In partnership with PwC, the company Interworld, will present on October 21 and 22 in Casablanca a forum on ICT / Telecom in Africa “for the optimization of investments”. The telecoms / ICT sector has become a priority for all African States given its leverage effects on the various sectors and its decisive contribution to …
One of the first Senegalese venture capital funds “Téranga Capital” is the initiative of two men: Omar Cissé and Olivier Furdelle. Its purpose is to promote the country’s start-ups by providing them with funds, so that these young companies can evolve and go beyond the critical start-up phase. Due to a lack of support, young …
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Twenty-five billion connected devices by 2020 and five billion by the end of 2015: Drones delivering pizza, roads repairing themselves; the next decade will be the decade of connected devices present in every aspect of our lives. Africa as a whole is a unique case. On the one hand, the continent has very poor Internet …
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The project for the artisanal manufacture of pavers from recycled plastic waste was launched this Monday, June 29, 2015 in Yaoundé by the itinerant Ambassador. Its ultimate goal is to provide employment for disadvantaged young people in fifty municipalities across the country. Roger Milla, through his foundation Solidarité Coeur d ’Afrique Roger Milla from Cameroon, …
Ecobank Zimbabwe announced that it had just made a second withdrawal of $ 5 million from a global line of credit of $ 15 million, mobilized by its parent group Ecobank Transnational Incorporated. According to Daniel Sackey, the managing director of this subsidiary, the money will be used to support companies wishing to replace their …
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The American computer software firm Microsoft plans to connect the populations of Nanyuki, a town located in Laikipia County, in central Kenya, to the wireless Internet at a lower cost. To achieve its objective, Microsoft would like to use the available television frequencies. This region of the country, and others not served by Internet connectivity, …
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The organization donated medical equipment to four health facilities in several cities in Cameroon at the Ad-Lucem hospital in Douala at the end of May. The numbers are alarming. 25 to 30% of Cameroonians over the age of 45 suffer from hypertension, while 6% of adults living in urban areas have diabetes. It is strong …
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A 52-year-old Nigerian scientist, Dr. Samuel ACHILEFU won the prestigious Saint Louis 2014 award for creating glasses that identify cancer cells. Dr.-Achilefu-a-professor-of-radiology3 Achilefu, a professor of radiology and biomedical engineering and his team have developed imaging technology that can detect cancer cells during surgery in the dark. Samuel Achilefu told Bloomberg that “their effectiveness is …
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The housing crisis is a reality in the Paris region. Knowing that the region has 2 million 18/30 year olds, including 1.4 million young workers and 600,000 students. It is the second European metropolis in number of young people, behind Istanbul (2.7M) and ahead of London (1.5M). However, a young worker earning € 1,800 or …
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Kwame Donkor, the Ghanaian Minister of Energy, called on the population to adopt the various solutions offered by solar in terms of energy. According to him, this type of energy will allow an efficient and faster resolution of the energy crisis which the country is currently facing. The call was made during a visit to …
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Come to the Digital Thursday school, it’s 1 hour of exchange / Training on a subject related to digital. Register for free and participate in the first edition. Free registration on http://www.digitalthursday.com/#!contact/c24vq With the participation of Jean-Pierre Boep https://www.facebook.com/photo.phpfbid=10206237375766070&set=a.2596546485686.124017.1615450831&type=1&tl
“The energy deficit can be a serious threat to the peace and stability of countries.” said Macky Sall, the Senegalese president at the 33rd session of the Orientation Committee of Heads of State and Government (HSGOC) of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD). “When people pay dearly for electricity and continue to suffer repeated …
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Call for applications from the Francophone Fund for Digital Innovation launched in 2015, on the theme “Sustainable Francophone Cities: #digital innovation for urban environmental policies in Francophone developing countries”. You are a digital professional, studying in Information and Communication Technologies or in telecom engineering (developer, web designer, digital marketing …). You live in one of …
By organizing its gala dinner on Monday at the Sofitel hotel Ivoire, the Kalou Foundation had set itself the main objective of reaching the 100 million CFA mark both in material donations and in hard cash. The Kalou brothers were not disappointed. Four jerseys from Didier Drogba, Eto’s Fils Samuel, Yaya Touré and Yao Kouassi …
Passionate about computers, Awa C., Awa G. and Binta took on their 100% male colleagues and jointly developed the first Senegalese video game, Dakar Madness. The three young women are not lacking in ambition: after having participated in the world final of the “Imagine Cup” in New York, they are now focusing on the creation …
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