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Addressing the gaps and challenges to unlock the full potential of AI in Africa [Report]
Africa is embracing Artificial Intelligence in ways unique to the continent and is by no means showing signs to slow doen. This executive summary...
Cosmas Zavazava: “In many countries, fixed-broadband Internet is prohibitively expensive, if it is available at all”
I am pleased to present you the 2023 edition of Facts and Figures, ITU’s independent, meticulously researched, and timely snapshot of the state of...
AfricaNenda and GIMAC are collaborating to accelerate digital finance deployment in Central Africa
- AfricaNenda and GIMAC are presently partners. AfricaNenda, is an organization specializing in financial inclusion in Africa and GIMAC (Groupement Interbancaire Monétique de l'Afrique Centrale) is the Economic Interest Group facilitating financial inclusion through the supervision and implementation of interoperability in CEMAC.
On September 19, 2023, two organizations signed a Memorandum of Understanding in...
To bring Africa into the digital age, connections between neighbouring countries and regions of the continent are essential*.
– A single digital market across Africa will lower barriers to trade and communication. It will make the internet faster and more accessible....
Guiding Telcos Along the SASE Journey
The pandemic has impacted every aspect of our lives, but in particular it has fragmented the traditional working environment, scattering employees to different locations...
Bridging the digital divide by 2030
New Partner2Connect coalition advances digital transformation and sustainable development in hardest-to-connect countries
– Geneva, 20 September 2021. The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) announced today the...
Three Paths to Accelerating Digital Access in West and Central Africa
- Just before the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic struck, just over half of the world’s population approximately (51%) had access to the internet compared...
AT&T to run its mobile network and 5G services on Microsoft’s...
- Microsoft is buying AT&T's 5G core technology and then acquires the cloud platform orchestrating the mobile network of the number one US telecommunications...
Hacker sells data of 700 million LinkedIn users on the dark...
– The personal data of 700 of the 756 million users of the professional LinkedIn network have been sold by a hacker on...
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Frankie Ng [CEO of SGS]: « We are convinced that our...
– SGS, one of the world's leading inspection, verification, testing, and certification company, has presented its « Sustainability Ambitions 2030 (SA2030)» on May, 12...
