#AIS2018 Call For Innovations Addressing Africa’s Challenges
Deadline: April 15, 2018
This is a friendly reminder that the submission deadline for AIS 2018 (www.AfricaInnovationSummit.com) Innovation Tract and Exhibition Applications is April 15, 2018.
The Call for Application has been launched across Africa for Innovations Addressing Africa’s Challenges and we are seeking innovative and disruptive solutions to the major challenges facing African...
44% of all work activities in Ethiopia are susceptible to automation, as are 46% in Nigeria, 52% in Kenya and 41% in South Africa
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, March 27, 2018/ --
The Internet of Things (IoT) is set to revolutionize the job market and African industry must adapt to survive
Siemens aims to help accelerate digitalization skills and empower those who will...
Committed to providing access to energy for many years, Orange has chosen to contribute to the challenge of electrifying Africa in countries within its footprint-- At the Africa CEO Forum, which is currently being held in Abidjan (Côte d’Ivoire), Orange (www.Orange.com) confirms its desire to become a key player in the energy transition sector in Africa, by providing services...
Kenya Power is keen on enhancing service delivery to large power consumers in a bid to promote the manufacturing sector and encourage a 24-hour economy.
To achieve this, the Company has embarked on a customer engagement programme targeting industrial and commercial consumers which presents an opportunity to identify supply challenges and develop a resolution matrix that is tailor-made to address...
Minister Davies Emphasises the Significance of the African Continent Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) to Africa’s Development
He stated that the AfCFTA is an economic imperative to address the challenge of small and fragmented markets
The Minister of Trade and Industry, Dr Rob Davies today (March 26, 2018) briefed the media on the outcomes the African Continent Free Trade Area (CFTA)...
“As forward-thinking business leaders, we are ready to take a positive stand not just for our communities and our nations, but for the continent. We are The B Team Africa, and together we can tackle the challenges of Africa’s present and future.” Bob Collymore, CEO, Safaricom
March 27, 2018, Abidjan: Bold, progressive African CEOs, policymakers, civil society leaders...
Kakuzi will no longer grow pinapples, a fruit which has been its mainstay for decades. Instead, Instead, the agricultural giant plans to fully venture into avocados. In recent years, avocados' price has been on the rise, the reason why more companies are growing the fruit. The move signals a radical shift for the agricultural firm, which is now increasing...
The outage execution service of two steam turbines, which lasted 20 days, succeeded in bringing back the 5000-person workforce and solving sugar scarcity for more than the 100 million people in Ethiopia
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, March 26, 2018/ --
Factory’s 5000-person workforce return to production lines after a 7-month plant downtime
Successful execution solves sugar scarcity for Ethiopia’s more than 100 million...
Techstars alumni, SimbaPay in collaboration with Interswitch announces the launch of a remittance chatbot, to enable SMS based Pan-Africa digital money transfer
SimbaPay (www.SimbaPay.com) – a London based digital money transfer provider – today announced the launch of an AI (Artificial Intelligence) powered chatbot service which now makes International Money Transfer (remittance) possible with only an SMS. The SimbaPay...
Reports identified the rise of plastic in oceans, along with rising temperatures and sea levels and chemical pollution, as some of the biggest problems the marine environment faces.
The report found that 70% of marine litter is non-degradable plastic which is projected to increase threefold between 2015 and 2025.
"The major response is likely to lie in preventing it from entering...
