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| Nov 28, 2025 | Africa: Why Context-Specific Solutions Are Key to African EdTech Success | Accra, Ghana — Africa has the world's youngest population. More than 60% of its 1.4 billion people are under the age of 25. By 2055, the global population is expected to reach 10 billion. Most of that growth, 95%, will happen in low-and mid... |
| Sep 5, 2025 | Zimbabwean ChatCash enters the ‘conversational commerce’ chat | In Harare’s informal markets, business happens in social media chatboxes. A grocery vendor takes orders over WhatsApp, a carpenter closes deals on Facebook Messenger, and payments are made either in cash or via mobile wallets such as EcoCas... |
| Jul 29, 2025 | Africa's Innovations Are Overlooked Because Global Measures Don't Fit - What Needs to Change | African governments and development agencies have embraced science, technology and innovation as levers for development over the past two decades. Science, technology and innovation boost productivity, cut transaction costs, open new busine... |
| Oct 22, 2024 | Africa Skills Week: skills supply needs to match demand | Africa’s population is growing rapidly, and so is the quantity of education it receives – but the quality of its education is lagging.
In so doing, SIFA is supporting young Africans to transition from despair at ever finding good work oppor... |
| Jul 23, 2024 | Africa, Technology and the Quest for Disruption and Opportunities | The current moment offers a leapfrogging opportunity for Africa to use technology in transforming traditional socio-economic sectors, argues Jane Nkechi Egerton-Idehen
It is a great honour to be among great African leaders and to listen to ... |
| Jul 16, 2024 | Moves afoot to revive world’s biggest-ever power project – in Africa | Five development finance institutions have banded together to find a way to develop the world’s biggest electricity generation project, the planned Grand Inga hydropower complex in the Democratic Republic of Congo that’s been stalled for de... |
| Jun 23, 2024 | Africa: 7 Key Takeaways From the 'Ai and the Future of Work in Africa' White Paper | The recent "AI for Community Impact Summit" organised by Microsoft in Johannesburg, South Africa, buzzed with excitement. As a participant, I was particularly thrilled to witness the launch of a groundbreaking white paper: "A... |
| Jun 19, 2024 | Mo Ibrahim Foundation launches 2024 Ibrahim Forum report Financing Africa: Where is the Money? | The Mo Ibrahim Foundation’s latest report, “Financing Africa: Where is the Money?” provides a comprehensive analysis of both the financial needs deemed necessary for Africa to meet its development and climate goals and the resources that ar... |
| May 25, 2024 | Женщины в AI, его влияние на страны Глобального Юга | Всем привет! Это перевод одной из серии интервью с Chinasa T. Okolo c сайта techcrunch о женщинах связанных с AI.
Чтобы предоставить женщинам-ученым, сосредоточенным на AI, и другим специалисткам их заслуженное — и давно назревшее — время в... |
| May 4, 2024 | AfriLabs and Intel have launched an initiative to promote impact enterprise in underserved communities | The Intel Community Reach Programme was launched by AfriLabs, Intel Corporation, and Prosper Africa to use artificial intelligence (AI) and broadband access to address important socioeconomic issues in underprivileged African communities.
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| Apr 19, 2024 | The Africa Fertilizer Financing Mechanism receives $7.3 million to boost agricultural productivity and smallholder farmers’ income | Global Affairs Canada has provided $7.3 million in funding to the Africa Fertilizer Financing Mechanism (AFFM) to enhance sustainable agricultural productivity and smallholder farmer livelihoods, particularly women and youth across Africa.
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| Mar 25, 2024 | From seed varieties to finance access, South-South collaborations are critical to boosting African agriculture | For Africa, a continent where the dream of feeding herself was elusive even before climate change, the future of agriculture is rather uncertain.
“There’s a need for Africa to rethink her approach to agriculture,” Ambassador Gurjit Singh, I... |
| Jul 3, 2023 | Nurturing Africa’s AI ecosystem for global impact
TechCabal’s 2021 Year-End report
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Across the globe, artificial intelligence (AI) has emerged as a transformative force that extends beyond the boundaries of the tech ecosystem, attracting attention and generating buzz.
In Africa, entrepre... |
| Jul 4, 2022 | Southbridge A&I, Salient Advisory and SCIDaR launch I3, a $7 million program for HealthTech in Africa sponsored by the Gates Foundation and operated in Southern Africa by Startupbootcamp Afritech | The pan-African “Investing in Innovation” program will provide 30 HealthTech startups per year, operating in Africa, with access to: 1) a systematic grant of $50,000 2) market and government access events across the continent 3) a connectio... |
| Apr 19, 2022 | Africa Has Ambitious Goals For 2063: Plans For Outer Space Hold The Key To Success | High speed trains like this one in Casablanca, Morocco, will benefit from satellite communication support. Duffour/Andia/Universal Images Group via Getty Images |
| Dec 22, 2021 | TechCabal Daily – Meta fines | 22 DECEMBER, 2021
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Kenyan mobile telecommunications giant, Safaricom, has expanded its subscription-based video platform, Baze, to include music streaming.
Baze, which was launched earlier in 2021, is a ... |
| Sep 28, 2021 | ECA and AUDA –NEPAD renew partnership to enhance sustainable growth in Africa | New York, 27 September 2021 - The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the African Union Development Agency-New Partnership for Africa's Development (AUDA-NEPAD) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to enhance their partnersh... |
| Sep 9, 2019 | TechTribe Accelerator to train at least 100 SADC ventures in first cohort | The TechTribe Accelerator (TTA) — a new virtual accelerator announced today that it will support at least 100 ventures from around the Southern African Development Community (SADC) in a seven-month acceleration programme that starts in Janu... |
| Sep 9, 2019 | TechTribe Accelerator to train at least 100 SADC ventures in first cohort | The TechTribe Accelerator (TTA) — a new virtual accelerator announced today that it will support at least 100 ventures from around the Southern African Development Community (SADC) in a seven-month acceleration programme that starts in Janu... |
| Jul 10, 2019 | High hopes new African free trade area will boost seafood trade | The 55-nation African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) launched this month, nearly two months after an agreement creating it came into force.
Countries in the region will benefit from free trade in seafood and fishery products and full ... |
| Jun 16, 2014 | Agriculture: Africa’s Hidden Treasure | Despite the current low productivity in Africa’s agricultural sector, the World Bank believes the sector, which already employs about 70 percent of the continent’s people, has great future prospects.
The global financial institution recentl... |
| Aug 7, 2012 | The 10 Greatest Female Business Leaders In Africa Today | More and more, African women are moving away from their traditional homemaking role and making a real mark on the continent’s business scene. As an increasing number of women shake of traditional shackles and mix it with their male counterp... |
| Africa Day 2022 – Africa’s Year of Nutrition | Charles Dietz
May 24th 2022 •
Africa •
Agribusiness & Manufacturing, Trade & Investment
Africa Day is observed annually to commemorate the founding of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which was created on 25 May 1963. It was... |
| Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA) Week 2016 Pens with Calls for Accelerated Job Creation through Infrastructure Development for Africa’s Transformation | African Business
November 24th 2016 •
Africa •
Finance & Services
Africa has to provide employment opportunities for its youth if it is to harness their potential and contribute to the desired economic growth outlined in the vision of A... |