November 23, 2022

Hisense’s First B2B Showroom Opens in South Africa

CAPE TOWN, South Africa, Nov. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Hisense, a leading global home appliance and consumer electronics brand, has announced that its first B2B (business to business) showroom opened in South Africa.

The showroom, located at Johannesburg, will serve as a center to showcase Hisense’s offerings for its B2B segment, such as commercial displays, ultrasonic medical, and smart city solutions. Hisense’s various digital display products and solutions, intelligent traffic system, medical products, as well as Laser TVs, ULED TVs and smart refrigerators will also be displayed in the showroom.

“Many people in South Africa know about Hisense from its household appliances products; however, over the past few years, Hisense has also seen rapid development in its B2B segment by continuously transforming its products and industrial chain to high-end and high technology,” said Patrick, marketing director of Hisense.

One of the core businesses of Hisense’s B2B segment, the Hisense Commercial Display, which witnessed significant growth in 2021, has brought a number of its products and solutions to the showroom, including Interactive digital boards, digital signage displays, video walls，LED Walls, and Outdoor Signage.

Visitors can also learn more about Hisense’s offerings in intelligent transportation. Having been in the field for over 20 years, Hisense now has branched out to many countries and regions around the world, including South Africa, West Africa, UAE, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, Slovenia, and Serbia, to name a few. It has also contributed to numerous significant projects in the world, including an intelligent bus system in Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa, and a pilot project construction for intelligent transportation in Doha.

Backed by Hisense’s decades of expertise in image processing, information processing, and interaction technology, Hisense Medical has successfully built some core products such as the cutting-edge and high-resolution Hisense Ultrasound HD60. Hisense obtained the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) license for the device in January 2022.

Hisense’s continuous investment in innovation and decades of expertise accumulated in the manufacturing of household appliances and consumer electronics have allowed it to grow into not only a B2C brand, but also a global company that can provide compressive solutions to business partners worldwide in more sectors. Regarding the B2B segment as key for the company’s development, Hisense is looking forward to forming strategic partnerships with more business partners in South Africa and beyond.

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November 23, 2022

Huawei signe l’engagement mondial de l’UIT dans le but d’aider 120millions de personnes vivant dans des zones reculées à se connecter au monde numérique

SHENZHEN, Chine, 23 novembre 2022/PRNewswire/ — Huawei a signé un engagement mondial en vue de rejoindre l’alliance numérique Partner2Connect de l’Union internationale des télécommunications, qui apportera la connectivité à environ 120 millions de personnes dans des zones reculées dans plus de 80 pays à l’horizon 2025.

Liang Hua, le président de Huawei, a annoncé cette décision lors du forum sur le développement durable 2022 de l’entreprise, Connectivité+: Innover pour avoir un impact. Le forum a étudié comment l’innovation en matière de TIC pouvait libérer la valeur commerciale et sociale de la connectivité et favoriser la durabilité à l’ère de l’économie numérique.

Liang Hua, Chairman of Huawei announced the company had joined ITU P2C Digital Alliance

Parmi les intervenants, citons de hauts responsables de l’UIT et des Nations unies, des ministres des télécommunications et des régulateurs du Cambodge, du Nigeria, du Bangladesh et du Pakistan, ainsi que des chefs d’entreprise, des partenaires, des experts et des clients de Chine, d’Afrique du Sud, de Belgique et d’Allemagne.

« De toute évidence, la connectivité à elle seule ne suffit pas. Il doit être abordable, le contenu doit être pertinent et dans la langue locale, et les utilisateurs doivent avoir les compétences nécessaires pour en faire le meilleur usage », a déclaré Malcolm Johnson, secrétaire général adjoint de l’UIT. « Nous remercions Huawei pour son soutien à la coalition numérique Partner2Connect (P2C) et pour ses engagements en faveur du P2C dans les domaines clés de la connectivité rurale et des compétences numériques. »

Siddharth Chatterjee, coordonnateur résident des Nations unies en Chine, a appelé à des « partenariats multipartites » afin de combler « la triste réalité » d’une fracture numérique exclut un tiers de la population mondiale.

