China’s footballers may be struggling on the pitch but its companies are proving to be a big player, signing sponsorship deals with FIFA as the giant Asian nation looks to boost its chances of hosting the World Cup. In the space of a year, football governing body FIFA has gained three major Chinese sponsors in … Read more
The Indian sport of kabaddi has received a major boost with Chinese mobile company VIVO signing a five-year deal worth $46.7 million to sponsor the game’s popular league. Pro Kabaddi has held its own among the myriad professional sporting leagues to emerge in the wake of the lucrative and hugely successful Indian Premier League Twenty20 … Read more
Vivo Energy Ghana Limited, the company that distributes and markets Shell branded products and services in Ghana, has awarded deserving Bulk Vehicle Operators (BVOs) and their spouses at its annual Transporters’ Awards for the year 2016. The Vivo Energy Ghana Transporters’ Awards ceremony which seeks to recognise the achievements of the transporter companies whose services … Read more
The official global introduction of 5G is set for 2020, but a number of global mobile industry giants today declared their support for the acceleration of 5G New Radio (5G NR) standardization to enable large scale trials and the deployment of the technology in 2019. This comes just a day before the opening of Mobile … Read more
Apple Inc will in the coming months start assembling its lower-priced iPhone SE models at a contract manufacturer’s plant in the southern Indian technology hub of Bengaluru, an industry source with direct knowledge of the matter said on Friday. Apple’s Taiwanese manufacturing partner Wistron Corp is setting up a plant in Bengaluru to focus solely … Read more
Vivo Energy Ghana, the award-winning company behind the Shell brand in Ghana, has re-opened its Sunyani Bekwae station with additional exciting offerings in its ever-expanding network in Kumasi. This is the second Shell station to bring the global fast food chain Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) to Kumasi residents. Speaking at the inauguration, the Executive Vice-President … Read more