Financial reforms outside ICT will fail
Posted by Accountancy Africa on Apr 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment
From Vanguard Nigeria
As the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, embark on series of reforms in the financial sector, an expert in the ICT sector of the economy, Mr Collins Onuegbu has advised that bulk of the reforms ride on the ICT programmes and applications to stand the test of time. Onuegbu who is the CEO of Signal Alliance, an end-to-end IT company with core competencies in systems integration and software apps, said...
Kenya CompuLynx now ISO certified
Posted by Accountancy Africa on Feb 06, 2011 | Leave a Comment
From Capital Business -
NAIROBI, Kenya, Feb 5 – CompuLynx, a leading local Integrated Information Technology solutions provider has joined the highly acclaimed International Standards Organisation (ISO) quality management systems certified firms in Kenya.
Following a rigorous quality management systems audit undertaken by Bureau Veritas, CompuLynx has been formally certified as an ISO 9001:2008 certified company.
Developed...
Utiba wins “Best Technology Provider” Award at the Mobile Money Africa Awards 2011
Posted by Accountancy Africa on Jan 29, 2011 | Leave a Comment
From India Infoline -
The conference discussed how changes in technology, regulation and existing infrastructure have vastly increased the reach of mobile remittance services in Africa.
Utiba, a leading global supplier of mobile financial transaction platforms for mobile operators and financial institutions, is pleased to announce that it has received the “Best Technology Provider” award at the Mobile Remittance,...
EAC to Build Single Trade Information System
Posted by Accountancy Africa on Nov 05, 2010 | Leave a Comment
By Dorothy Nakaweesi, The Monitor East Africa -
East Africa has teamed up with the United States International Agency for Development (Usaid) to set up a single trade information system to improve the quality of trade statistics.
In an interview with Daily Monitor on Monday, Mr Richard Owora Othieno, the East Africa Business Council communications officer, said: “We have developed a framework that is aimed at...
How to build global technology companies from Africa
Posted by Accountancy Africa on Aug 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment
From memeburn
During a relaxed and informal panel discussion at the Tech4Africa conference in Johannesburg entitled “Building for the Global Market. Lessons and learnings from the coalface”, Leila Janah of Samasource, Sheraan Amod of Personera and Malcolm Hall of Open Box Software spoke about the challenges of building tech companies while being based in Africa. The discussion was facilitated by Toby Shapshak of Stuff...
MTN, Intel to push broadband in Africa
Posted by Accountancy Africa on Aug 05, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Southafrica.info -
South Africa’s MTN Group has signed a memorandum of understanding with the USA’s Intel Corporation which will see the two companies collaborating to accelerate the deployment of broadband access in Africa and the Middle East.
The collaboration covers a wide spectrum of initiatives, including areas such as broadband access through pushing WiMax deployment, offering affordable PC bundles...
Deepak Chandnani Appointed President Of Obopay Inc
Posted by Accountancy Africa on May 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment
By Nikhil Pahwa, Medianama
Deepak Chandnani has been appointed President of Obopay, Inc, a global mobile payments service provider. Chandnani will lead Obopay’s global operations from its corporate office in Mumbai, and reported to Obopay founder and CEO Carol Realini, who will be based out of Obopay’s Corporate Office in Redwood City, CA
Chandnani had joined Obopay in November of 2008 with responsibility for...
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