Changing the narrative on Africa.
On a humid afternoon in North Kivu, a group of farmers crowd into a low, corrugated-roof community hall, passing around basic feature phones as a young facilitator replays a Jambo Radio podcast on shifting rainfall patterns and the economics of oil extraction in Africa.
When Alexander Tsado talks about artificial intelligence, he talks about everyday people, farmers, students and health workers in small towns across Africa and how their lives could change if they had access to the same powerful tools driving innovation in Silicon Valley.
A simple laptop and an internet signal are shields and bridges, a way for digitally-savvy youth in Eastern Congo to find work, preserve their dignity and make a contribution to their societies.
A coalition of Africa’s top mobile operators and the GSMA is racing to deliver a low-cost, high-quality smartphone to millions of first-time users, but it requires governments to reduce taxes to achieve the dream.
Africa is fast turning its dams, reservoirs and lagoons into electricity plants as floating solar power begins to take shape across the continent. Some projects have gone live as new construction goes on stream and more other projects fill in the pipeline, signalling a shift from prospects a few years ago to national energy strategies. In Nigeria, Mozambique, Ghana, Morocco and Seychelles, there are a handful of first-mover projects, which governments are banking on to bolster their share of renewable energy on the national grid.
Digitel’s foray into South Sudan’s telecom market is testing the grip of entrenched players, exposing gaps in coverage and challenging assumptions about who gets to build connectivity in one of the world’s least served nations.
Africa’s young, digitally skilled workforce is shifting global hiring dynamics as companies turn to the continent to fill critical talent gaps. In this conversation, Francis Osifo, founder and CEO of Rayda, unpacks Africa’s growing role in the global talent economy and how platforms like Rayda are building trust and efficiency in a remote-first world.
A new survey shows global companies are accelerating their hiring from Africa’s tech hubs, with 93% highlighting plans to ramp up hiring from the continent.
Automakers are bundling home chargers, rebates and finance options to cut adoption friction and bring EVs within reach of Africa’s middle class. Bonface Orucho, bird
Several African countries are prioritising innovation through targeted investments and grassroots initiatives. Bonface Orucho, bird story agency Innovation in Africa is proving more resilient than