26 January 2012, 15.08
Edge-Core Networks, a global networking solution provider offering a complete range of enterprise-level and service provider/carrier Ethernet networking equipment and services, has launched the ECS4810-28TS, an...Read More
26 January 2012, 13.30
Following its recently formed VAR-integrator partnership with XipLink, Q-KON, an established engineering group and provider of managed network services and turn-key solutions, has announced the successful installation of...Read More
26 January 2012, 10.31
Ms. Antoinette Monsio Sayeh, Director of the African Department of the International Monetary Fund, made the following statement in Maputo today:“It is a great pleasure to be here for my first visit to Mozambique in...Read More
26 January 2012, 10.27
The International Monetary Fund announced today the creation of a new department focused on helping member states build capacity and develop their key economic and financial institutions. The new department will be...Read More
25 January 2012, 14.01
The African energy sector is open for business. In actual fact there has been no better time than now to conduct business on the continent. The number of projects has quadrupled from that of 10 years ago and many of the...Read More
25 January 2012, 13.54
Today, Vodacom unveiled the completed Vodafone Site Solutions Innovation Centre, the first ever 6-star Green Star SA rated building in South Africa, at its head office in Midrand. The Green Building Council of South...Read More
25 January 2012, 13.28
The Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Municipality has taken an innovative approach to managing its architectural heritage, creating a map-based online register that is in the process of locating, photographing and rating every...Read More
25 January 2012, 13.16
The African Development Bank has successfully issued a US$1billion, five-year bond. Order books totalled US$1.2 billion from 43 investors.Final distribution figures underscored AfDB's strong penetration across...Read More
25 January 2012, 13.12
The African Legal Services Facility (ALSF) and the Pan-African Lawyers Union (PALU) seminar on reinforcing capacity in international commercial disputes resolutions in the Northern Africa region opened today in Tunis. Opened...Read More
25 January 2012, 13.09
AfDB President Donald Kaberuka hosted the annual new year lunch for ambassadors of AfDB member states at the Movenpick Hotel in Gammarth, Tunis on Monday 23 January.Mr Kaberuka told the envoys that AfDB was financially...Read More
25 January 2012, 09.12
Tullow Oil in collaboration with UK-based Sunderland Football Club has launched a new business initiative dubbed “Invest in Africa” to attract and facilitate further investments in the continent.The initiative is intended...Read More
24 January 2012, 14.35
Ahead of the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos this invitation-only roundtable will host top executives from the world’s leading multinational companies to discuss business opportunities and priorities for...Read More
24 January 2012, 09.36
iDX 3.0 allows network operator to improve efficiency and scalability for enterprise service providers VT iDirect, Inc. (iDirect), a company of VT Systems, Inc. (VT Systems), today announced that Q-KON, a leading 1st...Read More
23 January 2012, 14.56
The world economy in 2012 is set to grow by just 2.5 percent, weighed down by ripple effects from the 2008 financial crisis, says the World Bank's latest Global Economic Prospects (GEP) 2012.The sovereign debt crisis...Read More
23 January 2012, 12.15
Guaranty Trust Bank (Ghana) Limited in a bid to provide a one-stop-shop for customers and the general public has reached an agreement with British Airways to collect payments for its e-ticket reservations.The service,...Read More
23 January 2012, 12.10
The bosses of the existing five telecom operators in Ghana have expressed varying opinions about the entry of the sixth operator, Glo, into the market.Whiles some say the Ghanaian market is not ready for a sixth...Read More
23 January 2012, 11.53
The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) and its partners today released a trilingual version of the Quality Standards for Development Evaluation. It was released in Arabic, English and French under the aegis of a...Read More
23 January 2012, 11.00
Through new television public service announcements, stars deliver life-saving messages to fans in malaria-endemic regions of Africa. As the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations in Gabon and Equatorial Guinea prepares to kick off,...Read More
23 January 2012, 10.54
Equatorial Guinea opened the 28th Edition of the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON 2012) with a match against Libya in the newly remodeled Bata Stadium, where the Nzalang won its first victory. President Obiang Nguema Mbasogo...Read More
23 January 2012, 10.40
New solutions ideal for managed converged services Edge-Core Networks, a global networking solution provider, has announced the launch of the ES3528MV2, a Layer 2 Fast Ethernet standalone switch consisting of 24 100BASE-TX...Read More
19 January 2012, 17.09
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18 January 2012, 15.52
Vodacom , the South African mobile operator, has appointed Ivan Dittrich as its chief financial officer, it said on Wednesday.Mr Dittrich had previously been the chief financial officer of Datatec , the information and...Read More
18 January 2012, 14.03
The Bank of Ghana has released additional 104 million dollars onto the market today to shore up the value of the cedi after releasing 218.5 million dollars last week. 74 million dollars of this new amount will go to...Read More
18 January 2012, 13.54
The World Bank on Tuesday announced the appointment of Makhtar Diop, a Senegalese national, as its new Vice President for Africa. He succeeds Obiageli "Oby" Ezekwesili who will return to Nigeria in early May after ...Read More
18 January 2012, 09.28
Q-KON SA has confirmed that the Unified Exchange 1000 Series all-in-one branch office networking solution, the UX1000, manufactured by Network Equipment Technologies (NET), has successfully undergone type approval ...Read More
18 January 2012, 09.21
Banks urge clients to upgrade security as cybercrime explodes. South African banks are confident in their security systems' ability to withstand attacks on their online banking platforms, even as Kaspersky Lab warned...Read More
18 January 2012, 08.46
Black enterprise development from grassroots level is essential for the growth of South Africa's economy and to relieve social ills, says National Empowerment Fund (NEF) CEO Philisiwe Buthelezi.She said the emphasis on black...Read More
18 January 2012, 08.06
The banks that made it to the top 50 African banks are Zenith, FirstBank, Guaranty Trust, Access, UBA and Fidelity. Others are First City Monument, Diamond, Skye, Stanbic IBTC, and EcoBank Nigeria.Banks in Nigeria...Read More
17 January 2012, 16.46
Last weekend U2’s Bono was playing along with Malian artists at the Festival Au Desert near Timbuktu. The festival was held under extra security measurements after armed gangs kidnapped tourists in the region.
The annual...Read More
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