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- 3 Nov 2021
Digital Lab Africa Showcases 2021 Top 7 Africa Digital Arts Innovators from 5 Countries
Leading digital arts innovators platform Digital Lab Africa (DLA) has showcased the work of its winners of the 5th Digital Lab Africa awards at the Fakugesi Digital Arts Festival in South Africa. The…
- 13 Oct 2021
Digital Lab Africa Honours Africa’s Top Digital Arts Innovators
The 5th Digital Lab Africa awards will celebrate top African digital arts innovators at the Fakugesi Digital Arts Festival on 18 October at 6pm GMT (Paris/Johannesburg), 5pm WAT (Lagos), 7pm EAT…
- 5 Oct 2021
Pacer Ventures Launches Pacer Labs to Support Digital Acceleration in Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa venture firm Pacer Ventures is set to further unlock the power of digital transformation in Africa with the launch of Pacer Labs, a software development firm born to support the…
- 26 Aug 2020
Africa in Motion: Accelerating Africa’s Digital Future
By Fadi Pharaon As a continent with very high potential for growing economies, how can African countries accelerate their digital adoption and leapfrog into a new era of socio-economic prosperity?…
- 12 Dec 2014
MasterCard Lists Expectations from Digital Financial Services Lab
MasterCard has expressed its expectations Digital Financial Services lab recently launched in East Africa with funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. In a telephone chat with…
- 27 Oct 2025
Digital Africa 2025 Conference Opens in Abuja With Focus On AI Sovereignty
The 2025 Digital Africa Conference and Exhibition (DACE) officially open today, Tuesday, October 28, 2025, at Merit House, Abuja, bringing together top policymakers, innovators, and technology…
- 7 Nov 2019
Paradigm Initiative Opens Learning Lab for Digital Rights and Inclusion
Paradigm Initiative has said that its first Digital Rights and Inclusion Learning Lab (DRILL) will begin operations in February 2020, and will operate from its new headquarters in Lagos, Nigeria.…
- 21 Nov 2024
Africa Digital Awards Honours Mayomi Tonye as Outstanding Technology Personality in Healthcare Management
Mrs. Mayomi Tonye, a distinguished healthcare administrator and innovator, has been honored with the prestigious title of Outstanding Technology Personality in Healthcare Management at the Africa…
- 23 Nov 2021
Fak’ugesi Exhibition Gallery Honours Digital Artists from Africa, the Diaspora
Tshimologong Innovation Precinct and BetterShared will end the year on a high note with the launch of an all-new virtual 3D gallery space, which will run between 25 November 2021 and 04 January 2022.…
- 1 Mar 2023
UK Forms Alliance with Africa to Push Digital Commerce, Trade
A new business group to drive to drive digital commerce opportunities on the continent backed by the United Kingdom (UK) has been formed. The Africa Forum for Digital Commerce was announced yesterday…
- 29 Mar 2023
DFS Lab Launches Fund to Back Fintech Teams Across Africa
Fintech incubator DFS Lab has launched the DFS Lab Stellar Africa Fund I to back high-potential innovators across Africa. The focus is to transform digital payments by building on a finan cial…
- 19 Feb 2020
Paradigm Initiative Selects Olatunde As Inaugural Digital Rights and Inclusion Learning Lab (DRILL) Fellow
Folasewa Olatunde, a Nigerian second-year doctoral student at North Carolina State University, Raleigh, USA, has been selected as the pioneer fellow for the newly introduced Digital Rights and…
- 15 Feb 2019
CcHUB Launches Africa’s First ‘Design Lab’ in Kigali
CcHUB has launched the ‘CcHUB Design Lab’. The design lab is an unprecedented next step in Africa’s growing tech sector, and is set to become a leading creative space where its multidisciplinary team…
- 13 Oct 2024
Zinox @ 23: Celebrating Africa's Leading Digital Identity
Zinox Technologies, Nigeria’s premier technology company, founded by Forbes Best of Africa’s Leading Tech Icon Leo Stan Ekeh, marked its 23rd anniversary. Established in 2001, Zinox has been at the…
- 23 Nov 2023
IFC, KERA Partner to Improve Access to Healthcare Services in West Africa with AI and Digital Solutions
IFC has announced a partnership with KERA Health Platforms, a pre-seed stage health tech company based in Dakar, Senegal, connecting and augmenting the healthcare ecosystem with AI-powered services.…
- 3 Dec 2014
