The country of São Tomé and Príncipe, which is one of the smallest in Africa, has taken a big step towards closing its digital gap. Starlink is an internet service that uses satellites and was created by SpaceX. It has now been made available across the country. This move promises to make big changes in […]
Morning heat sits on the fields, noisy birds, a short beep on a farmer’s phone. Smart farming tips arrive, seed orders confirmed, harvest pickup set. Nigerian agritech looks practical today, not distant at all. Smart farming through tech sits in real soil. That’s how it reads here. Why Nigeria needs “smart farming” Smallholders still do […]
There will be an access to electricity will plummet in Africa dis year because of the coronavirus pandemic in Africa, A director of an international Energy agency, Fatih Birol emphasised that Africa is set to invest in solar energy He told the worldwide news office in a meeting that interests in the force area on […]
Nekton left on a profound plunging science mission into the watery universe of the Indian Ocean. 450 meters beneath with submarine teams and submerged robots off the island country of the Seychelles, The excursion uncovered assorted networks and “handfuls” of species — including fish, coral and different creatures. Paris Stefanoudis, the Deputy Science Lead at […]
The Liverpool football team introduced late Friday that Sadio Mane was once infected with the novel coronavirus. “Sadio Mane has examined wonderful for COVID-19 and is currently self-isolating according to the crucial guidelines,” Liverpool stated on Twitter, before adding he “has displayed minor symptoms of the virus but feels in top health overall” The 28-year-old […]
The fifth technical standard for wireless networks, or 5G, promises more speed, less lag when connecting to the network and the ability to connect many devices to the internet without bogging it down. But before we can all use it, wireless companies and phone makers will have to upgrade. Phones need new chips and radio […]
As digital commerce continues to speed up owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, Mastercard has introduced it will provide tokenization services to retailers with app, eCommerce, and ordinary billing card-on-file application in South Africa, further defending consumers and growing comfort when storing Mastercard cards in merchant databases. Dubbed Mastercard Digital Enablement Service (MDES) for Merchants, the […]
Ethiopia has unveiled a locally-assembled electric powered car from Marathon Motor, a joint venture between Korean auto massive Hyundai and Olympic champion Haile Gebreselassie. Mr Gebresselassie on Monday delivered the vehicle to Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. “As we radically change #Ethiopia’s greening & climate resilient aspirations into concrete actions through the #GreenLegacy initiative and […]
Governments across the continent must put more work into digital rights legislation which falls into the wider area of fundamental human rights and freedom of speech laws enshrined in almost all constitutions. According to Adeboro Odunlami, a Legal Officer with social enterprise outfit, Paradigm Initiative, PIN; governments must treat work on such legislation as urgent. […]
Ajegunle. Located in in the southwestern part of Nigeria, specifically in Lagos State, the commercial hub of Africa’s most populous country. Admittedly, far away from the many high rise and corporate floors that accomodate local, regional and global conglomerates, further from the polished floors, plush lifts and conference rooms from which the high and mighty […]
Since the arrival of COVID-19 on the continent on February 14 in Egypt, there has been multi-layered concerns by experts and governments from fears of health systems being overwhelmed to the continent being muscled out of critical virus supplies. Hydra-headed ‘doom’ predictions But also in the midst of all the concerns were projections of an […]
Kenya’s Minister of Information and Communication Technology, Innovation and Youth Affairs, Joe Mucheru, says use of technology spiked because of the COVID-19 pandemic. As a result, “we are working with the internet providers to ensure young people are protected,” the Minister told the press during Sunday’s coronavirus daily press briefing by the Health Ministry. We […]
Rwanda’s Minister of Technology and Innovation Paula Ingabire advanced on Wednesday that the Rwandan Space Agency must start operating in July this year. According to the minister, the agency will support forecasting and planning in agriculture, environmental monitoring, disaster preparedness, as well as urban planning through the use of satellite data and Earth observation images. […]
Farmers and miners in Ivory Coast are embracing the use of drones for light work. Until recently, stock checks and growth reports are done on foot. But now, this is done in record time. Thanks to these equipment manufactured by Ivory Coast drone. “With a drone today we can calculate the stockpile of gravel that’s […]
For delivery man Sisay Alebachew, the difference between a good and bad day depends on Ethio Telecom, Ethiopia’s monopoly telecoms provider. When the internet is down or too slow to use, customers struggle to place orders on the website of Deliver Addis, Sisay’s e-commerce employer, meaning he has little to do. Other times, when the […]
Vivo smartphone made its debut to the Kenyan market a year ago and through them leveraging on innovation and quality of products to offer to customer satisfaction, they have unveiled new smartphones. The Vivo 17 pro is their latest device in the market with a total of six cameras. It is competing with the likes […]
African scientists, engineers and innovators have turned to homegrown solutions to prepare for the worst case scenario amid the COVID-19 pandemic disruption – which at a point brought much of the world to its knees. By the time the virus hit Africa, where cases have risen slowly, images of overwhelmed hospitals and stories of health […]
The government of Rwanda has deployed five high-tech robots in its fight against the novel Coronavirus. The robots will help with the screening of COVID-19 patients and also reduce contact with health workers. On Tuesday, the robots were launched by the country’s Ministry of Health at the Kanyinya Covid-19 Treatment Centre in Kigali. The robots […]
Facebook’s algorithms for detecting hate speech are hard at work as it flagged almost 90 percent of the hate speech it removed in the first quarter. The question that needs to be asked is how accurate are the numbers? Facebook’s latest quarterly report says the company removed 9.6 million pieces of content it deemed hate […]
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has maintained that it has not issued 5G license to any operator in the country. The Commission in a statement on Monday signed by the Director of Public Affairs, Mr. Henry Nkemadu was reacting to a statement making rounds in the social media sites that the Nigerian Telecoms industry is […]