Category: Key developments

Six African fintech companies have been featured on CNBC’s prestigious list of the world’s top 250 fintech companies for 2024.

French media giant Vivendi Africa Group (GVA) has set its sights on Uganda, marking its eighth African nation with the launch of its fiber-optic internet service, CanalBox.

Uganda and Huawei have embarked on plans to build a smart village in the East African country.

Dubai’s ride-hailing app, Hala, has announced its first international expansion through a partnership with MwaslaTech, an Egyptian smart transport solutions provider.

Huawei announced a significant expansion of its digital skills training program in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Telecom Egypt, the leading telecom operator in Egypt, and 4iG Group, a prominent Hungarian IT and telecommunications group, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to establish a joint venture (JV) focused on building a state-of-the-art fiber network.

Africa, the second-largest continent in the world, is home to a diverse array of countries with varied demographics, cultures, and socio-economic landscapes.

Senegal’s transportation authority, the Executive Council for Sustainable Urban Transport (Cetud), and the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) have joined forces to optimize urban mobility in Dakar and other Senegalese cities.

Kenyan identity management startup Peleza and Y Combinator-backed Prembly have joined forces to create a new entity, the Prembly Group.