Avaya debuts UC cloud in Algeria

Avaya and Icosnet have announced a strategic partnership to jointly provide unified Ccommunications (UC) technologies from a cloud platform in Algeria. With growing demand for advanced connectivity and communications solutions, the new cloud-based offering will bring...

Mobile app drives Tanzanian birth registrations

Tigo continues to support the Tanzania government’s under-five birth registration initiative through an innovative mobile application that is accelerating provisioning of birth certificates for children under the age of five. The under-five birth registration...

CaseWare aids compliance reporting in Kenya

CaseWare Africa has announced the launch of an innovative software suite that automates the entire financial reporting process for public entities. George Pinto, R&D product manager at CaseWare Africa, says that the suite of products is designed to help Kenyan...

Grey imports, monetary policy hit East Africa PC market

The East Africa PC market – comprising Kenya, Ethiopia, Tanzania, and Uganda – declined -8,6% year on year in Q4 2016, according to the latest figures compiled by International Data Corporation (IDC). The global technology research and consulting services...

Fillip for African energy production

At the Africa CEO Forum, AFD Group – in partnership with the European Union – unveiled the “African Renewable Energy Scale-Up facility”, designed to boost private sector investment in on-grid and off-grid renewable energy production in Africa....

Orange opens in Burkina Faso

Orange has launched its brand in Burkina Faso, less than one year after the closing of its acquisition of Airtel and the launch of Orange Côte d’Ivoire. Orange will pursue its development in mobile financial services and 3.75G mobile Internet, where it was the...