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…

The Covid-19 pandemic has galvanized the development of more than 120 health technology innovations that have been piloted or adopted in Africa, a new World Health Organization (WHO) analysis finds.

Stéphan-Éloïse GRAS, Executive Director of Digital Africa, and Aphrodice MUTANGANA, recently appointed Chief Operations Officer, carried out a strategic mission in Rwanda. The initiation of the continental project is launched. Goals, roadmap, ambitions… Cross interview with the new duo leading Digital Africa.

I4Policy Foundation, in collaboration with its partners, Briter, Digital Africa, GIZ and AFD, launched a continent-wide survey on the impact of the health crisis on African entrepreneurs and to assess the measures and strategic interventions to be put in place to support them. Explanations given by Freda YAWSON, Lead Researcher, Startup & SME Policy Research, Innovation for Policy Foundation.

Very involved in digital technology, Rwanda has, among tools adopted to respond to the Covid 19 crisis, made use of robotics. A solution developed and proposed by Benjamin Karenzi, CEO Zorabots.