Africa: Airtel Africa Highlights Importance of Building Africa’s Digital Future

Africa: Airtel Africa Highlights Importance of Building Africa’s Digital Future

Airtel Africa, a leading provider of telecommunications and mobile money services across 14 African countries, has highlighted industry partnerships, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and data centres as critical pillars for delivering Africa’s digital future. According to Airtel Africa’s Chief Executive Officer, Sunil Taldar, this will shape the next decade of Africa’s telecom revolution, marking a shift…

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Why Altron is building an AI factory in Johannesburg

Why Altron is building an AI factory in Johannesburg

Altron earlier this month announced that it has deployed an “AI factory” in one of Teraco’s new Johannesburg data centres. Powered by Nvidia AI infrastructure and software, the factory has already gone live with half a dozen customers. In this episode of the TechCentral Show, Altron Group chief technology officer Bongani Andy Mabaso explains the…

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Africa: Airtel Africa Highlights Importance of Building Africa’s Digital Future

Africa: Nigeria’s Building Boom Lifts Lafarge Africa’s Nine-Month Profit By 246 Percent

A wave of real estate development in the cities and urban centres of Africa’s most populous nation, where the government requires $6.25 billion in yearly investment to narrow a housing shortfall, is fuelling demand for building materials, particularly cement. Nigeria’s building boom, propelled by rapid urbanisation and infrastructure development, laid the groundwork for the 245.9…

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BYD building a megawatt EV charging network across South Africa

BYD building a megawatt EV charging network across South Africa

China’s BYD, the world’s largest manufacturer of electric cars, is set to make the biggest single investment yet in South Africa’s nascent electric vehicle (EV) sector. In an exclusive interview with TechCentral in Johannesburg, BYD Executive Vice President Stella Li disclosed the company’s plans to roll out a national network of ultra-high-speed charging stations. Read:…

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Africa: Airtel Africa Highlights Importance of Building Africa’s Digital Future

Africa: Building Africa’s Industrial Future Through Skills and Innovation

The second Africa Skills Week (ASW) which promotes youth skills development and fosters collaboration across the continent, is currently underway in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Higher Education and Training Deputy Minister, Dr Mimmy Gondwe is leading South Africa’s delegation to the gathering which began on Monday. It is being hosted by the African Union Commission’s Department…

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MyMobile: Building a Shopify store and expanding reach through FNB eBucks integration

MyMobile: Building a Shopify store and expanding reach through FNB eBucks integration

Realm Digital helped MyMobile strengthen its e-commerce presence by building a modern Shopify store and integrating with the FNB eBucks platform, connecting the brand to new customers and channels. The client MyMobile has spent over a decade bridging the technology access gap in South Africa. Their offering spans flagship smartphones, pre-owned devices, and unique imports…

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Helicopter crashes into California building

Helicopter crashes into California building

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