Westcon-Comstor Sub-Saharan Africa, a distributor of leading ICT solutions, has attained a Level 1 B-BBEE (Broad Based Black Economic Empowerment) rating in South Africa, moving from level 3 to level 1 in just under two years
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Azuri Technologies to extend solar home solutions to Africa
Azuri Technologies, a pay-as-you-go solar home solution provider, has announced a strategic investment of US$26mn, led by Fortune Global 500 company Marubeni Corporation with additional participation from existing shareholders including FTSE 250 company IP Group plc
Equatorial Guinea implements IMF’s e-GDDS
Equatorial Guinea has implemented the recommendations of the IMF’s Enhanced General Data Dissemination System (e-GDDS) by publishing critical data through the National Summary Data Page (NSDP)
CoinCola launches bitcoin exchange services in Nigeria
Coincola aims to provide trustworthy trading and exchange services to all its users worldwide, with Africa being a major place of interest
ATC acquires Eaton Towers in US$1.85bn deal
American Tower Corporation (ATC) has acquired Eaton Towers Holdings, a pan-African tower company that owns and operates more than 5,500 mobile telecom towers in Ghana, Uganda, Kenya, Burkina Faso and Niger, for approximately US$1.85bn