Axon in African first for SIM registration

South African firm Axon Wireless has launched Africa’s first ‘tap and go’ system for mobile SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) card registration. Ivory Coast is the first country on the continent where mobile users are able to comply with KYC (Know...

Solve compliance issues in Africa

Business in Africa has never been better due to a slew of new investment opportunities on the continent, and companies around the globe are eyeing Africa as an attractive prospect to grow their businesses into new markets. In fact, a report by Deloitte revealed that...

Developing skills for the digital age

The Nairobi Bottler’s Embakasi Plant based in Nairobi, Kenya, a fully owned subsidiary by Coca-Cola Beverages Africa (CCBA), has received a Totally Integrated Automation training rig from Siemens Digital Industries South Africa to enable skills development in...

Heficed launches Nigerian presence

For the IaaS industry, a market that is set to grow by $101,56-billion in the next five years, the African continent holds a special potential for growth. Nigeria, Africa’s largest economy, is already attracting international companies. Heficed, a provider of...

Africa needs to change IP attitudes

African companies and industries are losing value by failing to protect their intellectual property and failing to patent innovations. This is according to Professor Munashe Furusa, vice-chancellor of Africa University, who says estimates of the damage done to the...

Cameroon gets energy boost

For many years, Cameroon’s national electricity supply has been notoriously unreliable and subject to power cuts. The last significant electric system outage, which lasted eight hours, occurred last March and affected several of the country’s regions (the...