Huawei rolls out ICT competition for Zim’s university students
By Tafadzwa Muranganwa China’s leading provider of information and communication (ICT) solutions,Huawei,has launched an ICT competition which will see a total 200 students from universities across Zimbabwe participating in the
‘I was a victim of the WhatsApp hack’
In April, Faustin Rukundo received a mysterious call over WhatsApp from a number he did not recognise. He answered, but the line was silent and then it went dead. He
Rwanda launches first ‘Made in Africa’ Mara smartphones
Rwanda’s Mara Group launched two smartphones on Monday, describing them as the first “Made in Africa” models and giving a boost to the country’s ambitions to become a regional technology
African countries urged to invest in new technologies
Delegates from the African Telecommunications Union have urged African countries to invest in new technologies in order to bridge the digital divide and prepare for the 4th industrial revolution. The
Cape to Cairo homemade plane project creators die in Tanzania crash
Two South African pilots behind a project that saw teenage students fly a homemade aircraft across Africa have been killed in a plane crash in western Tanzania. Des Werner and
‘Foonovation’: MSU introduces indigenous food processing concept
By Tinaani Nyabereka GWERU – The Midlands State University‘s (MSU) Department of Food Science and Nutrition (MSU) has introduced a food innovation concept that involves the processing and canning of
Zimbabwe’s digitalisation prospects dim
By Tafadzwa Muranganwa It is now less than a year for Zimbabwe to comply with the second deadline of 20 June 2020 by the International Telecommunications Union(ITU) for every country
New funding commitment to boost German-African energy startups
BERLIN, Germany, July 25, 2019. The Germany Africa Business Forum e.V. (“GABF”), whose goal is to strengthen investment ties between Germany and Africa, announced it has, in collaboration with private
“Report hate speech” Facebook urges Sub-Saharan Africans users
By Tafadzwa Muranganwa Many people including Zimbabwe shy away from Facebook owing to tons of hate speech on the platform but a top official of the social media platform has
Facebook artificial intelligence researchers create world’s most detailed population density maps of Africa
JOHANNESBURG-Facebook is working closely with key non-profit and research partners to use artificial intelligence (AI) and big data to address large-scale social, health and infrastructure challenges in sub Saharan Africa.