Author Boubacar Diallo

November 9, 2015

Published on Youtube, AfricanGeek is a web series produced by Douglas Mbiandou a digital entrepreneur. Aimed at raising awareness among African youth, the series offers inspiring themes in a comical tone that c...

Jjiguene Tech Hub promotes technology for women and for women

November 9, 2015

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Engineers and computer and digital enthusiasts, four young women decided to create a space intended to raise awareness among women to help them penetrate this area where they are poorly represented. In Dakar, t...

Funding taps open for African start-ups

November 9, 2015

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In West Africa, technology incubators are entering the dance with, for example, the launch from Ghanad’s an ambitious new venture capital fund. A fund managed from Accra by the Meltwater Entrepreneurial School ...

#AfricanGeek, la série web qui sensibilise à la digitalisation en Afrique

November 9, 2015

Publiée sur Youtube, AfricanGeek est une série web produite par Douglas Mbiandou un entrepreneur digital. Destinée à sensibiliser la jeunesse africaine, la série propose sur un ton comique des thèmes inspirants...

Sénégal : Microsoft signe un accord avec les maires

November 9, 2015

Microsoft corporation et l’Association des maires du Sénégal (Ams) ont signé un accord de coopération, pour faire des municipalités du Sénégal des centres d’excellence dans les domaines d’application du Progra...

Two Atlanta Startup Hubs Merge to Diversify Tech Sector

November 9, 2015

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TechSquare Labs, a technology innovation hub for startups and corporations, has merged withOpportunity Hub, a diverse and inclusive entrepreneurship center and multicampus co-working space. The two Atlanta-base...

#SiliconValley Africa: mPharma Is Going to Disrupt the Healthcare Sector in Emerging Markets – Here’s How

November 7, 2015

Gregory Rockson, CEO of mPharma is building the largest pharmaceutical data platform for emerging markets. How is he doing it? Disruption. Here is an instance where the beloved tech buzzword will not be used i...

À 15 ans, Cet Enfant Fournit Déjà De L’électricité Pour Tout Son Village

November 6, 2015

Kelvin Doe est un petit génie venu tout droit de Sierra Leone. À 13 ans il construisait déjà des batteries et des générateurs électriques pour tout son village, aujourd’hui, il est devenu à 15 ans le plus jeune...

At 15, This Child Already Provides Electricity For His Entire Village

November 6, 2015

Kelvin Doe is a little genius straight from Sierra Leone. At 13 he was already building batteries and electric generators for his entire village, today at 15 he became the youngest guest of MIT, one of the most...

Un Nigérien invente un système de télé irrigation

November 5, 2015

Mamane Abdou Kané, un jeune nigérien a mis au point un système agricole de télé irrigation. Ce système permet aux maraîchers du pays d’arroser à distance leur exploitation agricole au moyen d’un appareil compos...

Les camerounais Alain Nteff et Aymard Bamal finalistes du prix international Appsafrica.com

November 5, 2015

ls ont été retenus parmi plus de 200 participants dans les catégories «Best health innovation et Best mobile innovation». Les finalistes de l’Appsafrica.com Innovation Awards 2015 (le Prix de l'Innovation ...

Flying Doctors: Dr Ola Orekunrin to the rescue!

November 5, 2015

Long hair extensions, lipstick, mini dresses and heels are regular features of Ola Orekunrin‘s presentation. Her grooming belies the hardship she endured to get the first air ambulance in Nigeria, if not West A...

Young Cameroonian researcher develops ecological cement produced from laterite

November 5, 2015

Patrick Lemougna Ninla (photo), a young Cameroonian researcher, has just been honored with the National Young Scientists Kwame Nkrumah Prize, organized by the African Union and the Academy of Sciences for the D...

Nigerien invents remote irrigation system

November 5, 2015