Author: Staff Writer

Air France has unveiled its new long-haul Business cabin, elegantly reasserting the French-style art of travel. Constantly striving to offer the highest level of comfort, the airline’s completely redesigned iconic seat features even more enveloping curves and extra comfort. Air France is introducing a new standard dedicated to this travel cabin. Progressively rolled out on 12 Boeing 777-300s, the new cabin will serve South African travellers flying Air France between Paris and Johannesburg. With attentive service, gourmet cuisine designed by French Michelin- starred chefs, a carefully selected wine and champagne list and a wide selection of in-flight entertainment, the journey can begin. A PRESERVED SPACE The 48 spacious seats in the cabin are based on the 3 “F”s: Full Flat, meaning that…

Business communication and managed services provider ICTGlobe is committed to a flexible approach in its interaction with its 900-plus network of channel partners and enterprise clients. “The current business climate means the one-size fits all voice, data and other ICT services model is finished,” says Rad Jankovic, co-CEO ICTGlobe. The Centurion-headquartered firm is one of the country’s leading independent voice providers and believes that industry channel partners are looking to upstream providers to be more flexible in terms of pricing, terms, conditions and more. “The economy means one cannot keep hammering square pegs into round holes and hope to survive…

iStore has opened Africa’s first Apple Premium Partner (APP) store at Eastgate Mall, Johannesburg. Inspired by Apple’s iconic store concept, this store will offer the Apple experience and deliver a completely new level of customer service. This Apple Premium Partner concept store will also offer customers an interactive experience, a full assortment of Apple’s innovative products and ecosystem on display, training workshops with professionally trained Apple experts and a world-class Apple experience for Small and Medium Business (SMB) customers. “First of its kind on the African continent, at iStore Eastgate, customer experience and customer care is our number one priority.…

Huawei on Friday announced the appointment of Meng Wanzhou (Sabrina Meng) as rotating chairman of its board of directors after the Chinese tech giant reported stable business in 2022 with revenue of CNY642.3 billion and net profit of CNY35.6 billion. “According to the rotating chairman system of the company, Ms Meng Wanzhou will be the on-duty rotating chairwoman from April 1,2023 to September 30,2023,” the company said in a statement. Thereafter, Hu Houkun will serve as the rotating chairperson until 31 March 2024, and from 1 April 2024, Xu Zhijun will hold the position until 30 September 2024. Huawei continues…

With persistent loadshedding and a rise in vandalism and theft aggravating SA’s fragile economic recovery and impacting service delivery, MTN SA is accelerating its network resilience drive with an investment of R1.5 billion into the programme. CEO at MTN South Africa, Charles Molapisi says the nationwide programme is aimed at warding off the negative impact and frustration caused by power cuts, theft and vandalism and will help enhance network availability and stability over the long-term. “At MTN we are doing all we can to contribute meaningfully to helping alleviate the adverse impact of this crisis on the nation, its people…

Huawei launched its MEGA ICT infrastructure package solution for the African banking market, at Huawei Intelligent Finance Summit for Africa 2023 in Cape Town. The solution aims to ensure that banks and other financial service companies across the continent are positioned to embrace a digital-first approach that will be critical to their ability to remain competitive. Standing for “Multi-domain collaboration, End-to-end experience, Green, and Autonomous”, the MEGA package is designed to help banks meet their ICT requirements in order to achieve full digitalisation. As such, the solutions bundled in with MEGA include ones that help reshape the computing power, storage,…

Clinix Health Group, a black-owned medical provider of quality healthcare services in Soweto, has performed the first orthopaedic knee surgery using the state-of-the-art CORI robotic surgical system at one of its facilities. Dr Shilly Peter Maelane, a renowned orthopaedic surgeon, performed the surgery at the Dr SK Matseke Memorial Hospital in January 2023, using the all-new and advanced CORI robotic surgical system by Smith+Nephew. The use of robotic surgical equipment highlights the future-facing vision that young and inspired doctors have for innovative solutions. Thanks to the technology, a substantial number of patients will enjoy reduced adverse effects compared to traditional…

BozaRide, a local e-hailing platform, has launched in Gauteng, South Africa today and offers the ride-hailing industry safe, convenient and affordable services for both drivers and riders. South Africans who use e-hailing for part-time or full time income, leisure or business travel can look forward to these dynamic and compelling services in the market. BozaRide announced their official entry into the South African market during the launch, which was held in Greenpark, Sandton. The launch was attended by e-hailing drivers, riders, the media and key stakeholders. “We are thrilled to officially introduce ourselves as well as our cutting-edge services for…

JSE-listed 4Sight reported 35.4% rise in full year headline earnings per share (HEPS)  to 2, 379cents a share for the year to end-December 2022. HEPS is SA’s main profit gauge. 4Sight informed investors today that revenue rose  20.7%, gross profit increased 10.1%, and  operating profit grew by 93.9% due to the increased revenue, coupled with improved productivity, governance and control processes. Eric van der Merwe, Group CFO at 4Sight Holdings, said despite a R16-million share buy-back, the company grew  cash balance by 20.1% in 2022 from the strong growth in revenue. The company’s channel continued to experience strong revenue growth,…

If banks want to remain competitive in the face of neo-bank and fintech upstarts, they’ll have to fundamentally change the way they do business to be digital first. And if they’re going to achieve that goal, then working with technology partners to ensure that they have the right infrastructure in place will be crucial. That was the overriding message from the speakers at a media roundtable event hosted during the Huawei Intelligent Finance Summit, in Cape Town, South Africa. Through the course of the session, it also became apparent that if traditional banks are to survive in the changing financial…