Johnson & Johnson wins Africa Innovation Challenge
Johnson & Johnson today named the winners of the first Africa Innovation Challenge at the Global Entrepreneurship Congress.
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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 Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, March 8, 2017. AfDB made the announcement on International Women’s Day the launch of a major gender competition in order to promote gender equality in its operations.
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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 Kaspersky.
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Lenovo top executives visit Ethiopia
The top executives of Lenovo, the top global manufacturer of computers, tablets and mobile devices, visit Addis Ababa, Ethiopia this week.
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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, and cognitive IT skills to help support a 21st century workforce in Africa.
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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 the change: unite for a better Internet.
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Partners expand e-commerce in Africa
Ringier Africa Digital Publishing’s Pulse expands to East Africa with P Live & boosts partnership schemes for content & promotions. Ringier Africa Deals Group’s DealDey & sister sites expand scope in Nigeria.
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AlertEnterprise expands operations in Middle East
Responding to growing business in the Middle East and North Africa, AlertEnterprise, the leading Silicon Valley based provider of Security Convergence software, has appointed Amid Al-Shanteer as Vice President of Sales for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) market effective January 16, 2017.
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Panasonic experiments autonomous delivery robot
Panasonic Corporation today announced that it will begin its demonstration experiments with the Autonomous Delivery Robot, “HOSPI(R),” from mid-January 2017 in cooperation with the Narita International Airport Corporation and the ANA Crowne Plaza Narita.
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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 of the big technology trends that will change the way entrepreneurs run their businesses in 2017.
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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 2016, marking the 24th consecutive year of innovation leadership.
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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 today the launch of its new Managed Security Advisory (MSA) Service.
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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 Academy building at Sidist Kilo area of Addis Ababa hopes to boost Ethiopia’s share in the digital world.
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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 Technology, a local IT company, introduced a digital booking, payment and ticketing service for 21 bus associations in Ethiopia.
