Innocent Mutimura, newly appointed country manager of Paratus Rwanda Pan-African telecommunications operator Paratus Group opened its doors in Rwanda recently and is now pleased to announce the appointment of Innocent Mutimura as its country manager. Mutimura comes to the position with a wealth of relevant experience gained across the East African region, having held senior…
Standard Bank has confirmed the phased roll-out of smart ID application and renewal services at select branches, with no convenience or logistics fees during the launch period. The service will initially be available at the bank’s Rosebank, Maponya Mall and Westgate branches before scaling further. During the launch phase, clients will pay only the standard…
Tshifhiwa Ramuthaga, ministerial representative to the University of the Free State Council. Well-known chief information officer (CIO) Tshifhiwa Ramuthaga has been appointed as a ministerial representative to the University of the Free State Council. Ramuthaga will represent minister of higher education Buti Manamela at the university’s council. “In this role, I contribute to the governance…
Dr Mashilo Boloka, CEO of Online Safety Lab and Marketplace Risk advisory board member. (Photograph by Lesley Moyo) Dr Mashilo Boloka, CEO of Online Safety Lab (OS Lab), has been appointed to the 2026 Marketplace Risk advisory board, joining a cohort of global ICT industry heavyweights shaping the future of trust, safety, compliance and marketplace…
Sisvel is pleased to announce the appointment of Heath Hoglund as the company’s first-ever Chief Intellectual Property Officer. In this role he will be fully responsible for the firm’s patent pools on a global basis. One of the world’s top IP dealmakers, Hoglund joins Sisvel having taken the decision to leave Via Licensing, where he…
In a statement on Saturday, Nigeria said it “unequivocally” supports the sovereignty, unity and territorial integrity of Somalia. Nigeria, Jordan, Algeria and more than 20 other countries have rejected Israel’s decision to recognise Somaliland as an independent state, warning that the move violates international law and threatens peace and security in the Horn of Africa….
Samsung has partnered with SA Rugby as the official mobile and consumer electronics partner across all national teams and the Vodacom United Rugby Championship (URC). Image supplied The agreement covers the Springboks, Springbok Women, Junior Springboks, Springbok Sevens and Springbok Women Sevens, along with the Vodacom URC. It took effect in September for the Vodacom…
Coups and their aftermath also fractured ECOWAS as they led to the creation of the Alliance for Sahel States (AES) by three junta-led West African states. Guinea-Bissau has become the latest West African country to experience a coup, bringing the tally of such incidents in the sub-region since the turn of the decade to 10….
American astronomer-turned-medical physicist and now NASA astronaut Chris Williams joined two Russian cosmonauts aboard a Soyuz ferry ship Thursday for a Thanksgiving Day flight to the International Space Station. With commander Sergey Kud-Sverchkov at the controls of the Soyuz MS-28/74S spacecraft, flanked on his left by flight engineer Sergey Mikaev and on the right by…
iOCO has appointed Lerato Pule to its board of directors. iOCO, formerly known as EOH, has announced that Lerato Pule will join its board of directors, effective 4 December. The IT solutions company says Pule will serve as an independent non-executive director, a member of the audit and risk committee, and chairperson of the social…
