MTN partners with IFC to grow Mobile Money network

MTN South Africa has announced a $2 000,000 partnership with the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, to expand MTN’s Mobile Money (MoMo) business in South Africa. The partnership will target the unbanked and underbanked...

J2 appoints new national sales manager

Cybersecurity firm J2 has appointed Roy Alves as its national sales manager. He will be instrumental in building a cybersecurity skillset that will enable African businesses to identify and address their cyber capacity needs. Having recently worked for Mimecast, Alves...

Marilyn Moodley to lead SoftwareONE SA

Marilyn Moodley has been appointed as South African country leader for SoftwareONE, a cloud technology and software solutions company operating in over 90 countries. An eight-year veteran with the company, Moodley takes over the reins from Grant Bryce who is now...

First-of-its-kind power plant to go up in Northern Cape

Absa is one of the mandated lead arrangers, senior lender and hedge provider for one of the largest senior lenders in the recently concluded renewable energy project to finance South Africa’s largest Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) tower plant (100 MW), which...

Econet, Mastercard look to fintech solutions for Covid-19 response

The Econet Group through its subsidiary Cassava Fintech International and Mastercard have entered into a strategic partnership to advance digital inclusion across Africa and collaborate on a range of initiatives including expansion of the Africa CDC TravelPass....

Infobip acquires SMS firewall business

Infobip Group has acquired SMS firewall service provider Anam that offers solutions to more than 80 MNOS with more than 606-million customers across the world. The purchase price remains undisclosed and consists of a combination of cash and Infobip shares. With Anam...