NSA Orders Full Implementation of Cybercrime Act 2024
Leadership
The National Security Adviser Malam Nuhu Ribadu has directed full implementation of the Cybercrimes (Prohibition, Prevention, Etc) Amendment Act 2024. Read more »
Whatsapp Edges Tiktok As Most Popular Social Media Site in Kenya
Capital FM
WhatsApp remains the most popular online platform in Kenya, leading with 22 percent of the market share, according to the latest report on the state of the media in the country… Read more »
Africa Enters Epic Global AI Innovation Race [press release]
Gitex Africa Morocco
AI Everything Expo by GITEX AFRICA 2024 centres world's attention on continent's booming US$17 billion AI phenomenon Read more »
President Boakai Launches Liberia Digital Transformation Project, Targeting 10,000 Youths
FrontPageAfrica
President Boakai has launched Liberia's Digital Transformation Project, targeting 10,000 youths nationwide. This initiative fulfills his commitment made during his first state of… Read more »
Econet Opens First Free Remittance Corridors to Zimbabwe
263Chat
Zimbabwe's largest telecommunications and technology company, Econet Wireless, has achieved an Africa first by opening two free remittance corridors into the country, completely… Read more »
Innovations at the AllAfrica Media Leaders' Summit [announcement]
allAfrica
AllAfrica Global Media is launching the AllAfrica Media Leaders' Summit from May 8-10 in Nairobi, Kenya. The Summit will feature innovations to leverage the ever-changing media… Read more »
Ati Debuting, Expanding Digital Agricultural Initiatives
Ethiopian Herald
ADDIS ABABA- Expanding multiple digital initiatives including e-voucher is a means to transform the agricultural sector, Agricultural Transformation Institute (ATI) announced. Read more »
Mtek, Britam in a Deal to Cover Phones Against Theft
Capital FM
mTek and Britam have formed an alliance with Buy Simu to offer insurance for phones in Kenya and extend coverage for phone products in the country. Read more »
Using AI to Tailor Drugs for Africa
UCT
Therapeutic drugs have long been ill suited to African patients' needs. Professor Kelly Chibale, the director of the University of Cape Town's (UCT) Holistic Drug Discovery and… Read more »
Upscaling Transformative Agricultural Technologies in Sub-Saharan Africa [guest column]
World Bank
In the heart of sub-Saharan Africa, amidst the fields of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) in Nigeria, I bore witness to something truly remarkable: the… Read more »
Rising Up for Sids Digital Transformation
UNDP
Mauritius and Seychelles are well positioned to leverage their enviable digital assets Read more »
Starlink Applies for Zim Licence
The Herald
THE Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) says the global satellite internet provider, Starlink, which is owned by American tycoon, Mr Elon Musk,… Read more »
PG Matanda-Moyo Upbeat As Prosecutors Get 20 Laptops Installed With E-Libraries to Enhance Their Work
New Zimbabwe
IN a notable move aimed at equipping public prosecutors and restoring confidence in the judiciary, the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has received a donation of 20 laptops… Read more »
Lonestar Cell MTN and Partners Launch Xtracash Momo Loan
New Dawn
GSM Company Lone State Cell MTN launches a loan program for MobileMoney subscribers in partnership with United Bank of Africa and Optasia. Read more »
Meet Nigerian Tech Genius, Cyprian Emeka Uzoh, Behind Memory Chips in Dancing Robots
Vanguard
Many Nigerians have become global renowned inventors and one of them is Cyprian Emeka Uzoh, with more than 350 patents including developing microprocessors and memory chips in… Read more »