AFRICA
Standard Bank South Africa has awarded MTN Business, a wholly owned division of MTN, the contract to rollout the African network infrastructure footprint. The bank, which under Stanbic has a presence in 17 countries across the continent, required the successful provider to ensure maximum uptime and low latency and guarantee data delivery back to South Africa without interruption to business operations. 1 Oct 2009 10:04
AFRICA
ABUJA: The newly built call centre established by Zain Nigeria in Abuja has commence operations. The facility has started taking calls from customers and plans to be formally commissioned in the coming weeks. 29 Jul 2009 10:13
AFRICA
The recession is inflicting damage on companies in numerous ways, but it is also creating new opportunities in some niches, according to various reports covering the information technology (IT) sector. 17 Jun 2009 11:03
AFRICA
EGHAM, UK: Social computing is becoming a significant customer relationship management (CRM) market trend and represents a disruptive force in this market, according to Gartner. Gartner predicts that, by 2010, more than 60% of Fortune 1000 companies will have some form of online community that can be used for customer relationship purposes. 23 Feb 2009 11:51
AFRICA
The Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) Council has found that, despite overwhelming agreement on the importance of customer experience and word-of-mouth, nearly two-thirds of companies do not have a formal 'Voice of Customer' program in place. 27 Jan 2009 12:29
AFRICA
Nigeria has expressed concern over lack of manpower and expertise in the field of information and communication technology. 8 Dec 2008 13:57
AFRICA
United Bank for Africa Plc, has introduced UBA Tourism Paycard in Nigeria. 27 Jun 2008 13:16
AFRICA
[Gregory Gondwe] As battle for clientele ensues in the Malawi banking sector, the Malawi Savings Bank (MBS) has become the latest to introduce an innovation called Cash Passport, a facility that enables customers to take money abroad. 4 Jun 2008 13:29
AFRICA
Outsourced call centre company Conexus has successfully extended its capabilities across Africa, having completed a challenging multi-country project. The venture into the continent continued when Conexus was tasked with implementing a large-scale customer satisfaction study for a leading, international automotive client in African countries. 3 Jun 2008 16:11
AFRICA
[Dumisani Ndlela] Zimbabwe's private sector has launched the Institute of Customer Services (ICS) as the country grapples with poor quality products and service delivery due to an economic crisis now in its ninth year. 7 May 2008 14:00
AFRICA
[Jonah Iboma] Thuraya Satellite Telecommunications says it is ready to offer more services in Nigeria, especially in the light of government's desire to increase access to more users in the country. 4 Apr 2008 09:53
AFRICA
[Musa Saidykhan] Senegal's national telecommunications operator and its largest international wholesale carrier, Sonatel SA has selected Ascade's Carrier Cockpit Suite to optimise and automate all aspects of its global interconnect business. 17 Mar 2008 12:01
AFRICA
Press freedom groups agree that an increase in arrests, intimidation and harassment of journalists in Niger is impeding development in one of the poorest countries in the world. 16 Jan 2008 07:32