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By Li Peng, President: Huawei Southern Africa Region Rapid advancements in information communications technologies (ICT) over the past 20 years has substantially altered the ways in which people live, work, play and interact with one another. The World Bank’s World Development Report shows that ICT has a positive effect on a country’s economy, with a […]
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Technology is shaping the way we experience healthcare. From electronic medical records and patient self-tracking to informatics and minimally invasive procedures, healthcare is getting more and more high-tech… and nurses in Africa are at the forefront of using innovative solutions to improve patient care. According to Professor Sharon Brownie, Dean of the School of Nursing […]
...Productive use of energy holds the key to livelihood transformation in Africa’s rural areas. Small industries could improve their production processes and efficiency if they had better access to electricity and technologies. Without electricity, rural micro-enterprises make do with labour intensive and time-consuming manual tools, and often pass up many opportunities for value addition or […]
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By Li Peng, President: Huawei Southern Africa Region Rapid advancements in information communications technologies (ICT) over the past 20 years has substantially altered the ways in which people live, work, play and interact with one another. The World Bank’s World Development Report shows that ICT has a positive effect on a country’s economy, with a […]
...Temie Giwa-Tubosun, Founder, LifeBank – Nigeria Temie is the Founder and CEO of LifeBank, a platform which enables timely delivery of blood to hospitals and patients who need it. She was named one of BBC’s 100 Women in 2014 and has been featured as a TEDx speaker. Mark Zuckerberg highlighted her as one of the most […]
...Tizzita Tefera, co-Founder, mTena – Ethiopia Tizzita is a social innovator who is the Co-Founder and Managing Director of mTena, an SMS-based application that provides tailored maternal and infant care information to women in Ethiopia. Here she shares her journey into social entrepreneurship and talks about some of the challenges she has encountered. Excerpts below […]
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Technology has stealthily crept into every space of our lives. It’s almost impossible to live an easier life than the one that smartphones have now presented us with. From hailing a taxi to booking a ticket from the comfort of your bed, it seems like your mobile phone is a magic wand that can grant […]
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Africa is making headway in the area of robotics and Zambia is on the forefront. Let’s meet these young ambitious ladies and gentlemen who are bound to make Africa proud. Sela Kasepa attended her first semester at Harvard University in August last year. Just months prior, the 21-year-old was mulling over her education, uncertain of […]
...The TED Global 2017 conference is almost upon us, and we can’t wait for the creative ideas, inspiring stories, and thought-provoking discussions from this year’s speakers. Set for Arusha, Tanzania from 27 to 30 August, this year’s edition promises to be an electrifying affair if the list of the speakers is anything to go by. […]
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