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In order to continue working together on international connection and mobility for Africa, MTN GlobalConnect and BICS have renewed their

The World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) call on all nations to drastically accelerate action

The leading mobile network provider in Africa, MTN, has tested a first-of-its-kind 5G Stand Alone Core that is completely deployed

Multinational technology business, SLB (previously known as Schlumberger) (www.SLB.com), formally opened its new West Africa regional headquarters in Lagos, Nigeria.

If governments don’t immediately enact stricter salt regulations, seven million people might pass away from diseases associated with excessive salt

PAPSS benefits individual businesses in Africa involved in any form of cross border trade and payments

In order to find, qualify, and certify elite engineers, Andela, a worldwide network for remote technical talent, has acquired Qualified,

There is a quiet murderer among us. It is a leading cause of death worldwide, affecting 850 million people. Despite

For the fifth year running, Moody’s Investors Service (“Moody’s”) has confirmed the African Trade Insurance Agency’s (ATI) A3 insurance financial

Western Union and MFS Africa have teamed to make it possible for people and businesses across the continent to accept

Cardi B, a Grammy-winning rapper and songwriter, has teamed up with Africa’s Delight Cosmeceutical Labs to introduce her own range

In 2022, Kaspersky’s (www.Kaspersky.co.za) anti-phishing system globally stopped more than 500 million attempts to reach phony websites. When compared to

The vaccine alliance, better known as Gavi, has announced the selection of Dr. Muhammad Ali Pate as its new CEO.

Over the next two years, Bolt expects to invest €500 million (Ksh. 67 billion) to improve its operations in Africa.

This past weekend, Mark Zuckerberg announced that Meta is introducing paid verification for Facebook and Instagram. The Meta CEO disclosed

The Central Emergency Fund for Africa has received its largest-ever allocation of $250 million, according to UN Secretary-General António Guterres.

The education of 222 million crisis-affected girls and boys will be supported by the US$826 million pledged by world leaders

Today, 7UP® is happy to reveal a brand-new, contemporary design that adds moments of “UPliftment” to the daily while also

In the midst of a worldwide outbreak, cholera infections are surging in Africa. Over 30% more cases were reported across

The Mobile Financial Services Mastery Award was given to MTN and Ericsson at the London-hosted 2022 Global Telecom (Glotel) Awards.

In order to enable seamless service deployment throughout the two nations, Nigeria and the Republic of Niger have inked a

One of the 20 different NTDs, lymphatic filariasis affects more than 120 million people in 72 countries throughout Asia, Africa,

The Trypa-NO! partnership, a project run by FIND (https://www.FINDdx.org), the French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development (IRD), and the

World Neglected Tropical Disease (NTD) Day is observed today, on January 30 of each year, and in recognition of this,

Today the World celebrates the International Day of Education. Every year on January 24, there is a celebration of International

What new obstacles will GDPR laws pose for cyber security teams? The introduction of GDPR regulation in the UK and

Yellow Card announced that its ground-breaking new payment option, Yellow Pay, is now formally offered throughout Africa. With Yellow Pay,

In its Digital Defense Report for 2022, Microsoft highlighted the need for everyone to take proactive measures to hedge against

The cybercriminals are persistent, frequently highly skilled, and unrelenting. Attacks are predicted to rise significantly in the upcoming year in

According to Kaspersky’s detection algorithms, there were 400,000 malicious files sent daily on average in 2022, up 5% from 2021.

