Ticketmaster announced that the company is expanding its operations in Africa with the acquisition of South Africa’s ticketing platform Quicket, “a major player in Africa’s general admission event and festival ticketing,” said the company in a press statement. Quicket was founded in South Africa in 2011, is known for its self-service platform and...
Day: <span>25 July 2024</span>
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Closing SA’s IT skills gap and reducing off-shore investment ‘requires a shift in thinking’
Honoured as Top Tech Innovator at the 2024 Wired4Women awards, redAcademy founder and MD Jessica Hawkey is driven by an unrelenting drive to work towards closing the skills gap in South Africa. In doing this, she hopes to play a part in shifting the scales in the highly imbalanced ecosystem of off-shoring work, essentially taking...
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Betway bet on Premier Soccer League in R900 Million title Sponsorship for three years
Premier Soccer League (PSL) has announced Betway as the new sponsor of the Premiership for the next three years, starting with 2024/25. PSL Chairman Dr. Irvin Khoza made the announcement on Wednesday during a press briefing. The new partnership replaces DStv, from now on the league will be known as BetWay Premiership. “No amount of days will be shifted....
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African Development Bank’s sovereign portfolio retains top spot in 2024 Aid Transparency Index
Publish What You Fund, the global campaign for aid and development transparency, has once again named the African Development Bank’s sovereign portfolio as the most transparent. The portfolio emerged first out of 50 global development institutions with a top score of 98.8 in its 2024 Aid Transparency Index released today. The Bank’s sovereign portfolio climbed...
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FlySafair adds more planes ahead of summer and festive season
FlySafair is getting its ducks in a row to prepare for summertime, the airline announced it will boost its capacity for the upcoming summer season by adding two Boeing 737-800 NGs to its fleet. These new aircraft are expected to increase the airline’s schedule by 12 to 14 flights per day. “There’s no better time...
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Zimbabwe to host The 3rd Canada-Africa Business Conference on the 15-16 October in Harare
Members and guests of The Canada-Africa Chamber of Business are invited to the Canada-Africa Business Conference in Harare. The two-day program will once again convene leading decision makers to accelerate Canada-Africa trade and investment, through this world-class networking and information-sharing forum. The most recent Canada-Africa Business Conference in Nairobi, this past February, was described as a...