Promoting Africa
Ugandan young innovator and co-founder of Innovex, Alvin Leonard Kabwama has landed a training deal with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) research centre in Silicon Valley, USA, where he will be joining researchers at Singularity University for a period of 8 weeks. Alvin Kabwama is the cofounder of Innovex, a company which describes itself as being…
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"The African Innovation Foundation (AIF) recently announced the top 10 nominees who will be contending for the 2017 Innovation Prize for Africa (IPA), to be awarded in Accra, Ghana on 18th July 2017. Innovators from nine African countries including Democratic Republic of Congo, Egypt, Kenya, Liberia, Morocco, Nigeria, South Africa, Uganda and Zimbabwe have been…
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Singer Songwriter Wizkid scooped the Best International Act from Africa at the 2017 International BET Awards ceremony. The announcement was made at a special ceremony held in Los Angeles on Saturday June 24th. “Wizkid is taking the award for the second time after winning it for the first time in 2012. He also bagged seven nominations…
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Presenting seven-year-old Michelle Nkamankeng, who has made history by becoming the youngest author from Africa to make it in the top 10 youngest writers in the world. The South African author, became in 2016, the youngest published author in Africa. She has made history by doing something remarkable at such a young age: writing a…
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IROKO, the world's leading online African content distributor and the largest Internet TV operator in Africa, has launched a channel devoted to Nigerian music and entertainment on LES BOUQUETS CANAL +. The Nigerian music industry is booming, and one of the most dynamic in the world. This market, which weighed 47 million USD in 2015,…
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On June 15, 2017, MTN-Bénin (one of Benin's mobile networks) made available to its subscribers, the MoMoPay, a new payment system, which accelerates the process of monetary transactions. MTN MoMoPay is a new payment solution that allows users to quickly pay for their purchases using their mobile phones. It is a convenient, secure and easy way…
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A forgotten city thought to date back as far as the 10th century AD (more than 1,000 years old) has been uncovered by a team of archaeologists in eastern Ethiopia. Artefacts from Egypt, India and China have been found in the city in the Harlaa region, as well as a mosque dating from the 12th century. Archaeologists…
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