Promoting Africa
Ashesi University, which won the Wise Prize for Education, offers its students a way of teaching like no other: invest collectively on projects, to solve the issues of their country. Patrick Awuah, former Ghanaian manager of the US giant Microsoft, and recipient of the Wise Prize for Education 2017, in 2002, landed in the small…
Read more
The first-ever fiber optic cable with a route between the U.S. and India via Brazil and South Africa will soon be a reality. Seaborn Networks ("Seaborn") and IOX Cable Ltd ("IOX") recently announced they have entered into a joint provisioning agreement to provide this first next-generation subsea fiber optic route. "Seaborn is the developer-owner-operator of:…
Read more
The South African group FirstRand, has just bought the British Aldermore. Currently ranked 3rd bank of the continent (according to Jeune Afrique), this bank is now placing itself on the European financial market. "Fourth in the Young Africa ranking of the top 200 African banks in 2016, the South African FirstRand won a rank in…
Read more
After six years of construction, the excavation of the Gantas railway tunnel in Algeria was completed on the morning of 30 October. It will be the longest railway tunnel in North Africa, which will connect Khemis Miliana to El Afroune. Its delivery is scheduled for 2018. The tunnel is located 100 kilometers west of Algiers,…
Read more
According to the World Association of Mobile Operators (GSMA), sub-Saharan Africa remains the most dynamic mobile market in the world, with its ever growing subscriber base. At the end of 2016, the region recorded 420 million single subscribers, a penetration rate of 43%. With an annual growth rate of 6.1%, Sub-Saharan Africa is above the…
Read more
Can African Countries Implement Universal Health Coverage ? Jennifer Van, a final year MSc student in Medical Health Policy Analysis at George Mason University in Virginia USA, gives her perspective. The lack of universal coverage can slow down public health research, but this is not the only cause of the difficulties that our countries may…
Read more
Launching of the Natural Science Collections Facility (NSCF), will see more than thirty million stored animal, plant and fossil specimens (from over forty museums, science councils, and also universities in South Africa), organized under a single co-ordinating hub. The collections will be housed in a virtual facility with the central coordinating hub based at the…
Read more