Technology

BIH stages second instalment of Innovation Botswana

Botswana Innovation Hub (BIH) will stage the second instalment of Innovation Botswana from the 25th of October 2018 at the Botswana Innovation Hub Science and Technology Park. Innovation Botswana reiterated its commitment…

Paul Allen: Microsoft co-founder dies at 65

Paul G. Allen, the co-founder of Microsoft and noted technologist, philanthropist, community builder, conservationist, musician and supporter of the arts has died, his company Vulcan Inc has said in a statement. Allen…

Orange Money celebrates a decade of financial innovation in Africa

Orange Money, Orange’s mobile money solution, is celebrating its 10th anniversary. Launched in 2008, the service currently has 40 million customers and is available in 17 countries, reaching €26 billion in transactions in…

Instagram founders leave Facebook to explore new things

Instagram founders say they are leaving the company to explore “curiosity and creativity again”. The duo, Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger, sold the photo and video-sharing social networking service to Facebook for…

African Innovation Foundation’s top 10 nominees announced 

IPA 2018 keenly contested with 3 000+ applicants from over 52 countries; This year’s innovations address critical challenges in ICT, agri-business, public health and the environment/ energy sectors; The top 10 nominees…

Ecobank announce Winners of 2018 Fintech Challenge

Nala, Virtual Identity and Wallet.ng dazzle judging panel to be the three winners of the competition; All 11 finalists were officially inducted into the Ecobank Fintech Fellowship programme to explore commercial partnerships…

BOCRA removes off-net premium on mobile voice calls

Botswana Communications Regulatory Authority (BOCRA) has notified consumers that beginning 1 June 2018, On-Net calls (Calls within network) and Off-Net calls (Calls from one network to the other) are charged the same…

African Development Bank launches Coding for Employment Programme

The African Development Bank together with partners – The Rockefeller Foundation, Microsoft and Facebook– launched the Coding for Employment Program at the African Innovation Summit in Kigali, Rwanda. By training youth in demand-driven…