The most recent part builds on earlier rounds of implementation in 2023 and 2025, which skilled plant well being officers from 20 African nations African governments are scaling up efforts to modernise plant well being techniques, increasing a digital surveillance programme to 38 nations in a bid to include crop pests, strengthen meals safety and…
Abuja — Nigeria has urged African nations to foster higher collaborations to spice up the continent’s digital financial system. Everlasting Secretary, Ministry of Communications, Improvements and Digital Economic system, Nadungu Gagare made the decision on the seventh Particular Session of the African Telecommunication Union (ATU), Wednesday, in Abuja. Gagare, who was represented by a director…
Johannesburg, 15 July 2026 – Digital advertising and marketing has by no means been higher at measuring efficiency. Manufacturers can now observe each click on, scroll, conversion and buyer interplay in actual time, whereas synthetic intelligence helps optimise campaigns sooner than ever earlier than. But as advertising and marketing turns into more and more data-driven,…
Dejan Kastelic, Chief Expertise Officer at Vodacom Group Protection enlargement throughout the continent has given rise to the acceleration of information pushed companies that are shaping Africa’s digital future. These embrace fintech companies driving monetary inclusion, e-health bettering entry to healthcare and training platforms empowering folks, communities and companies. The expansion of data-driven platforms, AI,…
Throughout well being programme supply, digital transformation is usually mentioned when it comes to instruments. However its actual check is whether or not it helps individuals make higher choices, sooner, within the locations the place lives are in danger. In Might 2026, greater than 500 delegates from 61 nations gathered in Nairobi, Kenya, for the…
By Olof Neser, Head of Cloud Adoption at Absa Digital transformation is commonly spoken about as a know-how problem, which contributes in direction of companies underestimating how disruptive it could turn into as soon as it strikes past the IT division. The error is within the phrase “digital” as a result of it encourages corporations…
The stress level: innovation and company. If the GirlCoder Membership is the place the pipeline begins, the GirlCode Hackathon is the place it faces its first severe take a look at. On 19 and 20 September 2026, Truecaller is co-sponsoring GirlCode’s annual hackathon for 18-25-year-olds. This can be a 30-hour, all-women, coding marathon bringing collectively…
Everybody talks of the ability of social media. It’s simple. Consultants level out that whereas it holds unbelievable potential for good, it additionally has a harmful capability for hurt. At the moment, a social media publish can remodel a person’s life or spark outrage throughout borders inside minutes. It’s no shock, subsequently, that multinational companies…
United Nations — From knowledge embassies to AI “factories,” policymakers say management over knowledge will outline the continent’s financial future. African leaders are sharpening their deal with digital sovereignty, warning that the continent’s financial future will rely not simply on connectivity, however on who controls its data–and the place it’s saved. At a high-level roundtable…
Gloopro, Africa’s premier enterprise eProcurement and Procurement-as-a-Service (PaaS) supplier, is about to host the Digital Procurement Africa (DPA) Summit 2026 on the Lagos Eko Resort and Suites on Might 26. The summit will deliver collectively C-suite executives, policymakers, procurement heads, and provide chain leaders from throughout the continent for a high-level dialog on the way…