AfDB Approves $31.3m Grants for Water & Sanitation Facilities in Sudan

The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) has approved an African Development Fund (ADF) grant of $30 million and a $1.3 million grant from the Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Initiative…

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Kenyan Investor Invites East Africans Start-ups to Apply for Innovative Funding

Villgro Kenya is inviting East African startups that have designed innovative, tech-enabled medical devices to apply for funding and business incubation support. The India-based Villgro Innovations Foundation launched an incubator…

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Start-ups in Cameroon Pitch for $500,000 Equity Investment at Seedstars Contest

Eleven startups are today (October 11) pitching at the local Seedstars World event in Douala, Cameroon for a place at the global final and the chance to pitch for up…

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Kenyan Logistics Startup Expands into Nigeria

One of Kenyan logistics startup Lori Systems said it is expanding to Nigeria in a bid to cement its footprint across Africa. Founded by chief executive officer (CEO) Josh Sandler…

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MoDiTECH 2019 to focus on Power of Digital Services

Today, it’s just hard to predict exactly the next disruptions in the technology ecosystem and trends that will transform human lives more so as these powerful disruptions are dismantling the…

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Ethiopia Gets First Dedicated TV Platform to Deliver HD Channels to Ethiopian

For years, Ethiopian TV viewers have had to navigate through a plethora of multinational content in a variety of foreign languages in order to locate their favourite channels. That changes…

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Oracle Takes Leadership in Gartner Magic Quadrant for Cloud HCM Suites

Oracle has been recognized, for the fourth consecutive year, as a Leader in Cloud HCM Suites for Midmarket and Large Enterprises by Gartner. The 2019 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Cloud…

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  • September 30, 2019

Nokia Completes First Single-Carrier Terabit-per-Second Field Trial

Nokia and Etisalat, one of the world’s telecom groups in emerging markets, have set a capacity record during the world’s first field trial of single-carrier terabit-per-second data transmission on a…

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  • September 30, 2019

Anambra Community Goes Online, Launches N100m Civic Centre

The Lagos branch of Awba-Ofemili Development Union (ADU) of Anambra State, South East Nigeria has launched a N100m fund for a multi-purpose civic centre, revealing it obtained ADULagos.org.ng to bolster…

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  • September 27, 2019

Rwandans Signs Strategic Partnership with MasterCard Empowering Youths on Tourism & Hospitality Jobs

Rwanda Development Board today announced a strategic partnership with the Mastercard Foundation under the Hanga Ahazaza initiative at a World Tourism Day event. The partnership will build critical links between…

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