore, 75% of investment executives agree that a company’s sustainability performance is important when making investment decisions, says […]

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Financial

Telecoms Firm, Paratus Secures $31m for Expansion Plans Across Africa

Pan-African telecoms firm Paratus Group has secured funding of US$31 million to support its infrastructure expansion plans. The funding will be used over the next three years to create additional fibre routes connecting Angola, DRC, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Mozambique, and Zambia. The transaction was facilitated by Cirrus Capital, a 100% Namibian-owned, broad-scoped financial services […]

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News

NCC Predicts New Era in Infrastructure Deployment as TaaS Takes Center Stage

The convergence of Technology-as-a-Service and infrastructure deployment marks a new era in technological advancement, and the emergence of Technology-as-a-Service (TaaS) stands as a beacon of innovation, providing businesses with the tools to adapt, grow, and thrive in the ever-evolving dynamic environment. Those were the thoughts of the Executive Vice Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian […]

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News

Nigeria Needs Real-Time Surveillance & Regulatory Compliance to Combat Financial Crimes, Says Maida

Effective application of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is critical in combating financial crimes by enabling real-time surveillance, regulatory compliance, and secure data processing, just as it sought a multidisciplinary and multi-stakeholder collaborations to address issue of illicit financial flows in the country. Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Dr. Aminu […]

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FinTech

MoMo Partners with Kwik Delivery to Facilitate Seamless Payments

MoMo Payment Service Bank (MoMo PSB), a financial institution, and Kwik Delivery, a logistics and warehousing company in Africa, have their strategic partnership to facilitate seamless payments using MoMo for deliveries by Kwik. The partnership represents a significant milestone in the logistics and payment services sector. MoMo PSB users can now initiate payments through the […]

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Business

Rack Centre Backs Africa Tech Festival Designed to Unit Africa’s Tech Ecosystem

Rack Centre, West Africa’s Best-connected Carrier and Cloud neutral data centre, has announced the sponsorship of Africa Tech Festival 2023. During the three-day festival, there will be a series of activities aimed at uniting Africa’s tech ecosystem and industry verticals. Africa Tech Festival, home to AfricaCom and AfricaTech, is a flagship event for technology and […]

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News

We Are Determined to Ensure Connectivity is Not Luxury, Says NCC Boss

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) is poised towards ensuring that connectivity is not a luxury but it a necessity promising to ensure that every business, from the small startups to the multinational corporations, has equal access to the digital highway, regardless of their size or location. The Executive Vice Chairman of the NCC, Dr Aminu Maida, who […]

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Financial

MTN Nigeria’s Momo Hits 63.5 Million Users as Ghana Tops Group Service Revenue by 36.6%

MTN Nigeria MoMo active users increased to by to 63.5 million impacted by a strategic focus shift from agent banking to wallet in Nigeria. And in the MTN Group,Ghana toppled Nigeria in service revenue increasing its revenue by 36.6% as against MTN Nigeria’s 21.4 %. In its third quarter ended 30 September report, the Africa’s […]

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News

Telecom is Transforming Every Facet of Business and Life in Nigeria, Says Airtel CEO

Telecom is the New Economy Industry, as the sector transforms business and lifestyle through connectivity. Chief Executive Officer of Airtel Nigeria, Carl Cruz, made this assertion in his presentation titled “Breaking Barriers: The Art of Living Outside Your Comfort Zone at TEDx PAU, an independently organized TED event, which held at recently on the campus […]

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Technology

MainOne, An Equinix Company, Expands Data Center Footprint in Cote d’Ivoire

MainOne, an Equinix Company, West Africa’s leading connectivity and data center solutions provider announces the launch of their expanded open access, carrier-neutral, Uptime Tier III standards Data Center, AB1.2, in VITIB, Grand Bassam, Cote d’Ivoire. From the landing of its submarine cable to the launch of the initial data center in 2019, MainOne, An Equinix […]

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