According to the World Bank additional adverse shocks could cause the global economy to enter a recession in 2023, with

The U.K. government on Friday launched a deal with the German company BioNTech to test new vaccinations for cancer and

Nigeria is the first nation in Africa to secure partnership for the deployment of Elon Musk’s Starlink. Before the year’s

After joining the European Union (EU) about ten years ago, Croatia has reached two significant milestones: the adoption of the

On Sunday, Dubai eliminated its 30% tax on alcohol sales in the sheikhdom and made the needed liquor licenses freely

As 2023 sets in, it is inheriting the past momentous year of 2022 with is many dramas and events and

The year 2022 would go down as yet another memorable year with major and significant events. These events included the

Soccer Legend, Tamar Pele, real name Edson Arantes do Nascimento, is dead. He died yesterday at the Albert Einstein hospital

Ecobank, Nestle, IHS Towers and AstraZeneca have been named among Africa’s Top Best Places to Work for in 2022 The

Meta today announced its 2022 Africa Year in Review which highlights some of the company’s activities and investments in Sub-Saharan

The Coalition for Digital Africa is a project started by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) with

Today, Daughters for Earth announced awards to 26 women-led projects in 17 countries working to preserve and revitalize the planet

The BNI Foundation has launched a humanitarian effort called Heaters & Hope Initiative to support Children in need in war

The Ukranian President, Volodymyr Zelensky and “the spirit of Ukraine” has been named a Time Magazine’s 2022 Person of the

After more than two decades, Angelina Jolie and the UN organization for refugees are no longer working together. The Actor

Today, Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) and EVA Pharma (http://www.EVAPharma.com/) announced their partnership to help at least one million

A new cooperation between Microsoft’s Airband Initiative and Viasat has been revealed in order to provide internet access to ten

The African Women Impact Fund (AWIF), a partnership between Standard Bank and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, has

In honor of this year’s International Human Rights Day, Paradigm Initiative (PIN), a prominent Pan-African human rights and advocacy organization,

Access Bank Pic has moved to purchase a 51% majority stake in Finibanco Angola S.A . Finibanco Angola S.A. has

By exchanging data, including indications of compromise (IoCs) on various cyberthreats and types of cybercriminal behavior targeting African nations, Kaspersky

Following a number of successful pilot tests using low earth orbit (LEO) satellites in the US and UK, World Mobile

It is 20 years since the last drug for Alzheimer’s was licensed in the UK. Since then, huge advances have

On the 19th of November, 2022, The World’s Leading Cryptocurrency Exchange and Asset Trading Platform, CoinW (http://bit.ly/3gHpB26), organized a VIP Day

Three years of flatlined progress on HIV treatment and prevention affect 2.7 million youth  . Some 110,00 youth under age

 APO Group (www.APO-opa.com), the leading Pan-African communications consultancy and press release distribution service, today announced a content agreement with Pan-African

With the global population recently reaching 8 billion, we can celebrate many signs of human progress. Better health and longer

MMV (http://www.MMV.org) and Shin Poong Pharm. Co., Ltd. welcome the formal inclusion of Pyramax® (pyronaridine-artesunate) in the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Guidelines

Africa Data Centres, a business of Cassava Technologies, a pan-African technology group, is proud to be the colocation provider for

Partner2Connect is an international digital alliance that aims to deliver digital connectivity to more than 80 countries by 2025. It

Ramani, the African software company building a cloud network of micro-distribution centres for Africa’s $1 Trillion consumer-packaged goods supply chain,

The African Union Commission (AUC) and the African Development Bank have signed a grant agreement to implement Phase 1 of the

Developing countries celebrated on Sunday morning as crucial climate talks ended with a “historic” deal on their most cherished climate goal: a

Qrios, the Digital Economy Empowerment Platform has built a utility for commerce. It is designed from the ground up to

Hard Rock Cafe is expanding upon its partnership with world-renowned soccer legend Lionel Messi with its latest release of its fan-favorite Messi

Elon Musk issued an ultimatum on Wednesday, and as a result, Twitter offices are closing and staff members are quitting

Paystack has joined a number of other providers that have been granted payments license to operate in Kenya.  The company

The global population is projected to reach 8 billion on 15 November 2022, signalling major improvements in public health that

Internet users in Africa will soon have faster access to services on the Internet and better protection from cyberattacks. The Internet Corporation

Britain’s stock market has lost its position as Europe’s most-valued, with France taking the top spot, data shows. A weak

The framework supports environmental investments across the world, thus contributing to green, resilient and equitable development.The EIB (www.EIB.org) is enhancing the

Only 46% of people living with diabetes in the African region know their status, raising the risk of severe illness

Banks, financial services providers, and telecommunication companies from 12 African countries lost $11 million to hacking attacks between 2018 and

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has closed a deal to acquire Twitter, ending a monthslong saga that cast Musk as suitor,

Ghana has been recognized as the only country in Africa to achieve 100% access to financial inclusion on the continent.

