Huawei’s US subsidiary, Huawei Technologies USA Inc. (HT USA), dropped a lawsuit on Sept. 9 against the US Commerce Department and several other US government agencies that it has filed back in June. The case was originally filed in response to telecommunications equipment that was seized without justification by US officials in September 2017. After […]
The burgeoning African gaming market has been spearheaded by a number of countries in recent years with South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania widely deemed as the leading markets on the continent. Thanks to a concoction of budding technological hubs, increasing online access and digital penetrations rates, as well as viable payment solutions being […]
Uganics that manufactures an organic, affordable soap that repels mosquitos with intent to help prevent the spread of malaria and mSCAN’s device that performs ultrasounds through the use of a portable probe and a tablet, laptop, or smartphone, allowing trained healthcare workers and midwives to be prepared for potential risk-factors during delivery have won the […]
SWIFT has published a new API standard for the Pre-authorisation of funds, paving the way for further innovation in financial services enabled by open banking. The new standard allows a payer’s bank to earmark funds for purchase in advance, guaranteeing that the future payment will be honoured. It is the second of SWIFT’s Open Banking […]
The Stanbic Purchase Managers Index (PMI) for August posted a slight decline in its headline registering 57.5 in August, down from 58.2 in July. However, the PMI still scored above the average since the survey began in June 2016. The survey, sponsored by Stanbic Bank and produced by IHS Markit, indicates that improving demand led […]
The University of Toronto is developing an app that will help adolescent refugees in Bidi Bidi Refugee Settlement in West Nile to share Information on gender based violence among other issues affecting the youth in settlement camps. According to Carmen Logie an Associate Professor at the University, who is behind the project, says this involves […]
DHL Express Mobile app launched in eight African countries, and a further 40 countries to be live by the end of 2020; App offers a number of key benefits that facilitate tracking and faster delivery; Growing demand for mobile services in Sub Saharan Africa drives further innovation. DHL Express has announced the launch of an […]
African enterprises are excelling in their efforts to establish Intelligent Enterprise capabilities and take advantage of the immense opportunities of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. This was one of the key outcomes at the 2019 SAP Quality Awards, which were held in Johannesburg and which recognized some of Africa’s most innovative public and private sector SAP […]
Ugandan technology entrepreneur Evelyn Namara is among the Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum Awards finalists for 2019 in Global Brand Award category. Leading Pan African entrepreneurship and innovation non-profit, the Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum (AWIEF), has announced the top finalists in its annual awards to celebrate women leaders and entrepreneurs in Africa. […]
Facebook has, together with Africa Check, announced that it has added new local language support for several African languages. This comes as part of its Third-Party Fact-Checking programme – which helps to assess the accuracy of news on Facebook and aims to reduce the spread of misinformation. Launched in 2018 across five countries in Sub-Saharan […]
Facebook this week is facing another privacy induced lawsuit after its attempt to halt legal action was refused by a federal appeals court. The social networking giant had been sued back in 2015 when Illinois users accused Facebook of violating that state’s Biometric Information Privacy Act in collecting biometric data, Reuters reported. Facebook is already […]
Mauritius will host the 10th anniversary edition of the Africa Peering and Interconnection Forum (AfPIF) being organised by the Internet Society and African IXP Association (AFIX) in collaboration with Rogers Capital. The forum will take place at the Intercontinental Hotel, Balaclava, from August 20 to 22 2019. AfPIF 2019 will connect and bring key infrastructure, service, […]
Huawei has launched its Global Industry Vision (GIV) report, predicting technology and industry development up to 2025. Drawing from Huawei’s own quantitative data and real-world use cases of how intelligent technology is permeating every industry, the report identifies 10 megatrends currently shaping how we live and work. GIV also predicts technology trends up until 2025, […]