Virtual teaching becomes a reality through new education technology

Vodacom and the Eastern Cape Department of Education have taken the digitalisation of education in the province a step further through the launch of the ‘Virtual Teacher’ platform in East London today. The move follows Vodacom’s Programme for Mobile Devices introduced in the province earlier this year to promote the use of digital technology in […]

Response to the Department of Basic Education’s hacking incident

The Department of Basic Education’s website was recently hacked by the Islamic State, posting gory pictures and a message about the US Government. Following this incident, Bryan Hamman, Territory Manager for sub-Saharan Africa at Arbor Networks, the world’s leading provider of DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) protection in the enterprise, carrier and mobile market segments, […]

Stellenbosch University reaps managed print services rewards with Datacentrix

Stellenbosch University (SU) has solved its printing environment woes, including a lack of proactive management, device downtime and billing related challenges, with the rollout of a managed print and document solution across its campus by Datacentrix, a provider of high performing and secure ICT solutions. Datacentrix’ competitive offering won the university’s recent managed print services […]

Microsoft SA, Intervate and 2enable launch online portal to empower students

Microsoft South Africa, together with Intervate and 2enable, have created a portal for young South Africans, called Mahala.ms. Through this portal, young people can activate licences for the Microsoft Office 365 suite and OneDrive cloud-based storage services free of charge. The main objective is to enable learners from grades R to 12 to become more […]

Free ESET cybersecurity awareness training set up for Kenya’s SME

ESET East Africa has set up a free online training for businesses in Kenya in a move to educate employees while enabling firms to curb the impact of cyberattacks and data breaches that are becoming more severe to business operations around the world. A recent survey by ESET in its North American markets found that […]

Digital skills development initiative to train half a million young Africans

The 2017 edition of Africa Code Week officially kicked off yesterday in Flic-En-Flac, Mauritius. Now in its third year, Africa Code Week aims to spread coding literacy among African youth, with a key focus on female skills development and training. Inaugurated in 2015 by SAP Corporate Social Responsibility EMEA and several public and private sector […]

Internet Society announces Africa Regional Internet and Development Dialogue

The Internet Society announced today that it will hold the first ever Africa Regional Internet and Development Dialogue, in partnership with UNESCO and Republic of Rwanda Ministry of Youth and ICT. The two-day meeting will take place between 8-9 May 2017 in Kigali, Rwanda. It will bring together experts including government and inter-governmental organisation officials, […]

Samsung to continue investing in education centres across Africa  

In keeping with Samsung’s goal to enrich and transform lives through digital technology, the electronics giant reiterated its commitment to advancing access to technology in education across Africa. To date, Samsung has launched 10 Digital Villages, 33 Solar-Powered Internet Schools, 27 eLearning Centres, 22 Smart Schools, 12 Engineering Academies and 8 Digital Libraries across Africa […]

Tax firm RSM-UK and Wye Valley donate 50 laptops for Zambian school

Wye Valley Zambia project of the United Kingdom, through RSM-UK have sourced and donated 50 laptops to Libala High School in preparation for the launch of the school’s Microsoft Showcase programme which will coincide with the commemoration of the ICT Week in March this year. And Zambia’s High Commissioner to the United Kingdom Muyeba Chikonde […]

Vodacom hands over equipped cyberlab to secondary school in Mqanduli

In a bid to address cost challenges associated with access to education and to help provided Internet connectivity to schools, Vodacom and the Department of Communications, handed over a fully equipped cyberlab to learners at Mancam Junior Secondary School in Mqanduli. Through this handover, Vodacom has provided the school with 26 tablets including free access […]

Mastercard targets 100,000 excluded farmers for upskilling

Impact investing pioneer Root Capital announced at the African Green Revolution Forum a new partnership with The MasterCard Foundation that will help raise incomes for over 300,000 smallholder farmers in West Africa. The Foundation has committed $5.2 million to Root Capital over five years to support early-stage agricultural businesses that generate transformational impact in rural […]

Radio astronomy driving big data computing in South Africa

With the growing demand for big data facilities in research and business, the Department of Science and Technology, South Africa continues to invest in growing the country’s cyberinfrastructure. The investment is also a boost to local universities that will be taking the lead in these initiatives. The Department of Science and Technology will invest a total […]

Donors target North African women in agricultural technologies

The International Centre for Biosaline Agriculture launched the design phase of a new major regional programme to empower young Arab women scientists and leaders in agricultural research and development. Funded by the Islamic Development Bank and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the design phase will lay the groundwork for the Young Arab Women Scientists […]

Facebook’s Zuckerberg breezes into Lagos feeling innovation tempo

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is visiting Nigeria this week on his first trip to Africa, using his time in the country to visit the Yaba technology hub in Lagos, meet with developers and partners, and explore Nollywood. Zuckerberg is in Nigeria to listen and learn and take ideas back to California on how Facebook can […]

Tablets join PCs in downward trend across region, IDC

The Africa and Middle East tablet market declined 12.3% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2016 to total 3.32 million units, according to the latest figures from International Data Corporation IDC. The global research and consulting services firm’s Middle East and Africa Quarterly Tablet Tracker indicates that the MEA tablet market contracted on a year-on-year […]

Africa Union Commission and ZTE sign MoU for smart technologies

The African Union Commission and China based ZTE Corporation signed a Memorandum of Understanding to enhance cooperation in ICT and smart digital transformation of the continent. The Agreement was signed at ZTE headquarters in Shenzhen, People’s Republic of China, between HE Erastus Mwencha, Deputy Chairperson of the African Union Commission and Dr Pang Shengqing, Senior […]

Cisco telepresence connects Kenya and UAE school students

As part of its efforts to inspire youth to consider careers in technology, Cisco brought together students from Jebel Ali School in Dubai with their counterparts from Makini School in Nairobi, Kenya through Cisco Telepresence. The immersive digital experience provided more than 140 students an opportunity to engage live across continents to share insights into […]

GE opens $13M healthcare skills and training institute in Kenya

General Electric marked another step in the development of sustainable healthcare in Kenya, with the inauguration of the brand new $13 million GE Healthcare Skills and Training Institute, an education facility for healthcare professionals. The center was inaugurated in the presence of Dr Cleopa Mailu, Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Health for Kenya and John Flannery, […]

Telco Systems implements 10 Gigabit Ethernet for Kenyan education network

Telco Systems, a provider of enterprise networking solutions, announced the company has deployed a new 10 Gigabit Ethernet high capacity carrier network for the Kenya Education Network in Kenya. Kenya Education Network is a not-for-profit telecommunications operator in Kenya supporting the communication needs of the education and research institutions in the country. Kenya Education Network is […]

How Africa can remain relevant in 2020

By 2025, jobs which were common place in 2015 will no longer exist. Students graduating in 2016, will have obsolete qualifications for which there will no longer be a profession by 2025. Front line military personnel will be replaced with robots. Private bankers and wealth managers will be replaced with algorithms. Telemarketers, data entry capturers, […]