Africa goes big on tech to breathe life to economies
Just weeks after launching a Big Data solution to trace the spread of Covid-19 as African countries open up their skies and economies, the African Union has moved to devise more tec…...
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IFC invests $5.6b to support private sector development in Africa
The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, has committed $5.6 billion to private sector development in the Middle East and sub-Saharan Africa in …...
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AFRICA FOOD SHOW MAKES ITS VIRTUAL DEBUT!
Africa Food Show makes its VIRTUAL debut from Monday July 20 – Friday 24 July for five fabulous days, packed with the latest products and trends, thought leadership and insightful …...
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Rain Launches the First Standalone 5G Network in Africa
Rain has rolled-out Africa’s first commercial standalone 5G network – powered by Huawei. The South African data-only provider currently covers suburbs in Cape Town including Sea P…...
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Successful launch of China (Guangxi)-Africa & Middle East Digital Trade Week
“China (Guangxi)-Africa & Middle East Digital Trade Week” has officially kicked off on 29th June 2020, under the theme “Made in Guangxi - Make life better”, organized by the…...
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2020 China-Africa Digital Trade Forum Grand Opening Ceremony
2020China-Africa Digital Trade Week kicked off successfully, held at the virtual platform Global Trade Week –Virtual Exhibition (GTW-VE) running from June 29th to July 5th 2020.On …...
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Africa Digital Trade Week to kick off of in “Guangxi” next week.
Weare thrilled to announce the launch of our Africa Digital Trade Week starting with “Guangxi” for the South China Province. Starting from 29th June to 5th July this 7-day event w…...
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Ghana Cocoa Board, African Development Bank and financial partners celebrate first $200 million disb
Ghana supplies 70% of all cocoa beans imported into Japan and cocoa is seen as one of the nation’s most essential import commoditiesABIDJAN,Ivory Coast, June 26, 2020/ — Ghana Coc…...
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South Africa’s blockchain enabled renewables firm Sun Exchange raises $3m
South Africa-based blockchain firm Sun Exchange raised $3 million from London-based private equity firm ARCH Emerging Markets Partners, a TechCrunch report said. The investment mark…...
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This just in!! China-Africa Digital Trade Week - Program Revealed
MIE Events has announced the launch of their China-Africa Digital Trade Week, and now they shared a first look at their detailed schedule,speakers and events for its virtual event s…...
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Morocco’s Noor Ouarzazate supports Africa’s Energy Transition – AfDB
Morocco’s Noor Ouarzazate solar complex, one of the largest solar parks in the world, is playing a key role in Africa’s energy transition,the African Development Bank (AfDB) says …...
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South Africa Looks to be Expanding its Nuclear Power Infrastructure
South Africa’s Department of Mineral Resources and Energy has taken another step towards building a new nuclear-power program.On Sunday, the department had issued a request for inf…...
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African Development Bank unveils strategy roadmap to safeguard food security against impacts of COVI
The African Development Bank has unveiled a strategic roadmap of projects and programmes to assist African countries in tackling the nutrition and food security aspects of the COVID…...
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Africa’s Top 100 Brands 2020
In the midst of the euphoric and successful staging of the first FIFA World Cup in Africa when internal pride and admiration of Africa was arguably at its highest, African brands al…...
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HSEVEN launches three programmes for African entrepreneurs
Moroccan startup acceleratorHSEVEN, the largest startup accelerator in Africa, has launched three incubation and acceleration programs to help African entrepreneurs build high-impac…...
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Technology is Africa's biggest undiscovered gold mine
Technology has the potential to fundamentally transform societies. Information and Communications Technology (ICT) and broadband are becoming central to the societal developments ar…...
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3 Digital Solutions from Vodacom to Get South Africans Back to Work Safely
As businesses across South Africa start returning to work, the safetyof employees and customers is of paramount importance. This means that employers will have to make extra changes…...
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Facebook is building $1 billion high speed internet across Africa
World’s largest social media company, Facebook is designing a massive underwater cable around Nigeria and other African countries, bringing high-speed connectivity to the continent…...
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African Development Bank welcomes $10 million Clean Technology Fund investment to diversify Ethiopia
(AfDB ) - The African Development Bank has welcomed a decision by the Trust Fund Committee of the Clean Technology Fund (CTF), one of two funds within the Climate Investment Funds (…...
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Driving Africa’s green revolution
With 90% of sub-Saharan Africa’s food currently produced by smallholder farmers on plots typically under two hectares, the continent’s traditional farmers are a vital element of f…...
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