The third episode of EdTech Mondays, a monthly radio show hosted by the MasterCard Foundation and Shega Media & Technology, is slated to air on Monday, December 5, 2022, on Ethio FM 107.8. The show will be aired at 8 p.m. and will discuss how edtech can be used to increase access to education for […]
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Nouvelle série CANAL+ORIGINAL produite par GF AFRICA en co-production avec CANAL+INTERNATIONAL, KONGOSSA LOUNGE est une véritable sitcom panafricaine drôle, rythmée et haute en couleurs ! Créée par Valery Ndongo et réalisée par Boris Oué, la série réunit une jeune génération de talents humoristiques issues d’Africa Stand Up. A découvrir dès le dimanche 11 décembre à 17H45 […]
Nairobi — Safaricom has announced a revamp of its PostPay and All-in-One plans that will see customers enjoy lower prices on the consolidated Go Monthly proposition. Under the new proposition, the Go Monthly 1K plan will go for Sh1,000, down from Sh1050; the 2K plan will go for Sh2,000 down from Sh2,100; the 3K plan […]
Most of the money stolen came from the SASSA beneficiary grant payment system, says CEO The Postbank says it lost over R18-million over three months in cybercrime attacks. Most incidents involved the accounts for social grant beneficiaries. A forensic audit was launched and the Hawks are investigating. Postbank says it will spend R400-million to upgrade […]
Addis Abeba — The UN is hosting in Ethiopia the 17th Internet Governance Forum (IGF), under the overarching theme of Resilient Internet for a Shared Sustainable and Common Future, which started in Addis Abeba on 28 November and lasts until 02 December 2022. Representatives of different countries including US Ambassador at Large for Cyberspace and […]
The Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria (CITN) has called for in-depth review of various taxing strategies for the digital economy. President and Chairman of Council, CITN, Adesina Adedayo said this was necessary to resolve the uncertainty around taxing the digital economy as well as block revenue tax leakages. Speaking at the institute’s 47th induction […]
The growing sophistication and affordability of unmanned systems could ease Africa’s shortage of maritime security resources. On 29 October, Ukraine attacked Russian naval ships in the Crimean port of Sevastopol using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and unmanned surface vessels (USVs). The flagship of the Russian Navy Black Sea Fleet, Admiral Makarov, and a minesweeper were […]
Nairobi — With just a few hours to the official launch of the much-talked about Hustlers Fund, Kenyans are about to witness the fulfilment of one of the major elections pledges made by President William Ruto and his Kenya Kwanza team. Thousands of Kenyans are already seated at the newly constructed Green Park termini, waiting […]
Poised to give customers access to cellular service via a virtual SIM, network operator AirtelTigo has introduced an Embedded SIM (eSIM) service in Ghana. This means that users with eSIM compatible phones will no longer require physical SIM cards, allowing them to use different providers on the same phone. The Chief Executive Officer AirtelTigo, Leo […]
To tackle insecurity, especially within its borders, the Kogi State government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Chinese investors for the provision of high technology security architecture. The first-of-its-kind smart technology will capture movements in and out of Kogi State from a command and control centre to decimate terrorists, bandits and other criminal elements […]
Fintechs in Africa are creating financial inclusiveness for undeserved communities The African fintech industry is booming. From the number of fintech to the size of funding, African fintech is the newest investment magnet. Sector studies show that the African fintech industry has almost tripled in just one year (2020-2021). The estimated number of tech start-ups […]
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia — The 17th Internet Governance Forum (IGF), to be hosted by the Government of Ethiopia with the support of UN ECA and UN DESA, will take place from 28 November to 2 December 2022 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, under the overarching theme “Resilient Internet for a Shared Sustainable and Common Future”. There […]
-against Cellcom, Orange Authorities at Liberia’s leading GSM Company Lonestar Cell MTN have begun contemplating plans to launch legal proceedings against Cellcom and Orange Liberia Inc., in relation to the cyber-attack carried out against the company in 2016. The move comes as the U.S. Justice Department on Wednesday arraigned notorious hacker Daniel Kaye for alleged […]
Zindi, the biggest network for professional data scientists in Africa, has partnered with Ernst & Young Africa to host a series of machine learning hackathons for its employees. Participants will be challenged to build a machine learning model that can monitor methane gas levels on the continent. In October 2021, Ernst & Young Global became […]
Smart urbanism is about using digital technologies to address urban problems. Across the continent, digital technologies and smart initiatives have been applied in myriad ways, including crime control, urban planning and traffic management. It hasn’t always worked, however. Sometimes these initiatives have failed because the technologies weren’t well integrated into the local context. Or policies […]
Ghana together with two other African countries will be benefiting from a project dubbed “Technology-en-abled Open School for All” project meant to transform the future of schools systems and learning through digital economy. The project is a joint one by the United Nations Educational, Sci-entific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) and Huawei. Addressing a side event […]
Efforts to elevate complex issues like climate change could provide pointers for inspiring urgency on cybersecurity. With global attention on the United Nations (UN) Climate Change Conference (COP27) in Sharm-el-Sheikh, the question of how to make long-term, complex and multi-dimensional issues matter to policymakers in Africa has emerged. A second question is how to inject […]
IN the mid of the UN COP27 summit in Egypt, the city of Dar es Salaam and other parts of Tanzania face severe water shortages that were brought on by drought. At the UN COP27 heads of state, ministers and negotiators, along with climate activists, mayors, civil society representatives and CEOs convened in the Egyptian […]