Airtel And ATC Kenya Partner To Provide Internet Connectivity To 50 Primary Schools In Kenya
Airtel Kenya and ATC Kenya announced a 3-year partnership that will see both companies providing essential internet and education connectivity services to 50 primary schools across Kenya. The initiative will kick off with a pilot program involving 10 schools. The project involves installing, upgrading and refurbishing ICT labs and classes within the schools, providing monthly […]
Mastercard Partners With Fintech SAVA To Empower Africa’s Small Businesses Through Financial Management Technology
The partnership leverages SAVA’s Payment Transaction System to provide companies in South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya and Egypt with innovative expense management tools Mastercard and Johannesburg-based fintech company SAVA have announced a partnership that will support small, medium, and micro enterprises (SMMEs) through innovative payments technology and infrastructure. Through the partnership, the two entities will provide small […]
ANKA And Prosper Africa Launch Accelerator Program To Boost U.S. Exports From African Creative Industries
Prosper Africa and ANKA announced today the launch of the ANKA Growth Club, a transformative nine-month virtual accelerator program designed to boost African exports from the creative industries, including fashion, beauty, textiles, art, and home goods, to the United States. Through this partnership, Prosper Africa will connect African brands with U.S. buyers to increase two-way […]
Huawei And Global Sustainability Stakeholders Discuss How To Thrive With Green ICT
Huawei held the Green Development Summit, themed “Thrive with Green ICT”, during MWC Barcelona 2024. At the summit, guests from the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), MTN Group, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Kenya’s ICT Authority, and Indonesia’s Bandung Institute of Technology discussed how digital technology can […]
A Tragedy Sixty-Four Years In The Making
The crisis in Nigeria offers a rare opportunity to rethink the moral foundations of the Nigerian state. As is often the case in moments of crisis, the current ugly situation in Nigeria has provided occasion for aggressive finger-pointing. That public indignation is overwhelmingly directed at the incumbent Tinubu administration is perhaps to be expected. Among […]
MoSalahxVisa : Visa Strikes Partnership With New Brand Ambassador Mo Salah
Visa, a world leader in digital payments, today unveiled a new partnership with the renowned Egyptian football legend Mohamed Salah to be a Visa Ambassador for the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait, Kenya, Nigeria, and South Africa. As one of the most electrifying football players in the world, Salah’s stellar performances for Liverpool Football Club […]
High-profile Advocate for Peace in South Sudan Arrested for Arms Smuggling
The Harvard fellow was arrested by federal agents in Arizona for trying to illegally smuggle weapons worth millions of dollars to his home country. Peter Biar Ajak was charged with conspiring to purchase and illegally export fully automatic rifles, grenade launchers, Stinger missile systems, hand grenades, and sniper rifles. South Sudan is subject to an […]
Morocco’s Lala Lallia — One of the World’s Oldest known ‘Star Dunes’ — is Slowly Inching West
Experts from universities including Aberystwyth in Wales have now pinpointed the age of a star dune in a remote area of Morocco and uncovered details about its formation and how it moves across the desert. The team, which was also made up of University of London academics, travelled to the south-east of Morocco to study […]
A Bill Aimed at Lifting the Ban on FGM has been Tabled in The Gambia’s Parliament
It was outlawed in the mainly Muslim nation in 2015 when Yahya Jammeh was president. He said it was not required in Islam. But influential Muslim clerics have been pushing for the ban to be repealed, while women’s rights activists have vowed to campaign for it to remain in place. The Gambian lawmaker who is […]
Tanzania’s Hassan to Spend One Day Every Month Listening to the Issues of the Tanzanian People
The program was inspired by the former president of the country, Ali Hassan Mwinyi. The business centric president has for most of her time in office, has been very progressive to say the least. Under her administration numerous laudable projects have been initiated, bi-lateral partnerships have been established and development has been rapid. Last year […]
