By Josephine Akaerr, Special Correspondent The MasterCard Foundation has announced that it will deploy US$1.3 billion over the next three years in partnership with the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) to save the lives and livelihoods of millions of people in Africa and hasten the economic...

They are traditional rivals when it comes to software and hardware but some of the biggest tech companies are coming together to make user experience better. Apple, Google, Microsoft and others are coming together to improve internet browsing, according to a report by Cnet. They are traditional rivals when it...

By Jonathan Easton ViacomCBS’s ad-supported streaming service Pluto TV has agreed a deal with LG Electronics to expand their partnership in Europe. The new deal will see LG TV owners in select European markets gain access to the service – so long as their set is produced after 2016 and...

By Godson Umejiego, Correspondent USA International Data Corporation (IDC), the leading market intelligence and technology research company, has chosen Tampa Bay to expand its sales operations and is expecting to hire 80 people for its new sales center by the end of 2023. Sales director for the new Florida location...

By Jonathan Easton British telco Vodafone has extended its partnership with fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) provider CityFibre. The extended partnership will include Vodafone Ethernet Services for business customers. Vodafone currently uses CityFibre’s FTTP infrastructure for its full-fibre broadband service, and this new deal will expand the premises covered to 12 UK towns...

By DTVE Reporter Digital video distribution technology specialist Divitel has teamed up with Ledger Leopard, a blockchain enterprise solutions provider, to implement blockchain technology to the its managed video distribution operational processes. The project will be fully operational and ready to market by end of end of 2022, according to...

Juan Pedro Tomás UK operator O2, owned by Spanish telco Telefonica, has announced a new partnership with Microsoft in the Mobile Edge Computing (MEC) field, the former said in a release. The carrier said that the proof-of-concept will deploy on-premise MEC capabilities within a private 5G network. Under the terms...

By Jonathan Easton LaLiga has announced a new distribution deal in France with beIN Media through to 2024. The renewal deal will see the Qatar-based broadcaster act as the Spanish League’s broadcast partner in France for more than a decade. The league described beIN as one of its most important...

By Jonathan Easton Dutch broadcaster Ziggo Sport will not look to renew its broadcast partnership with Formula One when its latest deal wraps up after this season. The broadcaster, which has held the F1 rights for almost a decade, confirmed the news on Twitter, posting: “From 2022, Formula One will...

By Emmanuel Oluebube, Correspondent UK The leading business and investment platform for African markets, Invest Africa and one of Africa’s largest diversified financial services groups, Absa Group  have announced a strategic collaboration, aimed at supporting the development of business and investment on the continent, and the growth of Absa Group...