Gemalto wins Ugandan border management

Gemalto, in co-operation with local partner SCINTL, has been awarded the contract for the supply of a Border Management System (BMS) including airport self-service eKiosks at Entebbe, creating a faster and more convenient border-crossing experience for travelers and...

Rwandan officials get up to speed on digital economy

Delegates from the government of Rwanda have completed the first New Economy Workshop held at Alibaba Group’s headquarters in Hangzhou. During the four-day workshop, twelve government leaders met with Alibaba executives across multiple businesses to learn about...

New regional CEO for Liquid Telecom MEWA

Liquid Telecom has appointed Mohamed Abdel Bassit as its new regional CEO for Middle East and West Africa (MEWA), effective 1 January 2019. Based in Cairo, Bassit will oversee the group’s expansion further into MEWA following the recent news that it is investing...

Tigo, Ericsson accelerate digitalisation in Senegal

Tigo Senegal has selected Ericsson for its nationwide network modernization project as it looks to accelerate digitalisation in the expanding Senegalese market.  The terms of the new three-year deal cover over 1000 existing sites including the latest Ericsson Radio...

Liquid Telecoms invest in Egyptian network

Pan-African telecoms group Liquid Telecom has announced that it is investing 8-billion Egyptian Pounds ($400m US Dollars) in Egypt over the next three years. This is part of a major partnership with Telecom Egypt which includes network infrastructure and data centres....

100 start-ups that could speed African innovation

IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, in cooperation with Egypt’s Ministry of Investment and International Cooperation (MIIC) have selected more than 100 high-potential start-ups to participate in a new initiative designed to spur innovation and job creation...