Olympic Broadcasting Services (OBS) and Alibaba Cloud, the cloud computing arm of Alibaba Group, announced today the launch of OBS Cloud, an innovative broadcasting solution that operates entirely on the cloud, to help transform the media …
New landings designated for 7,000km submarine communications cable stretching from Portugal to West Africa
TE SubCom (TE.com/global-en/industries/subsea-communications.html), a TE Connectivity Ltd (TE.com) company and an industry pionee…
African Development Bank, mariner investment group, and africa50 price landmark $1 billion impact securitization
Structured as a synthetic securitization by Mizuho International, Room2Run transfers the mezzanine credit risk on a portfol…
A total of 22.4 million smartphones were shipped in Africa during the second quarter of this year (Q2 2018), according to the latest insights from International Data Corporation (IDC). The global technology research and consulting firm's Q…
Ghana's senior national team, the Black Stars have plummeted from 45th place to 51st place on the FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking released for September.
The Stars fell six places (the biggest drop of the month) after losing 1-0 to…
The next James Bond film will be directed by American Cary Joji Fukunaga, the man behind the first season of U.S. drama “True Detective” and the Netflix comedy “Maniac,” the 007 producers said on Thursday.
Fukunaga, 41, replaces British…
Europe’s Mobile Economy to Be Worth EUR720 Billion by 2022 – But Further Regulatory Reform Is Required to Fulfil Region’s Full Potential
Europe’s mobile ecosystem is forecast to account for more than 4 per cent of the region’s GDP by 20…
This will be an opportunity to consider the most effective measures to help close the Adaptation Gap in Africa, which experts estimate to be between USD 7 billion and 15 billion per year by 2020, increasing thereafter
The first Africa A…
European Union leaders will push for a Brexit deal next month but warned Prime Minister Theresa May on Thursday that if she will not give ground on trade and the Irish border by November they are ready to cope with Britain crashing out.
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A judge in the US state of Georgia has approved the use of electronic voting machines - despite being "gravely concerned" that they could be hacked.
There wasn't enough time before November's mid-term elections to switch to a secure pap…
Four soldiers have been arrested in Somalia after a nine-year-old schoolgirl was shot dead in the capital, Mogadishu, police say.
Deqa Dahir died and another girl was wounded when bullets hit their school bus while it was stuck in a tra…
Fenix plans to employ over 2,000 people in the region by 2020 to support Pan-African expansion
Leading solar energy company Fenix International, part of global energy group ENGIE, is establishing its global headquarters in Uganda and mo…
Bodyguard has been a huge hit for BBC One - and now it's coming to Netflix.
The streaming network has acquired the rights to show the gripping thriller outside the UK and Ireland.
However, it's not the BBC that has done the deal. In …
Busyness is often thought of as a modern day affliction, but it can also help you delay gratification and make decisions that benefit you in the longer-term, according to new research from the global business school INSEAD.
“Every day, …
African Development Bank and Purdue University to hold conference on successful technologies for African farmers
The Scale Up Conference will bring together hundreds of individuals and organizations engaged in the introduction, diffusio…
The Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation (TAAT), has launched its sweet potato compact in Ghana with the aim of reaching out to two large and five small scale processes in each of the four selected country.
The other thr…
Nigeria has suspended plans to relaunch its national airline two months after the attempt to revive the carrier was announced.
Aviation Minister Hadi Sirika broke the news on Twitter after a cabinet meeting, saying ministers had made "t…
North Korea's leader wants to complete denuclearisation quickly and hold a second summit with Donald Trump soon, South Korea's president says.
President Moon Jae-in, who has ended a landmark trip to the North, said Kim Jong-un also want…
Zimbabwe's government has suspended plans for ministers to buy luxury vehicles as the country continues to deal with a cholera outbreak that has killed more than 30 people, local reports say.
Last week, Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube was…
Alibaba founder Jack Ma, who once boasted his e-commerce firm would spur the creation of one million jobs in America, has rowed back on those plans.
Citing the ongoing trade war between the US and China, Mr Ma told China's Xinhua news a…
