Browsing: Africa

Agenda 2063 is the African Union’s long-term framework for socio-economic development, regional integration and the preservation of history and culture.…

Thousands of years ago, the blacksmith led a technological leap in sub-Saharan Africa. West Africa’s Nok culture, for example, switched…

Cryptocurrencies have made a huge impact in the world since 2009 and very few would claim not to know what…

US-based data centre giant Equinix today announced it has completed its deal to acquire West African data centre and connectivity…

Technology has changed almost every field in the last decade, but it has brought a major change in capital markets,…

As long as cash still dominates the payments landscape in Africa, it remains a stumbling block to much-needed technological progress…

Entrepreneur couple Dwight and Angelique Morrison have created a new social media app “PS Remember” connecting students all across Africa.…

BrandMed Group, a South African connected healthcare company, has signed a strategic partnership agreement with Amazon Web Services (AWS), to…

Google today announced the participants in Google for Startups Accelerator Africa Class 7. The selected startups are developing solutions in…

Lipa Payments, a South African-based FinTech start-up, is bringing the “Tap to Pay” experience to Africa’s informal sectors with its…

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has announced the first six African countries that will receive technology to produce messenger RNA…

African FinTech player Flutterwave announced today that it has raised $250 million or R3.7 billion in Series D funding, valuing…

The latest data released today shows that the value of Vodacom’s mobile money platform, M-PESA, including Safaricom, continues to scale…

South African-based mobile games publisher Carry1st bags $20 million or R307 million to scale interactive content across Africa. The Series A…

Oracle today announced the availability of its first cloud region in Africa to meet the rapidly growing demand for enterprise…

Africa’s united for the 2021 CAF Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) and the sporting events in Cameroon are live on…

Digital Realty, the largest global provider of cloud- and carrier-neutral data centre, colocation and interconnection solutions, announced today it has…

Africa’s leading service provider, MTN, is transforming into a digital platform service operator to deliver exceptional network experience to its…

The South African government, through the African Renaissance Fund (ARF), has signed an agreement with the African Vaccination Acquisition Trust…

Cassava Technologies, Africa’s first integrated tech company of continental scale, today announced that it has entered into a memorandum of…

Mukuru, one of the largest remittance companies in Africa and a leading next-generation financial services platform, has announced that its…

Carry1st, Africa’s leading mobile games publisher, today announced it has partnered with online payments pioneers PayPal and Chipper Cash, a…

The Global IP Technology Annual Conference (IPv6+ forum) with the theme, “Accelerating IPv6+ Industry Development to Catalyse New Business” was…

Africa is considered a technology-limited continent, which means it is cut off from the rest of the online world. However,…

The World Health Organisation and the COVID Vaccines Global Access (COVAX) initiative announced in mid-2021 that they were working with…