Businesses and individuals within the region will have to grapple with higher costs of airtime and internet data, as governments move to enforce the new excise duty rates outlined in their respective 2021/22 financial year budgets. In Kenya, the government increased excise duty on airtime and telephone services from 15 percent to 20 percent. Airtel […]
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A midwife examines a pregnant woman using the portable ultrasound device. © UNFPA Kenya MFANGANO ISLAND, Kenya – In her four years at Sena Health Centre, midwife Goretti Adhiambo has seen too many lives lost to complications in pregnancy and childbirth. “We provide all the basic maternal health services at the health centre including antenatal […]
Monrovia — The Independent Information Commission (IIC) has validated “Liberia Access to Information Records Management Guidelines”. The validation exercise was done on Tuesday at a local resort in Congo Town. Speaking at the opening of the workshop, the Commissioner of the IIC, Cllr. Mark Bedor-Wla Freeman thanked UNESCO for the support in drafting the guidelines […]
Monrovia — Mr. J. Aloysius Tarlue Executive Central Bank of Liberia (CBL) designate and his deputy Dr. Musa Dukuly Deputy Governor for Economic Policy-designate Thursday, July 8, 2021 faced the Senate Committee on Banking and Currency to justify why he should be maintained to that position for the second time. Governor Tarlue and Dukuly were […]
Econet Wireless has torched a major public outcry after it increased its data packages by 20 % effective Thursday. The company justified its decision by indicating that operating costs have escalated over the past few months. Under the new prices, 8 gigabytes of data is now going for $2 030, 15 gigabytes $3 120, a […]
United Kingdom-based Zimbabwean business magnate, Strive Masiyiwa’s firm, Liquid Intelligent Technologies has partnered with Facebook in a landmark fibre network expansion project in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The project will also connect the East and West Africa regions, and in the process improve internet access to over 30 million people in that part […]
The Buhari administration’s June ban on Twitter in Nigeria, combined with proposals within Buhari’s All Progressives Congress (APC) to allow the federal government to establish a “code of conduct” for Nigeria’s media to counter, among other things, “fake news,” rightly sets off alarm bells within the human rights community. Nigeria is challenged on multiple fronts: […]
What: Webinar Launch Who: The African Development Bank, Making Finance Work for Africa (MFW4A) Partnership, Financial Sector Deepening (FSD) Africa & German Development Cooperation (BMZ/GIZ) When: 8 July 2021 at 12.00 GMT Where: Virtual The Africa Long-Term Finance Initiative will virtually launch its website on 8 July 2021 at noon GMT. The event will include […]
Registered trucks and drivers are connected online, matched with cargo transport demand Karim Dembele, a truck driver from Mali, emerges from his truck where he has been taking a nap. He is in Togo’s capital Lomé, waiting to cross the border in neighbouring Ghana, and then truck some 720 km to his destination, Abidjan, in […]
Liquid Technologies and Facebook announced a partnership to build an extensive long haul and metro fibre network in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) that is expected to improve internet access for more than 30 million people and help meet growing demand for regional connectivity across Central Africa. Facebook will invest in the fibre build […]
“Internet Exchange Points (IXP) are critical to improving internet access and lowering connectivity costs in the continent,” the report states. Nigeria has the third most developed Internet ecosystem in Africa, a new report has shown. The report by Internet society, a global nonprofit organisation promoting the development and use of the Internet, said Nigeria ranks […]
On Friday, 2 July 2021, the Southern Africa Litigation Centre supported the filing of an urgent application in the High Court of Eswatini before Honourable Justice Qinisile M. Mabuza (Melusi Simelane v MTN Eswatini, Eswatini Mobile and others). The application was filed to oppose the internet shutdown in the country after the Eswatini Communications Commission […]
A new World Health Organisation report warns that pregnant women’s exposure to electronic waste raises the risk of stillbirth and premature births. Environmental contamination researcher Okunola Alabi spoke to The Conversation Africa’s Wale Fatade about the problem of electronic waste in Nigeria. How serious is the exposure of women and children to electronic waste in […]
Huawei has announced the appointment of Terry HE as President of Huawei Northern Africa. In this role, he will be responsible for coordinating the group’s overall operations in the 28 African countries in the region. Terry HE holds a Bachelor’s degree in electronic information engineering from Wuhan University in China and joined Huawei Group in […]
Zipline, arguably the world’s largest drone delivery service for medical supplies which was founded in Rwanda has raised $250 million in new equity financing, bringing the company’s valuation to $2.75 billion. The new financing will enable Zipline to continue advancing its integrated service, including its autonomy platform, aircraft, fulfilment systems, and operations. The funding will […]
The COVID-19 pandemic has stifled many sectors of the global economy. But it has apparently boosted the business of fraudsters. Experts note that some fraudsters have taken advantage of the new opportunities of the pandemic economy and that they seem to become ever more sophisticated in their methods. At the same time anti-fraud measures are […]
Madrid /Spain — Orange said on Wednesday it will launch an experimental 5G network using a cloud-based open platform and artificial intelligence in July, as the telecom industry rushes to shift services onto the cloud in a bid to cut costs and modernise. Orange will build the network in Lannion, northern France, in partnership with […]
Nairobi — A global development organization says women run more online businesses in Africa, but face greater challenges than online firms led by men. The International Financial Corporation, which is the arm of the World Bank that helps the private sector and Jumia, the largest online business platform in Africa, said in a new report […]