09-Jan-2020 to 19:25
Africa joins space race
APA-Rabat (Morocco) — Security, telecommunications, meteorology, navigation, resource and territory management, climate...Africans are sending more and more satellites into space. Why this sudden African ambition for space power?
Read more09-Jan-2020 to 19:18
Africa fires 41 satellites into space
APA-Dakar (Senegal) — Since 1998, Africa has mustered a total of 41 satellites, 38 of which were sent into space by 11 countries on the continent, while three are the result of multilateral cooperation.
Read more09-Jan-2020 to 18:58
Ethiopia, Africa’s newest power in space!
APA-Dakar (Senegal) — By launching its first satellite on December 20, 2019, Ethiopia joined the exclusive club of the few African countries to have sent spacecrafts into space.
Read more02-Jan-2020 to 12:36
Cameroon fails to meet expectation of regional fiber optic project
APA - Yaoundé (Cameroon) — Cameroon has submitted a request to the African Development Bank (AfDB) to extend the fiber optic project in Central Africa, also known as the Central African Backbone (CAB), the national completion rate of which is estimated at 15 percent, the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications told APA on Thursday.
Read more23-Dec-2019 to 19:17
Rwanda to start investing in block-chain projects by 2020
APA- Kigali (Rwanda) — The Rwandan ministry of ICT and Innovation will allocate part of its next year's budget to new projects focusing on technologies such as blockchain, robotics, artificial intelligence (AI) and big data initiatives, an official source confirmed Monday in Kigali.
Read more20-Dec-2019 to 10:29
Ethiopia launches first-ever Remote Sensing Satellite
APA-Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) — Ethiopia launched its first-ever Remote Sensing Satellite, ET-RSS-1 to space from China on Friday December 20, 2019 at 3:21GMT.
Read more19-Dec-2019 to 22:51
Kenyan firm recognized among world’s top fintechs
APA-Nairobi(Kenya) — Kenyan start-up Alternative Circle has been recognized as one of the top fintechs in a first ever survey on the emerging industry, globally.
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