Despite significant strides in the telecom industry, which have been made in terms of technology and reach, the spread of network connection in rural areas around the world, remain the last frontier for the telecom…
Digital Agriculture next frontier for economic development in…
Prioritizing the digital space will help shift the development focus for Africa’s agribusiness sector and overcome its many hurdles, participants at an official side event, organized Wednesday during the 7th Tokyo International Conference, heard. The…
Priorities to accelerate Africa’s technology transformation journey
Seventh Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD 7) • “Let’s be visionary. Let’s be bold. Let’s support concrete initiatives to boost science, technology, and innovation in Africa,”- Akinwumi Adesina Science, technology and innovation as…
Ideas de jóvenes talentos valencianos en Sillicon Valley
Gracias al programa Explorer los emprendedores visitarán empresas tecnológicas líderes, recibirán formación en universidades punteras y tendrán la oportunidad de presentar sus proyectos a inversores. • A su vuelta de San Francisco, optarán a 83.000…
APO Group African Women in Media Award
Call for Entries: APO Group African Women in Media Award to Recognise Support of Female Journalists for Women's Entrepreneurship in Africa • A USD 2,500 cash prize, an all-expenses paid trip to a prestigious International…
Impact of drone technology on agricultural productivity
At a special event highlighting the partnership between the African Development Bank and Korea held on the sidelines of the Bank’s Annual Meetings, the role of drone technology to boost food productivity in Africa, was…
Floating LNG facility to provide circa 2.5 million…
BHGE to provide turbomachinery equipment for four FLNG compression trains for BP’s Greater Tortue Ahmeyim natural gas project; Award is second major contract for Greater Tortue development, expanding on BHGE’s contract for subsea production equipment;…
The currency of the future is going to…
"Coding must be compulsory, at all levels. The currency of the future is going to be coding...We must democratize technology," Adesina tells Mo Ibrahim Governance Week •Information technology must not be the exclusive privilege of…
Fighting against crime with biometric ID systems
These biometric solutions enable the police force to better solve crimes through the electronic collection, storage and processing of fingerprints, palm prints and facial captures New solution enables rapid capture of suspects' biometric data –…
Africa Peering and Interconnection Forum
Africa Peering and Interconnection Forum (AfPIF) is an annual event that serves as a platform to develop the African Internet The Internet Society and African IXP Association (AFIX) have announced that they will hold the…