Huge export, trade opportunities for Africa

African countries have a lot to gain from a US-China trade war, with opportunities for the continent to step up its services and product export capabilities. This is according to Francois Fouche, advisor at Trade Research Advisory, a spin-out company of the North-West...

Nutanix partners to develop next generation of business leaders

Nutanix has joined forces with South Africa’s Make A Difference (“MAD”) Leadership Foundation to establish new means of support and development of young people in South Africa, at a time when the continent itself is facing a significant deficiency in...

Ghanaian bank opts for Temenos system

Banking software company Temenos has announced that Consolidated Bank Ghana Limited (CBG) has gone live with Temenos T24 Transact core banking system for its retail and corporate banking operations. Temenos’ cloud-native, cloud-agnostic platform will empower CBG...

Volkswagen debuts electric car in Rwanda

In a first for the African continent, the Volkswagen Brand has launched a pilot project in partnership with Siemens to test the feasibility of electric mobility in an African country. The pilot project, which will form part of Volkswagen’s operations in Rwanda,...

Angola gets $165m for diversification

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group has approved a $165-million loan to finance part of Angola’s three-year economic diversification support program intended to restore the country’s macroeconomic stability. The Angolan government...

ICT infrastructure a barrier to data centre adoption in Africa

To help Africa realise the benefits of the data economy, more data centres in the region are urgent-ly needed. However, building data centres starts with enabling access to the ICT infrastructure and ecosystems, and there are several barriers Africa faces. All of the...