• Animal attraction

    Animal attraction

    Ride-hailer services are going on safari – in Kenya. Uber has announced that visitors to the Nairobi National Park can now pre-book a seat on a day or night safari… Read more

    Hydro power

    Hydro power

    A new university research unit is committed to finding real-world solutions to South Africa’s ongoing water crisis. The University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) has launched the Wits:H20 unit to bring… Read more

    Connect the dots

    Connect the dots

    Africa’s digital future is receiving an additional US$9 million push courtesy of Google. In 2021, the global search engine committed to investing US$1 billion in Africa over five years, a figure that… Read more

    Scrubbing up

    Scrubbing up

    The continent can add another US$90 million to its efforts to build resilience to climate change. Following the success of its US$67 million clean energy fund set up in 2016, non-profit… Read more

    Home grown

    Home grown

    The continent is stepping up its artificial intelligence (AI) revolution with plans to build five regional AI data centres in the next year. ITWeb reports that pan-African technology company Cassava… Read more