MTN invests in AI network start-up alongside Nvidia

MTN invests in AI network start-up alongside Nvidia

Mazen Mroué, CEO of MTN Digital Infrastructure MTN Group’s digital infrastructure arm has joined a US$45-million funding round in ORAN Development Company (ODC), a US-based start-up building AI-native radio access network technology, alongside Nvidia, Cisco, Nokia, AT&T and Telecom Italia. The series-A round, announced on Thursday, positions ODC to develop software that would transform conventional…

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Africa: UN Classes Slave Trade as ‘Gravest Crime Against Humanity’

Africa: UN Classes Slave Trade as ‘Gravest Crime Against Humanity’

The UN General Assembly has passed the resolution on transatlantic slavery despite opposition from the US and European countries. The UN General Assembly has adopted a resolution recognizing the trafficking of enslaved Africans as the “gravest crime against humanity.” 123 countries voted in favor of the resolution, which was championed by Ghana and backed by the African Union and…

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East Africa: AU Appoints Ex-Tanzania Leader Horn, Red Sea Envoy

Africa: Despite Africa’s 4.7m Strong Developer Base, Gender Gap Still Limits Continent’s Full Digital Potential – Report

Boston Consulting Group (BCG), which empowers global organisations to grow and build sustainable competitive advantage, has released its latest report, revealing how Africa’s software and applications developer community is scaling fast at 21 per cent annually. The report however said although Africa currently has 4.7 million developers, and competing with regions such as Europe with…

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East Africa: AU Appoints Ex-Tanzania Leader Horn, Red Sea Envoy

Africa No Filter Unites Africa’s Creative Heavyweights to Shape the Continent’s Global Narrative

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia — Opportunity Africa has launched a pan-African Creative Council, bringing together leading communications, media and marketing figures to advance a stronger, more unified narrative of the continent in line with Agenda 2063. The Council is designed as a continental platform to reshape how Africa is perceived globally and how it defines itself,…

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East Africa: AU Appoints Ex-Tanzania Leader Horn, Red Sea Envoy

Africa: 57 Percent Construction Talent Gap, Slows Down Africa’s Infrastructure Boom

Sub-Saharan Africa’s construction sector is entering a crucial transformational periods. At the centre of this transformation is the Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA), a continent-wide initiative designed to close critical infrastructure gaps by 2040 through more than 400 priority projects spanning energy, transport, ICT, and transboundary water systems. With over $360 billion committed,…

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