Mobile phones drive data usage

Stockholm, Sweden – Consumers in sub-Saharan Africa are overwhelmingly mobile phone users – and they are using their devices for more data services than ever before. This is the word from Shiletsi Makhofane, head of marketing and strategy at Ericsson Sub-Saharan...

Digital agenda aims to connect Africa

Stockholm, Sweden – A digital agenda for Africa will make the broadband deployment and adoption message more actionable. The overall aim of the agenda is to deliver bb to all citizens by 2020, in order to foster social and economic development, competition and...

SAP Africa the continent’s top employer

SAP Africa has been recognised as Africa’s best place to work by the internationally accredited Top Employers Institute at a gala awards ceremony held in Johannesburg. As well as securing first place in the category “Overall Top Employer Africa”, SAP Africa also...

Sage launches African business unit

In a bid to expand its operations into Africa, Sage South Africa has launched Sage HR Africa, a new business unit for HR and payroll software and services in Africa. Sage HR Africa is a joint venture between Sage VIP and Sage Pastel Payroll & HR’s international...

MTN’s Mahala promotion comes to an end

MTN’s 50% Mahala Airtime promotion may have come to an end on 31 August, but the company has reassured customers that free airtime received during the promotion will not expire. On 2 June 2013, MTN launched 50% Mahala airtime promotion for PayAsYouGo and TopUp...

Etisalat expands services in Africa

Further extending its reach into Africa, telecoms operator Etisalat has launched a mobile phone-based commerce service through subsidiary Etisalat Moov that will give much of Togo’s population access to banking for the very first time. “This launch represents the...