Sep 12, 2019
The US Department of Commerce, on behalf of the president of the US, has reappointed Takreem El Tohamy, IBM’s GM for the Middle East and Africa, to the US President’s Advisory Council on Doing Business in Africa (PAC-DBIA). The PAC-DBIA was established in...
Sep 11, 2019
DYDX, a digital transformation practice based in Cape Town, partnered with Beninese-French visionary Bola Bardet to create and launch Susu Healthcare. The first-of-its-kind full-service digital healthcare company was taken from concept to launch in less than 18...
Sep 10, 2019
There is thinking and then there is blue-sky thinking. The latter is defined by how industry and individual can look at a situation through the eyes of what could be, or what might be achieved. The former should be defined by innovation and opportunity. When it comes...
Sep 6, 2019
Two education projects serving Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Nigeria and Liberia have been recognized as WISE Awards winners for their work in education. The World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE), a Qatar Foundation (QF) initiative, has revealed the winners of the 2019...
Sep 6, 2019
Two education projects serving Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Nigeria and Liberia have been recognized as WISE Awards winners for their work in education. The World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE), a Qatar Foundation (QF) initiative, has revealed the winners of the 2019...
Sep 6, 2019
The International Trade Centre (ITC) and Visa have launched a partnership to increase the participation of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) and women-led businesses in international trade. The announcement was made at the 28th World Economic Forum...