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Gabon's capital, Libreville, will host the third edition of the audiovisual and digital career fair SAMEAU next June 6-8. The event whose theme is "Ethics and deontology of digital media during election periods in Gabon," will feature a number of journalism, TV and radio animation, digital communication, computer graphics, and photography workshops.
The Arab Administrative Development Organization (ARADO) will hold a forum on governance in the digital age from June 19-21 in Casablanca, Morocco.
The forum aims, among other things, to provide participants with the knowledge and skills needed for effective digital transformation and recent technical developments in this area. It will also help identify what institutions need to do and the challenges they must prepare for when the digital transformation process is completed.
The Moroccan Youth Ministry and UNICEF launched Tuesday (May 16), a digital platform for youth engagement.
The platform, dubbed U-Report Morocco, will allow young people aged 14 to 25 to express themselves and share their views on issues affecting them and their communities as a whole. The goal is to foster citizenship and make their voice count in policy-making processes.
Last Monday (May 8), Alexandria Procter, co-founder of South African accommodation website DigsConnect, announced that the women-led investment firm Intaba Capital invested in his firm's ongoing Series A round. The investment amount was, however, not disclosed.
Twitter CEO Elon Musk (photo) announced in a tweet published on Thursday (May 11) the launch of the first version of encrypted direct messages on the platform. The feature allows subscribers to communicate without the platform storing their messages, which will only be available on their devices. Musk also mentioned that other features, such as voice and video calls, will be added 'soon’.
About 13 million cyber attacks targeting bank accounts and customer data in the Egyptian banking sector were thwarted by Kaspersky in the first quarter of 2023, according to Amin Hasbiny, the head of the global research and analysis team for the Middle East, Turkey, and Africa at Kaspersky.
Speaking on the sidelines of Kaspersky's eighth annual cybersecurity forum in Almaty, Kazakhstan, Amin Hasbiny noted that the attacks were 186% up from the figures recorded in the same quarter last year.
On Thursday (May 4), Vesicash, a Nigerian escrow payment system, announced the launch of its new Merchant of Record (MoR) product, as well as its expansion into new African markets. The MoR product aims to simplify the process for companies to enter new markets, and the startup is utilizing it to facilitate its expansion.
"We are thrilled to launch our Merchant of Record technology in multiple African markets. Thus, expanding our reach to businesses in Ghana, Rwanda, Zambia, and Egypt," stated Vesicash co-founder, Tomisin Adeshiyan.
Nestcoin, a Nigerian company that makes modern finance borderless, recently announced the launch of "Onboard," a platform aimed at providing modern digital financial services that connect Africans to the global economy.
Among other things, the new platform will allow users to store and move digital assets directly to and from their bank accounts.
Nigerian fintech company Storspay announced on Monday (May 1st), the successful completion of a $320,000 funding round. The deal allows the startup to join the New York-based accelerator Techstars for a 13-week fundraising and mentoring program. The funds raised will allow the fintech to develop its technology and improve the financial well-being of entrepreneurs through its decentralized Internet lending infrastructure.
The Cameroonian Union of hospitality employers SPIHT launched, Tuesday (April 25), a digital platform for the promotion of the local hotel and tourism industry.
The platform, called Waka Waka 237, allows visitors to find and book hotel rooms, apartments, restaurants, tourist sites, and travel agencies throughout Cameroon.
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The Pan African Payment and Settlement System (PAPSS) and the African Securities Exchange Association (ASEA), on Friday April, 14, signed a memorandum of understanding to improve cross-border payment systems and promote the development of financial markets in Africa.
According to the release announcing the memorandum, the partnership will, among other things, create a reliable and efficient payment system that will allow investors to easily carry out transactions on various transactions on the continent.
The National Association of Telecommunications Subscribers (NATCOMS) has filed a lawsuit against the federal government regarding the proposed imposition of a 5% excise duty on telecommunications services. According to the organization, this decision is unjust in view of the multiple taxes already paid by telecom consumers. In September 2022, the Nigerian government abandoned its plan to introduce a 5% excise duty on telecom services. Today the executive is trying a second time to impose this tax because it wants to primarily rely on taxation to finance its 2023 budget.
The Central African Republic component of the Central African Backbone (CAB-RCA) project is finally entering its operational phase. The infrastructures were officially handed over to the Central African government on Monday, January 7th in the presence of partners. Spanning 935 km, they connect the Central African Republic (CAR) to the Republic of Congo and Cameroon. The network's commercialization is expected to begin "soon."
Data center operator iColo, a subsidiary of Digital Realty, inaugurated its first operator-neutral data center in Maputo, Mozambique on Wednesday, February 8th. Named MPM1, the infrastructure is expected to allow the company to expand its footprint and meet growing connectivity needs along the East Coast of Africa. The project was first announced in October 2021.