Facebook Opens First Africa Office // Facebook Ouvre Un Premier Bureau Afrique
Facebook announced Monday it had opened its first African office in Johannesburg as part of its efforts ”to help people and businesses connect” on the...
Category : TECHNOLOGY
Winds of Change As Ethiopia Harnesses Green Power // Les Vents Du Changement Comme Harnais D’Éthiopie Green Power
The wind blows hard over Adama, a range of rocky hills in Ethiopia’s highlands that provide the perfect location for one of the continent’s largest...
The Untapped Potential of Africa’s ‘Digital Dividend’ // Le Potentiel Inexploité “Dividende Numérique” De l’Afrique
By CHIARA FRANCAVILLA Around a third of African countries are set to miss a global deadline for the transition to digital terrestrial broadcasting. This delay...
Huge Global Investment Ploughed Into Africa’s Telecoms Industry // Énorme Investissement Mondial Dans L’industrie Des Télécommunications De L’Afrique
DAR ES SALAAM The telecoms industry forms a crucial foundation to Africa’s economic growth affecting all aspects of the business and social sphere. The continent...
Officials Move To Ease Money Transfer Across East Africa // Des Agents Passent Faciliter Le Transfert D’argent A Travers L’Afrique De L’est
By LILIAN OCHIENG Officials in East Africa are working to ease money transfer across the region in a move to boost trade. Low cross border...
Airtel Rwanda introduces new m-payment features with Airtel Money // Airtel Rwanda Introduit De Nouvelles Fonctionnalités De M-paiement Avec Airtel Money
Airtel Rwanda has today launched an Airtel Money Campaign dubbed ‘Pay with Airtel Money’. The campaign will see more additions to the Airtel Money Payments...
Apple Unveils Streaming Service Apple Music And 24-Hour Radio Stations // Apple Dévoile Streaming Service Apple Musique Et Stations De Radio De 24 Heures
Stuart Dredge Apple unveiled its long-awaited streaming music service on Monday, entering a crowded market for online music that already includes Spotify, Amazon and Google,...
Apple Expected To Turn Up The Music Dial // Apple Devrait Tourner Le Cadran De La Musique
Apple on Monday is expected to unveil a ramped up music service that builds on the iPhone maker’s strengths in a challenge to Spotify, Pandora...
Rare Apple Computer Worth $200,000 Dumped For Recycling // Ordinateur Apple Rare D’une Valeur De $ 200 000 Sous-évaluées Pour Recyclage
A Silicon Valley recycling company on Monday was searching for a woman who dropped off a rare Apple computer subsequently snapped up by a collector...
Youth Win MTN Mobile App Challenge Project // Jeunesse Gagne MTN Mobile App Challenge Projet
Young aspiring mobile-application developers have got themselves a chance to realise their dreams, after winning the MTN App Challenge at the weekend. The 12...
The $10 Hedge Fund Supercomputer That’s Sweeping Wall Street // Le Supercalculateur De Hedge Funds De 10 $ Qui Est Ramonage Wall Street
It sounds like the mother of all spreadsheets: 1 million rows, 1 million columns — 1 trillion entries in all. Fortunately, Braxton McKee isn’t using...
Egypt Opens $500 Million Power Plant // L’Egypte Ouvre La Centrale Electrique De $500Millions
Egypt has opened a 750 megawatt power plant in the northern outskirts of Cairo, the cabinet said on Tuesday, as the country tries to stave...
The Magic of The African Mobile Revolution // La Magie De La Révolution Mobile En Afrique
For a continent containing 54 countries and 1.1 billion people Africa is often the victim of cliché and generalisation lacking proper analysis and depth. It...
Ghana MTN CEO Resigns // Ghana MTN PDG démissionne
The Afrika Market has gathered Serame Taukobong has resigned from the MTN group. Sources familiar with the matter say Serame will now be heading to...
Mobile Phone Penetration Transforming Lives In Rwanda // Pénétration De Téléphone Portable Transformer Les Vies Au Rwanda
Mobile phones were once something only rich people used. In fact in today’s modern world and societal advances, mobile phones have played a key role...
Google Opens Seoul ‘Campus’ // Google Ouvre Séoul « Campus »
Google formally opened its first Asian start-up “campus” in Seoul on Friday – a marquee-name nod to South Korea’s aspirations as a regional hub for...
Ghana Likely To Privatize Operations At National Power Utility // Ghana Susceptible De Privatiser Des Opérations Au Service Public D’électricité National
Ghana is planning to divest a stake in its national power distributor, the Electricity Company of Ghana, as part of its efforts to fund to...
Eskom Power Maintenance Drive A Success // Entretien Eskom Pouvoir Conduire Un Succès
Eskom in cape Town has said that it has successfully performed the first part of its planned maintenance drive, with no load shedding since...
Ghana SME Hub Launched in Kumasi // Ghana PME Hub lancé à Kumasi, Ghana
A new and innovative business support for the Small and Medium Scale (SME) sector has been launched in Kumasi. The initiative dubbed the “Ghana SME...
THE APPLE WATCH – WILL YOU BUY ONE?
The apple watch ranges from the Apple Watch Sport from $349 to the Apple Watch edition custom rose or yellow 18-karat gold alloys, with prices starting...