« Notre monde dynamique a besoin de toute urgence d’une meilleure coopération numérique pour tirer parti du potentiel de transformation de la technologie, créer de nouveaux emplois, stimuler l’inclusion financière, combler l’écart entre les hommes et les femmes, construire une relance verte et redessiner notre monde pour qu’il soit plus prospère et plus inclusif », a-t-il souligné. « Il est temps d’agir maintenant ».

Dans son discours d’ouverture, le Dr Liang a souligné que l’accès à un réseau stable était une exigence et un droit fondamentaux à l’ère numérique.

« La connectivité sera plus qu’un simple outil de communication pratique, » a-t-il affirmé. « La connectivité, associée aux technologies numériques telles que le cloud et l’IA, contribuera à faire entrer tout le monde dans le monde numérique et à leur donner accès à davantage d’informations et de compétences, à de meilleurs services et à des opportunités commerciales plus larges. En retour, cela favorisera la poursuite du développement social et économique. »

Cao Ming, Président de Huawei Wireless Solution, affirme : « Huawei intègre le potentiel d’innovation technologique complet des équipements, des sites, de l’énergie, de la transmission et des antennes afin de résoudre les difficultés rencontrées lors du déploiement traditionnel des sites, telles que les coûts élevés, les transports limités, le manque d’énergie et les problèmes de maintenance. Nous avons continuellement amélioré les solutions RuralStar et RuralLink afin d’étendre la couverture de qualité aux zones reculées, permettant ainsi à un plus grand nombre de personnes, d’hôpitaux communautaires, d’écoles, de collectivités locales et de petites et moyennes entreprises de bénéficier des mêmes expériences de connectivité à haut débit que dans les villes ».

Grâce à la série RuralStar, plus de 60millions de personnes vivant dans des zones reculées dans plus de 70pays ont pu être connectées.

Au Cambodge, premier pays partenaire P2C de l’UIT, Huawei collaborera avec les services gouvernementaux par l’intermédiaire du ministère des Postes et Télécommunications et des universités dans le but d’offrir 10000 possibilités de formation aux professionnels des TIC au cours des cinq prochaines années.

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November 23, 2022

Huawei signs global ITU pledge to help 120 million people in remote areas connect to the digital world

SHENZHEN, China, Nov. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Huawei has signed a global commitment to join the International Telecommunication Union’s Partner2Connect digital alliance, which will bring connectivity to about 120 million people in remote areas in more than 80 countries by 2025.

Liang Hua, Chairman of Huawei, announced the decision at the company’s 2022 Sustainability Forum, Connectivity+: Innovate for Impact. The forum explored how ICT innovation could unleash the business and social value of connectivity and drive sustainability in the digital economy era.

Speakers at the event included senior leaders from the ITU and United Nations, telecom ministers and regulators in Cambodia, Nigeria, Bangladesh, and Pakistan, and business leaders, partners, experts, and customers from China, South Africa, Belgium, and Germany.

“It is clear connectivity alone is not enough. It must be affordable, the content must be relevant and in the local language, and users must have the skills to make best use of it,” said ITU Deputy Secretary-General Malcolm Johnson. “Thank you to Huawei for their support of the Partner2Connect (P2C) Digital Coalition, and for their announced P2C pledges in the key areas of rural connectivity and digital skills.”

Siddharth Chatterjee, United Nations Resident Coordinator in China, called for “multi-stakeholder partnerships” to close “the sobering reality” of a digital divide which excluded a third of the global population.

“Our dynamic world urgently needs improved digital cooperation to capitalize on the transformational potential of technology to create new jobs, boost financial inclusion, close the gender gap, spur a green recovery and redesign our world to be more prosperous and inclusive,” he said. “Now is the time to act”.

