French start-up Africa Delivery Technologies has launched the Kwik (Kwik.Delivery) app, which comes with an integrated geolocation system and offers transportation service for small packages (up to 25kg) or documents
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Terrestrial fibre infrastructure investments vital to Africa’s digital economy growth
Experts at the 2019 ‘Africa Panel Session’ of the International Telecoms Week (ITW) in Atlanta, USA, discussed the importance of infrastructure investments in local Internet exchanges and terrestrial networks as being instrumental in facilitating the development and growth of Africa’s digital economy
Can Facebook help reduce the cost of remittances?
Having successfully connected large parts of the world through its social media and messaging platforms, database company Statista said Facebook is now taking on a new project: creating a “more inclusive global financial system”
Storex offers disruptive ICT Infrastructure lifecycle extension services
Disruptor, Storex, a specialist in multi-vendor infrastructure lifecycle extension management, said that, on average, most displaced OEM estates did not even reach 40 per cent of potential capacity before being replaced
Digitalisation can outgrow Africa's economy: Afreximbank
Digitalisation can unlock Africa’s potential in driving economic development and the integration of African countries into the world economy, according to a report by the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank)