Open Call: Qualcomm Make in Africa Startup Mentorship Program Deadline Date: February 15, 2026 The Qualcomm has launched the Qualcomm Make in Africa Startup Mentorship Program, an equity-free initiative designed to support promising early-stage startups across Africa applying advanced connectivity and…
The Africa Tech Festival Awards 2025 (), held on Wednesday, 12 November 2025 in Cape Town, brought together technology leaders, innovators, and changemakers from across the continent to celebrate excellence in African innovation and digital transformation. Recognising the people and…
Accounting and Auditing Organization for Islamic Financial Institutions (AAOIFI), together with the Islamic Development Bank Group (IsDB), represented by the IsDB Institute (IsDBI), is set to host the 20th edition of its annual Islamic banking and finance conference with the…
The University for Development Studies (UDS),proudly celebrates Dr. Abdul-Basit Tampuli Abukari, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Agricultural and Food Economics, who has been profiled by The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) in its African Scholar Spotlight of…
First Published,September 25,The Conversation Author-Rachel Adams Honorary Research Fellow of The Ethics Lab, University of Cape Town If it’s steered correctly, artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to accelerate development. It can drive breakthroughs in agriculture. It can expand access…
Tahir Field Recycling Turns “Dirty Oil” into Goodies By: Mohammed A. Abu Ghana is actively transitioning from the wasteful, take-make-use-waste-discard linear economy to a circular (resources use efficiency oriented) economy through policies like the National Plastic Management Policy. Key initiatives…
African economies have been challenged to boost their investment in research to power the continent’s industrial transformation by accelerating development of homegrown innovations that reinforce autonomy, sustainability, and technological sovereignty, said an official statement issued in Algiers,Monday. Speaking during the…
The organisers of the upcoming Carbon Markets Africa Summit have announced the diamond sponsorship of TASC, the award-winning and pioneering carbon finance project developer with a proven track record of innovative climate mitigation techniques and investing in local communities an…
LUSAKA, Zambia, August 12, 2025/ — The African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) is supporting a new Artificial Intelligence (AI) training initiative to advance the implementation of Africa’s continental development blueprint, Agenda 2063: The Africa We Want (). Through its Joint Secretariat Support…
The General Council for Islamic Banks and Financial Institutions (CIBAFI), the global umbrella of Islamic financial institutions,has successfully held a webinar titled “AI and Data Survey (GIBS) 2025 Report,an official statement issued in Manama,Bahrain,Wednesday, has disclosed. This edition of the…
