Bantwanas Release ”Backside” & A Remix By Re.You
After the imminent success of their latest release, ‘Dingane’ on Anjunadeep, that featured prized remixes by international heavyweight, Powel, as well as South African Deep House leader, Fka Mash, well established African electronic band, Bantwanas are back with another mesmerising release on their very own Bantwanas Kollektiv imprint, ‘Backside’, that features a massive remix by […]
Ghana Sees Huge Uptake Of Digital Communication Channels As Covid-19 Pushes Organisations To Improve CX
By Olufunmilayo Okubena, Country Manager at Infobip Ghana To a large extent, enhancing the customer experience (CX) has been a game of catch-up for most organisations in Ghana, until the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic which significantly accelerated the uptake of digital channels by enterprises last year. As the pandemic drove consumers to avoid traditional physical […]
Lessons From The Covid Crisis – Africa’s Future Is Collaborative
Pramod Bagalwadi, CEO of DHL Global Forwarding Sub-Saharan Africa The coronavirus pandemic acted as a stress test for Africa’s logistics sector. According to UNICEF, in 2020 demand for face masks increased by more than 100 times, and the need for imported medical gloves skyrocketed by over 2,000 times. While countries around the world experienced similar […]
GSMA Study Reveals That The Gender Gap In Mobile Internet Use Is Shrinking, Despite The Onset Of The Covid-19 Pandemic
An estimated 112 million more women started using mobile internet last year across low- and middle-income countries, despite the onset of COVID-19, according to the fourth annual GSMA Mobile Gender Gap Report published today. Nevertheless, 234 million fewer women than men access mobile internet. Moreover, the underlying gender gap in mobile ownership persists and […]
Nigeria’s Twitter Ban Is Part Of A Larger Attack On Civil Society
By Nelson Olanipekun Four years ago, Omoregie* and his friends were arrested without cause and taken into custody. When they got to the station, Omoregie watched as the police began to beat his friends. Afraid, he began to discreetly tweet about the attacks as they took place. I and many other Twitter users could read his […]
AFMIC 2021 Goes Live In July
The Africa Mining Convention (AFMIC 2021), Africa’s much-awaited virtual mining conference and exhibition will go live from 13th-15th July 2021 and make its mark in the African mining industry with a breakthrough virtual convention. AFMIC 2021, organised by Valiant Business Media will host a thoughtfully curated agenda with a series of conference sessions delivered by […]
The Exclusive Virtual Event IW Tech Day 2021 West Africa
Important Questions About Reliable Infinet Wireless Solutions Infinet Wireless , a global leader in wireless broadband innovation, will host IW Tech Day 2021 West Africa, its first online conference exclusively designed for engineers and specialists in the field of wireless technology in French. It will be held on June 23, 21 at 3 p.m. (WAT).The IW Tech […]
Strong South African Animation Industry Presence At The Annecy/MIFA Festival 2021
South Africa will again have a big presence at this year’s online edition of Annecy/MIFA International Animation Film Festival which will be taking place from 14 to 19 June 2021. NFVF, Animation SA, Tshimologong Animation Academy, Digital Lab Africa, Triggerfish Animations Studios, the French Institute of South Africa and many other delegates will represent the […]
Youth Pampers Seniors In Khayelitsha
Seniors were spoiled with manicures, pedicures, facials, lovely lunch and goody bags. The ‘Elders get pampered Day’ was organised by the Mustadafin Foundation’s youth in Khayelitsha on Wednesday, 16 June 2021. The aim of the day was to acknowledge and honour the elderly for their contribution towards fighting the oppression of 1976. “The event was […]
Trailblazing Geologist Twins Determined To Make A Difference
Growing up in a rural village in South Africa, twins Makobo Simelane and Mabusha Nyelisani would spend hours playing the traditional storytelling game, maskitlana. It involves hitting rocks against each other in a role play, narrating a story and your friends gathering to hear a story. But for Makobo and Mabusha, their fascination was less […]
