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inDrive, the global mobility and urban services platform, is launching inCode 2023, the company’s inaugural annual global hackathon. inCode will award €16,000 for the top ideas to make ride-hailing safer and more inclusive. inDrive invites the world’s top tech talent to register teams of 1 to 6 people, whose entries will be judged by inDrive experts on idea, impact, code quality, UX/UI quality, and feasibility. The inCode hackathon challenges innovators to: Improve safety: Discover ways to make ride-hailing safer and more secure for all, so both riders and drivers have complete peace of mind. Advance accessibility: Propose methods to make…
CYBER1 Solutions, a cyber security services company with 26 years of industry expertise, has announced the expansion of its European presence, and the appointment of Hilbert Long as the General Manager for the region in line with the EMEA expansion plans. The company’s European office will be based out of London and with staff across EMEA. The business aims to grow its footprint in the region by expanding its set of cyber security services to current and future customers. “Our strategy is to grow the entity to become a self-sustaining fully-fledged business within the European market,” says Long. “We aim…
African insurtech aYo Holdings, created by telecommunications giant MTN, has launched its operations in Cameroon with innovative insurance products that offer local consumers affordable accident and death cover. aYo launched in January 2017 in Uganda and has since reached 20 million customers across Uganda, Ghana, Zambia and Côte d’Ivoire, whilst other markets being readied for launch later this year. The company has paid in excess of $2,2 million in claims. Laetissia Enonga CEO of aYo Cameroon, estimates that less than 2% of Cameroon’s population currently has insurance. “Most people think insurance is a luxury product, but we want to show…
Huawei has announced an amazing HUAWEI Battery Replacement campaign to reward its smartphone users in the South Africa. This special campaign offers customers the chance to obtain a genuine battery replacement tailored to their specific device model at a remarkably low price and starting at just R149.00. Users can enjoy the benefits of a new and genuine battery that promises optimal performance and longevity and a 90-day warranty on it. Genuine Huawei Battery As part of the Battery Replacement Campaign, users have the opportunity to get a new Genuine Huawei battery replacement for their specific device model. With a Genuine…
Huawei kicked off its 20th annual Global Analyst Summit (HAS) today in Shenzhen. The summit was attended by more than 1,000 industry analysts, financial analysts, key opinion leaders, and media representatives from around the world, who gathered to discuss the status of the ICT industry, including development strategies, roadmaps for digital transformation, and future industry trends. Sabrina Meng, Huawei’s Deputy Chairwoman, Rotating Chairwoman, and CFO, opened with a keynote. “Digitalization is a blue ocean for the whole industry,” she said. “Huawei will keep investing in domains like connectivity, computing, storage, and cloud.” “We aim to provide our customers with digital…
Telecoms giant MTN (brand value up 24% to R74.3 billion) is South Africa’s most valuable brand for the twelfth time in the past thirteen years, according to leading brand valuation consultancy, Brand Finance. Every year, Brand Finance puts 5,000 of the biggest brands to the test, and publishes over 100 reports, ranking brands across all sectors and countries. The world’s top 100 most valuable and strongest South African brands are included in the annual Brand Finance South Africa 100 2023 ranking. MTN’s brand value continued to grow in 2023, meaning that its value is now up 50% from its pre-pandemic…
MTN National Wholesale is standing tall as the industry’s go-to network “backbone” partner at a time when public and private sectors are prioritizing network and digital ICT tools in their economic reconstruction and recoveries. In line with the company’s Ambition 2025 strategy, particularly around the pillar of Network as a Service, MTN aims to become the number one digital network and service provider of choice to the wholesale market in South Africa by 2025. To this end, MTN National Wholesale is ramping up the number of innovative enablement solutions it can deliver at speed and with added cost and efficiency…
Telkom’s Enterprise and Supplier Development programme, Telkom FutureMakers, has partnered with venture builder firm, Aions Creative Technology to grow local start-ups. This partnership comes on the back of a competitive pitching process where the venture builder firm was awarded R58 million in funding that will reflect Telkom FutureMakers’ commitment, to growing and partnering with ICT SMMEs who form the backbone of the South African economy. Founded in 2015 and having assisted more than 2500 SMMEs to date, Telkom FutureMakers’ vision is to develop leading entrepreneurial programmes that invest in and incubate ICT businesses, provide access to market through their supply…
The continued support of the annual SA Investment Conference (SAIC) by local and global sponsors will enable the country to continue to attract investors and allow the economy to grow and create much needed jobs. SAIC acknowledged long term sponsors of the prestigious conference. This included Anglo American, Discovery, Exxaro, Huawei, Naspers and Vodacom. At a prestigious awards dinner, President Cyril Ramaphosa presented Huawei with an award for its continued support and partnership with the SAIC, since its launch in 2018. Huawei is a key partner in South Africa’s digital economy transformation and also invests heavily in ICT skills training.…
YuLife, the tech-driven financial services provider on a mission to inspire life, today announced its launch in South Africa. Founded in London in 2016, YuLife achieved rapid traction in the UK insurance market through its flagship product, group life insurance. The company’s expansion into South Africa marks a significant milestone as it seeks to redefine how people around the world derive value from financial products. YuLife’s Group Risk Protection (Life, Income Protection, Lump Sum Disability, and Funeral Cover) includes everything in a traditional group insurance policy – but also adds a globally award-winning wellbeing app and trusted support services. YuLife…