The third straight rate hike this year was announced by the European Central Bank on Thursday along with a reduction

The Mastercard virtual payment solution, linked to Cellulant’s payment gateway – Tingg, can unlock a host of opportunities for consumers,

Andela, the global marketplace for remote technical talent, has opened applications for its upcoming EPIC Tournament. In partnership with HackerEarth,

Sub-Saharan Africa faces one of the most challenging economic environments in years, marked by a slow recovery from the pandemic, rising

Mastercard has introduced a new program to enable financial institutions to bring secure crypto trading capabilities and services to their

Nigeria and Cameroon have expressed interest in joining the alliance for economic relations on cocoa between Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana;

The IMF’s World Economic Outlook released last week forecasts that global economic growth will slow from 3.2 percent this year to 2.7

TECNO (www.TECNO-Mobile.com), the global premium smartphone and smart device brand, today launched its brand-new SPARK 9 Pro Sport Edition for

The IMF’s latest World Economic Outlook (WEO) has left its global forecast for 2022 unchanged at 3.2% y/y and has

Nokia has today announced the launch of a marketplace for broadband network automation applications. Seven apps are available at launch,

The creative economy offers a feasible development option to all countries, particularly developing economies, says UNCTAD’s Creative Economy Outlook 2022. UNCTAD defines

MultiChoice has announced its media broadcast partnership with The Earthshot Prize to help accelerate and spotlight the ingenuity and ambition

West Africa and the Sahel are experiencing a continuous deterioration of food and nutritional conditions as a result of the

The gauge for world food commodity prices declined for the sixth month in a row in September, with sharp drops

The World mental health day 2022, #WorldMentalHealthDay, will be celebrated today Monday October 10th with the theme: Make mental health

According to Kaspersky’s Financial Cyberthreats report, attacks in the financial sector are becoming increasingly corporate-oriented and shifting away from consumers. Kaspersky Security

In a 2019 vector alert, WHO identified the spread of Anopheles stephensi as a significant threat to malaria control and elimination – particularly

 Climate disasters and skyrocketing fuel prices have made the need to “end our global addiction to fossil fuels” crystal clear,

Africa has been losing from 5 to 15% of its GDP per capita growth because of climate change and its

As a mission-driven company, M-KOPA’s tremendous growth is rooted in commitment to both commercial and social goals. The report presents

The World Health Organization (WHO) and partners have launched a roadmap to stop by 2030, bacterial meningitis outbreaks on the

Meta has announced the launch of ‘Creators of Tomorrow’, a new campaign  that celebrates emerging talents from around the world

Euro zone inflation hit a new record high in August of 9.1%, according to flash figures from Europe’s statistics office

Moove, the world’s first mobility fintech, has announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding [MoU] with MUFG, one of

I recently read this mind-blowing article (https://bbc.in/3CJ0Iff)  on the BBC website. It describes the story of E Bruce Harrison and

The Federal Government of Nigeria has demonstrated its commitment to a clean and sustainable future with the global launch of

African health ministers today launched a campaign to ramp up awareness, bolster prevention and care to curb the toll of

The African space economy keeps growing at a rate beyond Africa’s GDP growth rates and becoming a strategic tool for

Countries are using innovative methods to measure and monitor plastics leakage on land and into rivers and regional seas. Globally

