Menlo Park-based social networking firm, Facebook Inc. celebrated the achievements and products of its growing African developers and partner ecosystem at its recent ended annual F8 Developer Conference.
African developers shared the stage with Facebook and developers from around the world, showcasing innovative products and services they have created for their...
SAP Africa has appointed Dr. Adriana Marais to take on the role as Head of Innovation where she is expected to lead the IoT Lab, the Co-Innovation Lab initiatives, as well as other innovation streams for SAP while taking the company’s Digital Platform solutions to market.
She will also drive strategic co-innovation projects...
To mark the 10th anniversary of ground-breaking mobile money service M-PESA, WorldRemit has released new data showing that the Kenyan diaspora is the biggest sender of digital remittances to mobile accounts.
Transfers to mobile money accounts make up 93% of WorldRemit transactions to Kenya now - showing that Kenyans continue...
Last week, Rwanda launched The Regional Electronic Cargo Tracking System (RECTS) which went up on March 24, and expects it to save on the cost and time of transporting cargo on the Northern Corridor.
Projections by Trade Mark East Africa (TMEA) estimate that container transit time on the Northern Corridor to...
Professor Graham, addressing the 4th UNI Africa Conference in Dakar, Senegal, warned of the danger of ‘parasitic capitalism’ where digital companies give little back to the places where they are embedded and platform workers are left to fend for themselves.
UNI Global Union General Secretary Philip Jennings' said research into...
Very soon, citizens of Kenya are going to be able to buy government bonds using their Mobile phones.
This was announced by Kenya’s Treasury saying that the M-Akiba bond, the world’s first mobile-only government bond, would go on sale on Thursday after a delay of almost two years.
Investors can buy in increments...
At the Africa CEO Forum which opened yesterday in Geneva, AFD Group in partnership with the European Union unveiled the “African Renewable Energy Scale-Up facility”, designed to boost private sector investment in on-grid and off-grid renewable energy production in Africa.
In order to meet Africa’s constantly increasing energy requirements, support must...
Africa now has the unique web address .africa, equivalent to the more familiar .com, following its official launch by the African Union.
AU commission chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma hailed its creation as the moment when Africa "got own digital identity".
The AU says the .africa domain name will "bring the...
Mastercard has committed Itself to supporting the roll-out of the Huduma Card in Kenya as the technology partner of choice for the local government organisation.
The secure payment solution supports Kenya’s Vision 2030 that calls for reforms in public services to enhance accountability, transparency and efficient service delivery, with focus...
Liquid Telecom, a subsidiary of Econet Global, has completed the acquisition of ISP Startel Tanzania, which offers services under the brand name Raha.
The Pan-African telecoms group has revealed that the deal will strengthen Raha’s position in the Tanzanian market through further investment in both its network and services, which include the includes...
