Preparations are in top gear as leaders in digitization will be honoured at the 8th Africa Digital Economy Awards on 10th November 2023 at the Emara Ole Sereni Hotel in Nairobi, Kenya. Following 7 successful editions in West Africa, ADEA moves to Kenya in...
Medallion Data Centre Limited, Nigeria’s premier carrier neutral data centre operator has finally rebranded to Digital Realty. Medallion was acquired in 2021 by Digital Realty, a data center real estate investment trust in a joint venture with Pembani Remgro Infrastructure Fund for USD29 million....
Ghanaian fintech company, Hubtel has for the past years introduced disruptive innovation in the industry making in a market leader in the West African country and in other African countries. In the first ten months of 2023, Hubtel again showed their innovation prowess by...
US payment technology giant Stripe’s Nigerian payment service provider, Paystack, has officially launched in Kenya after completing its private beta phase. The company aims to expand its services to ambitious businesses across Africa and has already established operations in Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya and South...
The Nigeria Learning Passport platform, which was initiated by the Federal Ministry of Education (FME) and UNICEF to modernise Nigeria’s education system, has reached 500,000 registered users. The widespread use of digital devices has prompted many African countries to join the drive. Besides, business...
Kenya’s transportation industry is increasingly adopting electric vehicles and motorcycles as part of its efforts to reduce carbon emissions and promote sustainable transportation. BasiGo, a well-known electric vehicle provider, has announced impressive achievements in carbon dioxide emission reduction. Within only two years, they assert...
The Kenyan government has signed a Ksh.8.7 billion ($60 million) agreement with the United States Millennium Change Corporation (MCC). The MCC deal is labelled the Kenya Urban Mobility and Growth Threshold Program. The program will channel the funds into four projects in Kenya. The...
In a bid to further catalyze digital transformation and bolster economic expansion, the Federal Government of Nigeria has secured access to a substantial financial loan of approximately $500m in funding to initiate a local funding programme to boost innovation and entrepreneurship within the country’s...
Following the effect of digitilisation transforming the ways of life, this article is intended to get views from tech thought leaders about how digital economy and how its transformation will help businesses across to navigates into a changing world. Against a backdrop of global...
Data Center and Technology Predictions 2023 By Chris Sharp, CTO, Digital Realty Predicting the future is hard. Predicting the future of technology and data center technology is even harder. Technology – by design – evolves so rapidly, often in response to our ever-changing needs...