Jan 31, 2017
Ecobank has launched the Ecobank Fintech Challenge, a competition for African technology start-ups to build and deploy innovative fintech and banking solutions across the continent. Ecobank is currently accepting applications from start-ups and developers in all 54...
Jan 31, 2017
The Swift Innotribe Startup Challenge for Africa is open for applications. For the third year running, the Startup Challenge will be part of SWIFT’s African Regional Conference (ARC) held in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, from 16-18 May 2017. ARC brings together...
Jan 30, 2017
Each year thousands of Internet users become victims of a cybercrime that leaves them out of pocket. Research from Kaspersky Lab reveals that over half (52%) of Internet users globally who’ve lost money at the hands of cybercriminals have only got some, or none, of...
Jan 30, 2017
Drones currently play an invaluable role in surveillance conducted by both private and state security forces across the world. However, they can just as easily be utilised – or even hi–jacked – by terrorist organisations and used to access state information and spy on...
Jan 30, 2017
Technology companies have rallied around immigrant workers in the wake of an executive order by US president Donald Trump that prohibits entry by people from seven majority-Muslim nations for 90 days. Citizens of Syria, Iraq, Iran, Sudan, Somalia, Yemen and Libya are...
Jan 30, 2017
Technology is affecting how parents interact with their children. Intel Security released findings from a recent global study, “New Family Dynamics in a Connected World”, that aims to better comprehend how families’ attitudes and habits are evolving...
