The 8th edition of AI Expo Africa 2025 is set to take place from October 29 to 31 at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa. The expo is the largest event on the Continent for Artificial intelligence (AI) professionals, enterprises, start-ups and government. The expo will host the UN ITU AI4Good Impact Africa […]
As the use of mobile apps continues to increase throughout South Africa, one of the most challenging phenomena in app development is user retention. Research shows that 85% of app users will be lost within 30 days. In response, growth marketing agency Welcome Tomorrow and martech company YOUKNOW Technologies are launching the very first App […]
A PROMINENT Bulawayo socialite who was allegedly robbed of nearly US$76 000 and 168 grammes of gold at gun point by four unidentified men was arrested while making a report at Kumalo Police Station, for possessing gold without a license. Mike Marata (38) allegedly went to the police station to report his loss. Officers allegedly […]
Rwanda became one of the first countries in sub-Saharan Africa to impose a lockdown over the coronavirus pandemic. The East African country is the most impacted in the region with 17 confirmed cases. With the shutdown, authorities are imposing some of the strictest coronavirus measures in Africa where infections are rising fast with fear that […]
Rwanda Saturday announced a two-week lockdown in a bid to stem the spread of coronavirus, banning unnecessary movement of residents within the Central African country and closing its land borders. Unnecessary movement and visits outside homes are not permitted except for essential services such as healthcare, food shopping, or banking and for the personnel performing […]
Controversial reality star Symply Tacha may have caused a social media meltdown, with her new Instagram video.. Recall the Reality TV star recently flew to the United Kingdom amidst the coronavirus pandemic. In a new update to her followers, Tacha, has said she’d not be returning to her homecountry. Stating that Lockdown in the UK […]
Government will not return land to the white former commercial farmers but only to the indigenous farmers and those that were under the Bilateral Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement (BIPPA) who were affected during the land reform, Lands, Agriculture, Water and Rural Resettlement Minister Perrance Shiri has said. Minister Shiri was explaining the Statutory Instrument […]
Mobile phone giants, MTN, are tweaking their tariffs in the area of mobile money transfers in some African countries with the aim of reducing contact with cash amid the coronavirus pandemic. The latest developments are in Uganda and Cameroon where the operator is waiving costs on transfers done with their mobile money platform. The MTN […]
There’s growing concern in Ivory Coast over a government decision to quarantine passengers from countries with 100 or more cases of the coronavirus in a sports centre and a new plan called ‘home quarantine’. Some Ivorians have condemned the decision saying that there is no evidence that these people who are supposed to be confined […]
The coronavirus epidemic continues to disrupt life across the world. The disruption is all but gathering steam in affected even virus-free African countries. The rate of infection is lower on the continent as compared to Europe, Asia and parts of the Americas, where lockdowns are in place. The impact on gatherings is an area that […]
Concerns have been raised over Guinea’s political future as ECOWAS postpones its mediation mission to Guinea indefinitely due to the coronavirus. ECOWAS was meant to amongst other things, convince President Alpha Condé not to run for a possible third term – a situation that could possibly plunge the nation and sub-region into violence. We discuss […]
Actress Lisa Omorodion has cried out over what she calls the discrimination against plus-sized women at the 2020 Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards (AMVCA). Lisa Omorodion questioned why no plus-sized woman made the list for best-dressed celebrities on the night Lisa Omorodion wrote: The Fashion Industry creates a fantasy world of what women are supposed […]
The U.S. Trade and Development Agency awarded a grant to Kalahari Energy Botswana for a feasibility study of a power plant that will generate up to 100 megawatts of electricity using indigenous coalbed methane. The project, located in the Central Kalahari Karoo Basin, will bring critically important additional power to Botswana’s electrical grid. Kalahari Energy […]
The Department of Trade, Industry and Competition has invited companies to participate in the second Intra-African Trade Fair (IATF) set to take place in September in Rwanda’s capital, Kigali. The IATF provides a strategic platform to access an integrated African market of more than 1 billion people joined together by the African Continental Free Trade […]
These are six panels which followed one another to take stock of the economic situation of the countries of Central Africa, during an event focusing on the financial market held in Brazzaville, capital of the Republic of Congo. Among the main objectives of the event was to present the new opportunities offered by the unified […]
The 7th edition of the Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards (AMVCA) held on Saturday ended with some surprising wins and snubs. Leading the night was ‘Living in Bondage’ with a total of 7 wins including Best Overall movie. ‘God Calling’ followed closely with 2 wins. One of the biggest snubs for the night was ‘King […]
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation has shut down oil pipelines around Abule Ado area of Lagos following multiple explosions that rocked the community on Sunday morning, leading to fire outbreak. The incident also led to the destruction of several houses with residents seen hurriedly removing personal items from some of the affected buildings. Various sources […]
Rwanda has confirmed its first case of coronavirus, an Indian citizen who arrived in the East African nation from Mumbai on March 8, the Health Ministry said on Saturday. He had no symptoms on arrival but presented himself to a health facility on March 13, the ministry said. “He is currently under treatment in stable […]
Popular Nigerian sensational singer Teni Apata is now a proud home owner after she recently acquire a new house in her name. Teni in her usual jovial nature shared a video of herself taking a walk round the new property she’d just acquired. The singer has she broke the news on her Instagram page with […]
