Zindi’s Celina Lee Highlights AI Skills Need for Africa at Paris Summit
Celina Lee, the Co-Founder and CEO of Zindi, Africa’s largest network of data scientists, underscored the transformative potential of AI workforce development during a high-stakes panel session at the just-concluded AI Action Summit in Paris.
Speaking alongside stakeholders such as Google’s Senior VP for Research, James Manyika, and Sylvian Duranton, MD and Senior Partner...
South African Stocks Gain Ahead of Rate Decision
Today’s market analysis on behalf of Daniel Wesonga, Senior Sales Manager at Pepperstone
South African equities are maintaining positive momentum, with the JSE FTSE All Share Index rising by over 1% on Wednesday, bringing its one-year performance to a 14.72% gain. The health technology, consumer durables, and industrial services sectors were key contributors, advancing by 2.54%, 1.21%, and 1.19%,...
Africa Set To Become a Digital Talent Powerhouse
according to experts at inaugural GITEX Global Leaders Vision Summit
Africa is poised to power the world’s digital...
Agricultural technology in Africa at the heart of the continent's food Security action plans
A collaborative effort to invest in agriculture, agri-tech solutions and...
Nigeria’s construction industry to recover and grow by 3.9% in 2021
Nigeria’s construction industry declined by 7.7% in real terms in 2020, hit by both...
COVAX expects to start sending millions of COVID-19 vaccines to Africa in February
COVAX has notified countries in Africa of the estimated dose allocation for...
The African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org), Making Finance Work for Africa (MFW4A) (www.MFW4A.org) and the German Cooperation (BMZ/GIZ) held a two-day international workshop in Frankfurt,...
Equatorial Guinea’s Year of Energy becomes Call to Action for Africa’s Oil Industry
The Ministry of Mines and Hydrocarbons continues rolling out the Year of...
57% of Africa’s population lacking any form of bank account
40 % of African banking customers prefer digital channels for transactions
Some 40 percent of the...
Corruption does not invest in the future, it kills the future”
“We are working hard with governments to improve transparency, governance, accountability and project delivery...
European Union support for the African Peace and Security Architecture: poor effect and in need of refocusing, say auditors
EU financial support for the African...
CSquared envisions ‘Fiberising’ Africa through affordable broadband internet connectivity
CSquared, a pan-african broadband infrastructure provider that enables ISPS and MNOs to provide high quality broadband...