In his keynote address, Dr Liang stressed that access to a stable network was a basic requirement and right in the digital age.

“Connectivity will be more than just a tool for convenient communications,” he said. “Together with digital technologies like cloud and AI, connectivity will help bring everyone into the digital world, and provide them with access to more information and skills, better services, and wider business opportunities. This will, in turn, drive further social and economic development.”

Cao Ming, President of Huawei Wireless Solution, said: “Huawei integrates the full-technology innovation potential of equipment, sites, energy, transmission, and antennas to address the difficulties faced by traditional site deployment, such as high costs, restricted transportation, lack of power, and maintenance challenges. We have continuously upgraded the RuralStar and RuralLink solutions to extend quality coverage to remote areas, enabling more people, community hospitals, schools, local governments, and small- and medium-sized enterprises to enjoy the same high-speed broadband connectivity experiences as those in cities”.

The RuralStar series have provided connections for more than 60 million people in remote areas in more than 70 countries.

In Cambodia, the ITU’s first P2C partner country, Huawei will work with government departments through the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications and universities to provide 10,000 training opportunities for ICT professionals in the next five years.

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November 23, 2022

Multimillion-dollar boost for small business as more African countries join MultiChoice Africa Accelerator Programme

Johannesburg, Nov. 23, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — November 2022 – Following the success of the MultiChoice Africa Accelerator Programme, which secured $16 million (USD) of funding for six emerging businesses last year, the programme has been expanded to eight more countries across Africa.

Many more small businesses in Africa’s technology sector now have the chance to benefit from the 2023 programme, which provides the skills and opportunities needed to attract transformative business funding.

“We’re really excited to be expanding the MultiChoice Africa Accelerator Programme to more African countries,” said Calvo Mawela, MultiChoice Group CEO, announcing the launch. “It’s part of our long-term commitment to growing and multiplying Africa’s technology potential, which is critical to our future growth.”

The MultiChoice Africa Accelerator Programme, which kicked off during Global Entrepreneurship Week, is aimed at established start-ups and small enterprises in specific technology sectors – healthtech, agritech, fintech, edutech, the circular economy and the creative industries.

“There is such incredible business talent across Africa,” said Mawela. “MultiChoice Africa Accelerator is an opportunity for investors and small enterprise to collaborate to multiply the impact of this talent and scale it across Africa.”

Having started in South Africa in 2021, the MultiChoice Africa Accelerator is expanding to Ivory Coast, Senegal, Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, Zambia, Angola and Ethiopia. The initiative equips emerging entrepreneurs to secure funding and scale up their businesses, and also provides opportunities to pitch to international investors.

African Development Bank President Dr Akinwumi Adesina has previously noted that, “the private sector is Africa’s growth accelerator”, and several African nations have backed small-business development as part of their economic strategy. The MultiChoice Africa Accelerator dovetails with these development objectives.

The MultiChoice Africa Accelerator Programme is an initiative of the MultiChoice Innovation Fund, in collaboration with Dubai-based business incubator Companies Creating Change (C3), which gives entrepreneurs access to the tools, skills and financial support to grow their business. MultiChoice has also partnered with EOH, a tech services company who will bring their expertise to the table especially in terms of tech advisory, development sprint and technical support.

The first phase of the MultiChoice Africa Accelerator Programme sees public and private-sector partners in each country nominating businesses or entrepreneurs for the programme. From there, 29 of the start-ups embark on an intensive virtual training course. The initiative is aimed at established businesses that are already operating and looking to scale up by attracting further investment.

“Start-up founders get to learn everything from how to properly research your business sector and your market, to how to create a niche for your business,” says Boitumelo Monageng, of Swypa, one of last year’s finalists. “During the workshops we were encouraged to dig deeper and I realised that we have the potential to compete on a much larger scale.”

The virtual training course takes place over several weeks, teaching start-up owners media skills, how best to market their businesses to investors, how to create attractive business plans, and to know what investors are looking for.

