Zimbabwe’s Tano Digital broadens reach into Kenya

Olugbenga Agboola has said that joining the group fulfils the fintech's desire to connect Africa to the global economy.

Wim Vanhelleputte ranks digital transformation as Ethiopia's top national objective and identifies key addressable issues to achieve the goal.

A summit of venture capitalists, technologists and start-up founders heard that as global investment slows international investors are increasingly looking to African start-ups for growth.

Zimbabwe police's facial recognition team used NEC's NeoFace Watch system to identify suspects.

The company says Cisco Hypershield allows customers to put security wherever they need to - in the cloud, in the data center, on a factory floor, or a hospital imaging room.

The government says it has revised the traditional practice of laying cables on the ground in favour of using existing infrastructure from the Kenya Power and Lighting Company to connect citizens.

The Uganda Revenue Authority says using electronic financial devices and e-invoicing on corporate transaction systems will help with tax collection.

The Nigerian Communication Commission says the country's broadband internet connections climbed by 1.3 percent month over month in February to 93.4 million.

The transaction provides Vodacom Tanzania with access to important spectrum held by the small operator, which will help it grow 4G and 5G network services.

The R&D centre will focus on 5G, artificial intelligence, data analytics, cloud computing, and digital financial services.

The launch of Tigo Fibre marks the first time in Tanzania that fibre-to-the-home and fibre-to-the-business services will be made available.