Ivorian Techpreneur Wins Coveted African Innovation Prize
Technology entrepreneur Charlette N’Guessan has won this year’s Royal Academy of Engineering Africa prize for engineering innovation. The Ivorian 26-year-old, who is based in Ghana, is the first woman to win the prestigious prize. Her team’s invention, Bace API, uses facial recognition and artificial intelligence to verify identities remotely, the academy said. It takes live […]
Kampala Tallies Covid-19 Losses on Tourism
Uganda could miss out on as much as $2 billion in tourism revenue this year due to travel restrictions implemented after the coronavirus outbreak, according to Tourism Minister Godfrey Ssuubi Kiwanda. Most visitors to the country are from the U.S. and Europe, along with Japan, China and India. The country plans to reopen Entebbe International Airport about […]
Can Africa’s Most Successful Airline Help South Africa’s?
Ethiopian Airlines is in talks over possible involvement in the rescue of flagship carrier South African Airways (SAA). SAA hasn’t made a profit since 2011 and has been under a form of bankruptcy protection since late last year. Creditors have approved a restructuring plan, but the government needs to find at least $580 million of […]
Will Africa’s Smaller Startups Survive this Year?
Investment in African startups could drop by as much as 40% by the end of the year due to the Covid-19 pandemic—but the bigger question for smaller startups is if they will remain alive at all. As investors become more risk-averse, industry insiders expect that the funding slowdown to prove most damaging for young companies as venture capital likely […]
Bridging the Digital Divide for Africa’s Informal Traders
A startup in East Africa has created a digital service that appeals to thousands of small shopkeepers across the region, while finding innovative ways to lend to the traditionally risky sector. While most of Africa’s well-known ventures into e-commerce have been designed to appeal to the continent’s burgeoning middle class, Sokowatch is aiming to bring […]
The Next Steps in Dealing with Africa’s Debt Burdens
To date, 28 countries, including 20 in sub-Saharan Africa, are benefitting from the Debt Service Suspension Initiative (DSSI) set up by the Paris Club, for a cumulative amount of $2.1bn, and 11 other applications are still being processed,” said the president of the informal organisation, Odile Renaud-Basso, director of the French Treasury. The debt payment […]
African Countries Engaging In Ground-breaking COVID-19 Vaccine Initiative
All 54 countries on the continent have expressed interest in COVAX While the race to find safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines continues, African countries are signing up to a ground-breaking initiative, which aims to secure at least 220 million doses of the vaccine for the continent, once licensed and approved. All 54 countries on the […]
How Eco-Friendly And Sustainable Construction Is Shaping Africa’s Future
Less than 200 years ago, mud was the mainstream construction material in West Africa while brick and mortar were considered the alternative. But there has since been a distinct role reversal. With Africa’s population expected to double in the next 25 years and more than half of its urban population forced to leave their homes […]
The Customer Is Always Fast
The logistics behind implementing real-time resolution into the modern, digitised contact centre. The Microsoft Global State of Multichannel Customer Service Report underscored the value of resolving customer issues at speed and the importance of equipping contact centre staff with the right knowledge. This customer demand is dictating the rise in real-time resolution solutions at contact centres – […]
Syinix Becomes Leicester City Football Club’s Official Home Appliances Partner
The emblematic Syinix mascot Mr. Fox might soon be changing his green hoodie for a royal blue shirt! That’s right, Syinix has become Leicester City Football Club’s (LCFC) official partner of home appliances. Premier League’s Foxes, the most recent first-time champions, were the heroes of the fairytale season that defied all the odds as they […]
