DVT appoints Kenya country manager, opens Kenya office

DVT has announced the official opening of its Kenyan office, located at Eaton Place along United Nations Crescent in Gigiri, Nairobi. DVT has been developing relationships and presence in Kenya since 2020, serving as an additional operational base of remote technical...

Distributed Power Africa and EDF extend partnership to SA

Distributed Power Africa (DPA), a business of Cassava Technologies, and Électricité de France (EDF) have entered into a partnership to develop hybrid energy solutions for businesses in South Africa. Through a 50% shareholding in DPA operations in South Africa, EDF...

Nigeria’s Military Pensions Board deploys chatbot over WhatsApp

In need of a system that could handle high-volume engagement with its end users, Nigeria’s Military Pensions Board has implemented Infobip’s Answers chatbot solution over WhatsApp to effectively communicate with thousands of military veterans who rely on...

Flexential opens US data network to the African market

Data centre owner and developer Flexential has opened its US network to Angola Cables to assist customers in Africa in connecting to 40 key data centre hubs across the US. Flexential owns and operates 40 highly redundant data centres, seven cloud nodes and manages...

Smart cities the solution to African urbanisation

Africa’s urban population is booming. At 3,5% per year, the continent’s urban growth rate is the highest of the developing world over the last twenty years. Within the next 20 years, research suggests that every second person in Africa will live in a town...

Africa and the opportunity for digital natives, but

Africa holds huge economic potential – in almost every area – and the continent’s youthful population structure represents tremendous opportunity within the modern digital era. But this calls for the continent to prioritise digitally enabled...