African Union

AU, Meta, Deloitte establish AI platform for African small enterprises

AKILI AI seeks to empower African businesses by maximising their potential and enabling inclusive growth and sustainable development across the continent.
Lezeth Khoza
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Intel Corporation announces winners of the 2024 CRP

The 2024 Community Reach Program (CRP) focused on women in technology, with 115 women-led applications received.
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Dec 13, 2024

Cassava Technologies founder gets Stellenbosch University honours

Strive Masiyiwa, a technology entrepreneur and investor who pioneered Africa's mobile telecoms sector, received an honorary doctorate in engineering from Stellenbosch University this week.
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Nov 27, 2024

INTERPOL, AFRIPOL, Kaspersky catch 1 000 cybercriminals in African operation

Kaspersky says the partnership has resulted in it being an active contributor to fostering a more cyber-savvy environment in Africa.
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Nov 19, 2024

Kaspersky, AFRIPOL partner to combat cyber-crime

The five-year agreement formalises and facilitates cooperation between the company and the law enforcement body.
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Jun 19, 2024

African ministers adopt continental AI strategy

The strategy sets the roadmap for African countries to harness the potential of AI to achieve developmental aspirations.
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Jun 3, 2024

MasterCard’s inaugural ed-tech conference set for Nigeria next month

The conference scheduled for July 8-10 in Nigeria will highlight the transformative role of technology in Africa’s education ecosystem.
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Sep 1, 2023

Exclusive: Africa CDC offers first healthtech informatics fellowship

The fellowship programme provides professionals with on-the-job training to apply expertise in information science, computer science, and information technology.
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May 22, 2023

Siemens, UN Women to empower young African girls in IT

Siemens to make €780,000 available, in the form of hardware, IT training materials and technical assistance, to enhance young girls’ access to jobs.
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SADC countries implored to pick digitisation for development

African lawmakers have been urged to harness the potential of the digital space to close the gender gap and foster economic growth.
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Feb 8, 2021

China’s CBDC could be trade currency of choice in AfCFTA

The digital yuan could serve as a valuable intermediary currency says Fintech and China expert Richard Turrin.