As a marine biologist in Fiji I am used to seeing plastics in our waterways. I’ve written of plastics in the sand, sea

Nigeria. Nigeria’s official Customer Price Index (CPI) increased by 0.89% to 18.60% in June, from 17.71% in May. This is

Maritime authorities are considering stricter controls on the ocean transport of billions of plastic pellets known as nurdles after a series

Exclusive Networks Africa, which represents the continental arm of this global, trusted cybersecurity specialist for digital infrastructure, is continuing its

Koolboks, the sustainable cooling company providing accessible cold storage solutions to businesses across Africa, has closed a $2.5M Seed funding

Popular ride-hailing company Bolt has announced it has quadrupled its business since the start of the pandemic, recording its most successful

BNI® (Business Network International), the world’s largest and most successful business netw orking organization, today publicly announced that BNI Members

The Republic of Togo and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) are pleased to announce their signature of

Kaspersky researchers have been tracking attack campaigns from the DeathStalker hack-for-hire group since 2018. Recent analysis shows that the threat actor updated

Z Zurich Foundation (ZZF) announced today—International Youth Day—that it will partner with JA Worldwide and JA Africa, building on relationships

Is the crypto winter finally over? (And in the scorching heat of summer no less?) Bitcoin prices have stabilized around the $23,000 to

The environment contains thousands of hazardous chemicals from plastics. A recent study shows that at least four of these plastics have pushed us beyond

The United States on Monday imposed sanctions on virtual currency mixer Tornado Cash, accusing it of helping hackers, including from North Korea,

Secretary Blinken travels to South Africa, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Rwanda this week, where the United States

WHO has released new guidelines for the use of long-acting injectable cabotegravir (CAB-LA) as pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV and called for

Women and girls who seek to advance their STEM education have long faced incredible challenges in a field traditionally dominated

Women’s World Banking announced today the 2023 Fintech Innovation Challenge, a global competition to highlight and advance solutions to close the

The new Global Alliance for Ending AIDS in Children by 2030, made up of UN agencies, civil society groups, governments

Speaking from Dakar, Senegal, WHO Assistant Director-General for Emergencies Ibrahima Soce Fall said that “we have been working on monkeypox in Africa for

The African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) and the Secretariat of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) have signed a

Distribution transformers will continue to dominate the overall transformer market growth opportunities due to rising urbanization and industrialization, says Frost

When G20 Finance Ministers meet this weekend in Bali, their meeting will likely be no more harmonious than their Foreign Minister

Leading digital payment solutions provider Network International has announced it will bring WhatsApp for Business banking services to financial institutions

The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday reconvened the Monkeypox Emergency Committee to assess the public health implications of the

The United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator, Nigeria Mr. Matthias Schmale, has commended the Sterling One Foundation for creating a

Kaspersky researchers have uncovered a new ransomware group that further underlines the trend of ransomware actors turning to cross-platform functionality.

The World Health Organization (WHO) welcomes the launch by Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, of the landmark opportunity for countries to

Plastics are polluting the world’s oceans and waterways faster than scientists can measure the effects on marine life, livelihoods, human

Cassava Technologies (Cassava) (www.CassavaTechnologies.com), Africa’s first integrated tech company of continental scale, announced today that it has secured a US$50

The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund approved an $11.02 million support package to the Permanent Secretariat of the

Crypto funding falls during bumpy first half of year It’s been a brutal year for crypto. Investment in VC-backed crypto

Over 500,000 conflict-affected people in northeast Nigeria will be tossed “a lifeline,” thanks to a new UN humanitarian and development

The Euro has fallen below the dollar for the first time in nearly 20 years as the war in Ukraine

The Africa Narrative (TAN), a non-profit focused on supporting African creatives, today launches the AfroCreatives WikiProject, funded by the Wikimedia

India is set to surpass China as the world’s most populous country in 2023, with each counting more than 1.4

The latest UN projections suggest that the world’s population could grow to around 8.5 billion in 2030 and 9.7 billion

