ITWeb TV: Blu Label targets lower Cell C shareholding

ITWeb TV: Blu Label targets lower Cell C shareholding

In this episode of ITWeb TV, Blu Label joint CEOs, Mark and Brett Levy reflect on building the company from car radios and prepaid vouchers to a diversified technology giant, while discussing Cell C’s turnaround, entrepreneurship, energy ambitions, leadership lessons and South Africa’s digital future. #CellC #Entrepreneurship #JSE Blu Label Unlimited, the majority shareholder in…

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Africa: Efforts to Eliminate Hepatitis Delivers Gains but More Action Needed to Meet 2030 Targets

Africa: Efforts to Eliminate Hepatitis Delivers Gains but More Action Needed to Meet 2030 Targets

Global efforts to combat viral hepatitis are delivering measurable progress in reducing infections and deaths, but the disease remains a major global health challenge, according to a new World Health Organization (WHO) report released today at the World Hepatitis Summit. Viral hepatitis B and C – the two infections responsible for 95% of hepatitis-related deaths…

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OpenAI reportedly missed revenue targets. Shares of Oracle and these chip stocks are falling

OpenAI reportedly missed revenue targets. Shares of Oracle and these chip stocks are falling

Shares of companies tied to artificial intelligence infrastructure fell Tuesday after a report that OpenAI has fallen short of internal growth expectations, raising fresh questions about whether the pace of spending across the sector is sustainable. Oracle, which has a $300 billion, five-year partnership to supply computing power to OpenAI for AI operations, dropped more…

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Africa: British International Investment Targets £9bn New Capital for Africa Economic Growth

Afreximbank Supports Dangote Group As It Targets U.S.$100 Billion Annual Revenue By 2030

Cairo, Egypt — African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) is proud to announce that it is supporting Dangote Group, as it seeks to expand its operations and grow its turnover to US$100 billion by 2030. The Group’s leadership presented its long-term growth strategy “Vision 2030: Supercharging Dangote Group for Long Term Success” to the Afreximbank Board of…

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Top ICT tenders: Home affairs targets records digitisation

Top ICT tenders: Home affairs targets records digitisation

The Department of Home Affairs has over 340 million paper records and will prioritise the digitisation of records relating to birth, marriage, death and amendments. (Image source: 123RF) A pre-long weekend rush makes for an interesting round-up from National Treasury’s eTenders Portal, with a mix of requests from national departments, metro municipalities and state-owned entities….

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Asus targets commercial growth in southern Africa

Asus targets commercial growth in southern Africa

Werner Joubert, Commercial BDM and Country Head Asus South Africa and SADC. Asus is positioning itself for growth in its southern Africa commercial division following the launch of its ExpertBook Ultra laptop this week, as the company looks to capitalise on a market shift towards AI-enabled devices. Asus operates two divisions in the region –…

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Africa: British International Investment Targets £9bn New Capital for Africa Economic Growth

Africa: Xtransfer Targets Africa to Fix Costly Cross-Border Payments for SMEs

China-based fintech platform XTransfer is accelerating its expansion into Africa after recording more than 300 per cent growth in the region last year, as small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) increasingly seek faster and cheaper ways to handle cross-border trade payments, according to a senior leader at the firm. With trade between Africa and global manufacturing…

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