Vanu, a provider of equipment, tools and services that allow mobile network operators to serve off-grid communities, has announced the expansion of its ongoing agreement with Africa Mobile Networks (AMN) to supply mobile network infrastructure in support of AMN’s mission to serve rural communities in Sub-Saharan Africa. Vanu and AMN share the goal of providing […]

Antler, a global startup generator and early stage VC, has set up its operations in East Africa. Commencing in August, the first Kenyan cohort will include around 40 future founders, aiming to form up to 16 startups a year. “We’re excited to launch Antler in Nairobi in August 2019, supporting Africa based founders in launching […]

A leading bank in Ethiopia has digitally innovated its business thanks to the help of VMware. The Bank of Abyssinia (BOA) needed to scale and improve both its production and disaster recovery environments, and be a more digitally inclusive business, but was inhibited by exorbitant costs of new equipment and long delivery cycles. Established in […]

Digital Lab Africa (DLA), a springboard and incubation platform for African creatives in digital content, has announced the 10 winning projects of this year’s edition of the DLA accelerator programme. Initiated by the Embassy of France and French Institute in South Africa (IFAS), DLA is managed by the South African technology hub Tshimologong Digital Innovation […]

Liquid Telecom Kenya, part of the leading pan-African telecoms group Liquid Telecom, has made telemedicine a reality for thousands of patients at the Aga Khan Hospital, Mombasa. Using its high-speed fibre network, Liquid Telecom has connected the main hospital in Mombasa to seven of its outreach centres in the coastal region bringing healthcare closer to […]

Kenya President Uhuru Kenyatta has urged African Governments to create an enabling environment to enable the private sector to participate more in the development of critical infrastructure in Africa. The President said he was convinced that public private partnerships supported by robust national institutions to ensure accountability and transparency holds the key to closing the […]

Technology and digitalisation are powering agriculture like never before. The first AgTech Africa event taking place in Kenya next week will address implementations in the farm, field and supply chain, and showcase use cases from investors, agribusiness companies, plantation owners, startups and innovative technology developers. This strategic and high-level event will focus on the hottest […]

Rwandan President, Paul Kagame and Globacom’s Executive Vice Chairman, Bella Disu, have discussed the use of digital technology to help the march towards economic prosperity in Africa. The two leaders held a private meeting after the opening session of the two-day Africa CEO Forum taking place in Kigali. Globacom said it was willing to use […]

Leading Pan-African Internet and connectivity service provider, SEACOM has announced that it will now offer direct connections from its East Africa network to public cloud networks and data centres in South Africa.   This follows the launch of Microsoft’s enterprise-grade data centres in Johannesburg and Cape Town.   SEACOM’s offering, available to business customers, will […]

Liberty Life Assurance Kenya has contracted SilverBridge to develop a paperless application form that integrates with its existing policy administrative system. This streamlines not only the application process, but also enables the effective updating of customer details using mobile devices. “With an objective of automating the customer onboarding process and the completion of an insurance […]

The World AI Show has kicked off in Nairobi, Kenya. The thought leadership-driven, business-focused series of events is part of a world tour that is also taking in Dubai, Singapore, Mauritius, Riyadh and Mumbai this year. It connects top AI experts, enterprises, government representatives, data scientists, technology leaders, startups, investors, researchers, academicians and global AI […]

BP and Masana Petroleum Solutions are set to revolutionise commercial fuel payment and management for their customers, with the launch of the solution, BP FleetMove, built on the advanced Payment 24 platform. Payment24, an advanced international fuel payment system, is the backbone of two new flagship fuel payment and fuel management offerings for BP and […]