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Ask a young graduate in Lagos, Nairobi or Lusaka what stands between them and a good job, and many will give the same answer: skills. The Africa digital skills gap is now one of the biggest brakes on the continent’s growth, even as demand for digital talent rises faster than schools and training centres can […]
The IMF annual meeting in Bangkok has ended with a message African leaders know well. Without stronger digital connectivity, developing nations risk watching the global tech boom from the sidelines. The latest World Economic Outlook puts global growth at 3.1 percent, with inflation spiking to 4.7 percent. An AI boom is lifting economies that build […]
Walk through Lagos, Nairobi or Accra and you’ll see phones in nearly every hand. Africa’s digital boom is real, and it is changing how people pay, trade, learn and find work. But every boom sends a bill to someone, and on this continent that bill is rarely read out loud. The headlines love the success […]
Egypt’s tech scene has just landed a heavyweight. The new FPT Africa office in New Cairo is the first the Vietnamese group has opened anywhere on the continent, and it hints at where global tech money may flow next. For young African engineers, that is worth paying attention to. A Hanoi-to-Cairo Bet FPT is headquartered […]
Global markets ended the week on a nervous note, and the reasons reach well beyond Wall Street. The tech stocks AI spending worries story is back in the headlines, this time joined by bond yields that remain stubbornly high. The AI bill keeps growing For two years, investors rewarded any company that promised an AI […]
From health diagnostics in Nairobi to smart farming tools in Accra, artificial intelligence is already part of everyday work across the continent. Whatever shape the Africa AI innovation and technology development future takes, it will be settled by decisions made in the next few years, not the next few decades. The Carnegie Endowment for International […]
Technology is moving fast, and trust in it has to keep up. William Kabogo people-centred AI governance and data privacy Kenya took centre stage on Monday, when the ICT Cabinet Secretary opened the Summit on People-Centred Technologies in Africa at Nairobi’s Sarit Expo Centre. Trust Is the Real Currency Kabogo told delegates that every digital […]
Ghana has switched on a nationwide alarm for anyone who sends, saves or spends money through a phone. The Ghana NCSAM 2026 digital finance security awareness campaign was officially launched on October 1, 2026, as digital financial services keep expanding across the country. Government officials and financial-sector leaders used the launch to push for closer […]
Geologists are trekking through the Congolese bush with GPS units and tablets linked to servers thousands of kilometres away. This is the daily reality of KoBold Metals AI critical minerals Congo exploration, now unfolding around the remote southeastern town of Manono. The California-based company, founded in 2018 and backed by investors including Bill Gates and […]
For decades, Africa has earned its living from what lies under the ground. Africa gaming industry growth and investment now point to a different kind of export, one that ships through an app store instead of a port. The people building it say the continent’s next big story may be written in code, art and […]
KAMPALA: Someone standing in a village with no mast in sight can now make a call from an ordinary phone. The Airtel Uganda Starlink direct-to-cell service went live on September 24, connecting compatible smartphones straight to satellites overhead. How Starlink Mobile Works The service, branded Starlink Mobile, runs on a constellation of about 650 satellites […]
The debate over Africa space programs policy to practice has left the conference hall. At the Africa Space Expo (ASPEX) in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, the question that kept surfacing was whether Africa can move from using space technology to building more of it. The expo closed last week, and it was less about rockets and […]
NKENNEAi, the AI arm of the African language learning platform NKENNE, has launched its first speech models. They are speech-to-text and text-to-speech, and they start with Swahili. The company announced the launch on 25 September and is holding a live public demo today, 29 September. Built on local speech data Swahili voice AI for banking, […]
KAMPALA. A Ugandan agri-tech company is helping smallholder farmers buy solar irrigation equipment without borrowing. Sandi AI uses farmer savings groups as the route to ownership, with no loans, collateral or credit scores required. The cost barrier for smallholders The upfront cost of pumps and solar systems is a major barrier for farmers who want […]
The journey for the TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations PAMOJA 2027 kicks off this week as 48 national teams will compete in the group stage of this AFCON in 12 different groups. The first match day will be held from September 24 to September 26, 2026, while Match Day 2 will take place until […]
Kenya has inked a five-year deal with the Emerging Markets Working Group of Stanford University’s Hoover Institution to enhance AI, data, and policy research use in government policymaking. The Memorandum of Understanding was inked in New York during the 81st Session of the United Nations General Assembly by Prime Minister and Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary […]
Africa’s digital infrastructure development will receive an incredible boost, as the United States International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) has decided to invest up to US$155 million in WIOCC Group, a digital infrastructure company based in Johannesburg that works across more than 30 African countries. The equity investment announcement was made on September 16, 2026, and […]
South African miner Exxaro Resources posted a fall in its half-yearly earnings per share by 20%, in spite of growing coal production and its efforts in the renewable energy sphere. Earnings per share of Exxaro Resources decreased to R13.77 ($0.855) in the six months ended June 30, 2026, compared to R17.24 reported in the year […]
Mobile Internet speed in Africa continues to increase as more African countries adopt 4G & 5G technology. The most recent network performance indicates that Morocco is the fastest mobile network in Africa with a median download speed of 124.3 Mbps. South Africa, Tunisia, Algeria, and Nigeria also rank high. Faster Mobile Networks in Africa, The […]
The reach of Starlink is growing in Africa, bringing high-speed satellite internet to countries that lack advanced broadband infrastructure. Nevertheless, despite the growth of Starlink’s footprint in Africa, the service has not yet become more cost-effective than mobile internet providers for ordinary people. Starlink vs Africa mobile networks, In most African countries, telecommunications companies like […]