The Military has totally shut down internet connections in Sudan following outrage at the spate of rape and murder carried out by the Sudanese military troops on pro-democracy protesters in the country. Speaking to The Guardian, a doctor who has access to data compiled by the central committee of doctors…
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Chinese mobile phone manufacturing company Transsion Holdings has partnered with China Literature, a Chinese online literature platform, to have the China Literature app installed on all its mobile phones sold in Africa. The company also revealed that it will initially distribute literatures with contents written in English across Africa on…
Innovation Corner, Pan-African social innovation center in Nigeria, focused on using technology to solve social problems, in collaboration with the UK Government and Seamless HR hosted the second edition of ‘Beyond Nigeria’. ‘Beyond Nigeria’ is an event is designed to reflect upon and share the immersive learning from the Go…
A Ghanaian team made up of nine girls dubbed ‘Team Acrobot’ has emerged winner at a global robotics competition. The nine girls who are high school students inspired by a Ghanaian who works for NASA beat teams from South Korea, Mexico, the USA to clinch first position. The global robotics…
Russia’s Head of Federal Service for Supervision in the Sphere of Telecom, Information Technologies, and Mass Communications Alexander Zharov has announced Russia’s regulatory plan to impose hefty fines on big tech companies that flout its regulations. Zharov made this known at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum that took place from…
Are you a non-profit or social enterprise employing the use of technology in the areas of health, leadership, environment and entrepreneurship to effect social change and you want to scale up your project? Then you need to be part of the Changemakers Innovation Challenge. The Changemakers Innovation Challenge is conceived…
The Coordinator of Intellectual Property and Technology Transfer Office of the University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID) has disclosed that the Institution has developed a local device that would drive the performance of the Alpha Jet used by the Nigerian Air Force in light attacks and advanced training. In an interview with…
Wari a Dakar-based mobile money transfer company has into a partnership with Whatsapp and Rwanda’s Mara phone firm with the aim to expand across Africa. As part of developments made by Wari, the users of the Wari app in Francophone countries will be able to access Wari’s services via Whatsapp,…
South African multinational mobile telecommunications company MTN Group has announced it will soon begin rolling out its Mobile Money (MoMo) chatbot across Africa. This follows the trial of the Artificial Intelligence-based service in Cote d’Ivoire during May 2019. The chatbot will be made available for users in all markets where…
Sequel to its R20 million investment into South African civic technology platform (GovChat), Capital Appreciation has announced their Non-Executive Chairman, Michael “Motty Sacks, as Chairman of the Board of Directors at GovChat. The newly appointed chairman is an accomplished business executive in South Africa with experience spanning over five decades.…
The Inter-University Council for East Africa (IUCEA), a member of the World Bank-backed Africa Center of Excellence for East and Southern Africa Project (ACE II) has set by incubation centers that will be hosted at the region’s four Africa Centers of Excellence (ACEs). According to reports each center will be…
Motor Vessel Xchange (MVX for short) a Nigerian on-demand B2B maritime startup has disclosed it has closed a pre-seed funding round conducted by Oui Capital, US Venture Capital. Among the investors that took part in the funding round that led MVXchange to secure a total of USD 100K were Neon…
The Kaspersky Open Innovations Program is now open for startups that want to evolve into a global company. The program is inviting innovative startups to support the growth of new joint business activities. For startup teams and individual projects, Kaspersky is looking for the most advanced projects working at the…
Startup Sokoto is set to launch the Caliphate Tech Community (CTC) to promote and advance digital transformation in Sokoto state. The CTC is aimed at furnishing the youths of Sokoto with the necessary cutting-edge skills needed to stand out in the 21st Century. The Director-General of the National Information Technology…
The South African National Blood Service has created its drones for the transportation of blood. Dubbed the TRON drone, it is endowed with a wing design for optimum operations and it also enables coverage of long distance with lesser power usage. The South African National Blood Service (SANBS), a non-profit…
Opera Software AS, developer of mobile web browser Opera Mini has launched a motorbike – hailing service in Nigeria called ORide. ORide will be making an entry into a fast-paced growing and busy space in the African ridesharing industry which already has the likes of Gokada and Max.ng both which…
Kigali has emerged the second most preferred destination for international meetings, conferences, and events in Africa according to newly released rankings by the International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA). The new rankings put Kigali just behind Cape Town and were founded on the number of association meetings taking place regularly…
Apple has launched its iPod Touch after four years of absence from its product line. This time around the device offer Group Face time and Augmented Reality experiences.. For those who would want to get it, the iPod Touch costs $199 (US) for the 32GB version,$299 (US) for the 128GB model…
Apply to attend the fourth Global Illicit Trade Summit scheduled to hold in June 25, 2019 in Addis Ababa. In this fourth installment of the Global Illicit Trade Summit, The Economist Events brings the conversation to Africa. As the continent moves towards deeper integration, illicit trade is set only to…
Former Chelsea and Cote d’ Ivoire football star, Didier Drogba has entered into an agreement with the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA) and Cote d’Ivoire’s Ministry of National Education, Technical and Vocational Training (MENETFP) to promote digital literacy in Africa. Drogba signed the agreement through the Didier Drogba Foundation…