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Liberia Secures $125 Million World Bank Support for Energy, Digital and Infrastructure Projects

Liberia Secures $125 Million World Bank Support for Energy,...

The signing ceremony took place at the Mount Coffee Hydropower Complex shortly after...

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Kuwait Moves to Strengthen Credit Culture Through CINET–KIBS Partnership

Kuwait Moves to Strengthen Credit Culture Through CINET–KIBS...

Kuwait Credit Information Network Company (CINET),  the leading and sole provider...

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Tenable Partners with Anthropic to Advance AI-Driven Cyber Exposure Management

Tenable Partners with Anthropic to Advance AI-Driven Cyber...

Tenable® Holdings, Inc.,  the exposure management company, announced new AI initiatives...

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Kepler College and MTN Rwanda Formalize Collaboration on Education and Innovation

Kepler College and MTN Rwanda Formalize Collaboration on...

Kepler College  has announced a new partnership with MTN Rwanda  aimed at strengthening...

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Rwanda Signs Landmark Deal to Advance Satellite Navigation Across Africa

Rwanda Signs Landmark Deal to Advance Satellite Navigation...

The Rwanda Space Agency  has joined the Augmented Navigation for Africa (ANGA) ...

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Saudi Startup Velents Becomes First Arab Company to Join Anthropic’s Claude Partner Network

Saudi Startup Velents Becomes First Arab Company to Join...

Velents,  a Saudi startup specializing in enterprise artificial intelligence solutions...

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Egypt Strengthens Position as Digital Talent Hub with Huawei ICT Competition Success

Egypt Strengthens Position as Digital Talent Hub with Huawei...

Egyptian teams have achieved a remarkable milestone at Huawei ICT Competition 2025–2026...

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MTN Rwanda and Academia Unite to Build Next Generation of Digital Professionals

MTN Rwanda and Academia Unite to Build Next Generation...

MTN Rwanda  has formalized a partnership with Kepler College  and University of...

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Nigeria Celebrates Young Female Innovators as National Girls in ICT Competition Produces 111 Winners

Nigeria Celebrates Young Female Innovators as National...

The Federal Government has reaffirmed its commitment to promoting digital inclusion...

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Accountex 2026: what the profession is really telling us

Accountex 2026: what the profession is really telling us

Accounting firms are growing but stretched, with capacity, AI adoption and rising...

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Ericsson and Epiroc Expand Alliance to Accelerate Mining Digitalization

Ericsson and Epiroc Expand Alliance to Accelerate Mining...

As industrial enterprises increasingly turn to digitalization to enhance safety,...

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Keeping your fleets compliant, safer, and more efficient

Keeping your fleets compliant, safer, and more efficient

SPONSORED | Tracker’s telematics systems give operators live control over their...

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Higher Education’s Expanding Reach

Higher Education’s Expanding Reach

Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University announced that its students are advancing...

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China beats Elon Musk to launch world’s first commercial brain chip

China beats Elon Musk to launch world’s first commercial...

Brain chips could improve the lives of more than 3 billion people with neurological...

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U.S. Labor Market Shows Broad-Based Job Growth in May

U.S. Labor Market Shows Broad-Based Job Growth in May

On Friday, the National Employment Report revealed new insights into the private-sector...

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Mammoet’s Heavy-Lift Expertise

Mammoet’s Heavy-Lift Expertise

Mammoet, a subsidiary of SHV Holdings, specializes in decommissioning services for...

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Stima Sacco Leverages Digital Innovation to Expand Member Services Across Kenya

Stima Sacco Leverages Digital Innovation to Expand Member...

Stima DT Sacco Society Limited  is a leading deposit-taking cooperative society...

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HashKey MENA Leads Aptos-Powered Stablecoin Corridor Pilot Linking Middle East and Africa

HashKey MENA Leads Aptos-Powered Stablecoin Corridor Pilot...

HashKey MENA FZE,  the Dubai-based virtual asset exchange licensed by the Virtual...

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Ooredoo Launches Al Abraj as Standalone Tower Infrastructure Company in Qatar

Ooredoo Launches Al Abraj as Standalone Tower Infrastructure...

Ooredoo  has announced the launch of Al Abraj, the standalone company that will...

