Lo importante del 5G no es la velocidad ni la baja latencia, lo importante es qué cosas podemos hacer que antes no pudiésemos, según se ha puesto de manifiesto en un debate en el que…
AI and Green Data Centres
How Artificial Intelligence (AI) helps Huawei build Green Data Centres • Safer, more reliable, cleaner Data centres are being overhauled, revamped and modernised to support digital transformation and the power-hungry cloud deployments they contain. Artificial…
New investments in Africa to improve the quality…
Orange, a platinum member of the Smart Africa Alliance, supports the One Africa Network (OAN) project which has the aim of reducing the cost of communication and keeping the traffic generated and destined for Africa within…
A new era of satellite navigation performance augmentation…
ASECNA, in conjunction with NIGCOMSAT and Thales Alenia Space, provides the first African early SBAS open service, opening a new era of satellite navigation performance augmentation in the Africa & Indian Ocean region The Agency…
Building resiliency in times of uncertainty
By George Ferreira Business resilience remains one of the most important and relevant ways for organisations to bypass legacy challenges and to explore new opportunities • The recent months have likely been the biggest challenge…
From crisis-struck to risk-shielded supply chain management
By Baljeet Nagi As enterprises transition to the "new normal," there should be a significant acceleration of digitisation to allow supply chains to emerge in a stronger position With the disrupted supply chains of today…
Smart delivery app to simplify businesses order and…
Digital Afrique Telecom (DAT) launches a Smart delivery application allows each customer to place an order based on the available stock and select its date and place of delivery This Smart delivery application allows each…
Innovative Solution for the Oil & Gas Industry
Ecolog International and SMARTLINE Technology signed a Strategic Partnership Agreement to provide the Oil & Gas Industry with an Innovative Solution allowing faster drilling, lower cost and up to 90% reduction in water consumption •…
ADEA and ADB urge partners to tackle skills…
The African Development Bank and the Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA) have called for stronger links between technical and vocational education and training and industry to equip young people with the…
Reinventing steam power technology for a low-carbon future
Great strides have been made in Africa’s development in biomass • As prevalent debates concerning the implementation of carbon neutral sources continue to make headlines, also increasingly rife, is the energy industry’s endeavour to explore a broader…
Digitalisation to boost Reliability and Power Supply Efficiency
GE will modernize seven GE LM6000PC Aeroderivative gas turbines and install its Asset Performance Management (APM) digital solution at dangote cement plants in Obajana and Ibese, Nigeria; contract includes service agreement extension for additional 50,000…
Empowering Africa to Make Energy Work
Under the second day’s theme of “Energy in Powering Growth”, panel discussions and talk sessions unpacked the challenges and opportunities in Africa’s power sector Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy of South Africa, Gwede Mantashe,…
Pilot Cities Diagnostics tool from ADB in five…
The tool includes key environmental and urban sustainability indicators as well as disaster risk and vulnerability, and urban footprint growth "The urban opportunities far outweigh the challenges," said Prof. Davis G. Mwamfupe, the Mayor of…
MainOne lands submarine cable in Cote D’Ivoire
The Grand Bassam landing which follows the recent completion of the landing in Dakar Senegal will extend the reach of the cable into Cote D’Ivoire and neighbouring countries • The deployment is also notable because…
Ethiopia welcomes first dedicated TV Platform: Ethiosat
For years, Ethiopian TV viewers have had to navigate through a plethora of multinational content in a variety of foreign languages in order to locate their favourite channels. That changes today with the launch of…