Microsoft announced a wide range of new features and capabilities for Microsoft Teams and Microsoft 365 at its recent Build

The Togolese Republic has today announced the completion and re-launch of its electronic visa issuance system (e-Visa), Togo VOYAGE. The

It has been popularly believed that the world of business is a world of men. In the past women played

The West is finding it more difficult to compete with Asian and African countries as people in these regions are

The UK’s Permanent Representative to the UN in Geneva, Ambassador Simon Manley, delivered a statement explaining the UK’s position ahead of the

The International Wine Challenge, the world’s most influential, impartial and rigorously judged wine competition, has announced the 40 highest scoring wines

To coordinate, support, monitor, and evaluate the implementation of the African Union One Health Strategy for Zoonotic Disease Prevention and

Binance (www.Binance.com), the world’s leading blockchain ecosystem and cryptocurrency infrastructure provider, is celebrating its 5th anniversary by eliminating trading fees

A staggering 71 million more people around the world are experiencing poverty as a result of soaring food and energy

A quarter of countries still have discriminatory nationality laws that deny women the same nationality rights as men, reveals a

Today, Meta (www.Facebook.com) announced that it has built and open sourced ‘No Language Left Behind’ NLLB-200 (https://bit.ly/3yJo7KS), a single AI

“ChinaDan” posted in an online cybercrime forum that they lifted the data of 1 billion Chinese citizens from a Shanghai

We’re kicking off with a word you’ve waited so long to hear: “deflation.” It may not be as good as

TMF Group, a leading provider of compliance and administrative services, has today launched the ninth edition of its Global Business Complexity

Kaspersky experts have brought to light a poorly detected Session Manager backdoor that was set up as a malicious module

The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) has revealed the Travel & Tourism sector in Nigeria is expected to create

Last week, leaders came together to make incredible pledges to help fight malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs). Governments, the

Twelve African countries have so far reported 1,782 cases of monkeypox cases, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

IBM has announced it will provide in-kind grants valued at $5 million to help address cybersecurity resiliency in schools worldwide.  For the

As a result of the worst shock to education and learning in recorded history, learning poverty has increased by a

Almost 8 million children under 5 in 15 crisis-hit countries are at risk of death from severe wasting unless they

USAID has announced the launch of its new flagship initiative to combat ocean plastic pollution globally—the Save Our Seas Initiative.

The East African Community has unveiled the Regional Bioeconomy Strategy 2021/22-2031/3 at the EAC Headquarters in Arusha, Tanzania.  The strategy

A promising regional recovery has been disrupted by the war in Ukraine. Last year, activity surprised on the upside, lifting

WTO members successfully concluded the 12th Ministerial Conference (MC12) in Geneva on 17 June, securing multilaterally negotiated outcomes on a

Premium smartphone brand TECNO (www.TECNO-Mobile.com) announced today the renewal of its partnership with UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, to support

ZTE Corporation (0763.HK / 000063.SZ), a major international provider of telecommunications, enterprise and consumer technology solutions for the mobile internet,

Online education has become a prominent industry during the past decade. According to the numbers presented by StockApps.com, the online

Global wealth shot up to new levels of $530 trillion (or N217.8 Quadrillion @N411/$) in 2021. A MoneyTransfers data presentation

Dow  has announced the expansion of its Project REFLEX initiative in Egypt and Guinea, following a successful pilot phase in

The global travel insurance market size was valued at $12.38 billion in 2020, and is projected to reach $119.31 billion

It was recently revealed that the TECNO CAMON 19 series global launch event will be held in the iconic Rockefeller

Skaleet, an international fintech offering a next-generation Core Banking Platform (CBP) has today announced its partnership with Salv, an Estonian RegTech company. This enables them to provide

High above the hustle and bustle of the streets of New York City, on the 65th floor in Bar Sixty