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Flutterwave Partners Tempo to Expand Stablecoin-Powered Payments Across Africa

Flutterwave Partners Tempo to Expand Stablecoin-Powered...

Flutterwave, Africa’s leading payments technology company, and Tempo,  a payments-focused...

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Kenya and UK Explore Stronger ICT Collaboration to Advance Digital Transformation

Kenya and UK Explore Stronger ICT Collaboration to Advance...

Kenya’s Cabinet Secretary for Information, Communications and the Digital Economy,...

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MEDIOT AI and Siemens Healthineers Partner to Advance AI-Powered Healthcare Infrastructure in Africa

MEDIOT AI and Siemens Healthineers Partner to Advance AI-Powered...

MEDIOT AI,  a subsidiary of ABA Life , has announced a collaboration with Siemens...

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Airtel Kenya Expands Retail Network With Four New Customer Service Shops

Airtel Kenya Expands Retail Network With Four New Customer...

Airtel Kenya  has announced the opening of four new Airtel Shops as part of its...

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Morocco Signs AI Partnership With Orange Morocco to Advance Digital Transformation

Morocco Signs AI Partnership With Orange Morocco to Advance...

Morocco has taken another step in advancing its national artificial intelligence...

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Telecom Namibia Partners With Demshi to Accelerate Nationwide Fibre Rollout

Telecom Namibia Partners With Demshi to Accelerate Nationwide...

Telecom Namibia  officially signed a strategic partnership agreement with Demshi...

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Cloudflare Acquires VoidZero to Unify Modern JavaScript Tooling With Global Edge Platform

Cloudflare Acquires VoidZero to Unify Modern JavaScript...

Cloudflare, Inc.,  the leading connectivity cloud company, announced it has acquired...

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Malawi ICT Minister Outlines Vision for Connected and Inclusive Digital Economy

Malawi ICT Minister Outlines Vision for Connected and Inclusive...

The Minister of Information and Communications Technology (ICT), Dr. Shadric Namalomba,...

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Malawi Assumes Chairpersonship of CRASA to Strengthen Regional Telecom Regulation

Malawi Assumes Chairpersonship of CRASA to Strengthen Regional...

The Communications Regulators’ Association of Southern Africa (CRASA)  has announced...

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Vodacom Foundation Expands Digital Inclusion With School of Excellence Launch in Mpumalanga

Vodacom Foundation Expands Digital Inclusion With School...

The Vodacom Foundation,  in partnership with the Mpumalanga Department of Education,  launched...

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Oman Unveils New Programme to Strengthen Digital Sovereignty and Tech Innovation

Oman Unveils New Programme to Strengthen Digital Sovereignty...

The Ministry of Transport, Communications and Information Technology (MTCIT)  has...

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Why more SMEs could finally start hiring young people again

Why more SMEs could finally start hiring young people again

New government apprenticeship incentives could shift the economics of hiring young...

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Tribeca 2026 Review: ‘Kingston’ Offers an Examination of Academia, Class, and Campus Tribalism

Tribeca 2026 Review: ‘Kingston’ Offers an Examination of...

There’s a restless energy pulsing through Kingston that feels impossible to ignore....

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Shaping the Future: Careers in Shipbuilding and Manufacturing

Shaping the Future: Careers in Shipbuilding and Manufacturing

Nearly a decade ago, engineers, ship designers, managers, students, and members...

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U.S. Job Market in 2026

U.S. Job Market in 2026

Bank of America recently welcomed 4,000 interns and full-time campus recruits from...

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IQSTEL to Acquire Majority Stake in Ultranet Telecom Group in Landmark Africa Expansion Deal

IQSTEL to Acquire Majority Stake in Ultranet Telecom Group...

IQSTEL Inc.,  a global Connectivity, AI, and Digital Services company, announced...

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Esca Finance and Mansa Partner to Improve Cross-Border Payments Across Africa

Esca Finance and Mansa Partner to Improve Cross-Border...

Esca Finance  has partnered with Mansa  to strengthen liquidity access and improve...

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FEDS Drone Academy and Abu Dhabi University Partner to Advance UAV Training in UAE

FEDS Drone Academy and Abu Dhabi University Partner to...

