Africa

Seacom picks carrier wholesales provider of the year award

The company says the award comes after its ability to provide consistent connectivity services was tested following the damage of multiple undersea cables.
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NBA Africa selects ten start-ups for US Demo Day

The ten finalists will present innovative solutions at Demo Day later this month.
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Friday

MasterCard Foundation funds education of 70k young African girls

The MasterCard Foundation has pledged $360 million over the next seven years to promote young women's educational, entrepreneurial, and career goals.
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Airtel Africa Foundation launches $500k fellowship

The programme will support ten undergraduate students for the duration of the four-year Bachelor of Science degree in Data Science and Artificial Intelligence.
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Standard Bank Group hosts 10th employee hackathon

This year, the bank received 395 submissions from across its global footprint. The top 47 teams, comprising over 250 hackers, have been selected to compete.
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Tuesday

Clear Blue partners Green Energy to power African telecom sites

Growth Energy will power telecom sites with Clear Blue's Esite-Micro power technology and Illumience Smart Power service as part of the partnership.
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9 Sep

Red tape, skills gap delay African SMEs to transform

According to enterprise software firm Sage, legal and policy constraints, as well as a skills shortage, are delaying the digital transformation of African SMEs.
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Six African start-ups win climate-tech awards

The winning teams, who attended this week’s two-day AfricArena Nairobi Climate Tech Summit, pitched their scalable companies to investors.
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MTN Group clears Ralph Mupita of misconduct allegations

The telco’s board accepted probe findings and is of the view the matter has been addressed and is now closed.
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African VCs convene in Oxford to boost continent's tech potential

The program promotes the expansion of Africa's tech venture capital sector, and fund managers will be equipped to identify and fund innovative ideas that meet Africa's challenges.
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Sasai Money, Airtel Money to expand free remittances across Africa

Sasai Money has partnered with Airtel Money to offer zero-fee financial transfers from the UK and South Africa to Uganda, with plans to expand to other key African markets.
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Nutanix to go deeper into Africa

The cloud software company is set to increase investments and channel support across the continent.
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Former MTN Group CEO Sifiso Dabengwa dies

The telecoms veteran served as CEO of MTN Group from March 2011 to November 2015.