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  • [ August 12, 2022 ] Tripesa, a B2B travel tech startup, raises funds to expand operations in Kenya and Uganda CSR
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  • [ August 12, 2022 ] Samsung pushes boundaries of smartphone versatility with launch of fourth generation foldables Analysis & Features
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Government, Kodris partner to add coding syllabus to Kenya’s primary and secondary schools

June 9, 2022 admin 1

Kenyan children will now have an opportunity to learn coding and computer programming in public schools after the government officially unveiled coding teaching content in partnership with education technologies firm, Kodris Africa. The new content [c]

Analysis & Features

Review of ICT law aimed to make sector more responsive to emerging realities

June 7, 2022 admin 0

The ongoing review of the ICT sector law and associated regulations will make the broadcasting industry responsive to emerging realities and rapid technological changes. The review which is being spearheaded by the Ministry of ICT, [c]

Analysis & Features

Huawei steps up drive for local tech talent as business continues to grow in Kenya

June 1, 2022 admin 0

Huawei Kenya has upped the tempo of absorbing more Kenyan technology professionals by kicking off its national recruitment drive as its business continues to grow requiring additional local talent. The firm announced that it had [c]

Analysis & Features

EdTech: Deploying contemporary Information Technology solutions for Academic Delivery

May 3, 2022 admin 0

By Paul Okanda The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted many economic sectors and allowed a number of them to accelerate their hitherto slow adoption of information technology systems for efficient service delivery. One of the showcase [c]

CSR

Huawei partners with Kenya government to train 20,000 ICT officers

March 25, 2022 admin 0

The government of Kenya, via the Ministry of ICT, Innovation and Youth Affairs, is poised to ramp up the level of technological skill capacity among its ICT workforce across the country in a new deal [c]

Analysis & Features

Investment in radio crucial for Africa’s connectivity  

February 14, 2022 admin 0

By John Omo  In a continent that grapples with limited ICT infrastructure and access to internet and digital technologies, radio remains the leading communication medium in Africa with the highest audience and the widest geographical [c]

Analysis & Features

Moringa School partners with Impact Hub Accra to expand to Ghana

February 14, 2022 admin 0

Moringa School and Impact Hub Accra sign a partnership that will see students from Ghana join the institution. The Covid-19 pandemic and the growth of the tech sector across Africa, provided Moringa with an opportunity [c]

Analysis & Features

UNESCO, Huawei root for industry-led training

January 27, 2022 admin 0

With national demand growing for highly specialized ICT skills across multiple industries, the future belongs to those who have an understanding of how organizations work and possess ideas with possible solutions to the myriad problems [c]

Analysis & Features

Rwanda government, Africa50 unveil Kigali Innovation City Urban Masterplan

January 10, 2022 admin 0

Africa50, the pan-African investment platform, and the Rwanda government – through Rwanda Development Board (RDB) and the Ministry of ICT and Innovation of Rwanda – have unveiled the urban masterplan for the development of the [c]

CSR

Huawei partners with African universities to train 700,000 ICT professionals

January 5, 2022 admin 0

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]

Analysis & Features

Tatu City gives progress update on key ICT, road, power, water and security infrastructure to Kiambu County

November 16, 2021 admin 0

Kiambu County, through its Development Implementation Coordination Committee (CDICC), has reaffirmed its commitment to Tatu City, the 5,000-acre Special Economic Zone (SEZ) on Nairobi’s doorstep, as it creates thousands of jobs and homes through private [c]

Analysis & Features

EA Business Council, Nelson Mandela institute sign MoU for ICT skills training

October 17, 2021 admin 0

The East African Business Council (EABC) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science & Technology (NM-AIST) to bridge the skills gap and mismatch and to upscale the [c]

Analysis & Features

Orange opens 2 new Digital Centres in Africa to boost technology skills for youth, women

October 15, 2021 admin 0

As part of its Engage 2025 strategic plan, Orange has made a commitment to deploy an Orange Digital Center in each of the countries where it operates by 2025. This week, two new centers were [c]

Analysis & Features

ICT industry has to work together on next stage of 5G development – Huawei’s Ken Hu

October 15, 2021 admin 0

Huawei’s Rotating Chairman Ken Hu has kicked off the 12th annual Global Mobile Broadband Forum (MBBF) in Dubai with a call for the ICT industry to work together on the next stage of 5G development. [c]

Analysis & Features

Zetech University’s project among top entries in ATU youth innovation contest

October 13, 2021 admin 0

An ICT initiative by Zetech University Kenya has been crowned among top entries in Africa in a continental Youth ICT Innovation Competition backed by the African Telecommunications Union (ATU) and the International Telecommunications Union (ITU). [c]

CSR

Seacom gets new BEE rating for creating equal job opportunities in South Africa

September 26, 2021 admin 0

SEACOM, a fibre-led telecoms provider and owner of extensive ICT infrastructure across Africa, is paving the way forward for equitable employment in Africa’s ICT industry by achieving a level 3 BEE rating. Best known for [c]

Analysis & Features

Google in deal with Kenya’s women MPs to improve digital skills for women and girls  

September 18, 2021 admin 0

Google and the Kenyan Women Parliamentary Association (KEWOPA) have announced a collaboration to improve gender equity, diversity and inclusion within organisations and the workplace. The collaboration, announced as part of celebrations to mark  #IamRemarkable Week [c]

CSR

South Sudan becomes 49th member of the African Telecommunications Union 

September 8, 2021 admin 0

The African Telecommunications Union (ATU) has welcomed its 49th member state after the Republic of South Sudan was formally admitted into the Union through an announcement made in Nairobi, Kenya at the ATU Headquarters. South [c]

CSR

ATU extends entry submission for ICT contest from July 31 to August 31, 2021

August 10, 2021 admin 0

The African Telecommunications Union (ATU) has extended the deadline for submission of entries to the ATU Africa Innovation Challenge 2021, to 31 August 2021. Following a consultative meeting with Challenge partners, the International Telecommunication Union [c]

CSR

Huawei South Africa Job Fair to enable over 50 ICT graduates enter the workforce

July 31, 2021 admin 0

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]

Analysis & Features

Why young ICT innovators in Africa are struggling

July 28, 2021 admin 0

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]

CSR

Huawei, Ministry of Education partner to enhance Vocational and Technical Training in Kenya 

July 23, 2021 admin 0

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]

Analysis & Features

SEACOM unveils SD-WAN services in Kenya to enable digital transformation

July 14, 2021 admin 0

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]

CSR

Kenya Airways’s Fahari Innovation Hub seeks to spur development of impact-driven solutions

July 9, 2021 admin 0

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]

Analysis & Features

ATU challenge targets ICT innovators from Africa

June 23, 2021 admin 0

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]

Analysis & Features

How connectivity could lead to job creation in Kenya

June 2, 2021 admin 0

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]

Analysis & Features

Incentives for Digital Economy production in Cameroon: An overview of Section 124b of the General Tax Code

May 17, 2021 admin 0

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]

Analysis & Features

Huawei: ICT has potential to reduce carbon emissions, leap-frog Africa into a green economy

April 28, 2021 admin 0

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]

Analysis & Features

African firms embrace Digital Economy, key to economic recovery post-pandemic

April 5, 2021 admin 0

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]

CSR

Vodacom trains 146 South African youth on digital skills, commits to train 1,750 by 2025

April 5, 2021 admin 0

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]

Analysis & Features

What Does the Future Hold for African Women in Start-Up Business?

March 24, 2021 admin 0

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]

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