Addis Ababa conference to explore digital trade, human rights
Digital trade within the context of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) will be at the center…
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Partners to solve Africa’s $331 billion SME Finance Gap
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) and Small and Micro Enterprises (SME) Finance Forum propose a solution that will…
International Finance Corporation invest in Kenyan startup
The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, today announced that it led the…
Partners agree to build industry-led research institution for Africa
The African Development Bank and the African Institute of Mathematics and Sciences (AIMS) have initiated a landmark relationship…
Building the Business Case for Housing Microfinance in Sub-Saharan Africa
A new study from Habitat for Humanity says that housing microfinance can and should become a mainstream offering…
Africa’s premier scientific forum opens in Kigali
Africa’s scientists and innovators descend on Kigali, Rwanda, for the Next Einstein Forum Global Gathering 2018.
Mastercard Foundation set to address youth unemployment in Africa
Today, the Mastercard Foundation announced a commitment to enable 30 million African youth, especially young women, to secure…
Standard Bank launches its first digital bank in Africa
Standard Chartered Bank today announced the official launch of its digital bank in Côte d’Ivoire. This marks the…
Egypt launches digital forensic lab to combat software piracy
Egypt government launched a specialized digital forensic lab for Intellectual Property as part of its enforcement schemes of…
African broadband operators increase investment
An urgent requirement for new investment into telecom and broadband infrastructure in Africa is driving a fresh flurry…
Ethiopian Airlines Group Microsoft partner for ICT skills development
Ethiopia’s flag carrier and Africa’s largest aviation group, Ethiopian Airlines has collaborated with Microsoft 4Afrika to launch a…
Djibouti Africa regional express submarine cable goes operational
Djibouti Telecom and its partners announced implementation commencement of the supply contract for the Djibouti Africa Regional Express…
Partners release study on attitudes to mobile money in Africa
IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, and the Mastercard Foundation today published an ethnographic study on…
Huawei joins AU to drive Africa’s digital transformation
Huawei joined AU in the Second Ordinary Session of the African Union (AU) Specialized Technical Committee (STC) on…
Africa told to benefit from Internet economy
Many African countries have made significant progress towards creating an Internet sector, with broad reforms that focus on…
IBM Cloud provides solution for Cooperative Bank of Oromia
IBM announced that Cooperative Bank of Oromia has turned to IBM for transformation of its core banking, middleware…
Motorola unveils technology for safer cities, expands Africa footprint
By Edris Redi – Motorola Solutions (NYSE: MSI) has unveiled advanced solutions and futuristic technologies for safer cities,…
INTERPOL, Kaspersky partner for intelligence exchange
Kaspersky Lab has reiterated its commitment to global collaboration in the fight against cybercrime by signing a threat…
Facebook gets behind African entrepreneurs
Facebook announces a week-long celebration of activities as part of its sponsorship of TechCrunch’s Startup Battlefield Africa 2017.
DHL, MallforAfrica partner to expand cross-border e-commerce
DHL Express, the world’s leading international express services provider recently announced its partnership with MallforAfrica, the award-winning global…
UN agency advised Africa to focus on ICT
Investment in innovation is critical if Africa’s new industries mainly the information and communication technologies (ICT) sector, says…
Youtap launches mobile money payment platform
Youtap launched Youtap Cloud, a payment processing platform delivered as a cloud service for mobile money and payment…
QNET set to create entrepreneurship opportunities in Tanzania
QNET, a company of Asian heritage and a part of the $200 billion global direct selling industry is…
Internet set to go through major surgery in October
With the aim of making the Internet more secure and protect from hackers, Internet Corporation for Assigned Names…
NEPAD pushes for regional information hub establishment
The New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) Infrastructure Project Preparation Facility (NEPAD-IPPF) has advocated the establishment of a…
Fiorano introduces its solutions to Ethiopian bankers
Fiorano, a Silicon Valley United States headquartered technology company, introduced its advanced banking solutions to representatives of banks…
Djibouti Telecom set to bring high-speed connection to East Africa
Djibouti Telecom, East Africa’s leading telecom operator, announced today that it has joined its IP network with Hurricane…
EU Bank helps 4 million Africans get telecom services
The European Union (EU) Bank is set to build 1000 new solar-powered mobile phone base stations to help…
Control Risk says Businesses not taking cyber security seriously
The latest cyber security analysis from Control Risks reveals that key decision makers do not have confidence in…
Cisco, IBM partner to tackle cybercrime
Cisco and IBM Security today announced they are working together to address the growing global threat of cybercrime.