The Executive Secretary of the UN Economic Commission for Africa, Ms. Vera Songwe calls on Africa leaders for the protection…
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Mastercard announces Next-Generation African Leaders
Fifteen teams of a total of 32 emerging African social entrepreneurs have been selected as winners of the 2018 Resolution…
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Africa launches continental innovation award for SDGs
The President of Ghana and Co-Chair of the Group of Eminent Advocates for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Nana Addo…
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Paylater app reaches one million downloads in Nigeria
In Nigeria, a country of nearly 200 million people, 61% of the adult population is underbanked. Fintech companies like Paylater…
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Tunisia to use drones for agriculture data collection
Tunisia and the African Development Bank has signed an agreement for the launch of a pilot project to use drones…
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Capital floods in for flourishing African fintech, payments
Close to $100m of fundraising has been injected already in 2018 into Africa’s bourgeoning fintech and mobile payments sector, with…
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Emirates introduces web virtual reality technology
Emirates has introduced 3D seat models on emirates.com, becoming the first airline to introduce web virtual reality (VR) technology on…
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Ethiopia opens market for multiple telecom operators
The recent announcement of the Ethiopian government to sell share of the state monopoly Ethio Telecom includes liberalization of the…
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New index ranks Mauritius, Ghana, Tunisia as African Telecom leaderss
Telecoms Maturity Index (TMI) released recently by BuddeComm, which analyses the broadband, mobile and fixed Line markets of a country,…
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Partners launch Coding for Employment Program in Kigali
The African Development Bank, together with partners – The Rockefeller Foundation, Microsoft and Facebook – launched the Coding for Employment…
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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 of discussions…
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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 solve Sub-Saharan…
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