Many students in Africa have been faced with overwhelming challenges in accessing high-quality higher education.
Category: Software
Switzerland Tops Global E-commerce Index
Geneva, Switzerland//Europe remains by far the most prepared region for e-commerce, according to UNCTAD’s Business-to-Consumer (B2C) E-commerce Index 2020, but wide gaps with countries with the lowest level of readiness need to be addressed by tackling weaknesses in those nations to spread the benefits of digital transformation to more people.
How e-Government Services Can Pay Dividends
The ability to renew your passport or driver’s license, pay a tax bill, or access government data with the click of a button or swipe of a screen, anytime and anywhere, has grown more important during the COVID-19 pandemic to prevent the spread of the virus.
Transtema Selects Polystar to Deliver Virtual Automation Software-As-A-Service
Stockholm, Sweden//- Elisa Automate, a business unit of Polystar OSIX AB and the leading supplier of Machine Learning / AI-based network automation solutions for Communications Service Providers (CSPs), has been selected by Transtema Network Services, a leading managed service provider of communication networks in Sweden, to enable new automation capabilities.
How South Africa Can Prepare for a Data-driven Education System
As technology – and the data that drives it – becomes more integral in education, policies will need to shift. Stock image/Getty Images Mmaki Jantjies, University of the Western Cape and Paul Plantinga, Human Sciences Research Council There are significant disparities in South Africa’s education system. Schools are divided into quintiles, from one to five; […]
MultiChoice Talent Factory Collaborates in Support of United Nations Campaign
Accra, Ghana, December 9, 2020//-Seven short films aimed at combating COVID-19 misinformation have been produced by the 2020 cohort of the MultiChoice Talent Factory Academy, putting the talents of young African filmmakers to work on one of the biggest challenges of our time.
OKO Leverages 8×8 Chat Apps API to Support Farming Communities Across Africa
London, UK, November 24, 2020 — 8×8, Inc. (NYSE: EGHT), a leading integrated cloud communications platform provider, today announced that OKO, a provider of index insurance and other farming-related services to smallholder farmers in emerging countries, has selected 8×8 to transform communications with farmers across Africa.
Create the Right Ecosystem for Kenya Industries to be Tech-savvy
November 19, 2020//-Innovative manufacturing or industrial innovation is basically the use of new technologies to improve production capabilities, promote efficient utilization of resources while protecting the environment.
Opinion: Embracing Tech Can Power Africa’s Post-Covid Recovery
November 17, 2020//-African nations that master the technological revolution will be the ones to recover and transform fastest from Covid-19, writes Tony Blair, the founder and executive chairman of the Institute for Global Change.
Nigeria Needs Innovation and Science Investment to Help Control COVID-19
Professor Christian Happi, director of the African Centre of Excellence for Genomics of Infectious Diseases, displays one of the most advanced automated acid extractors being used in the laboratory. Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP via Getty Images Christian Happi, Redeemer’s University and Ifeyinwa Aniebo, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health October 28, 2020//-Nigeria, like other African […]