Technology has the potential to address some of the greatest challenges in education today, including mother-language-based multilingual education, which is a key component of inclusion in education, according to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The mother tongue is the one we learn first, it is the...

Initiator of the use of drones to deliver medical supplies in remote areas, notably in Rwanda, the start-up Zipline is now eyeing West Africa to expand its African operations. This development confirms the relevance of its innovative solution.  By Ange Iliza, in Kigali  California-based start-up Zipline, a pioneer in the...

The operational and financial success of African start-ups is still overwhelmingly concentrated in a few countries. That situation is far from being inevitable, Ali Mnif, Digital Africa's Chief Investment Officer says, as he put forward proposals to support his point.  By Ali Mnif* Nigeria, Kenya, Egypt and South Africa currently account...

Eloho Omame, a Nigerian, is founder of FirstCheck Africa and CEO of Endeavour Nigeria. She is piloting a fund made up of a community of women business angels and investors, focused on women, to make it easier for African digital entrepreneurs to raise capital. She is the winner of the...

After a first opening in Mauritius, the African Leadership University opened its doors in Rwanda in 2017 with the ambition to train the future Pan-African leaders. With students from 40 African countries and placed in the Kigali Innovation City in a brand new campus, the institution provides teaching based on...

An entrepreneur, an investor in startups, a business mentor, Rodrigue Fouafou combined numerous roles. This success is due to two talents: being a computer engineer and a genius in ICT first and having an innate sense to create entrepreneurial success stories– skills that he's putting in the service of his...

In a report entitled Electronic and optic-photonic in Algeria, Business France invites French people to seize Algeria's electronic sector opportunities. Report highlight the presence of only one company creating a smart card and two producing broadband. In addition, borders taxes fall to 0% for products coming from the European Union....

Cédric Filet, from Bordeaux in France, created Aldelia, a company that, for the last 15 years, pushes forward recruitment and labor market in Africa thanks to local networks in 13 countries and innovative digital tools.   Interviewed by DBM   Cédric Filet, CEO Adelia-DR   Could you introduce Aldelia ?...

The petrochemical giant Sasol, South Africa’s second-biggest greenhouse gas emitter, announced being looking for partners to develop technology to reduce its carbon footprint using CO2 that the company produces in huge quantities....

Uganda has launched locally made smartphones with built-in sensors to take body temperature. The phones are manufactured and assembled by SIMI Mobile Uganda, a subsidiary of Engo Holdings Group Limited in the Namanve Industrial Park....