TRADE X, a B2B cross-border automotive trading platform based in Ontario, Canada, announced it has opened a new office in Lagos, Nigeria,

MTN (brand value up 49% to US$4.0 billion) has retained the number one place on the ranking of the most

MTN Group has joined the Global Network Initiative (GNI), signalling the group’s commitment to strengthen and innovate on digital human

As part of its Africa Day celebrations on 25 May, Meta (www.Facebook.com) today announced the return of its global campaign ‘Made

The world is facing “formidable” challenges, including Covid, the war in Ukraine and monkeypox, the head of the World Health

Panasonic Marketing Middle East & Africa (PMMAF) restated its commitment to MEA market expansion and consumer wellbeing at its regional

IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, and the United Nations Sustainable Stock Exchanges (UN SSE), announced an expanded partnership

British banking group HSBC recently announced the launch of a US$1 billion fund dedicated exclusively to financing women entrepreneurs in

Autochek, the automotive technology company making car ownership more accessible and affordable across Africa, has announced the acquisition of KIFAL

On the sidelines of the International Society of Substance Use Professionals (ISSUP) conference “Uniting the Global Community to Face the Challenge

Huawei is looking for the world’s top ICT talent to support its strategy for innovation and building a greener intelligent

Boomplay (www.Boomplay.com), the #1 music streaming service in Africa, has announced that they received IAB Tech Lab’s Open Measurement SDK

MUNICH, May 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Huawei today announced all-new smart photovoltaic (PV) and energy storage solutions at Intersolar Europe

Based on its recent analysis of the global webinars and virtual events industry, Frost & Sullivan recognizes Zoom with the 2021 Global Webinars and

As part of the catalytic global infrastructure initiative announced by President Biden at the Carbis Bay G7 Summit last year,

Over the past 2 years, crypto turnover within the iGaming industry has significantly increased. The recently released SOFTSWISS corporate report confirms the

Mobile money has evolved from a narrow product service in a few markets to a global financial service. According to

When most people toss a plastic bottle or cup into the recycling bin, they assume that means the plastic is

Norebase, the African trade technology company building a single platform for businesses to start, scale and operate in any African

AFEX, Nigeria’s leading commodities market player and the country’s first private sector commodities exchange, is proud to announce it has

Numerous countries in Africa have developed or implemented data privacy and security laws in their countries in the last few

The Central African Republic has become the second country in the world to adopt bitcoin as official currency, after El Salvador took the

Skaleet (www.Skaleet.com), an international fintech providing a next-generation Core Banking Platform (CBP), announces a partnership with Thunes, the leading global

Dorsey: Elon is the singular solution I trust Twitter’s co-founder Jack Dorsey has given his backing to Musk’s deal, tweeting

Elon Musk has reached a $44bn deal to buy Twitter in a takeover that will give the world’s richest man

Chinese ride-hailing giant, Didi Chixung, announced that it would be ending its operations in South Africa. This is coming only

The African Media Agency (AMA), a pan-African PR and communications firm announced a partnership with Europe’s startup and tech event, VivaTech, to

With younger consumers in mind, the new HUAWEI nova 9 SE is packed with 108 MP high-res photography, creative vlog

The 2022 Break COVID Now Summit, co-hosted by Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance alongside the governments of Germany, Ghana, Indonesia and Senegal

Google will land its Equiano cable system in Nigeria this month. The plan was presented, Thursday April 7 by Google’s Director

Tourism ministers and officials from a number of African countries on Monday joined a tourism roundtable here, highlighting green tourism,

Prospects for the global economy have darkened since the outbreak of Russia-Ukraine conflict, said the World Trade Organization (WTO) in

Cellulant has debuted a new digital pay platform, Tingg, which will help businesses and customers to make seamless payments. This comes as

The World Trade Centers Association® (WTCA®) — an international trade organization connecting more than 300 World Trade Center® (WTC®) locations in

Getinge, the manufacturer of medical and life sciences equipment, has joined IFC’s Africa Medical Equipment Facility, an initiative designed to help

