QAI (www.qaiglobal.com), the global consulting and workforce development firm, and LiveBean (www.livebean.net), a customer services specialist consulting organization recently consolidated and integrated operations worldwide. QAI, which addresses the space of “Operational Excellence” and is the market leader in this domain, have now merged operations of LiveBean within its portfolio to offer augmented solutions [...]

Millions of mobile and online content users across Africa and the Middle East will reap the benefits of a landmark tie-up between MTN and IMImobile – an India-based software and managed services provider linked to 350 content providers worldwide.
The two companies have teamed up in a bold move to address the growing demand for content [...]

Extends contract with Nokia Siemens Networks to expand the 4000 km nation wide fiber backbone network
Zain Nigeria, one of the biggest operations of the group in the Middle East & Africa region is set to grow its market share further. The operator will expand its existing fiber network to ensure superior quality and secure services [...]

Leading African operator makes m-payment accessible to the great majority
Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, today announced it has been selected by MTN Uganda for its nationwide mobile payment program. Service rollout started in March 2009 and to date, around 180,000 m-payment transactions have already been performed.
MTN Uganda is [...]

Adaptive Path, a leading user-experience strategy and design firm and Changemakers, the leading network for open source social entrepreneurs solving urgent issues, announce the launch of Changemakers’ newly redesigned web site, Changemakers.com. Adaptive Path designed the entire Changemakers’ web site from the ground up with the goal of creating a category-defining user experience for the [...]

Computer Aid International study calls the $70 NComputing solution a ‘magic machine’
New Delhi, April 30, 2009 – NComputing, the world’s leading provider of ultra low-cost computing, today announced that its X300 virtual desktop kit was named the best solution for desktop learning environments by an independent study conducted by Computer Aid International. CAI is a [...]

The Coca-Cola Company announced today that it has committed US $30MM over the next six years to provide access to safe drinking water to communities throughout Africa through its Replenish Africa Initiative (RAIN). Implemented by The Coca-Cola Africa Foundation, RAIN will provide at least 2 million Africans with clean water and sanitation by 2015.
“Africa’s [...]

Core Facts:
· The winners of The Pioneers of Prosperity Africa Awards 2008 have been announced
· This year’s US$100,000 Grand Prize was awarded to Superflux International, a Nigerian-based print specialist
· The co-founders, S.E.VEN Fund, Templeton, Legatum and OTF [...]

Beats Rivals to Global Availability with Expansion to Over Two Hundred Countries
Limbo, one of the fastest growing mobile social networks in the world, announces the availability of its network to three and a half billion people in more than two hundred countries. Limbo was among the first location-aware social networks to launch an iPhone [...]

Highlights:
Gateway Broadcast Services (GBS) will deploy NDS MediaHighway® middleware and EPG across the GTV pay-TV platform for sub-Saharan Africa
Roll-out of enabling set-top box software and EPG starts in Autumn 2008
Agreement further strengthens relationship between NDS and GBS
NDS (Nasdaq:NNDS), the leading provider of technology solutions for digital pay-TV, today announced that Gateway Broadcast Services (GBS), [...]