Tech can rewrite Africa’s story

By NDAGI JOB GOSHI, general manager of Liferay Africa

New push to connect 3.4bn more

Of the 3.7-billion people not connected to the internet, 3.4 billion live within range of mobile...

Southern Africa notebook sales up 42%

Despite chip shortages and desktop PC sales plummeting, robust notebook demand kept the sector booming, led...

Digital transformation: an opportunity for Africa’s growth

While there can be no doubt that digital transformation presents a massive opportunity for economic growth...

Guess SA’s top searches on Google over 15 years

Search Trends underline South Africa’s interest in current affairs, a longing for job opportunities and government...

How mobile can lead Africa technology revolution

By JULIEN FOURIOT, sales director for Africa at Crosscall

African cities set to become technology start-up hubs

Cape Town may have been recognised as tech capital of Africa, but several other African cities...

TikTok grants R1m to SA talent

TikTok has announced the inaugural cohort of Rising Voices grant recipients, with 20 creators receiving a...

‘Story agency’ debuts with multimedia content for Africa

Africa No Filter (ANF), the not-for-profit organisation focused on narrative change, has launched bird, Africa’s first, optimized-for-mobile,...

Liquid Tech flows into Mthatha

Liquid Intelligent Technologies South Africa has provided a digital boost to the Eastern Cape with the...

Netflix sponsors African story lab

It’s boom time for African animation as Triggerfish and Netflix team up for another opportunity for...

Mobile money surges in Africa

The emergence of unicorns - companies valued at a billion dollars or more - across the...

Comic Con Africa back next year

The next live event for Comic Con Africa will return to the Johannesburg Expo Centre in...

Now explore SA in VR

Mzansi Quest, created by Jacaranda FM with Tacker, is the first free South African virtual reality...

Google gives startups a boost across the continent

Google has announced a new Google for Startups Accelerator (GFSA) Africa class, the launch of a...

Sounds of Congo rainforest opens to world’s researchers

An audio data set of more than one million hours of continuous recordings made over three...

Transsion leads Africa smartphone market

Samsung holds onto second spot, while Oppo enters smartphone top three, at expense of Huawei, and...

$150,000 grants offered to early-career scientists in Africa

Applications are open for the $150 000 JWO Research Grant for early career scientists on the...

Dip ahead, but PCs set for healthy growth in Africa

A massive tablet deal in Egypt last year means a sales dip in the second quarter...

Liquid hits 100,000 kilometre fibre mark

Liquid Intelligent Technologies has rolled out 100,000 km of fibre, making it the largest independent network...