By Godson Umejiego, Correspondent USA Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. Thursday announced the company’s collaboration efforts with a broad range of companies in China to showcase the complete ecosystem with cellular vehicle-to-everything (C-V2X) at the core, accelerating industry development and commercialization at scale. Together with over 100 automotive and technology companies in...

Jubilee Holdings Limited (JHL), East Africa’s largest insurance group, and Allianz, one of the world's leading insurers and asset managers, have signed an agreement to establish a strategic partnership in the five African countries where Jubilee Insurance currently operates. The partnership covers the general insurance business (also known as the...

By Celestine Okorie A global provider of critical digital infrastructure and continuity solutions, Vertiv announced a distribution partnership with Cyber Security South Africa (CSSA), an industry-leading cyber security technology distributor. While Africa expands its focus on fast tracking digital transformation and upscale cloud migration, Vertiv continues to expand its footprint...

By Iain Drennan, Executive Director of WePROTECT Global Alliance The WePROTECT Global Alliance (WPGA) has welcomed ITU as the newest member in the global fight against child sexual abuse and exploitation. It is an uncomfortable reality that while technology offers incredible possibilities to our societies, and can support children to...

By Clifford Agugoesi, Editor-in-Chief Econet, through its subsidiaries Liquid Telecom Group (LTG) and Cassava Fintech International (CFI) has today launched a network of #SasaiWiFiFinder hotspots in Kenya, Uganda, Zambia and Rwanda, providing locals with most affordable internet access. This partnership unlocks the ‘African Missing Network’ that will accelerate sustainable economic...

By Clifford Agugoesi, Editor-in-Chief Econet, through its subsidiaries Liquid Telecom Group (LTG) and Cassava Fintech International (CFI) has today launched a network of #SasaiWiFiFinder hotspots in Kenya, Uganda, Zambia and Rwanda, providing locals with most affordable internet access. This partnership unlocks the ‘African Missing Network’ that will accelerate sustainable economic...

African operator MTN struck a partnership with the Telecom Infra Project (TIP) to aid the evolution of its communication transport infrastructure, which will be aimed at supporting traffic growth over the next three years. In a statement, MTN said the partnership would also provide support for new services, “as part...

By Ron Chen, Correspondent ASEAN Region India’s largest integrated communications service provider Bharti Airtel and Ericsson have strengthened their long-standing partnership with a renewed multi-year contract to supply and deploy 5G-ready radio and transport solutions from Ericsson. The continued deployment of Ericsson Radio System products and solutions will enhance Airtel’s...

By Jonathan Easton BT TV subscribers will get a six-month complimentary subscription to BritBox, the companies have announced. Expanding on a partnership initially announced in May, new and existing customers are able to take advantage of the offer which saves them just shy of £36(US$46.49) over the six month period....

By Kingsley I. Ilechukwu The announcement that Chrysaor Holdings and Premier Oil have proposed to merge businesses has got analysts reacting. Oil and gas analyst at GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company, Daniel Rogers offers his view on the announcement: “With Premier Oil carrying a US$2bn debt load, and...