IS plans more fibre infrastructure rollouts

Pan-African telecommunications provider Internet Solutions (IS) has made major investments in its South African fibre infrastructure, and plans to further its rollout in the coming months. “South Africa’s connectivity infrastructure has seen incredible growth in the...

Marketers positive about IT budget increases

In a recent survey of senior marketers at technology companies, the International Data Corporation (IDC) CMO Advisory Service found that two-thirds are expecting budget increases for 2014. Additionally, IDC forecasts that marketing budgets within the technology...

Africa booms for Orange Money with 10m users

Orange Money has signed up 10-million customers in Africa. Stéphane Richard, chairman and CEO of Orange, gave an Orange Money credit to the company’s 10-millionth customer, Kanny G, who opened an account in Dakar, Senegal. “Orange Money is a revolution in terms of...

Retail banking drives Africa’s growth

DHL is seeing robust growth from its financial services customers in Africa and, while the banking sector continues to play a significant role in economic development for the continent, the sector also fuelled DHL’s expansion into Africa in 1978 when global banks...