SAP has appointed Emmanuel Raptopoulos as the new President for SAP’s EMEA South region, which comprises Southern Europe, the Middle East and Africa. In this capacity, he will report to Scott Russell, SAP Executive Board [c]
By Sunil Geness Following the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on governments and citizens, countries across the African continent are looking at e-government with renewed interest and urgency. In its latest E-Government Survey, the UN notes [c]
Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) across the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region are recognizing digitalization as essential to staying competitive in a transformed business and economic environment. The insight is one of many in [c]
After announcing its commitment to financially include one billion people into the digital economy by 2025, Mastercard is bringing awareness to some of the world’s most critical issues through an innovative podcast series ‘Journey to [c]
Afrikrea, the Ivory Coast-based e-commerce platform for “all things made of Africa”, has announced the successful completion of a $6.2 million pre-Series A round led by Investisseurs & Partenaires and the rebrand to “ANKA”, its [c]
Last year, the number of cyberattacks recorded was record-breaking, with a 50% increase in overall attacks per week on corporate networks compared to 2020. In fact, in 2021, the world witnessed one of the most serious [c]
MTN in partnership with ayoba, billed as Africa’s super app, has reached a new milestone of over 10 million monthly active users. The milestone indicates that 2021 has been a fast-paced year so far for [c]
The CEO of Merck Foundation, Senator Rasha Kelej and scientific committee recognised 13 winners of best African Women Researchers and best Young African Researchers of MARS Awards 2021 ceremony via videoconference for their valuable research [c]
In December 2020, CcHUB launched Syndicate by CcHUB, a new investment vehicle that allows angels, investing groups and institutional investors to invest alongside CcHUB in high growth technology startups in Africa. The investment vehicle was designed [c]
Huawei Technologies has set an ambitious target of training nearly 1 million new ICT professionals in partnership with universities in Africa. Under the theme of “Connection, Glory, Future“, Huawei has invited bright university students from [c]
The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF), the philanthropy empowering young African entrepreneurs in all 54 African countries, has opened applications for the 2022 TEF Entrepreneurship Programme on www.TEFConnect.com. African entrepreneurs with business ideas or existing businesses [c]
The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) has approved a $1.5 million grant to assess policy gaps in the digital trade and e-commerce ecosystems in 10 countries in Africa. The funds, sourced from the African Development Fund, [c]
By Akshay Grover COVID-19 has propelled the adoption of digital payment platforms for millions of people across the African continent. The need for contactless methods of making transactions, transformed what was once a nice-to-have into [c]
International cash payments platform Pipit Global and pan-African payments company Cellulant have extended their partnership agreement to now include 18 countries in sub-Saharan Africa. The partnership will see the companies providing both B2B and B2C [c]
Huawei Technologies is ramping up the process of increasing the population of women working in the ICT industry by ensuring more are getting an ICT education for specialized technologies of the future. The program, known [c]
Huawei Technologies has ramped up its support for animal conservation programs in Africa by roping in its 5G technology to facilitate the monitoring of endangered animals. The initiative will see the firm deploy cutting edge [c]
For the first time ever, African streaming service Showmax is bringing all 52 games in the TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon 2021 (AFCON) live to its viewers, powered by SuperSport. Available to Showmax [c]
Ventures Platform, the early-stage “discovery” venture capital fund championing the next generation of African entrepreneurs, has announced the first close of its new $40 million pan-African, early-stage fund to invest in market-creating innovations. With this [c]
By Dr Rufaro Mucheka In 2000, there were just four women listed in the top one hundred of the Forbes rich list, two decades later and that number is now 14. While this shows an [c]
Adanian Labs has launched the Adanian Labs Venture Building Program call for startups for 2022. The program invites applications from tech entrepreneurs for the 2022 cohort of exceptional startups to join Adanian Labs in Kenya, [c]
Equinix, a US-based digital infrastructure company, has announced its expansion into Africa through its intended acquisition of Main One, a West African data center and connectivity solutions provider, with presence in Nigeria, Ghana and Côte [c]
The Second Japan-Africa Public-Private Economic Forum ended the second day with two thematic sessions followed by the MoUs ceremony, at which 15 MoUs were signed. The number of MoUs is the similar to those witnessed [c]
TradeDepot, the B2B eCommerce and embedded finance platform in Africa, has raised $110 million in an equity and debt funding round to support the delivery of Buy-Now-Pay-Later services to 5 million SME retailers and drive [c]
New research from Kaspersky interviewing 389 healthcare providers from 36 countries reveals that 86% of medical organisations across the Africa, Middle East and Turkey (META) region have already implemented telehealth (or e-health) capabilities, with 44% [c]
AFEX, Nigeria’s commodities market player, has announced a new $100 million 10-year bond called The Food Security Fund (FSF). The financing will strengthen Africa’s food security and produce three million MT of food annually on [c]
With the holiday season kicking off, families around the world are making plans to celebrate the season with unique traditions, once-a-year meals, gifts and more. In line with this exciting time, global payments company WorldRemit [c]
IBM and David Clark Cause have announced Mavuno Link as the Middle East and Africa Regional Winner of the 2021 Call for Code Global Challenge. This year’s regional winning solution is from a team of [c]
There are several trends that have dominated the African cybersecurity landscape in 2021. The continent remains a point of investment interest as connectivity and mobility continue to grow – with only 38% of the population [c]
As the world moved indoors two years ago, the online payment space flourished. These are the biggest developments in 2021, and a brief look ahead. This year, South Africans embraced e-commerce, mobile commerce and digital [c]
Smartphone shipments in the Africa and Middle East (MEA) region grew by 1% YoY and 7.5% QoQ in the third quarter of 2021, according to the latest research from Counterpoint’s Market Monitor service. Despite pent-up [c]
Airtel Africa, a provider of telecommunications and mobile money services with a presence in 14 countries across Africa, has announced that its B2B division, Airtel Business, has formed a new partnership with Cisco to provide [c]
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