Cape Town set to host innovation on energy, water
The African Utility Week Expo, which is scheduled to open in Cape Town, South Africa in the coming…
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Experts gather in Lagos for Cashless Africa expo
Experts gather to discuss the future of finance in Lagos, the economic hub of Nigeria at the Cashless…
Orange launches products in Burkina Faso
Orange, one of the world’s leading telecommunications operators, announces today the launch of its brand in Burkina Faso.
Partners launch Africa’s end-to-end ICT solutions provider
Telkom and Business Connexion have announced the launch of BCX, Africa’s premier end-to-end information communication technology (ICT) solutions…
The building blocks of a new mobile revolution
By Mariam Abdullahi Despite on-going economic challenges and some tricky regulatory issues, Africa is fast approaching the 1bn…
Johnson & Johnson wins Africa Innovation Challenge
Johnson & Johnson today named the winners of the first Africa Innovation Challenge at the Global Entrepreneurship Congress.
African Development Bank launches gender innovation contest
African Development Bank (AfDB) President Akinwumi Adesina announces gender innovation contest to promote gender equality in AfDB’s operations…
Mobile advertising trojans top mobile malware threat in 2016 – new report
Mobile Advertising Trojans Exploiting Super-User Rights Became the Top Mobile Malware Threat in 2016, says new report by…
Lenovo top executives visit Ethiopia
The top executives of Lenovo, the top global manufacturer of computers, tablets and mobile devices, visit Addis Ababa,…
IBM invests $70 million to bring digital skills to Africa
IBM, one of the top IT company in the world, invested $70 million in building much-needed digital, cloud,…
Facebook rallies partners to unite for a safer, better Internet
Facebook is partnering with public sector agencies and non-governmental organisations from across Africa under the rallying call “Be…
Partners expand e-commerce in Africa
Ringier Africa Digital Publishing’s Pulse expands to East Africa with P Live & boosts partnership schemes for content…
AlertEnterprise expands operations in Middle East
Responding to growing business in the Middle East and North Africa, AlertEnterprise, the leading Silicon Valley based provider…
Panasonic experiments autonomous delivery robot
Panasonic Corporation today announced that it will begin its demonstration experiments with the Autonomous Delivery Robot, “HOSPI(R),” from…
Six technology trends for small businesses in 2017
Sage, the market leader in Cloud accounting software, has predicted that chatbots, collective intelligence and blockchain are some…
IBM receives over 8,000 U.S. patents in 2016
IBM today announced that it broke the U.S. patent record with 8,088 patents granted to its inventors in…
UAE cybersecurity company launches threat advisory service
Managed FZ LLC, a leading provider of Brand Risk Monitoring, Cybersecurity, and Managed Security Products and Services, announced…
New ICT academy hopes to boost research into Artificial Intelligence
By Elias Gebreselassie A new Information Communication Technology (ICT) Academy established at the premises of the Ethiopian Leadership…
Ethiopia gets first e-booking services for bus transport
In an attempt of solving inconveniences that customers face while travelling from one region to another, Kifiya Financial…
Partners launch prepaid shopping card in Ethiopia
To boost the number of people in Ethiopia who use electronic payment systems, a technology firm and a…
Ethiopia says no intention to allow foreign telecom operators
Speaking at the Economist Ethiopia Summit panel in the capital Addis Ababa this week, an Ethiopian government official…
e-Commerce in Africa on the rise
As e-commerce continues to gain popularity across the African continent, more effort needs to be paid towards facilitating…
Ethiopia needs biotechnology policy, say scientists
Ethiopia needs a national biotechnology policy in order to develop its capacity and apply the technology in agriculture,…
Ethiopia lengthening fiber-optic line to 10,000 kms
With the aim of expanding telephone and internet services, Ethiopian government is working to extend the current 7,000…
US advises Ethiopia to liberalize telecom, finance sectors
The United States government has advised Ethiopia to liberalize its telecommunications, banking and insurance sectors to attract broad…
Ethiopian businesses target online marketing
Following the emergence of big local companies in Ethiopia, online marketing is becoming popular and widely used by…