Facebook, Merck join African healthcare initiative

Facebook and Merck are supporting I Care 4 Africa, an initiative between a Silicon Valley=based NGO and a Ghana based incubator to catalyze the current healthcare system in Africa. California-based Hack for Big Choices and Ghana-based, Impact Hub Accra teamed up to...

Nature’s Choice chooses Epicor ERP

Nature’s Choice has chosen Epicor ERP, the next-generation enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution, to streamline processes and allow better transparency of business data to support growth. With humble beginnings in a pantry in 1985, Nature’s Choice...

SA bank uses tech to counter money-laundering

A mid-size South African bank has deployed Fico Tonbeller’s Anti-Money Laundering (AML) solution from Bateleur Software for regulatory compliance purposes, as well as its obligation to customers, and to ensure parity with AML and counter terrorism financing...

Barclays Africa opens CT Rise innovation hub

Barclays Africa officially opened its Rise innovation hub in Cape Town’s Bandwidth Barn yesterday, providing Africa’s innovators and start-ups with a physical location to facilitate collaboration and fintech  (financial-technology) innovation. Created by...

Boost for youth employment in Middle East and Africa

To further promote youth employability in the Middle East and Africa, Microsoft has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Udemy, a marketplace for online learning and teaching. The MoU commits the parties to share skills-based course offerings available...

BlackBerry, Sharecare partner on secure healthcare

BlackBerry has announced a partnership with Sharecare, a leading digital health and wellness engagement platform, to provide consumers with better and more secure insights into their health. Over 41-million people have shared more than 6 billion data points about...