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Africa one of the fastest growing broadband market

Africa is one of the regions with the highest increase in broadband services across the world, according to Omdia’s new Africa Broadband Outlook 2023 white paper.
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2:50
Oct 17, 2023

The African Union pushes countries to increase broadband penetration

The African Union believes increased broadband usage will catalyse the continent's development.
1:40

Spectrum management training opens for young African women

PRIDA project provides fully-funded training on spectrum management for young women currently enrolled in their final year of studies.
1:50
Dec 2, 2022

Access Now petitions AU to help restore internet in Tigray

Organisation claims the region has experienced two years of sustained internet shutdowns.
3:00
Nov 9, 2022

Addressing network availability can trigger broadband explosion in Africa

Informa Tech and Huawei host fourth Broadband Africa Forum at AfricaCom 2022.
3:50
Sep 14, 2021

UN launches data portal to measure Africa’s progress on SDGs

Africa UN Data for Development Platform will serve as a one-stop-shop repository.
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Jun 24, 2021

AU agency, university, CSIR unveil incubation centre

The project partners say the continent needs to look inwards to develop, strengthen and upscale innovations that could help it develop.
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Feb 16, 2021

Resilience and continuity: Guiding the CIO strategy in 2021

Fikile Sibiya, CIO of e4 shares her view on the current state of play and what a roadmap for 2021 might entail.
2:30
Dec 14, 2020

Skills development critical to Africa’s ecommercial future

Key takeaway from the recently concluded 2020 AU e-commerce conference.
2:40
Oct 14, 2020

Innovation to help travellers in Africa comply with COVID-19 protocols

Econet, PanaBIOS unveil new applications to digitise pandemic certificates.
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Jul 20, 2020

Africa’s PPE portal expands, secures Gates Foundation partnership

The Africa Medical Supplies Platform experiences a surge in demand for medical supplies from AU member states, amid a peak in coronavirus infections.
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Jun 19, 2020

Africa’s ‘Amazon’ for COVID-19 medical supplies launches

The Africa Medical Supplies Platform unlocks access to critical COVID-19 medical equipment for all member states of the African Union.