MasterCard Launches Digital Financial Services Lab, $11m for R&D
MasterCard has launched a new innovation lab with funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to develop financial services that help people build better futures. MasterCard said that across…
- 5 Apr 2023
UNICCON Group Launches SmartAfri Labs to Drive Africa’s Inclusion in Blockchain
The UNICCON Group of Companies has launched its blockchain technology - SmartAfri Labs, to drive the inclusion of Africans and adoption of the specialized technology in the region. Speaking during…
- 28 Sept 2017
Lagos Unveils First DNA Forensic Lab in West Africa
Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, Governor of Lagos State, yesterday inaugurated the state’s DNA Forensic Centre, first of its kind in the West African sub-region. Unveiling the DNA laboratory, located on…
- 25 Oct 2021
Google to Partner with UNESCO to Support Digital Journalism Training in Africa
Google has launched the Global Initiative for Excellence in Journalism Education to enhance journalists’ training in Africa. The announcement was made during the inaugural Google News Initiative…
- 5 Jul 2026
Airtel Africa Foundation Equips 200 Young Women with Digital Skills to Drive Nigeria's Tech Economy
Airtel Africa Foundation, through Airtel Nigeria and in partnership with the Ishk Tolaram Foundation, Co-Creation Hub (CcHub), and SAIL Innovation Lab, has commenced the DigiLeap Women in Tech…
- 1 Jul 2026
Google Rolls Out Fresh AI Projects Across Africa, Opens New Innovation Hub
Google Cloud has unveiled a series of new artificial intelligence (AI), digital infrastructure and skills development initiatives aimed at accelerating Africa's digital transformation. President…
- 6 May 2017
WTL Calls for Infrastructure Sharing in Rural Africa
At the Innovation Africa Digital Summit held in Uganda recently, World Telecom Labs (WTL) called on regulators to use USF money to build wholesale networks in rural Africa – and to reallocate unused…
- 12 Dec 2013
Ericsson launches Consumer Lab report for Sub-Saharan Africa
With global smartphone subscriptions set to reach 5.6 billion by 2019, smartphones have the potential to bridge digital divide in Sub-Saharan Africa by providing universal access and connectivity to…
- 21 Jan 2021
Mastercard and Network International Launch Digital Platform to Accelerate Digital Payment Adoption Across MEA
Mastercard, a technology leader in the global payments industry, and its strategic partner, Network International, the leading enabler of digital commerce in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region,…
- 19 Jun 2026
TikTok, ICC Gather Nigeria’s Entrepreneurs to Drive Small Business Growth and Digital Transformation
TikTok, in collaboration with the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), on Thursday convened hundreds of entrepreneurs, small business owners, digital creators and industry stakeholders in Lagos…
- 13 Jul 2021
Africa Prudential Delivers Backbone for “Aura By Transcorp Hotels” Hospitality Platform
Africa Prudential has demonstrated its digital capabilities, with the launch of “Aura by Transcorp Hotels”, an innovative commercial cloud-based product launched in the Nigerian market. “Aura by…
- 23 Apr 2026
TikTok Teams Up with ICC to Unlock Huge Opportunities for Nigerian SMEs
TikTok and the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) have partnered to launch the Digital Commerce Labs, a global initiative aimed at empowering small businesses and driving economic growth in…
- 9 Jun 2017
Google to Train 6000 Africans on Digital Journalism
Google announced its support for a Digital Journalism initiative that will see 6 000 African journalists trained in data journalism skills by the end of February 2018. Google News Lab and the World…
- 18 May 2018
Interswitch Partners Slum2School Africa to Improve Qualitative Education & Build Skills Around STEM
Interswitch Limited, an integrated digital payment, and commerce company, who is pursuing an ambitious but achievable goal to grow the standard of STEM education in Africa, has partnered Slum2School,…
- 6 Aug 2025
Mastercard Highlights Africa’s $16.5Bn AI Potential and Path to Digital Empowerment
Mastercard has today released its latest whitepaper, Harnessing the transformative power of AI in Africa, a pan-African study of the continent’s readiness, opportunity and roadmap for responsible…