Ecobank Group, the pan-African Bank, is leveraging its distribution and partner networks to raise awareness of literacy apps in the Google Play Store to support the education of children who are at home due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As COVID-19 continues to affect everyone’s lives, Ecobank is committed to protecting the health, safety and wellbeing […]
Read MoreThe U.S. Department of Commerce is close to signing off on a new rule that would allow U.S. companies to work with China’s Huawei Technologies on setting standards for next generation 5G networks, people familiar with the matter said. Engineers in some U.S. technology companies stopped engaging with Huawei to develop standards after the Commerce […]
Read MoreThe total number of MaaS (Mobility-as-a-Service) platform users (which integrates different transport services, including buses, taxis, rail and metro into a single app), will grow by over fivefold by 2021 compared with 2019. This means the market will reach over 1.3 million users in 2021, despite the ongoing pandemic. As the MaaS market is so […]
Read MoreIn a virtual policy sprint that lasted for 72 hours, Startup by A&E Law and Paradigm Initiative led the development of a draft Coronavirus Regulation which States in Nigeria can adopt to guide their response to the global pandemic. The Regulation which was drafted in line with the Quarantine Act (CAP Q2 LFN 2004) sets […]
Read MoreGhanaian on-demand pharmacy platform FastRx has launched self-checker and contract tracing platforms to help check the spread of the COVID-19 virus. FastRx allows users to access and afford medication via personalised financing plans, and offers free one-hour delivery for prescriptions and OTC medications. In a bid to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic, the startup has launched […]
Read MoreGoogle 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 Developer Scholarships, which is part of its commitment to creating skills and economic opportunities for Africa, Google said it has in the 5-year engagement help […]
Read MoreWith 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 our Refinery to be not just the largest single train Refinery in the world but also the most modern and smart Refinery with the latest […]
Read MoreFollowing 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 to a yet to be announced date. A statement from the Convener of the Summit, Clara Chinwe Okoro said it regrets the decision to postpone […]
Read MoreThe 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 2027, up from $405 million in 2020. The new research, Mobility-as-a-Service: Business Models, Vendor Strategies & Market Forecasts 2020-2027, new study from Juniper Research found […]
Read MoreZoom 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 amid a global backlash against the platform. Zoom is facing widespread criticism from users worried about the lack of end-to-end encryption of meeting sessions and […]
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