The deal gives Warner Music’s ADA division access to Africa’s largest catalogue and A&R network, as well as enabling WMG to establish a presence in many African markets for the first time. ADA will work closely with Africori to distribute and promote its artists internationally through Warner Music’s global network. It will support Africori’s distribution activities on its existing catalogue…
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More satellites grow viewing channels to over 40 African countries.
A Multi-year contract using Eutelsat’s dynamic 7° East neighbourhood means RCS Ghana can provide capacity for the broadcast of quantitative quality viewing. RCS will use Ku-Band band capacity on EUTELSAT 7B to broadcast its fast growing free-to-air DTH bouquet comprising SD and HD channels to the Ghanaian market and over 40 other countries in Africa. The Chairman and CEO of…
Read MoreCurrent fintech surge to further disrupt traditional bank sector
Current fintech surge to further disrupt traditional bank sector Traditional banks will fall even further behind in market share and customer experience due to the global coronavirus pandemic, warns the CEO of one of the world’s largest independent financial advisory organisations. The comments from Nigel Green, founder and chief executive of deVere Group, follow research that the use of financial…
Read MoreThe Art of being a problem solver – William Atwooki Sebunje.
It is hidden in the ability to create your own bag of solution to walk around with while problem solving….than a bag of problems.. to go creating !!… However some problems are solved through chaos ….!! You must wipe them away….from the affected animal….or person….by breaking the chain…!!!! Some of us we are too confusing to understand….. …we say let…
Read MoreFacebook added a free group video chat feature called Messenger Rooms. Here’s how to use it
Facebook’s new group video chat feature Messenger Rooms is getting ready to compete with services like Zoom, Skype, and Microsoft Teams, as more people turn to video chat amid coronavirus lockdowns and quarantines. Facebook users will soon be able to create a video chat room from Facebook or the Messenger app, and invite anyone up to 50 people to join a video call — even if they…
Read MoreFree Educational websites to enable parents home school their children.
The COVID-19 era has brought a change in routine for most of our activities and schools have been closed for weeks. Learners are at home and not all schools provided learning material plus there are also challenges in accessing the internet for some learners. MTN Uganda in support of the fight against the spread of the Coronavirus has been offering free…
Read More#EntrepreneurIt. – Strive Masiyiwa.
Over the Christmas holiday, I got a seasonal greeting from a former employee who recently launched his own start-up since leaving the company. It is based in South Africa, operating out of his home, and he now has customers all over the world, including UK, US, Africa and even Dubai! He has 800 customers, some of whom travel to SA…
Read More#Competition is good (Part 3) – Strive Masiyiwa
Did my grandmother invent Coca-Cola? In the Business Wars podcasts, one of my favorite battles is Coca-Cola vs Pepsi. It is the stuff of legends and a battle that goes on to this day. I have known about the history of Coca-Cola for decades as I also own a Coca-Cola bottling franchise. After I first read about how it was…
Read MoreWireless Broadband Alliance says new 6GHz Wi-Fi band will bring radical change to global capacity.
The Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA), the body leading development of next generation Wi-Fi services, today supports the decision by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to open up the 6GHz frequency band for use by Wi-Fi 6 technology. It declared the release of the spectrum would bring radical change for the Wi-Fi industry in terms of service speed, hyper low latency…
Read MoreTotal Acquires Tullow Entire Interests in the Uganda Lake Albert Project
Total (Paris:FP) (LSE:TTA) (NYSE:TOT) and Tullow have entered into an agreement, through which Total shall acquire Tullow’s entire interests in Uganda Lake Albert development project including the East African Crude Oil Pipeline. The overall consideration paid by Total to Tullow will be $575M, with an initial payment of $500M at closing and $75M when the partners take the Final Investment…
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