Joining forces A branch of a Europe-to-Africa subsea internet cable has landed in Lagos, Nigeria. The Equiano cable has been directly integrated into the Lagos Open Access Data Centre, from where it will… Read more
Self improvement A free mobile app has been launched with the goal of helping 26 million Africans improve their skillsets by 2026. The Trace Academia app provides courses relevant to the energy,… Read more
Future food A group of researchers have developed what they believe is Africa’s first lab-grown chicken meat. They have cultivated a chicken-breast prototype, using an advanced cell-culture process which was developed over… Read more
Clean green A 30 ha carbon-capturing plant is being set up in Morocco, in the Sahara desert. The commercial demonstration facility will use natural seaweed to sequester CO2, with the goal of… Read more
Pooled resource A digital health information-sharing service aimed at hospitals, clinicians and medical aids has gone live in South Africa. The CareConnect Health Information Exchange (HIE) enables health professionals to access up-to-date… Read more
