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We are convinced a new world is being built from Africa, and tech solutions are essential drivers for this development. What conditions favor the emergence of #Tech4Good solutions? What are the inspiring initiatives? Who are the actors of this change?
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Techfugees, tech for the integration of migrants

Born in 2015, following a call on Facebook by Mike BUTCHER, TechCrunch Europe editor, in response to the photo of young Aylan’s found dead on a beach in Turkey, Techfugees mobilizes a community of digital transformation actors, making digital solutions available for the inclusion of displaced people.
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Désiré KOUSSAWO “E-Sports : Africa has a chance”

With nearly 500 million players worldwide, e-sports have passed the historic milestone of one billion $ generated in revenue in 2020. A growing sector where Africa confirms its entry. Expert in Gaming & E-sport, Désiré KOUSSAWO tells us the keys to this growth.
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Taxing data to improve tax revenues: the Ugandan approach
Published date : 03 Aug 2021
Author : Digital Africa

Uganda’s new tax on mobile data, which came into effect in early July to boost tax revenues, replaces the social media tax introduced in 2018.

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Techfugees, tech for the integration of migrants
Published date : 29 Jul 2021
Author : Digital Africa

Born in 2015, following a call on Facebook by Mike BUTCHER, TechCrunch Europe editor, in response to the photo of young Aylan’s found dead on a beach in Turkey, Techfugees mobilizes a community of digital transformation actors, making digital solutions available for the inclusion of displaced people.

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VivaTech review: startuppers take center stage
Published date : 27 Jul 2021
Author : Digital Africa

The 2021 edition of the VivaTech, once again this year, put African startups in the spotlight. For Resilient Digital Africa, three entrepreneurs from the continental tech scene share their experience of the fair.

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Interview – Désiré KOUSSAWO “E-Sports : Africa has a chance”
Published date : 21 Jul 2021
Author : Digital Africa

With nearly 500 million players worldwide, e-sports have passed the historic milestone of one billion dollars generated in revenue in 2020. A growing sector where Africa confirms its entry. Expert in Gaming & E-sport, Désiré KOUSSAWO tells us the keys to this growth.

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Interview – Sinatou SAKA: “Linguistic diversity, an economic dimension… but also a social one”
Published date : 25 Jun 2021
Author : Digital Africa

Sinatou SAKA, a journalist specializing in digital entrepreneurship in Africa and Editorial Project Manager of RFI and France 24, founded the Idemi Africa platform to promote and help create digital media in African languages on the web. This is an economic issue, but also a social one according to her.

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Joint interview Delphine REMY-BOUTANG – Camélia NTOUTOUME LECLERCQ “Training 500 women and launching among them 5 startups, by 2022”
Published date : 26 May 2021
Author : Digital Africa

Women’s innovation movement JFD inaugurated on March 23 its first growth accelerator in Africa, at the heart of Libreville, Gabon, the 6th most connected African country in the world and the future digital hub of Central and West Africa, according to a World Bank report. Delphine REMY-BOUTANG, CEO of JFD, President of the Global Entrepreneurship Network France and Camélia NTOUTOUME LECLERCQ, Minister Delegate to the Minister of Higher Education, Scientific Research and Technology Transfer and JFD Ambassador tell more.

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Pass Mousso – A connected bracelet to save lives
Last update : Jun 28 2021
Ivory Coast
E-health | E-health & well-being | IoT (Internet of Things) | Smart devices

The e-health bracelet Pass Mousso, by Ivorian Corine Maurice OUATTARA, helps doctors and protects patients in Ivory Coast.

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Brastorne – With mAgri, farmers “connected” to the market
Last update : Jun 11 2021
Botswana | Democratic Republic of the Congo
Agriculture | AgriTech | Connectivity | ICTs | USSD

In Botswana, Brastorne has developed the mAgri solution, which allows farmers to access information and also services, markets and ultimately new opportunities via USDD.

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SOWIT – Artificial Intelligence serving African agriculture
Last update : Jun 04 2021
Africa | Morocco | Senegal
Agriculture | AgriTech | Artificial Intelligence | Data science | Drone | Satellite images

SOWIT is a company created by Hamza RKHA CHAHAM and Hamza BENDAHOU which puts technology at the service of the development of African agriculture.

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African technological ecosystems are essential drivers for development, thus Digital Africa launched, in this COVID-19 period, this new information and analysis portal with a pan-African perspective. This collaborative and editorial site is developed by our team and many recognized experts from the tech industry.

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