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Meet Raghu Raghuram who becomes VMware CEO after 17 years at the company VMware, an American cloud computing company, has named Raghu Raghuram as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Board of Directors member. Raghu will take over as CEO on June 1, 2021, succeeding interim CEO Zane Rowe. Raghu's appointment comes five months after VMware announced Pal Gelsinger would step down as CEO after eight years to become the new CEO of Intel. “I am overjoyed to see Raghu take the helm of VMw.

In Nigeria, Airtel's telecom business is booming. According to Airtel Africa PLC's quarterly report, the company's revenue in the country increased by 13% to $422 million in the quarter ended March. Last year, the telco earned $377 million in the same quarter. The increase was fueled by a 26.4 percent increase in data revenue from $120 million to $152 million. This accounted for approximately 35.4 percent of total revenue in the year, an increase of 3.7 percentage points over the previous year'.

The Uganda Communications Commission has granted Lycamobile a National Telecommunication Operator license, making it the country's third national operator. On March 24, 2021, this license was granted. Lycamobile's application was approved following a change to the country's licensing framework in 2020, which allowed telecom operators in the country to apply for any license they desired. Lycamobile is required to expand its network coverage to 90% of the country within five years of receiving t.

Unlocking Work opportunities for Women in Northern Nigeria Over the last two decades, a flurry of initiatives in Nigeria have aimed to support women's transition into work and self-employment, but women continue to face significant barriers to employment and economic opportunity. While this is a global reality, it is much more peculiar in low-income settings such as Northern Nigeria, where women's transition to work is heavily influenced by culture. While more women are finding employment oppo.

Practical Product, a community of product leaders and enthusiasts, released a State Of Product Management In Africa Report (PDF) on Monday, May 10, 2021, based on a survey conducted between February 15 and March 1, 2021. 215 project managers based in Africa were surveyed, with many from the fintech industry. Among the others were traditional financial institutions, education technology, health technology, and agritech. What is the report about? This report examined the continent's state of pr.

In the aftermath of the coronavirus, 2020 proved to be more unpredictable than anyone anticipated. However, one constant has been the steady flow of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) across the technology sector. GlobalData reports that global technology M&A deals totaled $634 billion last year, an increase of 91.8 percent year-over-year. Among a late flurry of large deals were Advanced Micro Devices' $35 billion acquisition of Xilinx and Salesforce's $27.7 billion acquisition of Slack. I.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk's Tesla has announced that it will cease accepting Bitcoin payments due to concerns about energy consumption. Tesla, on the other hand, stated that it will not sell any of its Bitcoin assets and is instead looking for alternative cryptos that consume less than 1% of Bitcoin's energy. Tesla's rather surprising move comes less than two months after the automaker began accepting Bitcoin for the purchase of its electric vehicles. Is this truly a matter of energy pollution? Te.

How To Call the Google Assistant Speakers & Display in Your Home  You can unlock some handy features by simply having several Google Assistant speakers or just the smart displays that is spread throughout your home. One of such feature is the option for you to make audio and video calls between rooms making use of Nest devices or using even your smartphone. You may be very familiar with the ability to maybe “broadcast” a message to a Google Nest speaker or the display. Whi.

Reduce Background Noise in Microsoft Teams When having a Microsoft Teams meeting with your colleagues, any background noise around can become distracting. The Teams desktop application for Windows 10 gives you an option to reduce background noise and it also help to keep participants focused on their meeting. The newest Microsoft Teams desktop app came with an AI-based Noise Suppression feature that can help you reduce outdoor construction noise, help you remove the sound of kids playing, or a.

Lagos can be a real struggle for digital businesses? Lagos, Nigeria's commercial capital, effectively shut down bike-hailing operations last year after authorities prohibited motorcycles from plying the state's major roads. However, another city in the country, Ibadan, has proven to be a haven for the Safeboda bike-hailing startup. The company, which recently celebrated its first year in Nigeria's bike-hailing space, has now completed over 1 million rides in Ibadan. Safeboda has achieved this .