Ada Labs Africa and AI Center of Excellence (AICE) have announced an initiative with NVIDIA to contribute to the digitization of the African continent through artificial intelligence (AI) and collaborate on a number of data [c]
Over the past three decades, the Nigerian film industry has built up a remarkable reputation for not only producing some of the most exciting films in the region but also for inspiring new film industries [c]
AppsFlyer, the global marketing measurement leader, today released its 2021 edition of The State of Finance App Marketing report. The COVID-19 pandemic directly impacted how consumers interact with financial institutions and how the institutions themselves [c]
The Social & Inclusive Business Camp (SIBC) commits to high-impact entrepreneurs by launching its fifth call for applications for project leaders from across Africa. Interested applicants have until before July 3, 2021 to submit their [c]
Amidst the growing trend toward eco-conscious spending and consumption among people who want to pursue more sustainable choices and practices, Mastercard has released its Mastercard Carbon Calculator for the Middle East & Africa. Developed in [c]
Digital solutions provider Liquid Intelligent Technologies achieves the 100,000 km fibre network milestone, positioning the organisation as the largest independent fibre network provider in emerging markets globally. Liquid has been manoeuvring steadily through Africa, investing [c]
Now approaching its third year, the MultiChoice Talent Factory (MTF) Academy is thrilled to announce calls for applications for its sought-after film and TV training programme. Applications are now open and will close on 30 [c]
With Africa Day having recently passed, HUAWEI Mobile Services (HMS) continues to celebrate emerging African developers who are shaking things up in the tech space. What makes it exciting is that these developers are creating [c]
INTERPOL is creating a new cybercrime operations desk with UK funding to boost the capacity of 49 African countries to fight cybercrime. The Africa desk will help shape a regional strategy to drive intelligence-led coordinated [c]
GroupM SSA and WPP’s Choreograph have announced the expansion of proprietary Audience Origin data service into 12 markets in Africa, in response to a growing need from clients for better quality of data and insights [c]
Football fans across the continent will be able to stream every match of the UEFA Euro 2020, which runs from 11 June to 11 July 2021, on Showmax Pro. Launched last year, Showmax Pro bundles the existing Showmax entertainment offering with music channels, [c]
By Habib Mahakian We are well into 2021 and are already seeing that organizations across Emerging Africa are investing in technology as an accelerator to fuel socio-economic growth and business success. It’s clear that innovation has been [c]
With consumer interest and demand rapidly rising, the African cryptocurrency market is experiencing a surge in trading volume. With digital currencies like Bitcoin, there has never been a better time to explore opportunities in investing. [c]
Vertiv, a provider of critical digital infrastructure and continuity solutions, has introduced Vertiv Liebert EXM2, a three-phase monolithic uninterruptible power supply (UPS) providing double conversion efficiency up to 97%, which further increases up to 98.8% [c]
The Legatum Center for Development & Entrepreneurship at MIT has launched the Foundry Fellowship, a first-of-its-kind leadership program for accomplished entrepreneurs who are considering their role in shaping the future of the African innovation ecosystems in which they [c]
Digital innovation is vital for the advancement of African economies and their health services, but to make this possible certain large stumbling blocks need to be removed. This was the consensus amongst high level global [c]
Kaspersky researchers have uncovered TunnelSnake, an ongoing advanced persistent threat (APT) campaign, active since 2019, which has targeted regional diplomatic entities in Asia and Africa. The attackers deployed a previously unknown rootkit dubbed Moriya. This [c]
The partner organisations behind Lacuna Fund – Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Google.org, the Rockefeller Foundation, and the initiative “FAIR Forward: Artificial Intelligence for All”, implemented by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH [c]
The Econet Group through its subsidiary Cassava Fintech International (Cassava Fintech) and Mastercard have entered into a strategic partnership to advance digital inclusion across Africa and collaborate on a range of initiatives including expansion of [c]
Africa House London, a trade agency established to encourage trade, commerce, and investment between the UK and a selected number of Sub-Saharan African high-growth markets, has selected Kaspersky as its cybersecurity risk management commercial partner [c]
This May, Honey is thrilled to bring you fresh lifestyle and reality entertainment for Africa Month. In a dynamic collaboration with producers and talent from the west, east and south, the month of May brings [c]
TECNO managed to replace Samsung as Africa’s top smartphone brand for the first time in 2020, riding on a successful launch of models in the affordable segment and continued market spending, according to Counterpoint Research’s Market [c]
SITA, the technology solutions provider to the air transport industry, announced the results of its 2021 Middle East, India and Africa Hackathon this week. Using SITA’s extensive range of Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), the program [c]
The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has announced StarTimes as their new 2021 media partner in sub-Saharan Africa to broadcast AFC’s national team and club competitions. The partnership will see StarTimes broadcast key competitions including AFC [c]
OKO, an Insurtech start-up that provides inclusive agricultural insurance to secure farmers’ income across Africa, has closed a Seed investment of $1.2 million. The round was led by by Newfund and ResiliAnce. Mercy Corps Venture, [c]
Afrikrea, the e-commerce platform for “all things made of Africa”, is launching ANKA, an all-in one SaaS solution to provide a seamless e-commerce, payments and global shipping online service for thousands of micro retailers and [c]
Global tech company, Huawei believes that information and communication technologies or ICTs has the potential to reduce global carbon emissions by 20% over the next decade. William Xu, Director of the Board and President of [c]
Appzone, the pan-African fintech software provider building proprietary solutions for the continent’s banking and payments industries, has today announced the close of its $10 million Series A round. Led by CardinalStone Capital Advisers with participation [c]
Cybersecurity is managed by a dedicated department among half (58%) of enterprises in the Africa and Middle East (META) region, while only 25% of companies of this size have an in-house Security Operation Center (SOC) [c]
Global technology brand, OPPO, has announced that the OPPO Reno5 has been selected as the official smartphone partner for the PUBG MOBILE Middle East and Africa Esports 2021. The OPPO Reno5 was selected for its [c]
Despite the challenging year that was 2020, MultiChoice is thrilled to congratulate the MTF Academy Class of 2020 on their graduation. 2020 was undoubtedly tough due to COVID-19, but the ability for all the 60 [c]
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