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Zoom unveils Referral Partner Programme for master agents
New programme offers commission for life of customer and includes Zoom phone referrals

Citrix, Check Point Software Technologies tie-up to deliver next-generation firewall solutions
Solution to provide extra layers of security to protect expanded attack surface created by increase in remote work

Naspers Foundry invests $5.6m in agritech business, Aerobotics
Aerobotics is a subscription-based AI company that provides intelligent tools for the agricultural industry to manage its crops

Concern over possible airline prices increase in South Africa
The commission told Parliament’s portfolio committee on trade and industry that it was monitoring challenges and prioritising merger regulations

Robots boost Rwanda's fight against COVID-19
Five anti-epidemic robots – named Akazuba, Ikirezi, Mwiza, Ngabo, and Urumuri – will be mainly used to administer temperature checks, monitor patient status, and keep medical records of COVID-19 patients

WHO launches investigation of its handling of pandemic
The move comes after weeks of finger-pointing between the US and China over the pandemic

Rwandan government to inject $155m into RwandAir
The government has set aside $256.8m for the transport sector

Reconnaissance Energy Africa appoints new chief operating officer
Scot Evans named chief operating officer at the oil and gas company

The Future of Farming: Aerobotics on precision agriculrure
Aerobotics touts five new innovations that have never been seen before in the agriculture industry

SA Reserve Bank again cuts repo rate as economic outlook worsens
The Reserve Bank's monetary policy committee has voted to reduce the repo rate for the fourth time this year

Vodacom empowers community members to secure sites heavily hit by battery syndicates
South Africa-headquartered telecoms provider Vodacom, is pioneering a new model to clamp down on incidents of battery theft in its base stations by engaging community members working with police to serve as monitoring personnel to help safeguard its sites. The company is rolling out this initiative especially in areas where the telco is being hard

Tanzania reopens skies for international passenger flights
The reopening of the skies come after the Tanzania Civil Aviation Authority (TCAA) suspended international passenger flights on April 12, 2020

Dell Technologies Cloud gets ‘new breadth’ with Google Cloud
Dell Technologies is doubling down on its hybrid cloud strategy by boosting the Dell Technologies Cloud with new Google Cloud and Kubernetes integrations

Microsoft acquires Softomotive to up its robotic process automation offerings
London-based software developer offers WinAutomation, a low-code platform that enables solution providers to deploy AI to automate Windows desktop processes

Zimbabwe tenders for 500MW solar power plants in renewable energy drive
Zimbabwe’s largest hydro station Kariba has a capacity of 1,050MW but is only producing 600MW due to low water levels

Egypt’s Petrojet tasked with manufacturing Mozambique’s LNG deepwater equipment
Petrojet’s instrumentation will be installed by Baker Hughes in the Indian Ocean’s deepwater, around 40 kilometres off Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado

Zimbabweans in South Africa use app to send food home after border restrictions
Malaicha is permitted to import goods into Zimbabwe, offering an alternative

NIASA sets out funding options for South African new build
The Department of Mineral Resources and Energy to begin preparations for the procurement of new nuclear

Gwede Mantashe orders mining companies to withdraw retrenchment letters
Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe said he has ordered employers in the sector to withdraw retrenchment letters on Tuesday. "During the lockdown, I called four mines to the department head office that were issuing Section 189(s) and I said to them that they can't use a lockdown period for Section 189, go and

Nedbank has a new banking app called Avo that lets you buy groceries, and search for a locksmith
The ongoing struggle between banks for app supremacy took an unusual twist this week with Nedbank’s announcement of a new app called Avo. The company is calling Avo a "super app", because its acts more like a platform than a traditional app. Its functions include online shopping and grocery orders, topping up home entertainment options