The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), approved the launch of the Ukraine Crisis Adjustment Trade Financing Programme for Africa (UKAFPA), a programme of

Club dVIN, the world’s premier global non-fungible token (NFT) wine club, will officially launch to the public on Saturday, May 14 with an

Today, WHO confirmed the suspension of supply of Covaxin (Bharat Biotech) through UN procurement agencies, and recommended that countries using

Almost the entire global population (99%) breathes air that exceeds WHO air quality limits, and threatens their health.  A record

Sophos today released findings on how attackers are using the Log4Shell vulnerability to deliver backdoors and profiling scripts to unpatched

Hisense, provider of high-performance TV and home appliances, has successfully delivered its first batch of South African-made combi refrigerators to

Tech giant Microsoft officially opened its African Development Offices in Nairobi last week. The $27 million tech talent hub was

NEW! Access Crunchbase anywhere with our new Chrome extensionWith Crunchbase’s new Chrome extension, it’s never been easier to access company

The (metaverse) land rush of 2022 is on If you feel left behind by the red-hot real estate market, don’t

At the Global Forest Summit, CBA and AstraZeneca (www.AstraZeneca.com) officially announce partnership to establish first ‘Living Lab’ programme in Ghana,

The integration of the African continent is well above average with five Regional Economic Communities (RECs) demonstrating progressive efforts towards

International education platform M Square Media (MSM) is expanding its brand of quality education management in Australia with its new

Calling all film & TV storytellers from East Africa! Netflix (www.Netflix.com), the world’s leading entertainment streaming service, has  opened applications to

Here’s who is leading Series B investment Venture capital firms still dominate as investors in Series B rounds, with growth

The Togolese Republic, CSquared and Google today announced a major digital initiative which includes the arrival of ‘Equiano’, a subsea

Clickatell (https://bit.ly/3IiVTbo), a CPaaS innovator and Chat Commerce leader announced it has launched the integration of its industry-leading Chat 2

Luno, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Digital Currency Group (“DCG”), announces the launch of Luno Expeditions, a global, early-stage investment arm

Following two years of COVID restrictions we are excited that the Africa Energy Forum (aef) is back to full capacity

President Joe Biden on Wednesday signed an executive order on government oversight of cryptocurrency that urges the Federal Reserve to

Ghana is a leading destination for foreign investment in West Africa. Not only does it identify as an increasingly stable

Enthusiasm for fintech funding wanes VCs’ enthusiasm for fintech, which ranked as the hottest sector for startup investment last year,

Around 2.4 billion women of working age are not afforded equal economic opportunity and 178 countries maintain legal barriers that

Airtel Nigeria has announced that customers on its network can now call their loved ones, family members and friends in Ukraine

Zoho Corporation has today announced the latest version of its low-code offering, Zoho Creator. The new version addresses the need

Amazon.com Inc said on Wednesday it plans to close all 68 of its brick-and-mortar bookstores, pop-ups and shops carrying toys

CryptoLeague, a Wynwood-based web3 tech company, announced today that it closed an oversubscribed pre-seed round, unlocking its mission to empower

M-KOPA, the fintech platform that provides connected financing and digital financial services to underbanked consumers across four markets in Africa,

Smile Identity, the leading pan-African identity verification provider, today announced the launch of Document Verification, its latest product designed to

The World Health Organization (WHO) has launched a new guideline that provides evidence-based recommendations to countries in their efforts to

Today, Meta (about.facebook.com/Meta) is expanding the availability of  Facebook Reels (https://bit.ly/3p8lc9w) for iOS and Android to more than 20 countries

Clickatell (www.Clickatell.com), the CPaaS innovator and Chat Commerce leader, today announces it has secured $91 million in their Series C

SpeedChecker, a crowdsourcing company, has announced the results of its 2021 awards on mobile network speeds and coverage in Africa.