Later, the entrepreneurs will come together at a finals event, where 11 start-ups will be selected for the final pitch phase. They will attend a dedicated C3 boot camp to learn how to shape their story for international investors, and to get “pitch ready” before their big presentations.

“We believe SMEs in the technology, sustainability and creative sectors will be fundamental to the next phase of Africa’s growth,” says Mawela. “The MultiChoice Africa Accelerator is geared to finding the most promising start-ups, and empowering them to play this critical role.”

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November 23, 2022

Quantexa lance le site de la Communauté mondiale pour accélérer l’adoption et le déploiement de solutions d’intelligence décisionnelle

La Communauté facilitera l’accès direct aux experts en la matière, aux forums de discussion et aux ressources de soutien de Quantexa

LONDRES, 23 nov. 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Aujourd’hui, Quantexa, un leader mondial des solutions d’intelligence décisionnelle (DI) pour les secteurs privé et public, a lancé son nouveau site de communauté mondiale en ligne. Le site doit servir de forum permettant aux membres de l’équipe, aux clients et aux partenaires de Quantexa de collaborer, de trouver des informations et de partager leurs connaissances sur la plateforme et les solutions d’intelligence décisionnelle de Quantexa.

La Communauté fournira un lieu de collaboration sur des sujets tels que les bonnes pratiques et les discussions techniques, notamment des forums de groupe avec accès à :

Des guides techniques de bonnes pratiques, exemples de réussite et contenus générés par les utilisateurs.
Des parcours de formation et de certification sur mesure élaborés par les experts en la matière de Quantexa.
Des occasions de fournir directement à Quantexa des commentaires sur les solutions et des demandes de fonctionnalités.

Laura Hutton, Cheffe du service clientèle chez Quantexa, a déclaré : « Notre objectif reste l’optimisation du retour sur investissement pour nos clients et partenaires et notre nouveau site communautaire soutient cet effort continu. Nous sommes ravis de donner aux équipes qui travaillent avec notre plateforme d’intelligence décisionnelle l’occasion d’interagir les unes avec les autres, des occasions d’apprentissage structurées et un lieu de collaboration. »

Pour demander l’accès à la Communauté de Quantexa, permettant de débloquer des fonctionnalités, des programmes et des contenus exclusifs, consultez le site https://community.quantexa.com.

À PROPOS DE QUANTEXA
Quantexa est une société mondiale de logiciels de données et d’analyse pionnière en matière d’intelligence décisionnelle contextuelle, qui permet aux organisations de prendre des décisions opérationnelles fiables en rendant les données significatives. En utilisant les dernières avancées en matière de big data et d’IA, la plateforme de Quantexa révèle les risques cachés et les nouvelles opportunités en fournissant une vue contextuelle et connectée des données internes et externes en un seul endroit. Elle résout des défis majeurs dans les domaines de la gestion des données, de la connaissance du client, de l’intelligence client, de la criminalité financière, des risques, de la fraude et de la sécurité, tout au long du cycle de vie client.

La plateforme d’intelligence décisionnelle Quantexa améliore les performances opérationnelles avec une précision de plus de 90 % et une résolution de modèle analytique 60 fois plus rapide que les approches traditionnelles. Fondée en 2016, Quantexa compte désormais plus de 500 employés et des milliers d’utilisateurs travaillant avec des milliards de transactions et de points de données à travers le monde. La société possède des bureaux à Londres, New York, Boston, Washington DC, Bruxelles, Toronto, Singapour, Melbourne et Sydney. Pour plus d’informations, veuillez contacter Quantexa ici ou suivez-nous sur LinkedIn.

