GITEX: Rural start-up represents SA

IoT innovators Comdatech have come up with a solution that uses smart sensors to enhance the...

GITEX: Leaders pledge to ‘unleash digital for a new Africa’

Exhibitors at GITEX Africa 2023 have committed to the continent’s digital transformation missions.

GITEX: Oracle brings cloud smarts to Morocco

Industry-tailored cloud innovations for African businesses are being showcased at GITEX Africa 2023.

New fibre projects boost
Africa connectivity

New fibre networks announced by MTN's Bayobab and Cassava's Liquid will provide robust east-west and north-south...

First GITEX Africa
sells out

Massive global interest in Africa has seen the conference in Marrakech, Morocco, poised to become Africa's...

Can ET detect us?

What would the Earth look like to an alien civilization located light years away? Researchers from...

5G tech space for Abuja

The African School of Economics has launched mobile technology spaces for distributed learning and remote work.

All tech roads lead to Dakar

Senegal’s positioning has been solidified through the country’s continued success in the technology startup and innovation...

In Africa, beware 
growth at all costs

There may be massive opportunity, but chasing rapid growth across the continent is risky, F5 CEO...

Netflix reimagines African folktales

A continent-wide call for submissions has culminated in six short films by emerging fimmakers, produced in...

As one big African VC
falls, another rises

Within days of Naspers announcing it would close its Foundry start-up fund, Flat6Labs launched a $95m...

Ray of light as Kenya
mobile market falls

New data shows that, while smartphone shipments are down, vendors like Samsung, which offered financing, weathered...

Big changes coming to Showmax streaming

MultiChoice says it will relaunch Showmax, offering local and global entertainment, following investment by the US...

FilmMart showcases 8 African animations 

Work from Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa and Tunisia has been selected by the Durban FilmMart...

Showmax wants YOUR movie pitch

First-time film directors in Africa have a rare opportunity: to pitch for a slate of 10...

Internet shutdowns hit 300m Africans in 2022

Surfshark’s Internet censorship yearly recap shows that 5 African countries censored the internet 13 times in...

‘Availability gap’ threatens IT in Africa

Most organisations in Africa and the Middle East say they have a gap between how quickly...

Nairobi gets new data centre

Africa Data Centres has broken ground on a new facility at the Sameer Business Park.

Cisco to train 3-million in Africa

At the recent US-Africa leaders' summit, Cisco SVP Fran Katsoudas announced a $200-million commitment to cyber...

Sustainability challenge for logistics innovators

DHL has launched a challenge to find the best solutions from four continents, including Africa, for...