MTN South Africa CEO, Ahmad Farroukh resigned earlier today and the company is citing personal and family reasons. In Nigeria, Seedstars world is coming to town; applications are open. Here are the stories that made the rounds across Africa today.
MTN SA CEO, Ahmad Farroukh resigns
The MTN Group announced the resignation of its MTN South Africa CEO, Ahmad Farroukh earlier today. The company stated personal reasons as basis for the resignation.
Seedstars World is coming back to Lagos this July
The global pitching event by by the Swiss investment company, Seedstars, has begun taking applications for the Lagos edition of the competition.
Telkom and Bandwith Barn open InnoTech accelerator programme in Cape Town
The accelerator is one of the three programmes both companies signed on to implement following their partnership back in May.
Airtel Kenya will spend around $ 190 million on network upgrade and CSR in the coming 3 years
Airtel Kenya says it will invest over Kshs.19 billion ($190 Million) into its infrastructure over the next three years and also ramp up its CSR programmes.
Tech+ will hold this July in Lagos
Marketing and branding company, Connect Marketing Services, is partnering with MTN Nigeria, to host the first Tech+ event.
Kenyans will need their IDs to use public WiFi
Kenyans will need personal ID numbers or passport number to log on to public Wi-Fi in Kenya once the regulation on user of public WiFI falls through.
Payrollplus.co is beta testing its payroll management webapp
In a rather exciting development in the software as a service (SaaS) scene in Nigeria that could revolutionize the way Nigerian businesses manage their.
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