KT expands in Africa

KT Corp, Korea’s largest telecommunications company, will expand its co-operation with African countries in ICT, based on its successful nationwide LTE network in Rwanda, which is believes is a first in Africa. KT, formerly known as Korea Telecom, disclosed its...

Tech solutions proposed for Armyworm issue

Nesta, on behalf of Feed the Future, has announced that 228 applications were received, mostly from Africa, for the global Fall Armyworm Tech Prize. The prize aims to find digital solutions to identify, track and protect crops from the pest, which has devastated...

Gulf Energy commits to clean energy

Gulf Energy, the developer of the largest private sector led infrastructure project in East and Central Africa, the 1050Mw Lamu Coal Power Plant (Amu Power), has entered into a Clean Coal Technology agreement with General Electric (GE). In terms of the agreement, the...

Ecobank wins digital strategy award

Ecobank won the Best Digital Strategy Award at the Retail Banker International’s prestigious awards ceremony in London last week. Ecobank’s digital strategy leverages digitalisation for scale and ubiquity and is the key plank in its ambition to be the top...

IFC, Mastercard Foundation extend financial inclusion

“Financial inclusion is one of Africa’s great success stories of this decade. Mobile money solutions and agent banking now offer affordable, instant, and reliable transactions, savings, credit, and even insurance opportunities in rural villages and urban...

We are all winners with AfCFTA, says Ethiopian PM

The transformational opportunities offered by the African Continental Free Trade Area together with the measures needed to unlock them has been the focus of a high-level ministerial dialogue convened by the UN Economic Commission for Africa in Addis Ababa. During the...