Tyco appoints new MD for sub-Saharan Africa

Juan Mogollon, president of Growth Markets for Tyco, the world’s largest dedicated fire protection and security company, has announced that Danna Strydom, group MD for Tyco sub-Saharan Africa had left the organisation in pursuit of semi-retirement and Stuart Clarkson...

Samsung brings BBM to sub-Saharan Africa

Samsung has confirmed that BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) is now available to Samsung smartphone users in sub-Saharan Africa. This comes days ahead of the official rollout to other branded Android devices. The offer is valid until 20:00 on 24 October 2013. “The...

SecureData to distribute AlgoSec in SSA

AlgoSec, a vendor of security policy management, has appointed SecureData Africa, a wholly owned subsidiary of JSE-listed SecureData Holdings, as its first value-added distributor for the sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) region. “Partnering with AlgoSec extends our portfolio...

Brighter future for people of the south

An optimistic future for sub-Saharan Africa, with higher levels of human development, is possible through greater engagement with other regions of the south, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) administrator Helen Clark underlined during a side event at...

UAE looks to sub-Saharan Africa

Sub-Saharan Africa is now competing with Asia to become the world’s fastest growing region.  This growth is being driven by rising urbanisation, a young population and the emerging middle class. For certain countries, crucial economic reforms, combined with rising...