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November 23, 2022

Quantexa lança site de comunidade global para acelerar a adoção e implementação de Soluções de Inteligência de Decisão

A comunidade facilitará o acesso direto a especialistas de domínio da Quantexa, fóruns de discussão e a recursos de apoio

LONDRES, Nov. 23, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — A Quantexa, líder global em soluções de Inteligência de Decisão (ID) para os setores privado e público, lançou hoje o seu novo website de comunidade global. O website está configurado para servir como um pólo onde membros da equipa da Quantexa, clientes e parceiros podem colaborar, encontrar informações e partilhar conhecimentos sobre a plataforma e as soluções de Inteligência de Decisão da Quantexa.

A comunidade proporcionará um lugar de colaboração sobre diversos temas, incluindo as melhores práticas e os debates técnicos, e ainda, fóruns de grupos com acesso a:

Guias de melhores práticas técnicas, histórias de sucesso e conteúdos criados pelos utilizadores.
Formação personalizada e cadeias de certificação construídas pelos especialistas de domínio da Quantexa.
Oportunidades de fornecer opiniões sobre a solução e solicitar recursos diretamente à Quantexa.

Laura Hutton, Diretora de clientes da Quantexa, disse: “O nosso foco continua a ser o de maximizar o ROI dos nossos clientes e parceiros e o nosso novo website de comunidade apoia esse esforço contínuo. Sentimo-nos empolgados por proporcionar às equipas que trabalham com a nossa plataforma de Inteligência de Decisão uma oportunidade para interagirem entre si, oportunidades de aprendizagem estruturada e contínua, e um lugar de colaboração.”

O acesso à comunidade Quantexa pode ser solicitado em https://community.quantexa.com para desbloquear recursos, programas e conteúdos exclusivos.

SOBRE A QUANTEXA
A Quantexa é uma empresa global de software de dados e de análise pioneira em Inteligência de Decisão Contextual que capacita as organizações a tomarem decisões operacionais fiáveis, tornando os dados significativos. Ao utilizar os mais recentes avanços em megadados e IA, a plataforma da Quantexa descobre riscos ocultos e novas oportunidades, fornecendo uma visão contextual e conectada dos dados internos e externos num único lugar. Resolve os maiores desafios em toda a gestão de dados, KYC, informações do cliente, crime financeiro, risco, fraude e segurança, ao longo do ciclo de vida do cliente.

A plataforma de Inteligência de Decisão Contextual da Quantexa aumenta o desempenho operacional em mais de 90% e apresenta uma resolução de modelos analíticos 60 vezes mais rápida do que as abordagens tradicionais. Fundada em 2016, a Quantexa tem atualmente mais de 500 colaboradores e milhares de utilizadores que trabalham com milhares de milhões de transações e pontos de informação em todo o mundo. A empresa tem escritórios em Londres, Nova Iorque, Boston, Washington DC, Bruxelas, Toronto, Singapura, Melbourne e Sydney. Para mais informações, contacte a Quantexa aqui ou siga-nos no LinkedIn.

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November 23, 2022

Angola in Dubai Global Gold Convention 2022

Luanda – Angola participated Tuesday for the first time in the Dubai Global Gold Convention 2022, a mining sector business event to seek business opportunities in order to boost Angola’s economic growth.

The “Global Gold Convention 2022” is an international event that gathers diplomats, ministers, key leaders of the gold mining industry, refineries, jewellers, traders, import export companies from the UAE and from around the world.

At the event, the Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Albino Malungo, presented Angola’s mining potential, especially projects linked to gold exploration.

Albino Malungo invited investors to invest in the Angolan minerals market, taking into account the incentive facilities created by the government, under the new model of governance of the mineral resources sector, approved by Presidential Decree No. 143/20, of 26 May.

The diplomat said that with this incentive facilities the Angolan government expects a sustainable management of mineral resources by reducing direct intervention of the state in economic mining activity, optimising the role of economic agents and guiding public companies in the execution of their social object.

He also highlighted prospecting expenses, contributions to the environmental fund, customs expenses and incentives for holders of prospecting title deeds, as well as the issue of equipment for mining exploration exempt from customs duties, facilitated imports and obtaining work visas.

