Kevin Hardy to lead BT’s expansion in Africa

BT has announced that Kevin Hardy, currently BT’s head of sales for Africa, has been appointed to lead operations across the region as MD, with immediate effect. Hardy replaces Oliver Fortuin, who will leave the business in February 2017. Kevin Taylor, BT...

Curve Group acquires Stock Shop

Digital empowerment company Curve Group has announced the acquisition of Stock Shop, which provides the financial services industry with apps, websites and other digital tools to empower and educate, as well as to improve the overall customer experience. “Stock...

OutSystems SA lands multimillion-rand deals

OutSystems South Africa has signed a number of multimillion-rand, multi-year client projects, marking a watershed year where digitalisation reached a tipping point, and businesses channelled increasing investment into mobile development. With 20 clients, and over 30...

New MD for SAP East Africa

SAP Africa has announced the appointment of Dr Gilbert Saggia as its new MD in East Africa. Kenya-born Dr Saggia completed a degree in Medicine and Surgery at the University of Nairobi before embarking on a successful career in the ICT sector, where over the past 18...

SA’s Netsurit and US’s Marathon Consulting merge

South African technology services company Netsurit and US firm Marathon Consulting, both ranked among the world’s top 300 IT managed services providers (MSPs), have concluded a merger in terms of which Marathon Consulting will become part of Netsurit. The deal...

The Carlyle Group Acquires CMC Networks

Global Alternative Asset Manager The Carlyle Group has announced that it has agreed to acquire a majority share of CMC Networks, a Pan-African provider of managed connectivity solutions for global telecoms providers. Investec Equity Partners, who was represented by...