African start-ups attracted a record $5.2 billion in venture capital last year, bouncing back from a pandemic-induced dip in 2020 with a nearly five-fold increase in investments, according to data released by an industry group.
Accelerating the transformation of companies around the world by enabling them to unify consumer experiences across all sales channels, Valtech is continuing to scale its commerce capabilities with the addition of more than 80 specialist in the LATAM Region.
Märit Sareyko joins Valtech as the new Managing Director for Valtech Sweden. With declared ambitions of doubling their size, Valtech brings Märit on board to accelerate regional and local changes, ensuring the sophisticated Swedish Market gets the best Valtech has to offer.
Roland Berger has strengthened its senior line-up in the Middle East with four seasoned professionals: Eyad Faraj (partner), Mazen Stetie and Richard Stolz (principal), and Charles Menkhorst (senior advisor).
AlixPartners, the global consulting firm, announced that cybersecurity and compliance specialist Shawn Belovich has joined as a Managing Director in the firm’s Digital practice. He will be based in the Washington, DC office.
EY has announced the acquisition of specialist customer consultancy Blackdot Consulting Ltd (Blackdot) to strengthen EY transformation, customer and growth capabilities.
AlixPartners, the global consulting firm, announced a strategic alliance with Cypress International, a Washington, D.C.-based consultancy specializing in helping industry support the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) and other federal-government departments and agencies.
EY-Parthenon, the strategy consulting arm of EY, has acquired Quantitative Scientific Solutions (QS-2), an Arlington, VA-based technical consulting and data analytics firm.
Britain's GlaxoSmithKline (GSK.L) sought to bolster its cancer business by agreeing a $1.9 billion deal to buy U.S. drug developer Sierra Oncology (SRRA.O), the latest move to fend off pressure from activist shareholder Elliott.
The Global Esports Federation (GEF) has announced that Portas Consulting has been named as its new global strategy partner.
Accenture has deepened its partnership with Palantir, a leading data analytics software firm, with the creation of a new innovation center.
KPMG has promoted Tareq Al-Sunaid to Head of its Tax division for Saudi Arabia and Levant.
One of KPMG’s three main divisions (alongside Assurance and Advisory), the Tax practice advises corporates on all kinds of taxation matters including corporate tax, transfer pricing, indirect tax, and customs and excise tax.
The International Olympics Committee has signed up Deloitte as a top-tier sponsor and partner, with the Big Four firm to provide strategic and digital consulting support.
It began on April Fool's Day, but it was no joke what the founders of the German software giant SAP had in mind when they launched the company in 1972.
Fifty years later, SAP counts 99 of the 100 largest companies in the world among its customers. With Europe and Asia as its main markets, the company made a turnover of around €28 billion ($32 billion) in 2021.
NTT DATA Business Solutions AG acquires Business Services & Technologies OOD, one of the leading SAP service providers in Bulgaria, to further expand its Global Managed Services capabilities. Business Services & Technologies OOD has already been an external partner of NTT DATA Business Solutions for several years, offering a high level of quality and flexibility in their delivery. With the new location in Bulgaria, NTT DATA Business Solutions will have six global Managed Service Centers and operate in 31 countries across the globe.
An index charting the readiness and adoption of central bank digital currencies (CBDC) has seen Nigeria top the retail CBDC leaderboard with the e-Naira, launched in October 2021. Nigeria’s lead is closely followed by other early CBDC adopters, the Bahamas, Mainland China, Jamaica and Eastern Caribbean. The findings, from the PwC Global CBDC Index, capture the central banks’ progress and stance on CBDC development, in both a retail and wholesale context.
As Booz Allen Hamilton integrates two significant acquisitions, the government services company divested its business in the Middle East and North Africa.
Cadence, a Sydney-headquartered project management consultancy for the property sector, has joined Ernst & Young for an undisclosed sum.
Non-for-profit organisations are being encouraged to apply for a digital support program delivered by TCS, which will see the technology consulting firm provide $1 million worth of pro bono services.