About 100,000 Africa Developers to Acquire Mobile Technologies and Cloud Platform Skills from Google

Google is helping to empower 100,000 African developers with access to high-quality, world-class training on mobile technologies and Cloud platforms. In the news announcing the third round of Google Africa…

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AUDA-NEPAD and Ecobank Group to Establish Continental Framework for African Micro-Small-Medium Enterprises

AUDA-NEPAD Chief Executive Officer Dr. Ibrahim Assane Mayaki and Ecobank Group Chief Executive Officer Mr Ade Ayeyemi have agreed to collaborate on a continental initiative to support African Micro and…

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Dangote Group, SAP Collaborate on Digital Transformation in Record Time

With two of the continent’s most ambitious industrial projects underway, Nigeria’s Dangote Group has achieved the seemingly-impossible with an SAP-led digital transformation that was completed in record time. “We want…

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Payments Company Paga Joins China-based Ping a Cloud Accelerator

Payments company Paga has been selected for the Ping A Cloud Accelerator programme in Shenzhen, China, gaining the chance to pilot products with the global firm. Founded in 2009, Paga…

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Tourism and Technology Summit 2020 Date Postpone

Following the further extension of the lockdown across the country due to the coronavirus pandemic, the organisers of the Tourism and Technology Summit and Exhibition 2020 has postponed the event…

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MTN Top Brass Take Salary Cuts for COVID-19 Fund

MTN Group, Africa’s biggest mobile operator by subscribers, today announced details of its $1.3 million relief package in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The mobile operator also said this morning…

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Digital Health Vulnerability Amid the Coronavirus Crisis

Long before the global Coronavirus pandemic disrupted life as we know it, digital health was on the ascent, enabled by innovations in IoT-connected medical devices. In 2019, one in four…

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Ecobank Applauds Medical Personnel, Security Operatives Over and Others Fight Against COVID-19

Ecobank Nigeria has commended those contributing to keeping the country safe as the world battles the dreaded Coronavirus pandemic. According to him, this group of people have continued to put…

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Mobility-as-a-Service Revenue to Exceed $52 Billion by 2027, as Coronavirus Stunts Growth

The revenue generated by the use of MaaS (Mobility-as-a-Service) platforms, which integrate different transport services (including buses, taxis, rail and metro) into a single app, will exceed $52 billion by…

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Zoom Hires Ex-Facebook Security Chief to Beef Up Privacy, Safety

Zoom Video Communications Inc has hired former Facebook security chief Alex Stamos as an adviser and formed an advisory board to improve the video conferencing app’s privacy and security issues…

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