Author: Akin Naphtal

Cable Television and network firm, Altice, has released a statement on the rebranding of its subsidiary brand, Suddenlink, to Optimum. This move will bring together its telecommunications products and services. Suddenlink, now Optimum, is a connectivity provider in the U.S. distributes internet, television, and mobile services to individuals and businesses in a bid to “their passions and pursuits so they can go farther.” Their new tagline “Get Closer, Go Farther” is the experience they seek to deliver to their customers, according to Executive Vice President of Customer and Business Services, Mark Grover. “We are thrilled to launch this new campaign…

American IT Company, Accenture, has acquired cloud data firm, Tenbu, as part of their company. The data analysts at Tenbu will be part of Accenture’s Data and AI team at Accenture Cloud First. In a media release, data and specialists at Tenbu will bring new life to client relations and prioritize the client’s organizational needs “to achieve specific business outcomes.” “Our goal is to help clients with total enterprise reinvention by building their digital core, optimizing operations and accelerating growth – and cloud data and AI are fundamental to a strong digital core,” said Karthik Narain, global lead for Accenture…

An international telecom investor-operator, Orange Group, has vowed to play a big part in the Nigerian telecom sector including mobile, data, fixed and financial technology support services. Mrs. Victoria Adefala, stated this when she led a six-member team of Orange Middle East and Africa, on a visit to the Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission, Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta in Abuja. She said the group is fully determined to do all it takes to get a slice of the Nigerian market. “We are here to ensure steady investment for a long term. We also want to support the…

Nexi has announced a strategic collaboration with Microsoft which is aimed at innovating digital payments solutions and assisting digitalization of SMEs, Corporates, Public Administrations, and Financial Institutions. Multiple European markets through vertical value-added solutions respond to specific needs such as easy-to-adopt one-stop-to-digital packages for small businesses, secure scalable payment cloud-based infrastructures for public entities to serve citizens, amongst others. Nexi has been chosen as one of its primary digital payment providers for e-commerce acceptance in Italy, Denmark, Sweden, and Norway as a result of the agreement. Nexi and Microsoft plan to work together to integrate Nexi payment solutions with Microsoft…

Innovative telecommunications company, 9mobile has restated its commitment to enabling the growth of Nigerian businesses and fostering inter-sectoral collaboration to further boost economic development in the country. Chief Financial Officer, 9mobile, Phillips Oki, who represented the CEO of 9mobile, Juergen Peschel, gave the assurance recently when he led the company’s management team on a visit to Gracefield Island, a smart city under development by Gravitas Investments Limited in the Lekki axis of Lagos. Gracefield Island is a new integrated cosmopolitan smart city of 25,000 inhabitants initiated by Gravitas and built on purposely reclaimed land within the fast-rising premium Lekki Lagos…

The world’s leader in instant delivery services, Zipline, has announced the appointment of Mawuli Atiemo as the new General Manager of its Ghana operations. His appointment took effect from July 2022. Mawuli is joining Zipline from AstraZeneca where he was the Ghana Country Lead and having had over 15 years of multi-sectoral wealth of experience in the Pharmaceutical Industry, stretching across various business development functions. In the various positions he has held over the years, Mawuli Atiemo has demonstrated rare leadership responsibility, including building and developing talents, managing high-performing teams, and developing and increasing sales. Through his leadership as Sales…

NEC Corporation has announced the launch of its annual NEC Visionary Week event according to a press statement dated August 1, 2022, the event will be held online, and will span from September 12 through 16 this year. The event is themed “Truly Open, Truly Trusted”, with NEC offering seven sessions exclusively to partners and stakeholders from all round to engage them in “envisioning and co-creating a brighter, more sustainable world.” The firm will also reveal “a shared vision of a future that highlights its latest technologies, solutions and customer case studies from the 4 business domains of Digital Government,…

Enterprise Technology Provider, NCR Corporation, has engaged in a strategic relationship with the Bank of New Zealand (BNZ) to assist in running the latter’s ATM services. In a media release, it states that the agreement is in line with the Bank of New Zealand’s digital transformation. The release details that NCR will “own and operate” the bank’s ATM services on and off the premises. This help the Bank of New Zealand to improve the digital banking and customer services with NCR’s technology. President and General Manager of NCR Banking, Frank Hauck commented on the improvement and long-term relationship with BNZ.…

The Ghana Hub Network (GHN), a technology and innovation hub that serves as an umbrella body for all businesses, has rolled out a national database development hackathon challenge for 20 developers in the country. It is to help build a database system for entrepreneurs and innovators across the country. The project is the first phase of a digitization and capacity strengthening programme for businesses. Participants from five zones across the 16 regions were to develop a platform which will control the details of start-up businesses and entrepreneurs across the West African sub-region. Data According to the programme’s Manager of GHN,…

Telecommunication firm, Vodafone Plc, has agreed to sell its Ghana’s business to Telecel Group. This is part of the British telecommunications giant to refocus on key markets. According to Bloomberg, the London-listed company will sell its majority stake in Vodafone Ghana to Africa-focused Telecel, subject to certain conditions. Vodafone entered Ghana in 2008 when it acquired 70% stake of Ghana Telecommunications Company for $900 million. Telecel plans to help fund the acquisition by later offloading the Ghana business’s mobile towers, according to people familiar with the matter, who asked not to be identified discussing confidential information. A representative for Telecel confirmed the talks…