Digify Africa’s learning pathway on its Kitso Bot aims to provide digital skills to ECD centres. Digify Africa has unveiled a new learning pathway on its Kitso Bot – a WhatsApp learning bot – aimed at equipping early childhood development (ECD) centre owners and practitioners with digital and business management skills. The Kitso Bot was…
Quectel expands LTE portfolio with Direct-to-Cell (D2C) capabilities enabling 100 percent global reach for IoT developers Quectel Wireless Solutions, a global end-to-end IoT solutions provider, today announced that several of its LTE modules are now available with Direct-to-Cell (D2C) functionality, enabling devices to seamlessly connect to satellite networks. This press release features multimedia. View the…
Pan-African telecommunications and network services provider Paratus Group has completed its expansion programme into East Africa. This expansion forms part of the group’s ongoing efforts to connect communities and businesses across sub-equatorial Africa with reliable digital infrastructure. Across East Africa, Paratus is providing reliable digital services to meet the needs of businesses and communities. Paratus…
SA’s e-sports market projected to grow. Hisense SA has partnered with RGB Gaming to supply the e-sports education company with gaming technology, including the Hisense PX3 Pro Laser TV, the C2 Laser Mini Projector and its gaming TV range, as SA’s e-sports market continues to expand. According to Statista, the South African e-sports market is expected…
The Tokyo Tower stands amid buildings at dusk in Tokyo, Japan. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Japan’s economy expanded 0.3% in the second quarter of 2025 compared to the first three months of the year, beating forecasts despite tariff headwinds out of the United States. This was compared to the revised 0.1% growth seen…
Suntory Expands Partnership with Rimini Street to Build an Innovative Wellness Mobile Application for its Global Consumers Rimini Street, Inc. (Nasdaq: RMNI), a global provider of end-to-end enterprise software support, management and innovation solutions, and the leading third-party support provider for Oracle, SAP and VMware software, today announced that Suntory, global manufacturer of iconic beverages…
Remaining at the forefront of digital transformation and cyber resilience. (Image: Solid8) Solid8 Technologies, which positions itself as a leading value-added distributor in the South African technology sector, is proud to announce the expansion of its solution portfolio with the addition of two advanced technology partners: Secupi and Anomali. This strategic move reinforces Solid8’s commitment…
TLDR Helios Investment Partners is scaling up its presence in Africa’s creative sector with a new $75 million fund targeting sports and entertainment The London-based private equity firm’s specialist arm secured $50 million in equity from development finance institutions to support the strategy Helios’s strategy builds on its 2021 investment in NBA Africa, which valued…
– Ethiopian Airlines has officially inaugurated a series of cutting-edge aircraft maintenance facilities, significantly expanding its Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) capabilities to serve not only Ethiopian carriers but also aircraft from across Africa and beyond. The airline unveiled three major new facilities: a wide-body aircraft hangar, an advanced component maintenance center, and a highly…
Twenty-five nations, including Britain, Canada and Japan, issued a joint statement on Monday with “a simple, urgent message: the war in Gaza must end now.” The statement by the U.S. allies and partners across the globe and published online by the U.K. government condemns Israel’s tightly-controlled aid distribution method, accusing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s U.S.-backed…
