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Mr Julius Ilori, a social impact specialist, has advocated for more funding for rural communities, specifically for digital skills and infrastructure. The call was made in an interview conducted in Lagos on Sunday by Ilori, the founder…

The three-day inaugural Abuja International Poetry Festival took place last week in various venues across the Nigerian capital. It was a cultural melting pot for poets, dreamers, intellectuals, and adventurers. Under the theme “Afro…

The Advocacy for Positive Behavioural Patterns Initiative, a Non-Government Organisation (NGO), has urged parents to actively engage in their children’s digital lives and understand the risks associated with unethical online behaviours.…

In the suburb of Kyaliwajjala in Kampala, Uganda, ensuring security is a community effort. To stop notorious thieves, Stephen Ssali and his neighbours have joined a digital network that links them to the nearest police posts. Yunga …

Nigeria's Minister of Communication, Innovation and Digital Economy, Dr. Bosun Tijani, and his counterpart from India's Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for Cooperation in…

The view of a cybercafé is commonplace in The Congo, Gloire Ness a 21-year old from Bacongo in Brazzaville managesa small business. On a daily basis, he has to deal with issues ranging from blackouts to poor access to Internet. "The…

As Digital currency development is accelerating quickly in Sub-Saharan Africa, policymakers are concerned that digital currencies could be used to transfer funds out of the region illegally and undermine financial and macroeconomic…

Senegal seeks to boost the digital transformation of its companies with a new program called ETER. It was launched by Senegal’s Agency for the Development and Supervision of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (DASSME). Ethiopian…

The Director-General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Inuwa, has encouraged girls and women with relevant technological abilities to harness their potential by upscaling their skills in order to…

The African Development Bank, Board of Directors have approved a $170m loan to boost a digital and creative enterprises program in Nigeria. This was contained in a press statement titled ‘African Development Bank Board approves $170m for…