VENTURES AFRICA – Kenyan PhD graduate, Shikoh Gitau’s ground-breaking technology solution is not only changing the lives of many skilled workers who could not find employment, it has also landed her a job with Google in Africa. Gitau, who graduated from the University of Cape Town (UCT) earlier this month, has devised a simple, yet revolutionary approach to using [...]

VENTURES AFRICA – An international customer approval survey has named the South African Airways (SAA) as the best carrier in Africa for the eleventh successive year. This was disclosed at the Skytrax World Airline Awards function at the 50th International Paris Air Show late on Tuesday this week. The accolade – which gives an international [...]

VENTURES AFRICA – Independent News & Media South Africa (INMSA) is to be run by local players after the group’s Irish parent company agreed to sell the company to a Sekunjalo-led consortium. According to reports, the deal was approved on Monday morning. The Independent News & Media’s website, says the decision to approve the transaction was [...]

VENTURES AFRICA – Africa’s biggest bank by assets, Standard Bank, on Tuesday said it is set to retrench 148 staff in its IT division in an effort to reduce ‘”inefficiencies and duplication”. “Standard Bank has undertaken a thorough review of its IT operations, which has revealed areas of inefficiencies and duplication,” Reuters quoted the bank’s [...]