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Orange Telecom Casts Its Tall Shadow Over Nigeria
Sourced from MSNBC. France’s Orange Group, one of the largest telecom companies in Africa, has reportedly set its sights on a possible expansion into Africa’s most populous country, Nigeria. This is according to a statement issued by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), where it is detailed that Orange sent a six-person team from its Middle East and Africa division led by non-executive Victoria Adefala to scout the Nigerian market for expansion opportunities. Orange would be entering a highly competitive telecom market in Nigeria, with four other operators already vying for power, with MTN Nigeria holding the largest market share, followed by Globacom, Airtel, and finally 9Mobile. “We are here to ensure steady investment for the long term. We also want to support the vision of the...
Some Relief: This is How Much SA Petrol Prices Will Drop Tomorrow
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SA’s Teraco Has Been Acquired by This US Cloud Computing Firm
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Nedbank’s Latest Partnership: “The Perfect Way of Expanding to New Markets”
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MTN Nigeria Posts Latest Results, Sees Massive Fintech Boom
MTN Nigeria has today announced its unaudited results for the half-year ended 30 June 2022. The company, an arm of MTN Group, considered Africa’s largest telecom in terms of subscribers and revenue, continues to report positive growth, particularly in its fintech wing. The half year saw MTN Nigeria’s active fintech subscribers grow by 87.3% to 11.5-million, including the registration of 4.2-million MoMo wallets since the launch of the fintech PSB on 19 May of this year. A massive gain for the business that was affected by a series of shady bank transfers in the country in June. Across the board, MTN Nigeria reported positive results with a 7.6% increase in mobile subscribers to an enormous 74.1-million, adding 5.7-million in the quarter alone. Active data users also increased by 13.2% to 3...
Software Firm Odoo Says Jambo to Kenya
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Huawei nova Y70 Now Available in SA Stores: Pricing + Free Headphones
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Why the Healthcare Sector Must Prioritise Modern Data Protection
Image sourced from Healthcare Finance. The pandemic has put a significant strain on all industry sectors none more so than in healthcare where there was a need to adopt more data-driven planning and decision-making at lightning speed. At a time when expanding remote care, telemedicine, and m-health initiatives have become the order of the day, the spotlight has turned to the safeguarding of sensitive information at a scale comparable to the financial services sector. This is for good reason. According to the ‘Veeam Top Trends in Data Protection, Healthcare Edition 2022’ report, 76% of global healthcare organisations had at least one ransomware attack in the last year. This has contributed to an almost 5% increase in data protection budgets that include backup, business continuity, and disa...
Public Sector Cybersecurity Summit 2022 – 10 Topics to Look Out For
The Public Sector Cybersecurity Summit hosted by IT News Africa on the 2nd and 3rd of August 2022. Sign up here: https://itnewsafrica.com/event/event/public-sector-cybersecurity-summit-2022/ If your public organisation is digitally connected then you cannot afford to miss the Public Sector Security Summit 2022 (#PubliSec2022), to be held on 2nd and 3rd August 2022. Cybercriminals are only becoming more advanced, and more dangerous with attacks costing government organisations worldwide millions if not billions. This world-class event will allow you to learn from local and international case studies and hear from public sector security experts, enabling you to bolster cyber security within your public organisation, all from the comfort of your home or office. Attendees who sign up ...
5 E-Learning Platforms that Should Be on Every Professional’s Radar
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Kenyan & South African Developers Can Now Get Paid via GitHub
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SA Load Shedding: Eskom Turns to Asia for Battery Power
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