Emerging Technologies

A new report identifies prospects for UK-Africa space partnerships

Experts from South Africa, Kenya, Rwanda, and other organisations recently visited various UK space sector enterprises as part of a knowledge exchange tour.
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Kenya commits to comply with data regulations

Kenya, through the Office of the Data privacy Commissioner, has led the way in lobbying for data protection regulations.
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Yesterday

Kenya cautions unlawful e-commerce operators

Illegal e-commerce operators in East Africa's largest economy face fines and imprisonment, the regulator cautioned.
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Tuesday

NEC's NeoFace Watch helps Zim nab Chinese syndicate

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

Netstar launches Africa's largest real-time vehicle telematics bureau

Netstar says the new centre will serve the company's growing commercial fleet customer base, as well as an emergency contact centre and vehicle recovery operation.
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Sedna, Haivision partner to bring video solutions to African mines

Increasing demand for improved safety, monitoring, and operational excellence coincide with the African mining sector’s adoption of technologies to improve efficiency.
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Goodwell backs OmniRetail to boost informal retail

Impact investor Goodwell, in collaboration with long-term partner Alitheia Capital, invested through its uMunthu II fund, initiating OmniRetail's Series A fundraising round.
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MasterCard, Onafriq partner to bring new payments suite to Africa

According to the companies, the partnership will drive growth of digital financial services, including mobile money transactions, and cross-border remittances.
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Software programmers to make full use of AI code assistants

Research firm Gartner says the benefits provided by AI code assistants lead to increased job satisfaction and retention, resulting in reduced turnover costs.
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Mozambique restricts mobile money transfers to combat terrorism

The Central Bank imposed transactional limitations on electronic currency institutions and required them to classify their clients based on risk assessment.
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TikTok removes 1.7 million Nigerians for platform breaches

TikTok says the removed videos violated several regulations, including those governing integrity and authenticity, privacy and security, and safety, among others.
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SA tech exec nominated for Africa women in development award

Joanna Govender is representing South Africa as one of 1700 nominees from 34 African countries for the Donors for Africa Foundation's African Women in Development Awards