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Amadeus spreads its wings into Africa with Integr8
2010-07-29 The Integr8 Group, the largest privately owned BEE ICT managed services company on the African continent, has been awarded a substantial extension of its full outsource agreement with Amadeus Southern Africa in South Africa. Service, complete support and managed services will now also be extended to another nine African countries.

Bharti Airtel Earmarks U.S.$600 Million for Projects
2010-07-14 BHARTI Airtel, the new owners of Zain Africa, yesterday in Lagos, officially announced its entry into Nigeria's telecommunications market with a pledge to commit $600 million to the sector in the next three years.

Experts say outsourcing can save Nigeria`s economy
2009-12-02 Business Process Outsourcing is getting more important, as operators say it provides a way out of Nigeria's troubled economy and massive unemployment.

Rebuilding the governance frameworks in Nigerian banks
2009-09-04 The need to adopt and deploy more effective risk management practices has come to a head in the African financial services industry, and the recent actions by the Nigerian banking regulator against some of the country’s banks are clear signs of cracks within the governance model of some banks.

SAS supports Governance Risk and Compliance (GRC) in the Financial Services Industry
2009-08-27 While financial institutions in Africa have for the most part managed to weather the storm of the global financial crisis, there is a need to aggressively step up risk management practices, track regulatory compliance and in turn measure and forecast future business viability.

Zain Abuja Call Call Centre Goes live
2009-07-29 The newly built ultra-modern, multi-million dollar Call Centre established by Zain Nigeria in the nation’s capital, Abuja, has commenced operations.

FirstBank Acquires SAS Risk Management Solution Software
2009-07-10 As African banks strive to meet regulatory trends within the global financial market, First Bank of Nigeria (FirstBank) is staying ahead of the pack with the acquisition of a world-class risk management solution from SAS.

Zain Nigeria to Employ Over 2000 Fresh Graduates
2009-06-26 Zain Nigeria says it has concluded plans to recruit over 2000 fresh graduates from the Nigerian labour market to man the company’s new state-of- the-art Customer Centre in Abuja.

Nigerian Federal Government returns Transcorp's Nitel Stake
2008-03-02 The Transnational Corporation of Nigeria (Transcorp) has announced that the Federal Government (FG) has returned the 51% share of incumbent telco Nigerian Telecom (NITEL) to it following a meeting on Friday, reports AllAfrica.com.

National Call Centre & BPO Report Launched
2007-10-24 Key stakeholders from the Gauteng BPO and Call Centre sector were present on 23 October in Craighall Park to attend the launch of the largest independent national BPO (business process outsourcing) and Call Centre Research Survey conducted in South Africa to date.