FEDS Drone Academy , the training division of FEDS Group,  has signed a Memorandum...

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Malawi Pushes Digital Transformation With Huawei ICT Training Initiative

Malawi Pushes Digital Transformation With Huawei ICT Training...

The Minister of Information and Communications Technology, Dr Shadric Namalomba,...

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Cameroon: CAMTEL and Government Launch Initiative to Strengthen Youth Skills in Telecoms

Cameroon: CAMTEL and Government Launch Initiative to Strengthen...

CAMTEL  (Cameroon Telecommunications) has announced an investment in youth talent...

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Zimbabwe Launches National AI Strategy and Grand Challenge to Drive Innovation

Zimbabwe Launches National AI Strategy and Grand Challenge...

The Government of Zimbabwe  has unveiled its National Artificial Intelligence Strategy...

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AethexAI Launches With $3M Pre-Seed to Scale Enterprise Voice AI Across Africa and the Middle East

AethexAI Launches With $3M Pre-Seed to Scale Enterprise...

AethexAI, a voice AI infrastructure company building for enterprises across emerging...

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Yoco and Stub Partner to Simplify Financial Management for South African SMEs

Yoco and Stub Partner to Simplify Financial Management...

South African fintech firms Yoco  and Stub  have joined forces to launch a direct...

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Youth entrepreneurship UK: why young people should consider starting a business

Youth entrepreneurship UK: why young people should consider...

Youth unemployment has surpassed pandemic levels, making entrepreneurship a more...

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‘Supergirl’ Proves Kara Has Her Own Identity Outside of Being Superman’s Cousin

‘Supergirl’ Proves Kara Has Her Own Identity Outside of...

From the moment we stepped into Warner Bros. Studios in Leavesden, we got a sense...

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The Cast of ‘Power Book III: Raising Kanan’ on the Final Countdown

The Cast of ‘Power Book III: Raising Kanan’ on the Final...

BGN interviews the cast and showrunner of Power Book III: Raising Kanan. Featured...

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HBCU Innovators Lead Cancer Research with Imaging, Chemistry, and AI

HBCU Innovators Lead Cancer Research with Imaging, Chemistry,...

At Howard University, engineers, clinicians, and data scientists are collaborating...

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Telecom Namibia Appoints New Board of Directors Effective June 2026

Telecom Namibia Appoints New Board of Directors Effective...

Telecom Namibia  has announced the appointment of its new Board of Directors, effective...

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Zoyk and Visa Launch Strategic Partnership to Advance Digital Payments in Zambia

Zoyk and Visa Launch Strategic Partnership to Advance Digital...

Zoyk  has officially launched a strategic partnership with Visa,  marking what the...

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ViaTunisia Cable Goes Live, Strengthening Digital Connectivity Between Europe and North Africa

ViaTunisia Cable Goes Live, Strengthening Digital Connectivity...

The ViaTunisia subsea cable segment between Marseille in France, and Bizerte in...

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SLOT Systems and Cube Cover Roll Out Nationwide Device Protection Service SuperFix

SLOT Systems and Cube Cover Roll Out Nationwide Device...

Cube Cover  has announced the launch of SuperFix, a new device insurance product...

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Ethio Telecom Wins Double Honours at Brand Africa 100 Awards for Second Consecutive Year

Ethio Telecom Wins Double Honours at Brand Africa 100 Awards...

Ethio Telecom  has once again emerged as one of Ethiopia’s most admired corporate...

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AI is the making decisions about your purchases using bad data

AI is the making decisions about your purchases using bad...

When I talk to brands today, I often start with an uncomfortable truth: the machines...

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Codes of conduct are redefining leadership

Codes of conduct are redefining leadership

Why the IoD's director code of conduct matters for UK business, and how better governance...

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Business owner takes control of growth with management course

Business owner takes control of growth with management...

Business owner Eunice Mwale took control of her rapidly expanding care business...

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Flutterwave Surpasses 1 Billion Transactions and $40 Billion in Payment Value Milestone

Flutterwave Surpasses 1 Billion Transactions and $40 Billion...

Flutterwave  has announced that it has now processed over 1 billion transactions,...

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Mastercard Announces Major Leadership Shake-Up to Drive Global Growth

Mastercard Announces Major Leadership Shake-Up to Drive...

