Drones to deliver vaccines in Rwanda

The UPS Foundation has partnered with Zipline, a California¬-based robotics company, and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, to explore using drones to transform the way life-saving medicines like blood and vaccines are delivered across the world. All too often, critical...

Rwanda pushes forward for cashless society

The Government of Rwanda has announced a collaboration with MasterCard to fast-track the country’s move to include 90% of its citizens in the financial mainstream, as set out in its Vision 2020 strategy. In a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), signed by the CEO,...

Ericsson joins SMART Africa Alliance

The SMART Africa Secretariat and Ericsson have entered an ICT partnership to meet the goal of developing a more connected and fully functioning knowledge-based society in Africa. As a result of the partnership, Ericsson joins the Smart Africa Alliance as technical...

Airtel, Facebook bring connectivity to Nigerians

Bharti Airtel Africa has launched Free Basics in Nigeria in partnership with Facebook. Nigerians with an Airtel mobile connection will be able to access all the services that are available through Free Basics without paying extra for data charges or rental. Free...

Finalists for the African Banker Awards are …

The shortlist for the 10th edition of the African Banker Awards has been released. This year’s shortlist is dominated by some of the larger banking groups from North, East, South and West Africa. The winners will be revealed at a gala dinner during the African...

Ericsson, MTN bring LTE to Ghana

Ericsson has been selected by MTN Ghana for the deployment of a new LTE network in the Greater Accra region. The deployment will enable MTN to offer its 16-million subscribers high-quality mobile broadband experiences based on HSPA and LTE technologies. Under the...