Among other objectives, the business forum served to show to potential investors all trade activity on the gold developed in Angola, as well as to explore potential business opportunities which are available for the mining companies in the African continent and in the Arabian region.

Data from the National Agency for Mineral Resources (ANRM) indicate that mineral occurrences of over 2.500 points have been observed, with a total of 1.208 points of gold occurrences identified and other geological studies are underway and more gold occurrences are being identified.

Regarding the locations, the projects are being executed in the provinces of Huíla, Huambo, Bengo, Lunda Norte, Cabinda, Cuanza Norte, Uíge and Zaire.

Source: Angola Press News Agency

November 23, 2022

Angosat-2 to boost Oil & Gas growth – minister

Luanda – Angolan minister of Telecommunications, Information Technologies and Social Communication Mário Oliveira said Wednesday the newly launched Angosat2 satellite into orbit will leverage the oil and gas sector in Angola, in terms of telecommunications.

The minister said today the country, through the staff belonging to the national special programme, has conditions to provide the oil sector and others with systems that allow to determine oil spills, among other services.

Speaking at the Conference on Technologies and Innovation, sponsored by Mercury Serviços de Telecomunicações (MSTelcom), a subsidiary of the Sonangol Group, Mário Oliveira underlined the role of Angosat2 and the earth observation system.

He added that the Executive is in a position to provide the oil sector, what it considers to be the needs of the oil market and others.

“Angosat2 is a very big investment that the country has developed. It is a component of the National Space Programme that includes the ground observation system”, he recalled.

In addition to Angosat2, he said that the Government started the fiber optic expansion project, which is crucial for the oil exploration ecosystem.

The official also mentioned the space applications, as one of the projects the country can provide to the oil sector.

Angola also joined the “2 Africa” cable, one of the largest fiber optic cables in construction.

“The oil sector can rely on the country’s valences and intelligence in what is being done in terms of telecommunications and information technologies”, the minister has stressed.

He added that in the last 20 to 25 years, Angolan Government has spent “heavily” on a cyclical way in basic telecommunications networks, whether via satellite, microwave or fiber optics.

Today, the country has a set of three international fiber optic cables that dock in Angola, of which, the SACS, the only cable that connects Africa with South America.

Source: Angola Press News Agency

November 23, 2022

Angola to compete in Region V games

Luanda – Angolan delegation to the Region V games comprising 163 people, including athletes and officials are to travel Sunday to Lilongwe, Malawi, to participate in the Region V games from November 30 to December 13.

Angola will compete in the Olympic athletics and adapted athletics, basketball, soccer, gymnastics, judo, swimming, taekwondo and tennis tournaments.

ANGOP has learnt that the national football team will be the first to kick off the competition on December 2. The U-17 will face South Africa for the first round of Group B.

Angola will close the group stage on December 4 against Mauritius for the second round.

In taekwondo the national team’s athletes are Clinton Baptista (-62 kg), José Sozinho (-56 kg), Aminata Ngoma (-55 kg), Isabel Nlemvo (-62 kg), Luzia Madureira (-66 kg) and Marineth Fernandes (-49 kg).

The National Team will perform on the 28th the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) exam, reserved only for football players, in a clinic in Lilongwe, despite having already followed an identical procedure in one Angolan private medical assistance facility.

The MRI is a FIFA approved method, usually to determine the right age of the player

Source: Angola Press News Agency

November 23, 2022

Police seize smuggled fuel bound for DRC

Mbanza Kongo – National Police seized Monday 37 trucks for illegally transporting fuel into Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

The fleet of trucks, on their way from Luanda, was seized at the checkpoint connecting the provinces of Zaire and Bengo.

Angop learnt that the trucks were transporting 59,800 liters of diesel, stored in 92 deposits (steppes), many of which were adapted.

The police source also mentions that the fleet belongs to the L.K. Morais company, general trade and Transport, Lda, headquartered in Luanda.

Source: Angola Press News Agency