Mastercard  announced a series of leadership updates that build on the company’s...

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e& Reduces Holding in Careem Technologies as Uber Strengthens Position in Regional Super App

e& Reduces Holding in Careem Technologies as Uber Strengthens...

UAE-based super app Careem  is entering a new ownership phase after Uber  agreed...

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CANAL+ Becomes First French Company to List on Johannesburg Stock Exchange

CANAL+ Becomes First French Company to List on Johannesburg...

The Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) has welcomed global media and entertainment...

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Nigeria Secures WIPO Office in Abuja as Global Innovation Recognition Grows

Nigeria Secures WIPO Office in Abuja as Global Innovation...

Nigeria’s Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy,  Dr. Bosun...

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GSMA Announces Postponement of MWC26 Kigali, New Date to Be Announced

GSMA Announces Postponement of MWC26 Kigali, New Date to...

The GSMA  has announced the postponement of MWC26 Kigali. In a brief statement,...

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Ghost Note Creative Agency’s Steven Jumper on Navigating DEI Rollbacks, AI, and the Future of Black Creative Work

Ghost Note Creative Agency’s Steven Jumper on Navigating...

Ghost Note CEO Steven Jumper on building a Black-owned creative agency, navigating...

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3 Queer Black Women Who Revolutionized Electronic Music

3 Queer Black Women Who Revolutionized Electronic Music

Whether you’re a casual electronic music fan, attend festivals, or stream DJ sets...

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Celebrating Pride Month: How to Be a Good Ally to the LGBTQ Community

Celebrating Pride Month: How to Be a Good Ally to the LGBTQ...

Pride hasn’t always been a month-long rainbow-everything celebration of lesbian,...

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Big News in Quantum, Precision Agriculture, and Energy Storage

Big News in Quantum, Precision Agriculture, and Energy...

This funding will cover research and development, capital investments, manufacturing...

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Ghana Moves to Digitise Public Records as MoCDTI Opens PRAAD Bids

Ghana Moves to Digitise Public Records as MoCDTI Opens...

The Ministry of Communications, Digital Technology and Innovations  has officially...

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Taking the UK investment community to task

Taking the UK investment community to task

The co-chairs of the Invest in Women Taskforce say the real barrier facing women...

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Egypt Invests Over $6 Billion in Telecom Infrastructure and Digital Connectivity Development Since 2019

Egypt Invests Over $6 Billion in Telecom Infrastructure...

Egypt has invested more than $6 billion in telecom infrastructure since 2019, according...

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Central Bank of Nigeria Tightens Digital Payments Oversight With Revised PoS Rules

Central Bank of Nigeria Tightens Digital Payments Oversight...

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)  has issued a revised directive to all participants...

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Concentrix Expands Egypt Operations With Five New Centers and 11,000 Jobs

Concentrix Expands Egypt Operations With Five New Centers...

Concentrix Egypt  has announced plans to significantly expand its operations in...

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Standard Bank Ranked Among Top AI-Driven Banks in Middle East and Africa

Standard Bank Ranked Among Top AI-Driven Banks in Middle...

Standard Bank Group  has been ranked the most AI-mature bank in South Africa and...

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Snowflake and Anthropic Deepen Partnership to Accelerate Enterprise AI Adoption

Snowflake and Anthropic Deepen Partnership to Accelerate...

Snowflake,  the AI Data Cloud company, and Anthropic,  the AI safety and research...

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Happy Pride! 5 Queer Superheroes You Should Know

Happy Pride! 5 Queer Superheroes You Should Know

Three things rule the internet these days: cats, Keanu Reeves, and superheroes....

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Cue the Soul Jammin’ Vibes: 5 Ways to Celebrate Black Music Month

Cue the Soul Jammin’ Vibes: 5 Ways to Celebrate Black Music...

The Black community continuously produces groundbreaking and trend-setting music....

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Kenya Partners with Google to Launch AI-Driven Tourism Revolution

Kenya Partners with Google to Launch AI-Driven Tourism...

Kenya has taken a major step toward becoming an AI-driven tourism destination following...

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High street wars! Dead or alive?

High street wars! Dead or alive?

87% of business leaders believe the UK high street is dying, but retail experts...

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