Technology

Fathia Abdullahi, a 12-year-old Nigerian girl, has begun to gain global recognition after she created a laundry-folding robot that folds clothes in “three seconds” — barely a year after she started coding. According to Reuters, the young Nigerian programmer started...

Google has formally unveiled its Equiano project, a new undersea cable that will connect Africa with Europe to boost the continent’s connectivity. The new cable will start in Western Europe and run along the western coast of the continent to...

The Forbes Africa ’30 Under 30′ list has finally been published and it pays homage to the continent’s most innovative and change-making youthful leaders. The Forbes Africa 30 Under 30 list for 2019 was announced yesterday at the annual Forbes...

The Forbes Africa 30 Under 30 list for 2019 was announced yesterday at the annual Forbes Africa Under 30 Meet-Up in association with Kingdom Business Network (KBN) at the Houghton Hotel, Johannesburg. The fifth annual Forbes Africa 30 Under 30...

South Africa ’s Cape Town International Airport has been named the continent’s leading airport while Ethiopian Airlines was voted Africa’s leading airline at the recent edition of the World Travel Awards. The airport (Cape Town International Airport), located in the...

The population of Africa is growing rapidly. Today, one out of every six people on Earth live in Africa. In 2050, the United Nations “ medium scenario” projections predicts one in four humans will live in Africa and in...

Lawyers in Chad on Thursday presented an application to the courts seeking an order to force government to lift a social media blackout. But the Appeals Court struck out the case allowing the government to continue the blackout which has...

A report by Kaspersky Lab has placed Nigeria third among countries where the highest number of mobile malware threats were detected in 2018. Kaspersky Lab’s mobile malware evolution 2018 report ranked Nigeria 3rd on its top 10 list of most...

Data from UK-based price comparison website — Cable, has shown that Nigerian telecom companies offer some of the cheapest mobile data subscription rates in Africa. According to the report, Nigeria rank 11th out of 57 African countries with an average...

The annual Fraser Institute - Survey of Mining Companies 2018 states: "Botswana is again the highest ranked jurisdiction in Africa on policy, ranking 12th (of 83) in 2018". This report presents the results of the Fraser Institute’s 2018 annual survey...