Teraco, Africa’s vendor-neutral data centre provider, has announced a support grant valued at US$401,132 to the South African Broadband Education Networks (SABEN) via the Teraco Connect Foundation
Commerce
Finnfund invests in East African e-commerce platform Kasha
Finnish development financier Finnfund has decided to invest US$1mn in Kasha, an e-commerce platform improving women’s access to genuine health, hygiene and self-care products in East Africa
Ukheshe appoints African director and targets continent as cashless trend gains momentum
Micro-payment platform Ukheshe has announced the appointment of Mark Dankworth as executive director of Ukheshe Africa
IDEMIA, Zwipe and Idex partner to offer disruptive biometric payments card platform
Security company IDEMIA and ZWIPE, a leading biometric fin-tech company, have produced the first samples of a new chip designed for biometric cards
IFS Remote Assistance harnesses merged reality to reimagine service efficiency
IFS, an enterprise applications company, has announced the availability of IFS Remote Assistance, a merged reality (MR) solution that enables field technicians, engineers or customers to share real-life situational context with remote product experts