IBM has announced a US$70 million initiative to provide free digital skills training for 25 million African youth over five years, in a bid to create...
J. Walter Thompson Innovation Group MEA released its ‘Future 100 Trends and Change to Watch in 2017′ report, which highlights the top 100 consumer trends driving...
Africa has seen great economic growth over recent years and is expected to continue growing at an average rate of 6% annually, between 2013 and 2023....
GAMBIA: Barrow sworn-in, warns soldiers to stay in Barracks Gambia’s president-elect, Adams Barrow was on Thursday sworn in as Gambia’s president at the country’s embassy in...
Nigeria soldiers will on Wednesday arrive at a base of the Economic Community of West African States troops in Senegal to ensure that President Yahya Jammeh...
Mr Sabastine Hon (SAN), a constitutional lawyer, has expressed support that Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the African Union (AU) should use force...
Here at Disrupt Africa we’re privileged to meet innovative and enthusiastic startups from across the continent on a daily basis. But – we have to admit...
The House of Representatives is set to grant Gambian President, Yahya Jammeh asylum in the Nigeria as part of efforts to broker peace and ensure...
President Yoweri Museveni, Uganda leader since 1986 has promoted his eldest son to become a special presidential adviser in a reshuffle of army commanders. The BBC...
The growing demand for personalised medicine and the increasing simplicity of genetic testing underpins the concept of pharmacogenomics – which gives medical practitioners the power to...
Eleven African social impact tech startups have been named among the world’s top 100 most inspiring social innovations using digital technology, of 2016, by Nominet Trust....
Marketers continue to be challenged by the lack of reliable local market data; market research methodologies using mobile, though increasingly popular, are showing their limits. There...
An anticipated increase in demand for goods and services within Africa has the potential to give innovative companies with turnovers of between R300-million and R1,2-billion the...
The third dam in Ethiopia’s hydro-power plant complex, Gilgel Gibe III, which will provide 1,870MW of clean energy, came on line last week. The Gilgel Gibe...
In spite of the efforts deployed by countries in Central Africa to incorporate the objectives of the African Mining Vision (AMV) into national policies and legislative...
In Africa, technologies of all types are evolving rapidly, with one exception – internet access. With around only 170 million users, internet penetration remains low, at...
Graduate unemployment in Uganda is stale news. The soaring figures of unemployed graduates are not new either. Every year, both public and private universities release more...
A United Nations human rights expert today called on the Nigerian Government to increase funding for water and sanitation in next year’s budget to address the...
Protesters who shut off two Libyan oil pipelines, one for more than two years, have lifted their blockade, paving the way for a production boost, the...
At the invitation of President Paul Biya of Cameroon, Managing Director Christine Lagarde will be in Yaoundé on December 23, 2016 to participate in a summit...
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