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 […]
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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 […]
As an academic working at a university in Kenya, I’ve witnessed at first hand the massive disruptions to learning caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The situation is not unique to Kenya. Universities in neighbouring Uganda, Rwanda and Ethiopia are similarly affected. Kenya has over 70 universities, 38 of them public and 35 private. Over 500,000 […]
Tunis/Tunisia — The social innovation accelerator Lab’ess has just launched the 8th promotion of its incubation program which will support a dozen new social impact project leaders. Each project leader will get a training worth 20,000 dinars over a period of six months, Lab’ess said in a press release on Monday. This comprehensive support system […]
In the past couple of years, we’ve seen a growing trend of creators adopting digital and social media, not just as a supplement to their media presence but also as a cornerstone of their personal brand. The pandemic has surely accelerated creator economy trends. Many popular artists and figures have had to postpone concerts and […]
… Rules out dedicated cybercafé, registration centres The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has launched an online portal for eligible voters to register ahead of the 2023 general elections. Chairman of the commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, said on Thursday in Abuja, on the resumption of the continuous voter registration (CVR) exercise that the portal was […]
There is a need for more efforts in leveraging ICT in service delivery in the justice sector during Covid-19, Minister of Justice Johnston Busingye has said. He was speaking during the launch of Justice and Legal Aid Month on Thursday, June 24. “Differently from previous years, we have decided to adapt both the Justice Week […]