African startups start XL residency

Twenty of the most promising African digital start-ups will take part in the XL Africa residency, the flagship initiative of the business accelerator launched last April by the World Bank Group’s infoDev program. From 6 to 17 November in Cape Town, the...

Nokia shapes itself for Africa

AfricaCom 2017 will be a landmark event for Nokia as it showcases how the company is shaping the future of technology to transform human experiences with effortless, simple and dependable technologies. Nokia continues to shape the future by expanding the human...

Sage launches second funding round

Sage has launched the second round of funding from Sage Foundation’s Enterprise Fund. The fund supports the creation of either new or piloted entrepreneurial programmes to help improve the lives of military veterans, young people or women and girls in Africa and...

Angola Cables connects users to Azure

Angola Cables has become a Microsoft ExpressRoute partner to meet the needs of Africa-based organisations migrating business applications and IT infrastructures to the cloud and accelerating digital transformation on the continent. Taking advantage of the Microsoft...

Tanzania set to improve geospatial capacity

Ordnance Survey International (OSI) has been appointed by the World Bank to help build up geospatial data expertise in Tanzania. OSI will do this through capacity building in data collection, data management and data application skills as well as transferring...

New cable to link SA, India

IOX Cable and Alcatel Submarine Networks have started work on a cable route survey for the IOX Cable System, which will span more than 8 850km. The IOX Cable System will enhance communication capabilities along the India to South Africa route. Through its strategic...