The Macquarie Group purchased Cincinnati Bell, a telecoms and IT services provider ($2.9 billion).Kape Technologies bought ExpressVPN, a virtual private network firm ($936 million).Jungle Disk acquired the assets of KeepItSafe, LiveVault and OffsiteDataSync from J2 Global.Fortive purchased ServiceChannel, a provider of a SaaS-based service automation platform for multi-site facility management.Exadel, a software engineering solution provider, bought Coppei, a management consultancy.Electric acquired Techvera, a fellow MSP.Dynatrace purchased SpectX, a high-speed parsing and query analytics company.Dover bought Espy, which designs and manufactures advanced electronic radio frequency sensor systems.DigitalOcean acquired Nimbella, a serverless platform provider. Computer Design & Integration purchased Candoris, a fellow solution provider.Check Point Software Technologies bought Avanan, an Israeli cyber security company.Booz Allen Hamilton acquired Tracepoint, an industry-leading digital forensics and incident response company serving public and private sector clients.Blackstone purchased Sphera, a provider of ESG software, data and consulting services ($1.4 billion).BitSight bought VisibleRisk, a cyber risk assessment start-up.Bentley Systems’ Seequent business unit acquired Minalytix, a Canadian software company and the developer of MX Deposit.Avalara purchased Track1099, a company that provides online software and services for cost-effectively managing, e-filing and e-delivering IRS forms.Arctic Wolf bought Habitu8 to create security awareness content that’s engaging and fun and not an annual check-the-box exercise focused primarily on compliance.Apple purchased Primephonic, a classical music streaming service.Aicadium bought Singapore-based BasisAI, an AI software firm.Accenture also formed agreements to acquire South Africa-based King James Group, a creative agency with deep expertise in brand strategy, creativity and digital marketing services BENEXT, an independent product consulting company specialising in product management, agile coaching, cloud-based development and data science and Experity, a leading provider of cloud-based customer experience and commerce solutions in Brazil. Accenture acquired Gevity, a strategy and consulting service provider focused on helping healthcare industry clients transform their businesses through innovative technology solutions.A new operating company, Safaricom Telecommunications Ethiopia, through a holding company in the Netherlands, has been established to begin providing mobile telecommunications services in Ethiopia.The Ethiopian government has finally released an RFP for the partial privatisation (40%) of state-owned operator Ethio Telecom.The DPO Group, Africa’s largest and fastest-growing payment service provider, has finalised its acquisition by Network International, an enabler of digital commerce across the Middle East and Africa ($291.3 million).The deaths of Rudi Jansen, a former CEO of MWeb, and Hlengiwe Mkhize, an ex-deputy minister of telecommunications and postal services.The appointments of new CEOs/MDs at Adapt IT, Altron Nexus, Iron Mountain SA and Quintica SA.ThreatConnect has entered SA via a strategic partnership with BUI, Microsoft’s largest security and consulting partner in SA.Australia-based Zip intends to fully acquire Payflex, a South African buy-now-pay-later fintech.Virgin Mobile will close its doors in South Africa.LRMG, a South African-based management consultancy, has acquired Altron People Solutions’ Learning Solutions business.iSON Xperiences has acquired Altron People Solutions’ BPO and Customer Experience Technology business.Frogfoot Networks has acquired the fibre-to-the-home assets of Link Africa Western Cape.The Finclusion Group has acquired a strategic stake in HelloHR, a South African payroll software start-up.TFG Labs acquired the Flat Circle team, a specialist mobile app development agency.Prosus purchased India-based BillDesk, the provider of a payment platform, for $4.7 billion.+OneX bought Code Maven, a software specialist.Karooooo acquired Picup Technologies, an on-demand logistics provider, for R70 million.The finalisation of the Synnex/Tech Data merger dominated the ICT market last month.
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