Huawei South Africa recently held a job fair for 130 graduates from its ICT Academies at various tertiary institutions around the country. The aim of the event was to give students an opportunity to meet [c]
By John Omo Although Africa has proven its potential as a fast rising home to brilliant innovations, many innovators in the continent are struggling. Opportunities are hard to come by, and resource allocation to what [c]
Huawei has signed a partnership with the Ministry of Education’s State Department for Vocational and Technical Training to collaborate to enhance ICT development within technical education and training. The MoU will see institutions from across [c]
Pan-African ICT service provider SEACOM is expanding to bring its software-defined wide area networking (SD-WAN) services to Kenyan businesses, offering reduced connectivity costs, increased security, agility, and local support to customers. SEACOM’s experience with ICT [c]
National carrier Kenya Airways (KQ) has launched the Fahari Innovation Hub, a centre for innovation that acts as a springboard for new ideas and data-driven innovations to accelerate impact-driven solutions that address some of the [c]
The second edition of the ATU Africa Innovation Challenge was launched by the African Telecommunications Union (ATU). ATU made the announcement in Nairobi-Kenya, in a virtual ceremony hosted with competition partner-the International Telecommunications Union (ITU). [c]
By Tonny Tugee High unemployment, especially among the youth, remains one of Kenya’s pressing socioeconomic challenges. Figures from June 2020 show that the pandemic exacerbated this, with our unemployment rate rising to 21%. While East [c]
By Achare Takor Over the last decade, information technologies (IT) have revolutionized the way people and businesses carry out their daily activities worldwide. There is abundant evidence that the upsurge of technology has been a [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]
The COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic has increased the awareness of the importance of digital technologies, and many Sub-Saharan African countries are seizing the opportunity to create conditions for new, better and inclusive jobs. The latest Africa’s [c]
Vodacom has celebrated the achievements of 146 youth, including 89 women who graduated with certified ICT certificates from the mobile operator’s Youth Academy programme at a virtual graduation ceremony. The graduates spent 12 demanding months [c]
There is a sharp imbalance among Africa’s self-employed workers. Despite women making up well over half (58%) of those self-employed across the continent, male entrepreneurs are still being given more growth opportunities, along with access [c]
By Lulu Kiritu Trade is an ever evolving industry. Year by year, century by century, it changes and advances. Trading in the past was not only a slow process, but a tedious one as well. [c]
Kenya recorded a sharp increase in cyber threats between July and September 2020, with 35.1 million incidents detected, representing a 152.9 per cent jump, according to the quarterly sector statistics report covering the period released [c]
Huawei has announced that in its first year, the DigiTruck trained more than 1,500 youth on digital skills across 13 locations in 10 Counties as it travels around the country. Following the successful 1st year [c]
A new partnership between the South African Public Colleges Organisation (SAPCO), the Department of Higher Education and Huawei has led to the opening of 33 ICT academies at TVET colleges across South Africa, in an [c]
2020 was a challenging year for anyone in sales, especially so for the sales function within large ICT vendors across the continent. We will see this hardship continue into 2021, how we respond to the [c]
A total of 784 civil servants have graduated after successfully completing a one week ICT training organized by Huawei in collaboration with the ICT Authority. Among them were 514 non-technical staff and 270 technical staff [c]
The South African government is ramping up policies aimed at using digital technology to reduce inequality, create opportunities and reap the benefits of ICT for a post pandemic social and economic revival. This was the [c]
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has signed a grant agreement with the Ministry of ICT and Innovation in Rwanda to support the Rwanda Coding Academy (RCA), set up to develop top technology talent to drive [c]
Equity Bank Kenya (EBKL) has appointed Prof. Timothy Waema as Non-Executive Director. Prof. Waema brings on board his extensive ICT experience that spans over 30 years in both private and public sector organizations in Kenya and [c]
The Ministry of ICT (MoICT) through the ICT Authority has commissioned the rehabilitated Eldoret to Nakodok fibre optic cable and launched the construction of the 630 km high speed fibre optic cable to that is [c]
The African Telecommunications Union (ATU) in conjunction with the National Communication Authority of South Sudan has convened the first Preparatory Meeting (virtual) for the next International Telecommunication Union’s World Telecommunication Development Conference, “WTDC-21”. The meeting [c]
Orange announces the launch of its online training platform “Orange Campus Africa” in partnership with the Virtual University of Senegal (UVS) during GSMA Thrive Africa. Hosted at its data centre in Côte d’Ivoire, it was [c]
By Jorge Mendes September is International Deaf Awareness month, in commemoration of the first World Congress of the World Federation of the Deaf, which took place in September 1951. This year’s theme “Reaffirming Deaf People’s [c]
Digital Explorers has launched applications for the second cohort of the program. The second session will be a female-only track that will select up to 15 female Data Analysts and Data Scientists at entry-level who [c]
Huawei Kenya has kicked off the seventh cohort of students participating in the global Seeds for the Future program. The flagship program started globally in 2008 and has benefitted almost 200 students in Kenya since [c]
Huawei Kenya has launched its new initiative UniTech Talk, a regular lecture series for university lecturers, students and tech enthusiasts to share the latest technologies, industry trends, development policies and insights. During the pandemic, the [c]
Huawei Technologies Kenya has announced the opening of the Seeds for the Future Sky program which is open to all university undergraduates undertaking ICT related degrees. This will be the first time in its history [c]
A six-year project to develop industrial skills among Ghana’s workforce has improved the engineering and manufacturing skills of young people, promoted economic competitiveness and contributed to an improvement in the quality of life of beneficiaries [c]
As cases of the Coronavirus continue to be reported from across the country, two employees of the Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) have tested positive for the virus. The two employees, who are currently receiving [c]
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