Washington DC, US//— With Africa’s share of the global workforce projected to become the largest in the world by 2100, it is critical for African countries to increase the uptake of digital technologies to drive employment growth for the more than 22 million Africans joining the workforce each year, emphasises a new report released today.
By expanding their use of digital health tools, African health systems could realize up to 15 percent efficiency gains by 2030 and reinvest the savings to improve access and outcomes. The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the importance of digitalisation in supporting access to essential healthcare services in the most remote areas.
An election official uses the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System to take a picture of a voter during Nigeria’s presidential election. Patrick Meinhardt/Getty Images Abiodun Fatai, Lagos State University Technology nearly derailed the conclusion of the 2023 presidential elections in Nigeria. The Independent National Electoral Commission could not fulfil its promise to transmit election results from […]
A lot of people wonder, but not many people have the guts to come out and ask, “What is an app?” Perhaps a better question might be, “What makes an app an app?” Sure, you use apps every day, and you know lots of businesses have their own apps, but when it comes to what […]
Africa’s tech and startups coverage has grown massively over the past few years.
3rdtimeluckystudio/Shutterstock Emile Ormond, University of South Africa When people think about artificial intelligence (AI), they may have visions of the future. But AI is already here. At its base, it is the recreation of aspects of human intelligence in computerised form. Like human intelligence, it has wide application. Voice-operated personal assistants like Siri, self-driving cars, […]
Lagos, Nigeria – 24 January 2023: Touch and Pay Technologies [TAP], a Nigerian fintech company and leading processor of micro-transactions in Africa, announced today that for the first time, rail passengers across Nigeria’s largest city, Lagos, can access the newly launched Blue Rail Line using TAP’s contactless Cowry card.
Accra, Ghana//-From the complexities of distribution hubs to a functioning nationwide logistics network, not to mention the minimum consistent business activity needed to make the whole model viable, a housing numbering system performs an essential role in the development of the next Amazon in Africa.
Washington DC, US// At the close of the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit, U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) and Mastercard announced a collaboration to increase support to financial institutions, agricultural and technology companies, and other businesses engaged with Mastercard Community Pass, a digital platform designed to address infrastructure challenges that arise in digitizing rural communities, such as […]
Nairobi, Kenya//- When the early days of the pandemic pushed industries across East Africa into survival mode, it sparked a wave of cloud adoption that has swept through the region.
