Liquid Intelligent Technologies (Liquid), part of Cassava Technologies announces a strategic partnership with American connectivity innovator Globalstar to deliver advanced 5G connectivity solutions across Africa, the Middle East, and the Gulf. Strive Masiyiwa, founder and Chairman of Liquid Intelligent Technologies said, “I’m really excited by the connectivity solutions now emerging from breakthroughs in 5G private...
Day: <span>20 August 2024</span>
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Meet African Tech and Telecoms Billionaire and Investor Strive Masiyiwa
Strive Masiyiwa is a telecommunications and technology entrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist. In his nearly four decades as an entrepreneur, he has started and invested in businesses throughout the world including Africa, the European Union, India, Latin America, the Middle East, New Zealand, the UK, and the USA. Some of his most prominent start-up companies and...
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South Africa Rugby Union (SARU) plans to launch professional women’s league in 2025
The South African Rugby Union (SARU) has revealed plans to launch a new women’s professional league. The ‘Women’s Super League Rugby’ (WSLR) could launch as early as 202. SARU aims to centrally contract as many as 150 female players. The plan being formulated in conjunction with provincial rugby unions, unions invited to submit proposals for inclusion of...
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OPINION | 40% of Marketers Yet to Explore Influencer Marketing Tech
Challenged by the pandemic, inflation and economic uncertainty, B2B marketers are pressed more than ever to attract, engage and retain customers. To become more relevant in a crowded marketplace, marketers have turned to influencer marketing. Despite growing momentum around the practice, there are many unanswered questions about working with B2B influencers. TopRank Marketing recently published...
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Hospital ship returns to Sierra Leone to deliver life-changing surgeries over the next ten months
The world’s largest civilian hospital ship, the Global Mercy, was welcomed back to Freetown in a partnership between international charity Mercy Ships and the Government of Sierra Leone to deliver more than 1,400 life-transforming surgeries and continued training opportunities for Sierra Leonean healthcare workers. The Global Mercy departed the country in June after spending the previous ten months performing...
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X to close office operations in Brazil due to judge’s content orders
Media platform X said on Saturday it would close its operations in Brazil “effective immediately” due to what it called “censorship orders” by Brazilian judge Alexandre de Moraes. X, owned by billionaire Elon Musk, claims Moraes secretly threatened one of the company’s legal representatives in the South American country with arrest if it did not...
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Absa Group announced its Group Chief Executive Officer, Arrie Rautenbach to step-down
In a move that has surprised many within the financial sector, Absa Group has announced that its Group Chief Executive Officer, Arrie Rautenbach, will be taking early retirement. He steps down in mid-October after just two and a half years in the top job. Charles Russon will become the group’s interim CEO. He has been...