Future perfect Kenya has launched an online training initiative to provide digital skills to 50 000 youngsters across the country. According to the African Advanced Level Telecommunications Institute (AFRALTI), one of the… Read more
Tech task force Rwanda has expanded its arsenal of robots to combat the spread of COVID-19. The country took delivery of three solar-powered ultraviolet-light (UV-C) cleaning machines, which are worth US$210 000, earlier… Read more
Building back In Nigeria, the government has taken the first step in creating a public-private infrastructure-investment enterprise aimed at stimulating the country’s economic recovery. Bloomberg reports that the NGN1 trillion seed capital… Read more
Swift passage Deep-level mining has become safer with the successful testing of a locally developed mobile mine rescue winder (MMRW) at a shaft in South Africa. The operation – led by Mines… Read more
Lesson plan Edutech start-ups in West Africa struggling to recover from the impact of COVID-19 have been thrown a lifeline in the form of US$10.5 million finance programme. The initiative, targeting 30… Read more
