Africa: Grooming Africa’s Next Set of Unicorns – Tinubu’s Big Agenda for Health Tech

Africa: Grooming Africa’s Next Set of Unicorns – Tinubu’s Big Agenda for Health Tech

Nigeria enters this transition with considerable advantages. It has Africa’s largest population, one of the continent’s largest healthcare markets, a rapidly expanding digital economy and a technology sector with growing regional influence. For Nigeria, the opportunity is larger than building a stronger health system. It is to build companies that commercialise Nigerian research, manufacture products…

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Africa: Grooming Africa’s Next Set of Unicorns – Tinubu’s Big Agenda for Health Tech

Africa: Wafcon 2026 – Morocco Edge Algeria, Senegal Beat Kenya to Set Up Dramatic Group a Finale

Morocco claimed derby bragging rights with a hard-fought 1-0 win over Algeria, while Senegal returned to winning ways by edging Kenya by the same scoreline to keep qualification firmly within their grasp Hosts Morocco and Senegal boosted their Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) quarter-final hopes with crucial victories on Thursday, setting up a thrilling…

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Africa: Grooming Africa’s Next Set of Unicorns – Tinubu’s Big Agenda for Health Tech

Africa: Euro-Africa Music Festival Set for Naples

World Star Records has announced the 2026 edition of the Euro-Africa International Music and Cultural Festival, an initiative aimed at strengthening cultural diplomacy and cooperation between Africa and Europe through music and the arts. The festival will be held under the theme: ‘Promoting Cultural Diplomacy, Peace, Unity and Development Through Music.’ At a press conference…

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SA urged to act on AI opportunities as market set to triple

SA urged to act on AI opportunities as market set to triple

Solly Malatsi, minister of communications and digital technologies. South Africa is at a “leapfrog” stage in AI adoption, and Huawei South Africa has called on organisations, policymakers, technology companies and government to act proactively to take advantage of emerging opportunities. The call came at the annual Huawei South Africa Connect 2026 event hosted this week…

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Humanoid robots set for explosive growth

Humanoid robots set for explosive growth

Manufacturing remains the biggest adopter of humanoid robots as businesses automate repetitive, hazardous and precision-based tasks.(Image created via ChatGPT) The global humanoid robot market is on course for rapid expansion over the next decade, as advances in artificial intelligence (AI), robotics and automation fuel demand across manufacturing, logistics, healthcare and retail. According to a report…

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Amazon Leo all set for South African launch

Amazon Leo all set for South African launch

From left, Maziv CEO Dietlof Mare, communications minister Solly Malatsi, Herotel CEO Van Zyl Botha and Amazon’s David Zapolsky Amazon’s Leo satellite broadband service is coming to South Africa – and it has found a way in that sidesteps the licensing impasse that has kept rival Starlink out of the country. Herotel, the Maziv-owned internet…

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