Africa News

Africa Tech: High JINX for Equinix in Joburg

Service providers are lining up to enter the new US$160m Johannesburg data centre.

African Online Safety Fund awards 22 grants

The AOSF supports innovative approaches to addressing the complex safety issues the Internet presents across the...

Kenya, Nigeria, shine in Wikimedia knowledge awards

The Wikimedia Foundation has announced recipients of the Open the Knowledge Journalism Awards, with a journalist...

Use strategy to avoid digital payment fraud

Nine out of ten consumers are at significant risk of falling prey to a scam –...

Top 10 named for
Start-Up World Cup

Africa Tech Festival has announced the start-ups who will pitch for a place at the World...

Mediatek showcases African innovation in Dubai

Kenya's Airtel and South Africa’s Yoco featured among African products showcased at the chipmaker's Dubai event,...

BCX launches new Alibaba cloud service

The digital systems integrator has unveiled a cloud service powered by Alibaba, aimed at delivering innovative...

Fak’ugesi rewards African digital creativity

The Digital Innovation Festival honoured 10 Pan-African creative innovators.

Africa gets to grips with language of fraud

Visa's Stay Secure study reveals a disconnect between consumers’ confidence in recognising fraud and their online behaviour.

Microsoft-backed FAST selects 12 Africa AI startups

The artificial intelligence-focused accelerator programme brings startups to Silicon Valley to jumpstart technology innovation.

US sees massive tech opportunity in Africa

The African continent is bursting with technical skills potential, Cisco executive vice-president FRAN KATSOUDAS told ARTHUR...

Africa will drive global credit scoring market

Open Banking and AI is expected to help the sector generate Almost $27bn in 2023, says...

Fibre in the air lets 
affordable broadband fly

Fibre optic cables strung from poles provide high-speed connectivity to high-density neighbourhoods, writes SHANE CHORLEY, CEO...

Flapmax and Intel team up to push AI in Africa

The FAST Accelerator aims to empower local startups and SMEs.

Visa opens accelerator for African fintech

Startups in fintech and payments can apply for a chance to access training, connections, technology, and...

Ten Southern African fintechs win World Bank awards

The start-ups have each received $5,000 investment-readiness support for financial access solutions.

Why Africans must
go to space

The continent’s first woman astronaut says satellite tech can speed up development of African countries.