Africa Has Just Six Years To Realise The Water, Sanitation And Hygiene SDG
The race is on to realise the most fundamental of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – ensuring that everyone has access to water, sanitation and hygiene services – by the 2030 deadline, says ForAfrika disaster response director Charles Wentzel. There are six years to go, and ForAfrika, the largest African humanitarian development organisation, is doing […]
TB – It’s Not Over Yet, Even Though It Should Be
By Dr Allan Pamba, Executive Vice President, Diagnostics, Africa at Roche Diagnostics Over many centuries, tuberculosis (TB) has travelled alongside humanity. Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) is thought to have been around for millions of years and has had many names. In ancient Greece, it was called “phthisis”; in the 1700s, the “White Plague” and in the […]
Crafting The Future Of Banking: Insights From 11th Edition Connected Banking Summit
– Innovation & Excellence Awards East Africa 2024, Nairobi, Kenya Conceptualized and organized by The International Center For Strategic Alliances (ICSA), the 11th Edition Connected Banking Summit- Innovation & Excellence Awards East Africa 2024 on 6th of March, 2024 in Nairobi, Kenya has set a new benchmark for the future of digital banking and financial […]
With AI Technology Tailor-Made In Africa, The Sky’s The Limit
By Nick Clegg, Meta President, Global Affairs With so many hyperbolic claims and counter-claims being made about Artificial Intelligence, it’s hard to know what to think. Should we be hopeful or afraid, excited or sceptical? Is any of this actually going to make a difference to our lives any time soon? While today’s generative AI […]
Chitchat Launches Africa’s First Secure Chat Platform With Integrated Digital Wallets
Social commerce platform ChitChat went live in Zambia today, offering Africans a secure chat platform with built-in USD digital wallets. Developed by Union54, a leading provider of innovative digital financial solutions, and in partnership with Mastercard, a global payments technology company, ChitChat will enable users to send each other money to digital wallets within chats. […]
Women Inventors Make Gains, But Gender Gaps Remain
Women are making gains as inventors. But men are still ahead by some margin, the latest data suggests. An analysis of records from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the government agency that grants patents and registers trademarks in the US, shows women have increased their participation in scientific patenting across all areas. Women […]
Africa Development Bank and the US government strengthen strategic partnership
ABIDJAN, Côte d’Ivoire, 25 March 2024, /African Media Agency/-Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, the president of the African Development Bank Group, has praised US President Joe Biden’s administration for its approach towards Africa particularly its emphasis on the development of quality infrastructure, which he described as the “backbone of every economy.” Dr Adesina was speaking on Tuesday when he […]
