[Leadership] Customers and stakeholders have commended LG Electronics Nigeria for continuously earning recognition for its innovative and customer-focused products.
[This Day] With over 17 million children aged five to 14 years deprived of adequate schooling in Nigeria, constituting over 20 per cent of the world's out-of-school children, innovative approaches to education, such as STEM METS...
[Daily Trust] 9mobile has appointed Ina Alogwu as its new Chief Digital and Innovation Officer (CDIO), marking another significant step in the company's business transformation agenda.
[Namibian] As the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) continues reshaping economies across the globe, promising enhanced efficiency, transparency and service delivery, the question of readiness looms large for private and state-owned...
[The Herald] GABORONE, Botswana -- Zimbabwe will be spearheading SADC's modernisation and innovation efforts as these form the bedrock on which the region can boost its industrialisation agenda, Zimbabwe's Ambassador to Botswana, Henry...
[This Day] Coronation Group has proudly announced its participation as a Gold Sponsor at the highly anticipated Africa Financial Summit (AFIS), scheduled to take place this week in Casablanca, Morocco.
[This Day] Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has said the Lagos State government has created an enabling environment for technology innovation to thrive in the state, through its deliberate policies and investments.
[New Times] Africa, the world's youngest continent is brimming with creativity, talent and innovation. With more than 60% of its population under the age of 25, Africa's youth are fueling entrepreneurship and job creation across the region.
[Premium Times] With dedication, strategic planning, and robust investment, Nigeria's healthcare system can achieve remarkable progress and inspire national pride.
[allAfrica] Johannesburg -- Venessa Chen - a research program coordinator at the Program for Implementation Equity Research within the Johns Hopkins Center for Public Health and Human Rights - shared her research findings on The impact...
[FrontPageAfrica] Ganta, Nimba County -- The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), through its Feed the Future initiative, has awarded a total of $705,000 in grants to 30 promising agribusiness startups following a...
[This Day] Wema Bank Plc, through its flagship initiative, Hackaholics, has demonstrated a steadfast commitment to fostering innovation and supporting tech entrepreneurs, writes Oluchi Chibuzor
[Nile Post] Freza Nanotech Limited, a startup from Uganda, has won the 2024 Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) innovation award for developing a groundbreaking nanotechnology-based solution that extends the...
[Liberian Observer] The Founder and Board Chairman of Starz University, Ambassador Latim Da-Thong, has urged recent graduates of its 7th Bachelor's Class and 1st Master's Class to use their innovation, excellence and academic...
[Liberian Investigator] Ganta -- The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), through its Feed the Future initiative, has awarded a total of $705,000 in grants to 30 promising agribusiness startups following a dynamic...
[Daily Maverick] After much laughter and derision, followed by years of vicious state pushback, bitcoin seems to have won the day, if not the century (if not the future). It's no longer speculative or risky. It is currently in the...
[New Times] The Ministry of ICT and Innovation, in partnership with Access to Finance Rwanda (AFR), officially launched the National Fintech Strategy on November 28 - a landmark initiative that provides a comprehensive roadmap for...
[Nile Post] President Museveni has called on public service administrators to collaborate closely with political leaders to address Africa's socio-economic challenges effectively. Speaking at the 43rd African Association for Public...
[The Conversation Africa] A cluster of people talking on social media about their mysterious rashes. A sudden die-off of birds at a nature preserve. A big bump in patients showing up to a city's hospital emergency rooms.
[The Conversation Africa] The discovery of antibiotics is one of the greatest medical breakthroughs of the 20th century. Before antibiotics, childbirth, a urinary tract infection, or a simple cut could lead to death from infection.
[263Chat] Zimbabwean exporters will now be subjected to a standardized foreign currency retention threshold of 70 percent following the success of the auction based system in improving foreign currency availability for producers.
[Govt of SA] A few months ago I declared my intention to convene a national taxi indaba, which will emerge with a ground-breaking compact that will take the transformation of the taxi industry to its logical conclusion. The outcomes of...
[263Chat] The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Governor, Dr John Mangudya has ordered mobile money companies to immediately stop registering multiple individual wallets which are being used as conduits for bypassing regulatory transaction...
[Zimbabwe Independent] The Zimbabwean dollar, re-introduced last year, is continuing to crumble despite frantic attempts by the government to forge ahead with plans to de-dollarise the economy.
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko and Nairobi Metropolitan Service Director General, Maj Gen Mohamed Badi, have appealed to Nairobi health care workers to resume duty and allow room for dialogue on pay hike demands.
[New Times] Financial services also fell prey to the hackers, with phishing attacks often carried out using emails offering various benefits and bonuses to customers of credit institutions due to the pandemic.
[New Times] Statistics by NAEB show that the value of horticulture exports increased from over $27 million in the fiscal year 2018-2019, to more than $28 million in the year 2019-2020.
[Zimbabwe Independent] The Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) resumed trading last week after a five-week suspension at the instigation of the government of Zimbabwe, but three dual listed stocks out of the listed 59 counters remain under...
[New Era] Local forex traders Michael Amushelelo and Gregorie Cloete suffered a legal blow yesterday in the Windhoek Magistrate's Court after the presiding officer dismissed their application to provisionally withdraw their case from the...
[Daily Maverick] While freedom of speech is clearly an imperative which must be jealously guarded, the potential for digital vigilantism to be hijacked in order to deliver disinformation campaigns cannot be understated. The likes of...
[New Times] Bank of Kigali has urged clients who want to buy equipment to run and boost their businesses' profitability to apply for 'equipment loan' from the bank that is paid back at lower interest rate.
[SAnews.gov.za] Health Minister, Dr Zweli Mkhize, has assured health care workers that their safety remains a priority, as they continue to battle the COVID-19 outbreak.
[Nation] The Igembe Members of County Assembly Caucus has called for a sustainable solution to the miraa trade stalemate in Somalia terming the current arrangement unpredictable.
[GroundUp] Lydia Ngakane, 75, from Zone 7, Pimville in Soweto has been living without electricity for six weeks after the area's substation blew. She says she feels ashamed having to ask neighbours for warm tea and food. Photo: Mosa Damane
[SAnews.gov.za] The Health Department has recruited close to 2 400 medical interns, as the country grapples with mounting COVID-19 cases and a struggling health system.
[Nyasa Times] Leader of opposition in Parliament Kondwani Nankhumwa has said it is the responsibility of any capable individuals to support government in its fight against the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic because its further spread is...
[Nyasa Times] Agricultural Commercialization Project of Malawi (AGCOM) says it is committed to ensure implementation of Government effort in the creation of the much touted of 1 million jobs promised by the Tonse Alliance led government.