Accra, Ghana, January 23, 2019//-J Initiative, a child online safety advocacy organization, has rebranded to Child Online Africa (COA) with immediate effect.
Category: Technology
An ‘outside-In’ approach to Investigating Conflicts of Interest in China
January 22, 2019//-A conflict of interest (COI) results when an employee derives personal benefit from actions or decisions made in their official capacity within the company.
UK-based Global Software Firm Ideagen Posts Impressive Results
January 22, 2019//-Ideagen today announced that it expects to record its tenth successive year of growth following the publication of its unaudited interim results this morning.
AIMS Calls for Applications for 2nd Intake of African Master’s in Machine Intelligence
Kigali, Rwanda, 21 January 2019//- The African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) launched applications for the second intake of its unique African Master’s in Machine Intelligence (AMMI), a novel one-year intensive foundation master’s program that will provide brilliant young Africans with state-of-the-art training in Machine Learning (ML) and its applications.
MTN Ghana Injects Dynamism Into Music Industry
Accra, Ghana, January 18, 2019//-MTN Ghana on Thursday injected dynamism into the country’s infant digital music content industry.
MultiChoice Talent Factory Takes Off with Sound Engineers Masterclass
Accra, Ghana, January 16, 2019//-MultiChoice Africa announced that its flagship the MultiChoice Talent Factory (MTF)programme will roll out the highly-anticipated MTF Masterclasses powered by various industry partners as part of the shared value initiative’s three touchpoints alongside the MTF Academy and the soon-to-be launched industry networking portal.
Big Brother Naija Returns for Fourth Season on DStv and GOtv
Africa’s popular reality TV show, Big Brother Naija, is set to return for a fourth season with the producers of the show also revealing that the Big Brother House will be in Nigeria.
India’s Bharti Airtel in Talks to Buy Telkom Kenya
January 15, 2019//-India’s Bharti Airtel is in talks to buy Telkom Kenya, the country’s smallest telecoms operator, to create a stronger challenger to market leader Safaricom, three industry sources told Reuters on Monday.
Nigeria Fails Yet Another Investor Confidence Test On 9Mobile Crisis
January 13, 2019//-The recent crisis of confidence between Teleology Holdings, preferred bidder of 9mobile and its Nigerian local partners, resulting in the pulling out of the deal by the former is seen by analysts as tainting the country’s investment outlook.
Tanzania Gov’t to Acquire Bigger Stake in Airtel
January 12, 2019//-India’s Bharti Airtel has agreed to give part of its stake in Airtel Tanzania to the government, raising the country’s holding in the mobile phone operator to 49 percent from 40 percent, the president’s office said on Friday.