Campaigners demand that African leaders end fossil fuel investment

African climate campaigners and renewable energy industry advocates convened a press conference at COP28 in Dubai this week, urging African leaders to put their communities first and reject new fossil fuel investments. “The climate crisis continues to impact the...

Youth-led African enterprises awarded $800k for climate solutions

Eight African young women-led businesses emerged as winners of the 2023 YouthAdapt challenge. Each business will receive grant funding of up to $100 000. They will also receive a comprehensive mentorship and coaching as part of a 12-month accelerator program. Since...

Delta Scan wins Africa leg of Start-Up World Cup

Delta Scan, with its engineering drone-based inspection technology and digital analysis, has walked off with the African leg of the Start-Up World Cup Pitch Competition at Africa Tech Festival that played out in Cape Town last week. “I appreciate the belief the...

AfricaCom: Collaboration is key to Africa’s digital growth

The importance of collaboration to Africa’s digital growth trajectory was underlined at the recent AfricaCom conference, which took place in Cape Town from 13 to 16 November. Opening the technology conference, which is the largest in Africa, Minister of Communications...

Kaspersky opens first African Transparency Centre

As part of the Africa Cyber Defense Forum (ACDF), Kaspersky has opened its first Transparency Centre in the African region. The new centre, located in Kigali, Rwanda, is opening as part of Kaspersky’s Global Transparency Initiative, established to highlight the...

Platform lets Africa participate in more contracts

The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) in Cairo presented an intra-African Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) platform designed to empower African contractors to successfully bid for contracts by allowing for the seamless posting of key...