• Detailed analysis

    Detailed analysis

    South Africa’s Gauteng provincial government is using machine learning-powered technology to monitor, track and predict COVID-19 infections across the province. The technology has been developed in a collaboration between the… Read more

    Connecting the dots

    Connecting the dots

    The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has launched two new apps in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. Its Contacts-Tracing Solution, which is ready to be deployed, will enable users… Read more

    Digital trail

    Digital trail

    The COMESA Electronic Certificate of Origin (eCO) system is ready to be rolled out for testing across 15 nations in East and Southern Africa. As the movement of goods across… Read more

    Road to recovery

    Road to recovery

    South African spaza shops impacted by COVID-19 have been thrown a financial lifeline by a recently launched public-private initiative. The new venture helps small businesses secure government funding to replenish… Read more

    Growth point

    Growth point

    In a move to avoid a hunger crisis in the wake of COVID-19, an initiative to help support 250 000 smallholder farmers across Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi and… Read more