IBM announced the launch of the IBM Sustainability Accelerator, a global pro bono social impact program that applies IBM technologies, such as

FOX News International, FOX News Media’s global streaming service, announced it will expand distribution into Africa, increasing its reach to

“Move fast”, “build awesome things” and “live in the future” were among Meta’s new internal values introduced by Mark Zuckerberg on Tuesday,

Morocco has been featured in fifth place on Business Insider’s list of the top best investment destinations in 2022. Morocco’s

The European Union (EU) has announced that it would invest €150 billion in Africa over a seven-year period in furtherance

The investors that led U.S. startup funding last month The private capital market plowed on in January despite some shakiness

Liquid Intelligent Technologies, a business of Cassava Technologies, a pan-African technology group, has announced a strategic partnership with Teridion, a

Samsung launched a slew of new smartphones and tablets at its Galaxy Unpacked event Wednesday, in a bid to take on

Mastercard has announced the expansion of its new interactive business intelligence platform Mastercard Market Trends in the Middle East and Africa. The

LeanIX, the platform to plan and manage continuous transformation across the enterprise, has launched LeanIX Academic Edition, which provides universities

An antitrust court in Austria on Monday approved with conditions Facebook’s purchase of animated images platform Giphy, in a boost

Toshiba Corp announced on Monday that it now aims to break up into two companies instead of three, while also unveiling

As smartphones have become the norm worldwide, they have also replaced desktops/laptops as the preferred mode of accessing the internet.

Meta has said it is considering shutting down Facebook and Instagram in Europe if it can’t keep transferring user data back

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) reports that the gauge for world food prices went up

In a joint project, Siemens South Africa and Aspen have entered into an agreement to enable the use of digital

António Guterres also argued that, for the last 20 years, the African Union (AU) “has helped to bring this hope

The majority of the world’s poor live in rural areas, but reliable and harmonised information on their numbers and conditions

The global artificial intelligence in healthcare market size is expected to reach $208.2 billion by 2030, according to a new

Tens of thousands of tonnes of medical waste have been generated in the two years since the coronavirus began spreading

The global Artificial Intelligence (AI) in banking market size was valued at $3.88 billion in 2020, and is projected to

Vantage Data Centers, a global provider of hyperscale data center campuses, continued its exponential growth in 2021, adding 11 new

100 landmarks in 32 countries lit up in unity to mark the third annual World NTD Day on January 30, 2022 including

Huawei’s 5G RAN portfolio has been ranked a leader for the third year in a row in GlobalData’s recent H2

Food insecurity is soaring across 20 countries and regions – “hunger hotspots”, where conflict, economic shocks, natural hazards, political instability,

The International Monetary Fund has slashed its forecast for the global economic recovery, warning of “multiple challenges” including new variants of

HUGO BOSS launches two simultaneous star-studded global campaigns for its brands BOSS and HUGO. The release is the first visual

Two years into the devastating COVID-19 pandemic, this year’s Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) reveals that corruption levels remain at a standstill worldwide.

Samsung Electronics, a world player in advanced semiconductor technology, has introduced its new fingerprint security IC (integrated circuit) ─ S3B512C

Visa has announced a new platform, Visa Acceptance Cloud (VAC), set to revolutionize the way businesses accept payments from their customers.

Oil prices traded within striking distance of its seven-year high at $86.71 per barrel on Monday on continuing supply constraints

The UK is holding the second Africa Investment Conference today (20 January 2022) to boost economic cooperation with African nations

BNI® (Business Network International), the world’s leading business referral organization, today publicly announced that BNI Members worldwide generated over $18.6 billion in

A third consecutive year of poor rains is posing a major threat to food security in countries already facing natural

The 10 richest men in the world have seen their global wealth double to $1.5tn (£1.01tn) since the start of

Morocco has launched a national brand aimed at promoting the nation’s digital sector. Dubbed MoroccoTech, the initiative aims to propel Morocco as a digital