Technology

Now ranked number one in the world for time spent online, Nigeria far exceeds the global average of 2 hours and 16 minute. We Are Social and Hootsuite have published the latest Global Digital Yearbook for 2019, showing how the...

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has officially inaugurated Addis Ababa Bole International Airport passenger terminal expansion project, the Biggest Airport Aviation Hub in Africa which could cater 22 million passengers annually. The airport facility has been expanded to triple in...

In a bid to expand its market in sub-Saharan Africa, German automaker, Volkswagen has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the government of Ethiopia. The agreement will lead to the establishment of a car assembly plant using locally...

Rwanda is on course to launch its first satellite this year, joining the list of few countries in Africa that have placed the devices into orbit. The initiative is in collaboration with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and the...

African tech publication, Disrupt Africa has released its 2018 funding report for African startups. And as any one would expect, 2018 was by far the biggest year for African startups so far. According to the report, African Startups raked in...

South Africa has been ranked the 51st most innovative economy in the world - and the most innovative country Africa, according to new a global innovation index. The Global Innovation Index 2018 placed SA three places above fellow BRICS member...

Four Nigerians have been shortlisted for the 2019 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation. One of them is Dele Sanni, a professor, who developed 3-D-3-P Industrial Dryer, an industrial food dryer that dries grain for livestock feed faster, and increases the...

Rwanda has launched the first African Air Quality and Climate Laboratory equipped with the “Medusa system” that will measure more than 50 gases that deplete the ozone layer. The ozone layer is a region of the stratosphere, between 15 and...

The South African satellite industry is taking another step forward as a player in the international arena with the launch of Africa's most advanced nano-satellite "ZA-cube-two". The satellite will be used to provide cutting edge remote sensing and communication for...

Internet users in Nigeria increased marginally to 108.5 million in November, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has said. The NCC made this known on Friday in its Monthly Internet Subscribers Data for December posted on its website. According to the data,...