July 10, 2019
Sudan: Internet Access Returning After Court Order
Sudan's telecom providers have begun restoring mobile access to the internet weeks after service was cut off following a deadly crackdown on protesters, Al Jazeera reports. Read more »
Africa: Continent's Potential Can Be Realised Through Technology
With 200 million people aged between 15 and 24, Africa has the largest population of young people in the world. Yet there are not even close to enough jobs for this quickly growing… Read more »
July 08, 2019
Africa: The Long Road to Fixing Africa's Infrastructure Deficit - Here's How
Samaila Zubairu - an accomplished Infrastructure development finance specialist with over 29 years of professional experience who the third President & Chief Executive Officer… Read more »
June 28, 2019
Africa: Forbes Africa Announces 30 Under 30 List for 2019
Forbes Africa has released its fifth edition of its 30 under 30 list, honouring some of the continent's most accomplished young artists, entrepreneurs and tech stars. Read more »
May 20, 2019
Africa: Huawei's Google Support Crippled After Trump Blacklist
Several technical services between Huawei and Google have been suspended following a decision by the Trump administration to blacklist the Chinese telecoms giant, Reuters reports. Read more »
May 17, 2019
Africa: Facebook Bans Israeli Firm That Ran Campaigns to Disrupt Elections
Facebook has removed hundreds of fake pages, groups, and accounts that it says were run by an Israeli firm that was targeting countries in Africa, CNN reports. Read more »
February 13, 2019
Africa: What Surprised Melinda and Bill Gates in 2018?
SURPRISE #1Africa is the youngest continent. Read more »
January 30, 2019
South Africa: Supporters of 'Please Call Me' Inventor Vow to take on Vodacom
Supporters of Nkosana Makate, inventor of Vodacom's "Please Call Me", have vowed to shut down the service provider's head offices in Midrand on Thursday, 702 reports. Read more »
January 28, 2019
Africa: Are the Days of WhatsApp Chain Messages Numbered?
"Saturday morning whatsapp will become chargeable. If you have at least 10 contacts send them this message." Sound familiar? This and more chain messages - many of which promise… Read more »
November 06, 2018
Nigeria: Fast, Free Google WiFi Could Transform Nation's Health
Nigeria is the fifth country – and the first in Africa – to get Google Station super-fast Internet at selected locations. Read more »
April 12, 2018
Africa: We Want English, Not Swahili, U.S. Senator Tells Facebook Chief
"I am going to suggest to you that you go back home and you rewrite it and tell your U.S.$1,200-an hour lawyers, no disrespect, they're good, but tell them that you want it written… Read more »
March 13, 2018
Africa: WhatsApp Tweaks its 'Delete for Everyone' Feature
WhatsApp users will now be able to delete specific messages, sent to either a group or an individual chat, up to one hour, eight minutes and 16 seconds after sending them. The… Read more »
February 27, 2018
Africa: Orabank Selects CR2 To Enable Digital Banking Suite In 12 Countries In Africa
February 27, 2018, Dubai, UAE, & Lomé, Togo - ORAGROUP, the holding company of the African banking group ORABANK, and CR2, a global banking software vendor, today… Read more »
January 26, 2018
Africa: Alert to News Outlets - Free & Innovative Video Conferencing for Meetings & Interviews
AllAfrica has been beta testing a free video conferencing service that greatly enhances our work, and we want to share this with media colleagues across Africa – and to try… Read more »
November 14, 2017
Africa: Economic Growth Rides on Wireless Rails
A telecommunications boom is lifting an industry and a continent. Read more »
July 20, 2017
Africa: Faster, Better and Together - the Road to Inclusive E-Commerce in Africa
“Small is beautiful, small is powerful”. This is the creed embedded in the foundation of a global e-commerce giant: Alibaba. But the creed not only defines the genesis… Read more »
July 14, 2017
Africa: WHO Africa Health Forum App Leads the Way
You can meet the most interesting people at conferences. If you can make your way through the sea of people to get to them. The first Africa Health Forum organised by… Read more »
July 10, 2017
Lesotho: Pioneering Electronic Visa Program Aimed to Increase Tourism and Investment
Lesotho is the only independent nation in the world with its entire land mass above 1,000 meters (3,281 feet). Now the country, with a population of 2.1 million and a surface area… Read more »
July 09, 2017
Africa: What the G20 Said on Africa
Excerpts most directly applicable to Africa drawn from the declaration of leaders of the G20 nations, issued after the leaders' summit in Hamburg on July 7 and 8: Read more »
April 21, 2017
Cameroon: Internet Restored! #BringBackOurInternet
Internet connection has been re-established in the North West and South West regions of Cameroon after almost three months of blackouts. President Paul Biya ordered Minister of… Read more »
February 24, 2017
Africa: WhatsApp Celebrates 8th Birthday With New 'Status' Functionality
Instant messaging service WhatsApp has announced that it will reconfigure the status feature to coincide with the service's 8th birthday on 24 February. According to company… Read more »
Africa: How to Make Use of WhatsApp's New Status Feature
WhatsApp's move to incorporate a revamped status feature will allow users to share photos and video in the previously text-only field. Read more »
November 11, 2016
Africa: Cameroonian Gaming Company Goes Big With Hollywood Film Deal
Where do you take a creative intellectual property after conquering the video game medium? Why to film, of course. Aurion: Legacy of the Kori-Odan released in early 2016 on the… Read more »
October 27, 2016
Africa: How Space Technology Boosts Africa's Growth
The sight of a farmer weeding his fields by hand deep in rural Tanzania seems a timeless scene, far removed from the high-tech, interconnected world of today. Read more »
July 18, 2016
Africa: 'What Can South Africa Be, What Can Africa Be, What Can the World Be?'
Software pioneer Bill Gates has delivered the 14th Nelson Mandela Annual lecture at the University of Pretoria's Mamelodi Campus on the eve of Mandela Day, which marks the birthday… Read more »
