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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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Mohamed ZOGHLAMI “Creativity at the heart of African digital development”

Co-founder of Afric’Up, an event dedicated to innovation and digital entrepreneurship made in Africa, expert in digital creative industry, he analyzes the development of the sector in Africa. Its potential, its shortcomings as well. Starting with the training component.
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Digital Creative Industries, a lever for development in post-Covid Africa

While the global market for creative industries is estimated at 2.4 billion dollars, Africa accounts only for 5% despite a potential deemed large. The Covid-19 crisis, which has hit the players in the sector hard, is proving to be an opportunity. This is thanks to digital technology in particular...
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Solar energy to meet Covid-19 vaccination challenge in Africa

Though technology has responded to the challenges directly posed by the Covid-19 since the outbreak, the start of vaccination campaigns has raised other concerns. These include the storage of vaccines. A company has found the solution… solar.
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Wingu.africa inaugurates a Hyperscale Data Center in Ethiopia

Pan-African Data Center operator wingu.africa will set up a Hyperscale Data Center in the Addis Ababa ICT Park in Ethiopia. The beginning of an expansion in this country which is matched only by its ambition to conquer even more markets.
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Julie OWONO “The lack of privacy can appear as a neo-colonial harnessing of data”

A lawyer by training, Julie OWONO is notably the Executive Director of the NGO Internet Without Borders and she was nominated last May for the new Facebook oversight board, whose mission is to ensure individual data's respect on the platform. She shares her vision on data protection issues in Africa.
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Digital Creative Industries "A lever for economic development, employability and entrepreneurship in post-Covid Africa"

Published date : 25 Feb 2021
Author : Digital Africa

While the global market for creative industries is estimated at 2.4 billion dollars, Africa accounts only for 5% despite a potential deemed large. The Covid-19 crisis, which has hit the players in the sector hard, is proving to be an opportunity. This is thanks to digital technology in particular…

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Solar energy to meet Covid-19 vaccination challenge in Africa

Published date : 22 Feb 2021
Author : Digital Africa

Though technology has responded to the challenges directly posed by the Covid-19 since the outbreak, the start of vaccination campaigns has raised other concerns. These include the storage of vaccines. A company has found the solution… solar.

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Wingu.africa inaugurates a Hyperscale Data Center in Ethiopia

Published date : 10 Feb 2021
Author : Digital Africa

Pan-African Data Center operator wingu.africa will set up a Hyperscale Data Center in the Addis Ababa ICT Park in Ethiopia. The beginning of an expansion in this country which is matched only by its ambition to conquer even more markets.

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Interview - Mohamed ZOGHLAMI "Creativity at the heart of African digital development"

Published date : 25 Feb 2021
Author : Digital Africa

Mohamed ZOGHLAMI, co-founder of Afric’Up, an event dedicated to innovation and digital entrepreneurship made in Africa, expert in digital creative industry, analyzes the development of the sector in Africa. Its potential, its shortcomings as well. Starting with the training component.

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Interview - Julie OWONO “The lack of privacy can appear as a neo-colonial harnessing of data”

Published date : 11 Feb 2021
Author : Digital Africa

Franco-Cameroonian and lawyer by training, Julie OWONO, 33 years old, is the Executive Director of the NGO Internet Without Borders. She’s also a searcher for the Berman Klein Centre at Harvard University and a Digital Civil Society member at Stanford. She is one of the 24 independent experts nominated by UNESCO to work on “the first draft recommendation on the ethics of Artificial Intelligence.” Last May, she was nominated for the new Facebook oversight board, whose mission is to ensure individual data’s respect on the platform.

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Interview - Karim KOUNDI, TMT Industry Leader "The Covid pandemic has been an accelerator"

Published date : 06 Jan 2021
Author : Digital Africa

Associate in the Deloitte French-speaking Africa and in charge of ICT activities for this region, Karim KOUNDI analyses the evolution of the e-commerce sector through four factors he thinks are determinant. Interview.

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Helium Health - A software to improve the hospital-patient relationship

Last update : Feb 26 2021
East Africa | Nigeria | North Africa | West Africa
Digital medical record | E-health | Medical record management system

The Nigerian startup Helium Health conceived a digital medical record management system that includes a billing and payment solution and a patient management system to improve efficiency and health funding in emerging countries.

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Jangolo - The e-commerce to answer agricultural challenges in Africa

Last update : Jan 20 2021
Cameroon
AgriTech | E-commerce & Retail

With more than 10 000 users and 400 companies in the agro-livestock and food sectors in its network, Jangolo offers African farmers a platform to sell products, connect with potential partners, and provide a management solution. An overall solution for more efficiency in agriculture.

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Kono Digital - Drones for more sustainable agriculture

Last update : Dec 30 2020
Burkina Faso
AgriTech | Drone

Kono Digital, an African startup specializing in the design of “Made in Africa” UAVs, provides services making this technological tool available to the region’s farmers.

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