Visa banks on Africa for tourism
Visa has launched its NotATourist, a regional campaign aimed at driving international tourism during holidays and making the summer holidays of cardholders rewarding. Running in key Middle East and African markets including Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Democratic Republic...Linux servers enjoy good growth
International Data Corporation’s (IDC) EMEA Server Tracker shows that in the first quarter of 2015 the EMEA server market continued the positive year-on-year growth seen throughout 2014, to report $3-billion in vendor revenue and 557 182 units shipped, for...Tender policy hampers procurement changes
Professor Douglas Boateng of the Unisa Graduate School of Business Leadership (SBL) is Africa’s first Professor Extraordinarius for Supply and Value Chain Management. Ahead of his Executive Insights into Negotiations in Supply Chain Management workshop to be held at...Ericsson, Vodafone partner on POS payments
In a new partnership deal, VeriFone Mobile Money Retail Enablement software suite will be integrated with Ericsson Wallet Platform to expand payment options, including in emerging markets. The global partnership agreement will make it possible for Ericsson’s customers...
Insurance firms: adapt or die
The insurance industry needs to radically change its business models, or risk becoming irrelevant. That’s the harsh warning from Simon Winter, executive director: banking, financial services, capital markets and insurance at Dell EMEA, who tells IT-Online that insurance is one of the last unreconstructed industries left. Kathy Gibson reports from Dell Innovation Day in Copenhagen.