High-tech

Ghana’s Robotics team demonstrates project to minister

Ghana’s Robotics team demonstrates project to minister

by Severious Kale-Dery - This year’s Ghana’s representatives for the World Robotics Championships for high schools to be held in Dubai between October 22 and 27, this year, have h…...

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Kagame launches Africa’s first smartphone factory – Made in Rwanda Mara phones

Kagame launches Africa’s first smartphone factory – Made in Rwanda Mara phones

Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame launched Africa’s first smartphone factory in Kigali on 7 October 2019 with a second Mara phone factory scheduled for launch in South Africa on Octo…...

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Observatory in Morocco’s Atlas Mountains pilots groundbreaking interstellar discovery

Observatory in Morocco’s Atlas Mountains pilots groundbreaking interstellar discovery

Rabat – Thanks to the TRAPPIST-Nord telescope at the Oukaimeden Observatory near Marrakech, astronomers have been able to detect gas molecules in an interstellar comet. The discove…...

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Kenya ranked top in use of tech to boost farming

Kenya ranked top in use of tech to boost farming

Smart phones penetration and high rate of digital innovations have seen Kenya ranked the leading country in the use of technology in agriculture across the continent.A report releas…...

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3000 African startups to get funding under Tony Elumelu Foundation

3000 African startups to get funding under Tony Elumelu Foundation

By ADONIJAH OCHIENG The Tony Elumelu Foundation Entrepreneurship Forum 2019 announced last week that 3000 startups from across 54 African countries will receive $5000 (Sh500,000) in…...

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MIE Groups presents Africa strategy at Alibaba's 20th anniversary event

MIE Groups presents Africa strategy at Alibaba's 20th anniversary event

Fadi Kaddoura (picture), Vice President Sales & Marketing, MIE Groups, delivered on September 23 2019 a presentation about MIEs CTW, African Technology Show and the upcotiming A…...

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Lifesaving drones: Rwanda to showcase drone potential

Lifesaving drones: Rwanda to showcase drone potential

By Julius Bizimungu When the Government entered into a partnership with Zipline in 2016, an American logistics startup, Rwanda became the first country in the world to use drones to…...

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WEF on Africa: Africa should not lose sight of opportunities 4IR will create

WEF on Africa: Africa should not lose sight of opportunities 4IR will create

By Pieter Bensch, Executive Vice-President at Sage Africa & Middle EastAs the 28th World Economic Forum (WEF) on Africa convenes in Cape Town from 4-6 September, it offers an op…...

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Three Moroccan Startups Win Awards at EDF Pulse Africa Tour Morocco

Three Moroccan Startups Win Awards at EDF Pulse Africa Tour Morocco

By Kawtar Ennaji -Rabat – Three Moroccan startups won EDF Pulse Africa Tour Morocco’s prizes. The EDF Pulse Africa Tour Morocco is a competition aimed at discovering and supportin…...

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Tech start-ups drive change for Nigerian truckers

Tech start-ups drive change for Nigerian truckers

by Neil Munshi Tech start-ups drive change for Nigerian truckersUber-style apps are transforming industry rife with inefficiency and corruptionShare on Twitter (opens new window)Sha…...

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