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 […]
Meskel is an old Christian festival that has been celebrated in Ethiopia for over 1600 years. It commemorates the discovery of the cross upon which Jesus was crucified. Some pieces of the cross are thought to have been brought to Ethiopia, hence the celebrations. In Maskal square, in Addis Ababa, a colorful procession of priests, […]
Exactly fifty years ago, on 20 July 1969, Neil Armstrong was the first man to walk on the moon. But he had a little help from a sticky South African invention. Pratley Putty, invented by Krugersdrop resident George Montague (Monty) Pratley, was used by NASA on the spacecraft. Initially introduced to the market as Pratley […]
As Nelson Mandela International Day is celebrated for the 10th year, thousands of South Africans will be heading out to spend their 67 minutes in commemoration of the late former president Nelson Mandela’s birthday. Mandela would have turned 101 on July 18. The concept to celebrate his birthday by doing an act of kindness was […]
Archbishop Emeritus of Douala, Christian Cardinal Tumi has been awarded this year’s edition of the Nelson Mandela Memorial prize for his role in promoting peace and human rights in Cameroon. He saw off competition from Achaleke Christian and Edith Kah Walla to grab the award organised every year by the Denis and Lenora Foretia Foundation […]
The Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) is inviting private sector players to partner the government to deliver large-scale projects under the Rearing for Food and Jobs (RFJ) initiative. “I am inviting private partners to partner government in the Rearing for Food and Jobs initiative because we are looking at it to be a private sector-led […]
The Health ministry has postponed polio vaccination in Nairobi county because vaccine shipments have been delayed The drive was to start on Saturday in Nairobi and a number of other counties. It was not clear if shipments to other countries have also been delayed. The Nairobi campaign will take place from July 20 to 24. […]
President Uhuru Kenyatta has directed Cabinet Secretaries from Mt Kenya region to stop their night meetings at Hotel La Mada. In a move aimed at quelling the unease in his ruling Jubilee Party, Uhuru directed that all government meetings “must be held within existing structures”. The President is said to have asked the CSs to […]
Kenya has lost bid to host African Continental Free Trade Area to Ghana, even as African leaders meeting in Niger operationalise the trade body. The decision which was made at the 12th extraordinary session of the assembly of African Union heads of state in Niger on Sunday will now see Ghana benefit from trappings of […]
