Huawei Northern Africa President Li Shen and Ethio Telecom CEO Frehiwot Tamru signed a partnership agreement aimed at accelerating digital transformation
Author: Ewang Johnson
Every growing company reaches a moment where its own success starts to create friction. For a lot of African startups, one version of that moment arrives quietly, through files. The logos, product photos, ad creatives, videos, and brand documents that were easy to keep track of when the team was five people become a sprawling,…
The iDICE Startup Bridge program, an initiative under the Federal Government of Nigeria’s Investment in Digital and Creative Enterprises (iDICE) Programme implemented by the Bank of Industry has officially opened applications for Growth Lab, a 12-week acceleration programme that will select 12 tech-enabled Nigerian startups, from the 6 geopolitical zones, for intensive growth support, investment…
The low-cost air quality sensors designed specifically for African cities enable accurate, hyperlocal, and real-time air quality data, providing evidence of the scale of air pollution. (Image
What happens when technology companies confess themselves that they are late for the next phase of business? Something similar happened and IBM got an answer to this question this week. In a single trading session, the company lost roughly a quarter of its value — nearly $70 billion evaporating from the market capitalization of a…
International Business Machines Corporation (IBM), a global technology company listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), witnessed its largest share sell-off in 40 years, with its share price dropping around 25 per cent in a single day.
Stablecoin-powered travel payments platform, Timon, is expanding its operations in Kenya after surpassing 100,000 users across Africa, betting on rising demand from local travellers and professionals seeking cheaper cross-border payments and access to foreign currency.
Google Images just hit the quarter-century mark, and Google is observing the birthday of its picture-finding tool by adding an AI feature to generate the image you have in mind if it can’t locate one on the web.
Microsoft and Google are pushing passkeys and hardware security keys deeper into workplace authentication, with Microsoft preparing to make passkeys the default authentication experience in Entra ID, and Google adding FIDO2-compliant security keys as a second factor in the Windows login process for Google Workspace users.
As African cities expand at an unprecedented pace, digital infrastructure is becoming increasingly important in helping them manage growth, improve service delivery and stimulate economic activity.