The 2024 edition of the Mobile World Congress (MWC), the world’s leading trade fair for mobile technology and related industries, opened in Barcelona, Spain, on… Read More »MWC 2024 Opens with Focus on 5G, AI Innovations
Equinix is planning to invest $390 million in building data centers in Africa over the next five years. The investment will focus primarily on South… Read More »US Telco Equinix To Build $390 Million in Data Centres in Africa
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has signed a deal with the United States Department of State and international management consultancy firm Deloitte on… Read More »Nigeria Signs Deal with U.S, Deloitte to Reduce Gas Emissions from OML 34
The 2023 Singapore Fintech Festival (SFF) is ready to set the stage for innovation and financial technology advancements from Wednesday, 15th to 17th of November… Read More »Singapore FinTech Festival 2023 8th Edition Set to Kick Off
Expand North Star, the world’s largest start-up show, kicked off in Dubai Harbour on Sunday, October 15, one of the largest ever edition featuring more… Read More »Expand North Star 2023 Kicks Off in Dubai with Over 1,800 Startups and 1,000 Investors
Last month, I had the privilege of attending the ‘Egypt Business Connect’ event, a collaborative effort between the Singapore Business Federation (SBF) and HSBC Egypt.… Read More »Unlocking Opportunities from the Gift of the Nile: Highlights from the Egypt Business Connect- Africa-Singapore Business Summit 2023
Harvard Innovation Labs and Amazon Web Services (AWS) have picked 25 startups for the first-ever NextGen Accelerator program, 11 of which are from Africa. The… Read More »Harvard and AWS Pick 11 African Student-Led Startups for NextGen Accelerator Program
US Under Secretary in the Department of Treasury (Terrorism and Financial Intelligence), Brian Nelson, is on a three-day tour of Africa where he will visit… Read More »US Treasury Official Embarks on 3-Day African Tour to Address Fintech Cash Flow Challenges
Co-Creation, a Nigeria-based pre-incubation lab, has called for applications for a chance to feature in a tech incubation program targeting university students from Nigeria, Namibia… Read More »Nigeria’s Co-Creation Hub Announces Student-Focused Catalyst Program
Uganda’s members of Parliament passed a bill that could see foreign tech companies including Facebook, Google and Netflix remit five percent tax of their income… Read More »Uganda Set to Impose Income Tax on Twitter, Facebook and Netflix