Vodafone and Google Cloud have announced a new, six-year strategic partnership to drive the use of reliable and secure data analytics, insights, and learnings to support the introduction of new digital products and services for Vodafone customers simultaneously worldwide. In a significant expansion of their existing agreement, Vodafone and Google Cloud will jointly build a powerful new integrated data platform with the added capability of processing and moving huge volumes of data globally from multiple systems into the cloud. The platform, called ‘Nucleus’, will house a new system, ‘Dynamo’ – which will drive data throughout Vodafone to enable it to…
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eCommerce giant, Jumia has announced the appointment of Tolulope George-Yanwah as Chief Executive Officer for its Ghana operations. Tolulope was previously, the country manager for Jumia Logistics in Nigeria. “I am excited at the opportunity to impact the everyday lives of Ghanaians through eCommerce,” said Yanwah upon her appointment. She had held other management roles in Jumia such as VP of Jumia Logistics, last-mile expansion manager and regional dispatch operations manager. She has also served as field distribution manager at MDS Logistics, Nigeria.
The Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof Umar Garba Danbatta on Friday, April 30, 2021, led a high-powered delegation of the Commission to condole with the Emirs of Kano and Bichi, Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero and Alhaji Nasiru Ado Bayero respectively over the demise of their mother, late Hajiya Maryam Ado Bayero, Mai Babban Dakin Kano. Danbatta, who also submitted two letters of condolence, one on behalf of the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Ali Isa Ibrahim Pantami and the other on behalf of the Management and Board of the Commission, stressed that the…
As part of its strategy to grow its business in West Africa, Kaspersky has partnered with value-added distributor DataGroupIT who will provide the global cybersecurity company with access to new markets in Nigeria and Ghana. “DataGroupIT is a well-known distributor in Africa with a clear value-add when it comes to generating focused business growth, especially in the enterprise segment. It also has the capacity to support the Kaspersky business logistically and provide valuable technical expertise on Kaspersky solutions,” says Lehan van den Heever, Enterprise Cyber Security Advisor for Kaspersky in Africa. DataGroupIT has more than 1,000 clients in over 15…
Imagine what’s possible when the most innovative TV meets the fastest and most powerful console games like Xbox Series X etc. Rapid response time, smooth graphics and enhanced immersion with Dolby Vision IQ and Dolby Atmos on supporting TVs are some of the new features serious gamers and TV lovers lookout for these days. Leading the next generation of OLED TVs innovation, LG Electronics (LG), the world leader in OLED TVs, has continued to raise the bar in delivering LG OLED models that offer new art-inspired GX Gallery series, CX and classic Real 8K models. These set of OLED TVs…
Ghana’s Gyakie Emerges First African singer to join the global programme
MainOne, the leading provider of connectivity solutions for businesses in West Africa, responds to the increase in the adoption of Cloud technology by connecting businesses across the region directly to public cloud service providers. The MainOne Cloud Connect service ensures direct secure and reliable network connectivity between enterprise data centres or office locations and public cloud providers such as Microsoft, and Amazon Web Services. MainOne also has a partnership with Equinix-Telecity that grants the company direct access to other global providers such as Oracle and IBM thereby giving customers access to the services they need. With MainOne Cloud Connect, businesses…
Nigeria’s apex bank, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the First Bank Nigeria Limited appear to be heading on a collision course following the CBN’s query yesterday of the board of First Bank Nigeria Limited over the removal of the Managing Director/Chief Executive of the bank, Dr. Adesola Adeduntan. The CBN said in the query that the action was without regulatory approval adding that the move has “dire implications for the bank and also portends significant risks to the stability of the financial system,” according to a report by Thisday. The apex bank made its position known in a…
Fidelity Bank Plc has announced a 53.9 per cent growth in Profit Before Tax (PBT) to N10.1 billion for the first quarter ended March 31, 2021 (Q1’21) as against N6.6 billion posted in the corresponding period of 2020 (Q1’20). The details of the unaudited results, released at the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) showed that the net revenue for the period increased by 13.4 per cent to N34.4 billion from N30.3 billion in Q1’20. Mrs Nneka Onyeali-Ikpe, Managing Director of the bank, said, “We commenced the year showing impressive double-digit growth in profitability and improved performance across key efficiency indices whilst…
Chinese tech giant, Huawei says information and communication technologies have the potential to reduce global carbon emissions by 20% over the next decade. William Xu, Director of the Board and President of Huawei’s Institute of Strategic Research, recently said energy sustainability was a daunting challenge that faced all countries over the next decade. “Global energy consumption is growing at an annual rate of 1.7%. Currently, 85% of energy comes from fossil fuels. Energy sustainability is a daunting challenge that faces all of us. “By empowering a wide range of industries, ICT technology has the potential to reduce global carbon emissions…