The USA government, through the USA Agency for International Development and in cooperation with Google, has announced the expansion of a digital skills training programme for Egyptian women, youth and entrepreneurs
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Equity launches hackathon open to university students in Nairobi
Equity Group has partnered with Microsoft to launch a virtual hackathon open to students from the University of Nairobi and Meru University of Science and Technology
Phase3 Telecom wins prestigious technology awards
Phase3 Telecom, one of the leading independent aerial fibre optic network infrastructure and telecommunications services providers in Africa, has received two technology awards: the Best Fibre Optic Infrastructure Service Provider award at the Cyber Africa Awards and the Broadband Service Provider of The Year at the Nigeria Technology Awards (NiTA)
FSD Africa and NAICOM to launch BimaLab
FSD Africa and Nigeria’s National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) have partnered to launch BimaLab, an accelerator programme designed to boost the development and adoption of digital solutions for the insurance sector
GenCell launches off-grid ammonia-to-power solution for mobile operators
GenCell Energy, one of the leading providers of hydrogen and ammonia to power solutions, has announced to formally launch its GenCell FOX off-grid power solution for mobile operators, which generates power on-demand from ammonia during Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2022, to be held from 28 February to 3 March