How Africa Could Lead The World in Tech
In recent years, Africa has witnessed phenomenal digital progress. Between 2010 and 2017, internet access more than doubled. From Cameroon to Rwanda, tech entrepreneurs invent medical tablets, run smartphone factories, reimagine digital finance, and empower the next generation of digital changemakers. Investment too is on the rise. African Tech startups raised $2.02 billion in 2019, […]
Women Empowerment Is A Major Growth Opportunity For Africa
Sola David-Borha, Chief Executive of Africa Regions at Standard Bank Group Africa’s economic recovery can be meaningfully accelerated if policymakers and the private sector step up their efforts to empower women – a group that accounts for more than half of the continent’s population. While the pursuit of gender equality is primarily a moral obligation, […]
Ensuring Hand Hygiene Beyond The COVID-19 Response
In commemoration of the Global Handwashing Day (GHD) 2020, the focus remains on improving hand hygiene while ensuring safe water and sanitation services are made available and accessible for all. This year’s theme aligns with the new Hand Hygiene for All Initiative led by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children’s Fund […]
All-Virtual SAP Africa Code Week Kicks Off With Youth Competition And First-Ever Mobile App
Sixth edition of digital skills initiative to scale learning impact to all 54 African countries New mobile app and coding challenge aimed at mobilizing youth innovation Renewed focus on public-private partnerships to support virtual capacity-building efforts Africa’s biggest digital skills initiative is now underway. SAP Africa Code Week (ACW) officially launched its sixth edition on […]
Star Quality Speaker Line-Up At Africa Tech Festival 2020
Springbok Captain, Siya Kolisi to join industry luminaries at AfricaCom and AfricaTech AfricaCom and AfricaTech are anchor events of the new Africa Tech Festival, which will take place – online – from 10-12 November this year. Acknowledged as the world’s largest Africa-focused digital infrastructure and emerging tech event, the Africa Tech Festival has always attracted a stellar line-up of […]
Milestone Moment: Girls4Tech™ Reaches 1 Million Girls In 30 Countries
Mastercard aims to inspire 5 million girls by 2025 to pursue STEM-related futures Mastercard’s signature science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) programme, Girls4Tech™, today reached its initial goal of educating one million girls. The programme has a new and inspiring ambition to reach five million girls by 2025. The programme, which launched in 2014, offers activities and […]
New Investments Will Give Africa The Lead In Agri Development
At a time when the rest of the world is re-thinking its approach to commercial agriculture, Africa has a clear opportunity to refresh its approach to the sector and become an emerging force. Big shifts are already happening in food production, land and water use, and the integration of agri-tech and product tracing. If African […]
