IsDB and ITFC, under the Reverse Linkage and Arab Africa Trade Bridges Program, Launch E-Learning and Knowledge Sharing Platform for COVID-19 Medical Preparedness and Response in African Countries • The initiative aims firstly to build…
Eutelsat selected by RCS Ghana for Direct to…
Eutelsat Communications has secured a multi-year contract with RCS Ghana to provide capacity for the broadcast of its DTH bouquet bringing content to viewers in Ghana and beyond. RCS will use Ku-Band band capacity on EUTELSAT 7B to broadcast…
Deadline for applications for Leadtech Incubation program extended…
Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum (AWIEF) extends deadline for applications for Leadtech Incubation program to 20TH May 2020 • LeadTech Incubation is open to female digital startup leaders who are 18 years of age…
Mastercard provides free online STEM Lessons to children,…
Mastercard extended access to its signature STEM curriculum, Girls4Tech™, through a suite of new online, creative educational resources. The program has been designed to help parents and teachers engage and inspire kids, ages 8-12. Through…
Tigo Tanzania simplifies mobile money services across the…
Tanzania’s leading digital lifestyle company, Tigo Tanzania, launched a service that allows all Tigo Pesa customers to send and receive cash on their mobile money wallets from M-PESA in Kenya, MTN in Uganda and MTN…
Cloud-computing solutions can help significantly to reduce banking…
More than 700 million Africans lack access to a bank or mobile money account and only 41% of Africans are financially included. This is due to the high cost of providing financial services in Africa which…
2020 Africa Shared Value Leadership e-Summit to discuss…
The purpose of the eSummit is to continue the Shared Value conversation, learn from each other and explore insights that can lead to solutions A network of African purpose-led Shared Value companies and leaders will…
SatADSL and YahClick will steer Sub-Saharan Africa across the…
New partnership expands SatADSL’s continent-to-continent connectivity offering • YahClick gains fresh opportunities to expand its considerable presence The Brussels-based provider of satellite services SatADSL has partnered with YahClick to enhance its connectivity offering across Sub-Saharan Africa. The partnership appoints SatADSL as a new Virtual Network…
Over a third of banking malware attacks in…
In 2019, 773,943 users of Kaspersky solutions globally were attacked by banking Trojans. Of those users, a third (35.1%) were in the corporate sector. African countries were affected too: almost every hundredth user (varying from…
COVID-19 pandemic bolsters case for technology-based economic resilience
By Stefan Nalletamby African Development Bank has raised an exceptional $3 billion, three-year bond to help alleviate the economic and social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic • As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a devastating impact globally,…
GoGettaz Agripreneur Prize to find, inspire and support…
Generation Africa launches second annual US$100,000 GoGettaz Agripreneur Prize to find, inspire and support the best agrifood business models from young African entrepreneurs during the COVID-19 crisis • The 2020 competition aims to grow the…
Events Industry retools to build hospitals in Africa
The venture applies HOTT3D’s design, construction and project management expertise to building medical facilities within days • A Cape Town-based exhibition builder, together with an event organizer, offer to work with governments and private sectors…
The lockdown is putting a renewed focus on…
Keep your smartphone Corona-free: Kaspersky shares top tips • With no reliable data for COVID-19 available yet, it is always best to be extra cautious The lockdown that countries all over the world are currently…
Rapid Response offer to give any organisation free…
Genesys helps organisations manage increased customer service demands through remote workforces during COVID-19 pandemic • Rapid Response offer gives organisations free cloud contact centre solution deployed in 48 hours, plus no premiums for volume spikes…
A new tool to combat disinformation about COVID-19
#Fakehunter – world's largest anti-infodemic system has launched • The Polish Press Agency and GovTech Polska (Polish Prime Minister's Office) have released the #FakeHunter web application – a new tool to combat disinformation about COVID-19.…