Germany//-The new World Robotics 2025 statistics on industrial robots showed 542,076 robots installed in 2024 – more than double the number 10 years ago. Annual installations topped 500,000 units for the fourth straight year. Asia accounted for 74% of new deployments in 2024, compared with 16% in Europe and 9% in the Americas.
A new report published today, titled The Perception Dividend: How Effective Narratives can be a Lever of Business Growth and Legitimacy in Africa, reveals that despite the remarkable growth and impact of African innovation in recent years, technology companies operating across the continent still face a common and often overlooked challenge: a perception deficit.
Accra, Ghana//-President John Dramani Mahama has urged the youth of Ghana to embrace the One Million Coders initiative as a gateway to innovation, entrepreneurship, and global relevance.
Nokia and The Ministry of Digital Transition and Administration Reform of the Kingdom of Morocco have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) during GITEX Africa 2025 in Morocco. This strategic agreement underscores both parties’ commitment to accelerating the objectives of the Digital Morocco 2030 plan.
The Senior Sales Manager of Hytera South Africa, Cedric Mark Rigney, says with the implementation of 4G and the advanced capabilities of 5G, first responders will benefit from real-time video of incidents as they occur.
Ethiopia/ — As the use of digital tools for effective healthcare delivery gradually takes a foothold in Africa, the Africa CDC has unveiled a new platform that caters for differing needs in technology, including access, cost and infrastructure to member states.
Geneva, Switzerland// – The World Economic Forum has launched a Playbook of Solutions, a novel digital platform that breaks down 100 policy measures, finance mechanisms and de-risking solutions from the past two decades that have successfully helped unlock capital for clean energy investment in 47 emerging and developing economies.
Accra, Ghana//-Speakers at the opening ceremony of this year’s Ghana Digital& Innovation Week (GDIW) have underscored the importance of digital innovation to benefit all people in the country.
Dubai, UAE//- Yango Group, a global tech company headquartered in Dubai that creates everyday services, is gearing up to participate in GITEX Global 2024, one of the largest and most influential technology events in the world.
Guinea-Bissau, a small nation on the coast of West Africa, has made a quantum leap into the future. In May 2024, the country successfully launched a blockchain platform—as part of the country’s program with the IMF under the Extended Credit Facility (ECF)—designed to revolutionise its public wage bill management.
