South Africa’s soaring youth unemployment rates of more than 60% and low literacy levels are indicative of structural breakdowns across education, skills, connectivity, labour market, access and governance. Marina Madale, MTN sustainability and shared value executive, speaking at the Trialogue Business in Society conference. Opening the MTN-sponsored panel discussion at the Trialogue Business in Society…
Nigeria’s growing influence in Africa’s technology and innovation ecosystem has received fresh global recognition as startups founded by Nigerians emerged strongly on Bloomberg’s latest list of 25 African Startups to Watch. The ranking, which highlights innovative startups solving critical challenges across the continent, underscored Nigeria’s expanding dominance in sectors such as fintech, artificial intelligence, health…
Dr Johnson Pandit Asiama, Governor of the Bank of Ghana, has called for stronger collaboration among African regulators, innovators and investors to drive the rebirth of the continent’s digital and financial ecosystem. He said Africa was no longer observing the global financial revolution from the sidelines but was actively shaping its future through innovation, policy…
Stakeholders across Nigeria’s financial services and technology sectors at the weekend in Lagos convened at the Fintech Summit 2026, where discussions centred on the implications of innovation, data, and emerging technologies for Africa’s financial ecosystem. The summit, themed “The Next Financial Frontier: Intelligence, Infrastructure & Inclusion in Africa’s Digital Money Economy,” brought together fintech companies,…
For millions of South Africans, access to healthcare does not begin in a clinic or hospital. It begins online. The internet has quietly become one of the most powerful tools for narrowing the gap between those who can easily access healthcare and health-related information and those who cannot. From researching symptoms and exploring treatment options…
African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has officially launched the inaugural cohort of its “Afreximbank Accelerator Programme,” bringing together eight high-potential startups from across Africa and the diaspora for an intensive kick-off week taking place in Cairo from 23-27 March 2026. Selected from a highly competitive pool of over 1,600 applications, the cohort represents some of the…
On February 10-11, 2026, researchers and experts convened in Dakar, Senegal, for the first Africa Forum on Countering Foreign Interference (CFI). The forum brought together participants from Africa, Europe and America to examine the growing challenge of foreign information manipulation and its implications for governance, media ecosystems, and digital rights across the African continent. The…
Xsolla Integrates SPENN In Rwanda And Zambia Giving Developers Access To A Strong Consumer-Merchant Ecosystem Xsolla, a global video game commerce company that helps developers launch, grow, and monetize their games, today announced that it has added SPENN to its payments solution portfolio in Rwanda and Zambia. This press release features multimedia. View the full…
Newly minted small businesses often struggle to establish themselves as reliable service providers among their more established competitors. To help cloud-focused business thrive, Amazon Web Services has created the AWS distribution model to support small businesses and help them grow. In this episode of TCS+, Cloud On Demand’s Xenia Rhode and Developmenthub’s Odwa Ndyaluvane explain…
The Gov Cloud Ecosystem provides scalable, secure and reliable access to critical services. Government departments handle massive volumes of data daily, from health records to tax information. But managing this securely and efficiently requires modern infrastructure. Enter the Gov Cloud Ecosystem. With software as a service (SaaS) and platform as a service (PaaS) solutions, the…
