West African business look to digitalisation

West African enterprises that want to keep pace with a changing consumer, employee and business landscape need to invest in the right business management solutions that will enable them to digitise their business processes. That’s the word from Magnus Nmonwu,...

Prepaid data roaming heralds shift for African M2M

Kees Snijders, MD of Flickswitch, believes the recent introduction by Vodacom of a prepaid data roaming solution could have a significant impact on the machine-to-machine (M2M) market in Africa. “While Vodacom is not the first operator to go the prepaid data...

MoneyGram, Econet partner for Zim transfers

MoneyGram and Econet Wireless have announced a new service that enables customers from more than 200 countries and territories worldwide to transfer funds via EcoCash, Zimbabwe’s leading mobile money transfer solution. The new offering means that more than...

Quadriga connects AccorHotels across Africa

Quadriga Worldwide, an international provider of Internet and entertainment managed services, currently deploying its WiFi cloud-based solutions into AccorHotels’ brands throughout Africa. After supplying the global hotel chain leader with guest entertainment...

MTN and Ericsson bring managed rural coverage to Benin

Ericsson has signed its first Managed Rural Coverage deal with MTN, bringing mobile coverage as a service to parts of central and northern Benin where there was none previously. Managed Rural Coverage is a cost-competitive solution whereby Ericsson enables operators...

AfriSam to expand WFM solution in Africa

South Africa’s first and long-standing AWM360 Data Systems SAP client AfriSam, a leading supplier of construction materials and technical solutions, expanded its existing Kaba WFM solution into Tanzania and is using Kaba’s biometric- and card-based SAP-certified and...