African leaders met to discuss cybersecurity
The First African Summit of Heads of State and Government on Cybersecurity officially began its work this Wednesday…
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Ethio Telecom profit doubles in two years
Annual gross profit of Ethio Telecom, the state-owned telecom service provider in Ethiopia, has almost doubled within the…
Mozambique joins ICT data collection initiative
Mozambique became the sixth African country to benefit from a digital data supervision system that provides the tool…
Banana waste to protect potato in East Africa from pest
With potato production in East Africa under increasing threat from the invasive and highly destructive potato cyst nematode…
AI research center goes operational in Brazzaville
Prime minister Anatole Collinet Makosso of the Republic of Congo has expressed “immense gratitude” to the leadership of…
ECA set to launch Africa’s first AI research center
The UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) is set to launch tomorrow Africa’s first Artificial Intelligence (AI) Research…
Djibouti Telecom joins SEA-ME-WE 6 Submarine project
Djibouti Telecom said it has joined the SEA-ME-WE 6 Submarine project, the construction of the South East Asia-Middle…
Green Tech Ethiopia enters electric car market of Ethiopia
With short term plan of importing 5,000 vehicles, Green Tech Ethiopia, a private company in Ethiopia, today introduced…
Ethio Telecom generates 28 billion Birr revenue
Ethio telecom, the fully state-owned company in Ethiopia, has announced 28 billion Birr revenue during the first six…
Africa Engineering Prize shortlists innovator from Ethiopia
A range of technologies have today been shortlisted for the 2022 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation that includes…
Digital economy focused meeting opens in Addis Ababa
Focusing on digital economy, an innovative event dedicated to connecting and inspiring Ethiopian diaspora with home-based experts from…
Nissan celebrates 35 years of Sunderland production
Celebrating 35 years of production at the Sunderland plant, Nissan has commissioned a very special conversion of the…
What makes popular mobile payments in Africa?
The total value of mobile money transactions in emerging markets is predicted to exceed $870 billion in 2026;…
Ghanaian digital commerce companies secure funding
Today, the Catalyst Fund Inclusive Digital Commerce Accelerator welcomed four Ghanaian digital commerce companies, OZÉ, Shopa, Swoove, and…
Africa’s second plant breeding conference kicks off in Rwanda
Scientists, entrepreneurs, institutional leaders and students from Africa and beyond are meeting this week in Kigali, Rwanda and…
Djibouti Telecom begins cable landing station construction
Djibouti Telecom, a leading strategic center for international telecommunications services in East Africa, begins construction of new cable…
Digital transactions in Ethiopia to represent 39 percent GDP by 2025
A new report forecasts that the size of digitally transacted economic activities in Ethiopia will grow to 3…
Ethiopia invites bidders to partially privatize Ethio Telecom
The Government of Ethiopia today invited foreign investors interested to buy partial share of the state-owned telecommunications service…
Safaricom Ethiopia provides updates on its operations
The Chief Executive Officer Safaricom PLC, Mr. Peter Ndegwa, and his team met with Ahmed Shide, Minister of…
Time to digitalize airports
Aviation has always been at the cutting edge of technology, adopting new innovations that made it a critical…
Huawei awards ICT competition Ethiopia 2021 winners
Huawei, one of the leading global providers of information and communications technology infrastructure and smart devices, today announced…
Ethiopian Airlines partners with Israel Aerospace Industries
Ethiopian Airlines Group establishes a global standard cargo Conversion program to convert the B-767-300 ER to dedicated freighter…
Safaricom CEO meets Ethiopian official
Safaricom Ethiopia PLC CEO, Anwar Soussa today meets with Ethiopia’s State Minister of Finance Dr. Eyob Tekalign.
Gebeya Inc, promotes top African technology talents globally
Gebeya Inc. the Pan-African source for freelance professional talent, today announced the launch of its revamped marketplace, the…
Vodacom South Africa, Nokia achieve highest transmission rates
Vodacom South Africa and Nokia are working together to transform the operator’s nationwide optical transmission network through Nokia’s…
IFC to boost digital access in Africa
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) announced today that it invested in a new fund by Convergence Partners Africa,…
Ethio Telecom revenue up 18 percent
The fully state-owned Ethio Telecom has generated an annual revenue of 56.5 billion Birr (about $1.3 billion) during…
Orbis, Inc., introduces campfire sessions webinar series
Orbis, Inc., a leading land asset technology company that helps simplify the acquisition and management of large land…
Indoor positioning, navigation market growth expected to be $15.78 billion
The indoor positioning and indoor navigation market is expected to grow by USD 15.78 billion, according to Technavio.
Dreame Technology joins Amazon Prime day 2021
Dreame Technology, the leading innovative company in smart home cleaning appliances, joins Amazon Prime Day 2021 on June…