Intelligent CIO Africa Issue 40 | Page 24

LATEST REGIONAL PROJECT UPDATE TUNISIA Lycamobile, one of the world’s biggest international mobile virtual network operators, is to launch its service in Tunisia, the 20th country in its international network. Lycamobile chairman, Allirajah Subaskaran, said: “Tunisia is one of the best-developed countries in Africa from a telecoms perspective, and it has a large diaspora concentrated in Europe. Those factors make it a natural market for us to open as we continue our international expansion, following on from our launches in Romania and Hong Kong earlier in 2015.” SOUTH AFRICA The South African Government has added laptops to the list of essential goods which may now be sold under the country’s extended lockdown period. In a directive, Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande said that these items have been added to the list of essential goods for the continued functioning of higher education institutions such as universities and colleges. Nzimande said that the transport of these goods between suppliers and higher education institutions as well as between organisations and individuals will now be declared an essential service. 24 INTELLIGENTCIO www.intelligentcio.com