In a historic COVID-19 vaccine procurement Agreement signed on 28 March 2021, all African Union Member States, through the African Vaccine Acquisition Trust (AVAT) set up in November 2020 under the African Union chairmanship of H.E President Cyril Ramaphosa, President of South Africa, will have access to 220 million doses…
Author: Oluwasegun Olukotun
The AfCFTA Secretariat and the UN Development Programme (UNDP) have signed a strategic partnership to promote trade as a stimulus for Africa’s socio-economic recovery from the COVID-19 crisis, and as a driver of sustainable development particularly for women and youth in Africa, in line with the SDGs and Agenda 2063…
Liquid Intelligent Technologies (Liquid) South Africa, part of the leading pan-African technology group Liquid Intelligent Technology has announced the successful completion of two key digital corridors – NLD5 and NLD6 connecting Durban to Cape Town via the inland route. The completion of this fibre network will support the surging demand…
As part of Mastercard’s on-going commitment to connect women in Africa to the possibilities and opportunities that will enable them to make a living, follow their passions, and contribute to our collective prosperity, Mastercard has rolled out its first digital Girls4Tech Connect programme in partnership with Junior Achievers Nigeria. Launched…
The “Africa’s Business Heroes” (ABH) prize competition, the Jack Ma Foundation’s flagship philanthropic program spotlighting and celebrating Africa’s entrepreneurial talent has opened applications for its third annual edition. Applications are open in English and French for “heroes” across all sectors and African countries, with special emphasis on those working to…
Kwik Delivery on Monday rolled out Magento Version 1.0 of the Kwik Delivery plugin. Four days earlier, it had released version 2.0 of its WooCommerce plugin (version 2.0) for merchants and eCommerce businesses. Both plugins were developed to allow large and small merchants to offer Kwik Delivery’s on-demand, just-in-time delivery…
Leading pan-African fintech company, Accelerex Ghana has hit a new milestone, after being granted an enhanced Payment Service Provider (PSP) licence from the Bank of Ghana (BoG), under the Payment Systems and Services Act, 2019 (Act 987). This makes Accelerex Ghana the only fintech organization currently within the enhanced PSP…
Curacel, an AI-powered platform for claims processing and fraud management in Africa, has raised $450,000 pre-seed funding in a round that was led by Atlantica Ventures and Consonance with participation from Kepple Ventures and other African angel investors. The new investment will be used to accelerate Curacel’s expansion across Africa…
Liquid Intelligent Technologies has deployed its world-class fibre network in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). This expansion connects millions of DRC citizens and thousands of businesses to the ‘One Africa’ broadband network totalling over 73 000 kms across the continent. Furthermore, Kinshasa and most major cities in the DRC…
BlackBerry Limited on Thursday announced the establishment of the BlackBerry IVY Innovation Fund to help data-driven automotive ecosystem providers turbocharge their innovation and bring new products and applications to market using BlackBerry’s Intelligent Vehicle Data Platform, BlackBerry IVY. Announced in December 2020 as part of a multi-year, global agreement with…
Nokia has announced today that it is powering East Africa’s first 5G commercial services with Safaricom, the leading telecoms operator in the country. Nokia’s 5G Single Radio Access Network (SRAN) technology and 5G FastMile gateways enable ultra-fast Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) services to Safaricom’s subscribers across Kisumu and the Western…
OPPO wins prestigious Red Dot: Product Design Award for 2021, recognising the pioneering, human-centric and creative thinking behind the futuristic, high-end, flagship smartphone, Find X3 Pro. Lie Liu, President of Global Marketing, OPPO, said, “At OPPO, we create technology to enrich humankind. Channelling the spirit of exploration, we crafted Find…
Spotify today began rolling out its new improved look and feel for the Spotify app for desktop and web—aligning the experience and making both easier to use than ever before. The company revealed it put a lot into consideration designing the feature since the desktop experience served as the original…
IBM Security has launched new and enhanced services designed to help organizations manage their cloud security strategy, policies and controls across hybrid cloud environments. The services bring together cloud-native, IBM and third-party technologies along with IBM expertise to help organizations create a unified security approach across their cloud ecosystems. Organizations today…
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. announced the latest addition to its 7-series portfolio, the Qualcomm Snapdragon 780G 5G Mobile Platform. Snapdragon 780G is designed to deliver powerful AI performance and brilliant camera capture backed by the Qualcomm Spectra 570 triple ISP and 6th generation Qualcomm AI Engine, allowing users to capture, enhance,…
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. and Marvell today announced that the companies jointly developed a new System-on-a-Chip (SoC) to enhance 5G network performance. The SoC—which will be used in Samsung’s Massive MIMO and other advanced radios—is targeted for market introduction to Tier One operators in Q2 2021. The SoC is designed…
Telecel Group has opened applications for the ASIP Accelerator Program, powered by Startupbootcamp AfriTech. The Program helps startups achieve 18-24 months of growth in just three months. Now, the next generation of early-stage African tech startups disrupting a wide range of industry sectors are being sought. Ten startups will be…
Autochek, the auto tech company that aims to build solutions for the African market, has announced the launch of its online truck loans marketplace in Nigeria and Ghana, in a bid to migrate the trucking industry to online transactions and increase financing penetration. The first-of-its-kind truck loans marketplace in Africa,…
IFC is joining forces with the Egyptian Fintech Association to support financial technology (fintech) entrepreneurs, part of a wider effort to spur private sector development and economic growth in the country. IFC will work with the association to improve the environment for doing business for fintech entrepreneurs and conduct research…
Intel has developed an AI-powered, voice-activated backpack that can help the visually impaired navigate and perceive the world around them. The backpack helps detect common challenges such as traffic signs, hanging obstacles, crosswalks, moving objects, and changing elevations, all while running on a low-power, interactive device. While commenting on the…