Tech – Africa Guardian

Canon’s Commitment to Nurturing Young Lives in Africa

December 18, 2024

| Africa, News/Tech

Edson Baraukwa | Africa Guardian Empowering Connections: Canon’s photography training and Creative Park activities provide children with special needs and their guardians a platform to bond, explore, and express creativity together.Preserving Joy: Families gain tools to capture cherished moments, fostering enriching experiences and lasting memories. Canon Central and North Africa (Canon-CNA.com), a leader in imaging solutions, has announced a…

Unveiling Cyberthreats in Africa

August 26, 2024

| Africa, News/Tech

By Edson Baraukwa | Africa Guardian Africa has increasingly become a prime target for cybercriminals. Recent data from Check Point revealed that in the second quarter of 2024, Africa experienced the highest average number of cyberattacks per organization globally, with an alarming average of 2,960 attacks per week. This marks a 37% increase compared to the same period in…

ALX Equips Africa’s Youth for a Tech-Driven Future

August 26, 2024

By Elizabeth Antidius Shumbusho | Africa Guardian Africa stands on the brink of a technological revolution, powered by a rapidly growing young population eager to adopt digital skills and tools. With a significant portion of its population under the age of 25, as highlighted by recent data from Wikipedia, the continent is uniquely positioned to leverage technology and bypass…

India’s Tech CEO Boom: Lessons for Africa

August 25, 2024

By Edson Baraukwa | Africa Guardian In today’s world, the global competition for talent and innovation is more intense than ever. Unfortunately, South Africa and other African nations are losing some of their brightest minds and most skilled professionals to the world. This trend is particularly evident in the West, where countries like the United States and major corporations…

African operators call for fiscal policy reforms at MWC Kigali

October 19, 2023

The Africa-focused GSMA event MWC Kigali 2023 is well under way and is proving a useful platform for some major service providers to comment on government policy across the continent – notably on taxation. In fact six CEOs, representing some of the continent’s biggest operators, have published a communique at the show urging governments to establish new policies to…

Gates Foundation Allocates $30 Million Towards Advancing AI In Africa

October 11, 2023

| News, Tech Updates

The investment is the foundation’s latest effort to bring the benefits of AI to low- and middle-income countries. On Tuesday, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced a $30 million investment in a new AI platform in Africa that it says will aid scientists in developing solutions for healthcare and social issues across the continent. The foundation hopes the…

Africa sets the foundation for an electric vehicle future

September 22, 2023

| News, Tech Updates

Emobility refers to electric vehicles, ideally powered by renewable energy sources Numerous South Africans facing daily challenges commuting to their workplaces via minibus taxis or cars on crowded highways might have difficulty accepting that an electric mobility revolution is on the horizon. However, several factors are pointing in that direction. Emobility refers to electric vehicles, ideally powered by renewable…

U.S. plan envisions factories in Africa for surging EV battery demand

September 22, 2023

Perspective by Joe Davidson With the drive toward electric vehicles in high gear, the Biden administration signed an agreement with two African countries rich in minerals needed to meet the exploding demand. But China is the unmentioned actor in this international affair. The memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the United States, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Zambia was…

Africa Internet Summit 2023 headed to Johannesburg

August 21, 2023

| News, Tech Updates

JOHANNESBURG has been confirmed as the host of the Africa Internet Summit 2023 (AIS 23) to be held in September. The South African city will host the event from the 26th to 30th. AIS, one of the continent’s leading African and global internet industry gatherings, will take place at the Indaba Hotel. The summit promises to bring together hundreds…

Natural gas vehicles slowly gaining traction in Africa

July 30, 2023

| News, Tech Updates, TechBusiness

By bird story agency Natural gas-powered vehicles are becoming increasingly popular across Africa thanks to supportive policies, infrastructure development and heightened investor appeal. Several African nations are taking advantage of their ample natural gas reserves to introduce gas-powered four-wheel vehicles to the roads. Nigeria, with substantial natural gas reserves, has approved the widespread use of vehicles powered by compressed…

WhatsApp now finally lets you edit messages after sending

May 23, 2023

WhatsApp is now giving users the option to rewrite messages and fix mistakes, albeit only for a short time after hitting send. “You can now edit your WhatsApp messages up to 15 mins after they’re sent,” Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of WhatsApp parent company Meta, said in a Facebook post on Monday. To edit a message, you can now long-press…

Tanzania set to launch its own satellite into space

May 19, 2023

Dar es Salaam. President Samia Suluhu Hassan revealed that Tanzania is planning to build its own satellite and that negotiations to reach the scientific milestone have already begun. Summary Should the plan materialize, Tanzania will join Kenya and Uganda, which have developed and launched satellites into space in the past six months. The President, who was speaking at Azam…

Young Libyans finally able to answer call of e-gaming

April 6, 2023

| News Update, Technology

Tripoli (AFP) – In a Tripoli arcade, players banter amid the bleeping and music of video games. Isolated by decades of dictatorship and post-revolution chaos, Libyan gamers are finally taking on the world. It’s late at night in the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, and in the suburb of Tajoura, teenagers with headphones clamped to their ears gaze into…

Sony launches unit to undertake disruptive research in sensing, AI and digital virtual spaces

April 6, 2023

| News Update, TechBusiness

Sony Group Corporation has announced the establishment of Sony Research Inc., as a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony Group Corporation with the mission to “pioneer the future of creation.” As communicated at the R&D Strategy Briefing in December 2022, Sony Research will undertake research and development of unprecedented disruptive technologies that aims to empower creators around the world to…

Starlink Internet to enter in Rwanda by February 22 and piloted in schools

February 15, 2023

Schools are among Rwandan institutions given priority to benefit from the satellite-based internet soon to be provided by billionaire Elon Musk’s high-speed satellite internet venture, Starlink, the Minister of ICT and Innovation, Paula Ingabire recently said, indicating that the initial plan is to pilot it in at least 500 schools. Starlink’s service is scheduled to be up and running…

Visa to Invest $1 Billion in Africa After Opening New Offices

December 14, 2022

Visa Inc. will invest $1 billion in its business across Africa as the technology giant seeks to push adoption of digital payments across the continent. Visa Inc. will invest $1 billion in its business across Africa as the technology giant seeks to push adoption of digital payments across the continent. The investment will be spread over five years, Chief…

Wemade invests in Metaverse Magna to expand WEMIX ecosystem in Africa

September 6, 2022

Wemade, an online video games developer, announced it has participated in the seed funding round for Metaverse Magna (MVM), a P2E guild project from Africa, for expansion of WEMIX ecosystem in Africa. MVM’s parent company, Nestcoin, supports and invests in crypto projects in Africa. It was founded by Yele Bademosi, former director in charge of the Africa region at Binance Labs, who oversaw investments and…

Egypt begins construction of its first nuclear power plant

July 25, 2022

Construction for the El-Dabaa Nuclear Power Plant has begun in Egypt. This is the first nuclear power plant in the country and will consist of 4 units with a generating capacity equivalent to 1200 MW per unit using generation III+ VVER-1200 reactors (pressurized water reactors). Alexey Likhachev, Rosatom Director General, and Mohamed Shaker, Egyptian Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy gave…