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Thursday, 29 January 2015

GLO NAMED AMONG AFRICA'S SIX MOST ADMIRED BRAND

National telecommunications carrier, Globacom has been adjudged one of the six most admired brands in africa in the latest ranking by one of the continent's most reputable business magazins, African Business.
The ranks, published in the latest edition of the london based magazine showed that globacom polled a total admiration score of 345, placing it as on of the six most valued brands in the continent ahead of many multinationals.
According to a statement by the organisers of the annual rankings, the resulta were arrived at after a rigorous, multifaceted exercise. The statement by Rupert Kemp, valuation director, brand finance africa, and Karin Du Chenne of TNS, the magazine's partners on the project, said the process intergrated consumer research and financial valuation.

Wednesday, 7 January 2015

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A 3D PRINTER THAT PRINTS FOOD

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Recently we heard of the 3D printer, A machine that can build anything from toys to handguns, and now inventors of the 3D printer has unveiled a new prototype which they hope would revolutionise home cooking.
The device dubbed the "FOODINI" squirts out anything from pizza or pasta to cakes in a variety of shapes, from dinosaurs to spelling out names with letters.
Different ingredients are built up in layers following selection of design on the devices control panel, The printing process is slow but when compared to regular 3D printers it is relatively fast. Other than being capable of creating complex designs such as very detailed cake decorations or complex food arrangements in unusual and new shapes, Foodini can be useful for recipes that require precision and dexterity like homemade pizza and pasta. Currently, the device only prints the food and doesn't cook it, it must then be cooked the old fashioned way, but future models will also cook the preparation and produce it ready to eat.

Sunday, 14 December 2014

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AIRTEL

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INDUSTRY: Telecommunications
FOUNDED:
HEADQUARTER:
KEY PEOPLE:
PRODUCTS:

Airtel chad is the #1 operator with 69% market share, Airtel is the market leader with almost 7 million customers at the end of june 2012, Airtel Gabon has 829,000 customers and its market share stood at 61%, Airtel Ghana had about 1.76 million customers at the end of 2010, Airtel Kenya is the second largest operator and has 4 million customers, Airtel holds second place in the mobile telecom market in Madagascar has a 39% market share and over 1.4 million customers, Airtel Malawi is the market leader with a market share of 72%, Airtel Niger is the market leader with a 55% market share, Airtel Nigeria holds second place with 20% market share having 25 million customer base as of March 2014, Airtel Congo is the market leader with a 55% market share, Airtel lanched services in Rwanda on March 2012, Airtel is the leading comprehensive telecommunications services providers with over 55% market share of mobile market in seychelles, Airtel Tanzania is the market leader with a38% market share, Airtel Uganda stands as the #2 operator with a market share of 38%.

One Network is a mobile phone network that allows Airtel customers to use the service in a number of countries at the same price as their home network. Customers can place outgoing calls at the same rate as their local network, and incoming calls are free. As of 2014, the service is available in Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Chad, Democratic Republic of Conga, Congo Brazzaville, Gabon, Ghana, India, Kenya, Madagascar, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Sir Lanka, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia.

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MXIT

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INDUSTRY: Instant messaging
FOUNDED: 2007
HEADQUARTERS: South Africa
KEY PEOPLE: Michael Jordaan[CEO]
PRODUCTS: Instant Messenger[Microsoft Windows, Windows Mobile, Mac OSX, Android, IOS, Java ME Linux, Blackberry OS

Mxit [ pronounced ''mix it''] is a free instant messaging application developed by Mxit [pty] ltd. In South Africa that runs on over 8000 devices, including feature phones, Android, BlackBerry, I-phone, I-pad, Windows phone and tablets.
According to a study by consultancy worldwide Worx, Mxithad 7.4 million monthly active subscribers in july 2013, of which 6,3 million are in South Africa.

Mxit originates from Stellenbosch, a University town in South Africa. In 1997, Herman Heunis established Swist Group Technologies and focused primarily on the mobiletelecommunications industry, developing software and providing system support to large Telco's, In 2000 Clockspeed Mobile, a research and development division of Swist Group Technologies, developed a Massive Multiplayer Mobile game named Alaya. The game was SMS based and was not successful due to the high cost of SMS since GPRS was still not widely implemented. In 2003, the game was reassessed an d the MXit concept was conceived by Herman thatsame year, MXit has evolved to become a major IM player in the South African arena thereafter. In April 2004, Clockspeed Mobile became independent and on 1 July 2006 became MXit Lifestyle (Pty) Ltd. In January 2007, media giant Naspers acquired a 30% stake in the company for an undisclosed amount. In 2013, competitor 2go overtook Mxit in terms of uses across Africa.
In September 201, Mxit was acquired by South African investment group, World of Avatar.
Following the abrupt resignation of then boss, Alan Knott-Craig Jr, Francois Swart received the nod from Mxit to become the new CEO (Mzekandaba, 2013).
Former CEO of First National Bank (FNB), Michael Jordaan was announced chairman of the Mxit board in September 2013.

Mxit operates in many international markets. Mxit is officially supported in Malaysia, Indian,Indonesia, United Kingdom, United States, Nigeria, Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Portion, and Spain. In August 2007 Mxit commissioned their European Data Centre located in Frankfurt, Germany. The purpose ofthis server farm is to take over most of the international traffic from the South African servers. In September 2010, Mxit launched in Kenya, making it the first country outside of South Africa to have access to the full range of features.

Sunday, 30 November 2014

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GLOBACOM

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INDUSTRY: Telecommunications
FOUNDED: 2003
HEADQUARTERS: Lagos,Nigeria
KEY PEOPLE: Dr. Mike Adenuga Jnr. [chairman]
Paddy Adenuga [Group Executive Director]
Mohamed Jameel [Group Cheif Operating Officer]
Bella Disu [Group Executive Director]

PRODUCTS: Mobile Networks, Telecom Services, etc

GLOBACOM LIMITED [or GLO] is a Nigerian multinational telecommunicatons company. headquartered in lagos, Nigeria. GLO is a privately owned telecommunicatons carrier that started operations on 29 August 2003. It currently operates in four countries in West Africa, namely Nigeria, Republic of Benin, Ghana and Cote d'ivoire. As of june 2009, the company has employed more than 2,500 people worldwide.

GLO has an estimate of over 25 million subscribers [june 2009] and it is a 100 percent Nigerian owned company.
GLO built an $800 million high-capacity fibre-optic cable known as GLO-1, a submarine cable from the united kingdom to Nigeria.

In 2005, GLO Mobile introduced the GLO Fleet Manager which is the comprehensive vehicle Tracking Solution offered. GLO Fleet Manager helps transporters/fleet operators manage their fleet. They also introduced the GLO Mobile Internet Service which produces subscribers with high speed access to all popular internet sites which have been customized for moblie phone browsing.

In 2006, GLO Mobile introduced Blackberry. GLO started the sponsorship of the confederation of African Football African Payer Of The Year Award. the company also started sponsorship of GLO Lagos International Half Marathon.

In 2009, GLO Mobile launched Blackberry prepaid services which gives subscribers options to pay daily, weekly or monthly for the services. Blackberry prepaid service gives subscribers free yahoo mail access and free blackberry manager. The company also launched 3G High Speed Internet Services through the sales of its 3G modem. GLO Mobile 3G network is available in Lagos, Abuja, Benin and Portharcourt.