Author: Staff Writer

MTN is introducing MyMTN Home Uncapped Fixed LTE to South Africans that is aimed at delivering more value for money and providing greater choice to customers as part of this year’s summer campaign. The growth in demand for flexible data solutions and consumers’ increasing need to remain connected to loved ones has inspired MTN to introduce its MyMTN Home Uncapped Fixed LTE. MTN wants to ensure customers get more value and options, allowing more people uncapped access to the digital world from the comfort of their own home, whether it is for work, entertainment, news or education. “We are excited…

The Loeries, Africa and the Middle East’s premiere creative festival, has released its inaugural research into gender representation in advertising across the African continent. Advertising plays an important role in shaping societal identity which is why the research is designed to deliver the insights needed to ensure stronger positive representation of both men and women in advertising across the continent. Facebook partnered with the Loeries to support the creation and delivery of the report as part of its commitment to supporting diversity and inclusion initiatives. “If we want to eliminate harmful stereotypes in our industry, we need to stop thinking…

The digital economy necessitates a digital government. It’s not really a question of whether or not government should become digital, it’s only a matter of time. This was the core theme explored at Huawei’s e-Government Summit, which forms part of Huawei Connect 2021. South Africa’s government has attached great importance to digitalisation for the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR), with a particular focus on driving transformation in the public sector. Public sector stakeholders joined Huawei to discuss how public and private sectors could work together to accelerate government’s journey to digital transformation. “Innovative technologies are increasingly being used in more industries…

Standard Bank and Pick n Pay customers’ shopping experience has just become even more convenient, easy, and safe, with the launch of Standard Bank’s EasyScan – a new service that enables customers to pay for their shopping using the Standard Bank Mobile Banking app.   Standard Bank customers registered on the Banking App can scan the QR code at a Pick n Pay till point and pay via the Banking App. Paying is quick and easy, allowing customers to keep track of purchases through the Mobile Banking app. Steps to using EasyScan: Download the Standard Bank Mobile Banking App from…

Asset tracking and fleet management solution provider Ctrack is expanding its offering to now include Laptop and Computer traced recovery service. Computers are vital to the running of businesses these days and very often contain sensitive information that is of a high value to the business owner, both in terms of the time invested and its importance in keeping the wheels turning. Ctrack PC Secure allows devices to be traced and recovered in the same way that Ctrack has recovered stolen vehicles or other assets for the last 30 years. Ctrack PC Secure utilises advanced software to make any laptop…

MTN Group today announced the appointment of Adekunle Awobodu as our new Chief Financial Officer for Digital and FinTech. Kunle is a seasoned business and finance professional who has spent most of his career at MTN, including serving as CFO for MTN Nigeria and for the MTN Irancell joint venture. “We are thrilled that Kunle has joined the dynamic DigiFin team and look forward to what we know will be a valuable contribution,” says MTN Group Chief Digital and Fintech Officer Serigne Dioum. In his 22 years in management roles, Kunle has built processes, teams and dealt with regulatory and…

Teraco, Africa’s largest vendor-neutral data centre and interconnection services provider, has announced the completion of Phase 1 of CT2, its new hyperscale data centre in Brackenfell, Cape Town – the largest data centre in the Western Cape. The new facility supports the growing demand by enterprises and cloud providers for data centre capacity. CT2 offers highly resilient and secure colocation facilities in line with Teraco’s long-term vision of enabling digital transformation across Africa. Cape Town, as one of Africa’s most digitally connected cities, is a logical destination for Teraco’s continued investment into data centre infrastructure on the continent. Home to…

Twitter announced that it would sell MoPub to Nasdaq-listed AppLovin, a marketing software company, for $1.05 billion or R15.7 billion in cash. Jack Dorsey, Twitter CEO says: “This transaction increases our focus and demonstrates confidence in our revenue product roadmap, accelerating our ability to invest in the core products that position Twitter for long-term growth and best serve the public conversation. We thank the incredible teams and customers who have contributed to making MoPub a success within Twitter over the years.” The transaction will enable Twitter to accelerate the development of owned and operated revenue products and drive growth across key…

Google today announced a plan to invest $1billion or R15 billion over 5 years to support Africa’s digital transformation. The investment focuses on enabling fast, affordable internet access for more Africans; building helpful products; supporting entrepreneurship and small business; and helping nonprofits to improve lives across Africa. The announcement was made at Google’s first ever Google for Africa event, held virtually and livestreamed. The planned $1billion investment announced today by Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google and Alphabet, will include: Enabling affordable internet access and building helpful products ○ Google is building global infrastructure to help bring faster internet to more…

US Bank announced today that its cryptocurrency custody services are now live and available to their Global Fund Services clients. The services are intended for institutional investment managers with private funds in the U.S. or Cayman Islands who would like a safekeeping solution for Bitcoin – with additional coin support coming soon. NYDIG, a technology and financial services company dedicated to Bitcoin, is the first crypto sub-custodian announced in the bank’s network of providers. “Investor interest in cryptocurrency and demand from our fund services clients have grown strongly over the last few years,” said Gunjan Kedia, vice-chair, US Bank Wealth…