About nine out of ten Somalis above the age of 16 own a phone. Omar Abdisalan/Amisom/Flickr Victor Odundo Owuor, University of Colorado October 12, 2018//-A recent World Bank report showed that Somalia has one of the most active mobile money markets in the world, outpacing most other countries in Africa.
Category: Technology
Principles of Security: Cryptography is Based on Infeasibility, not Impossibility
October 11, 2018//-The dirty little secret of cryptography is: not only can every modern system in use be broken, the most efficient algorithms to crack them are already well known.
Aurecon RSA Staff Members Become Certified Asset Management Assessors
October 11, 2018//-Fourteen South African staff members of global engineering and infrastructure advisory company Aurecon have passed the international CAMA (Certified Asset Management Assessor) examination to date.
MultiChoice Talent Factory Opens West Africa Academy
October 10, 2018//-The West African Academy of MultiChoice Talent Factory (MTF), has officially opened in Lagos by the Deputy Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture, Dr. Ziblim Barri Iddi and the Lagos State Commissioner of Tourism, Arts and Culture, Mr. Steve Ayorinde earlier this week.
UAE’s First Artificial Intelligence Platform Launched
Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, October 10, 2018//-Bee’ah. a pioneer in sustainability in the Middle East,and Evoteq, its technology partner, have announced the launch of the UAE’s first advanced Artificial Intelligence platform, which will digitally transform offices and operations to maximise productivity, business excellence and sustainable practices.
250 Women Storm Accra to Devise Solutions for Africa’s Growing Digital Gender Gap
Accra, Ghana, October 9, 2018//-Over 250 women from across the African continent’s tech industries will gather in Accra from October 9-11, 2018 for the second Africa Summit on Women and Girls in Technology to determine the policy steps needed to close Africa’s growing digital gender gap, which is the largest in the world.
DHL Express Outshines Rivals, Picks Top Employer Certifications in Africa
Cape Town, South Africa, October 9, 2018//- DHL Express has been recognised as a Top Employer in Africa for the fifth consecutive year, at the prestigious Top Employer Africa 2019 certification ceremony, held at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg recently.
Paxful Looking at Cryptocurrency’s Potential in East Africa
Nairobi, Kenya, October 8, 2018/ — The need for investing in Cryptocurrency is steadily rising in East Africa; specifically Kenya as more and more people are gradually gaining trust/confidence in the use of Cryptocurrency.
Burkina Faso, Senegal and Togo Look Hard at e-commerce Opportunities
October 8, 2018//-Representatives of West African countries are gathering in Burkina Faso to consider their e-commerce future and what needs to be done to realise it.
SAP Africa Code Week 2018 Drives Sustainable Digital Skills Dev’t in 36 African Countries
Johannesburg, South Africa, October 8, 2018//-The fourth edition of the increasingly popular Africa Code Week, an initiative of SAP, kicked-off today at a function held in Johannesburg.