SatADSL, YahClick unite to steer Africa across the digital divide

Brussels-based satellite services provider SatADSL has partnered with YahClick to enhance its connectivity offering across Sub-Saharan Africa. The partnership appoints SatADSL as a new Virtual Network Operator (VNO) partner to YahClick, the UAE-based broadband...

Cloud can help to reduce banking costs in Africa

More than 700-million Africans lack access to a bank or mobile money account and only 41% of Africans are financially included. This is due to the high cost of providing financial services in Africa which forces many financial services providers to remain focused on...

Hackathon aims to find Covid-19 solutions for Africa

The African Development Bank and partners are set to host an online #AfricaVsVirus Challenge from 16 to 19 April 2020. The 72-hour competition is a global hackathon – or “ideathon” – to develop effective solutions to the coronavirus pandemic....

Shared risk massively opens up Africa’s solar energy opportunities

There is now a zero-risk, zero-cost way to establish renewable energy in Africa. Advanced delivery models and mature global providers have encouraged financiers to provide innovative solutions that don’t even require companies to pay a deposit. By Wessel...

Covid-19 casts a dark shadow on smartphone sales in West Africa

Nigeria’s smartphone market grew 5,3% quarter on quarter (QoQ) in Q4 2019, according to the latest figures from global technology and consulting services firm International Data Corporation (IDC). This growth comes on the back of a 3,2% QoQ increase in Q3 2019...