Shenzhen Transsion Holdings, the biggest seller of mobile phones in Africa, is weighing a second listing in Hong Kong, according to people with knowledge of the matter. Transsion is in talks with advisers about an offering that could raise about US$1-billion, though the exact size, as well as timing, hasn’t been determined, the people said,…
John Mc Loughlin, group CEO and sales director at J2. South African cyber security firm J2 Software, with existing UK offices, is set to expand its footprint in the UK, Europe and Australia. John Mc Loughlin, group CEO and sales director at J2, made the announcement at the company’s office launch at its Johannesburg headquarters…
While the scoreboard reflected South Africa’s clinical edge, it didn’t fully capture the competitiveness of the encounter Ghana’s Black Queens will head into their second Group C fixture at WAFCON 2024 with mounting pressure, following a 2-0 defeat to reigning champions South Africa in their tournament opener. Despite a spirited performance and several missed chances,…
Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan. Laure Andrillon/Reuters Intel’s new CEO is exploring a big change to its contract manufacturing business to win major customers, two people familiar with the matter have said, in what is a potentially expensive shift from his predecessor’s plans. If implemented, the new strategy for what Intel calls its “foundry” business would…
President Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera has met with Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, in Abuja, Nigeria, where he is attending the 32nd Afrexim Bank Annual Summit. Hot on the heels of another high-level meeting with billionaire Tony Elumelu, Chakwera’s engagement with Dangote marks a deliberate strategy to court heavyweight African investors capable of shifting Malawi’s economic…
Cherylann Mollan BBC News, Mumbai Juggernaut Books Sneh Bhargava was AIIMS Delhi’s first and only woman director Not much about Sneh Bhargava’s life seems ordinary. In 1984, she became the first woman to helm the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in the capital Delhi – one of the country’s top medical institutions –…
Apple Inc. executives are reportedly in early internal discussions about a potential bid for artificial intelligence start-up Perplexity AI. This move signals Apple’s intent to bolster its AI talent and technology, particularly as its lucrative long-standing agreement with Google faces threats from US antitrust enforcers. That partnership, which makes Google the default search engine on…
Capitec Connect is aiming for tighter integration with Cell C to enhance service delivery and grow its mobile customer base. Capitec Connect, the burgeoning mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) launched by South African bank Capitec, is pursuing tighter integration with Cell C, the mobile network on which it piggybacks. So said Dr Dalene Steyn, head…
