Code for Africa has received a $4.7 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to fund data journalism schools and projects, according to Journalism.co.uk. Based in Nairobi, Code for.
Uganda’s retail power distributor Umeme Power Company is reported to be investing US$24mn in automated meter-reading technology that uses smart meters to help it curb energy losses among large commercial.
The Ghana Nuclear Regulatory Bill has been passed and is awaiting the President’s assent. The objectives of the Bill are to establish the Ghana Nuclear Regulatory Authority with clear functions.
Guinea-Bissau’s President Jose Mario Vaz has dismissed the government following a rift with Prime Minister Domingos Pereira. The two men are said to have disagreed on a number of issues.
The Kenya Defence Forces have appointed the first female Brigadier in its ranks following promotions announced yesterday. Colonel Fatumah Ahmed was promoted to the rank of Brigadier and appointed managing.
The euphoria concerning the potential of new technologies to transform society and increase democracy is based on a flawed instrumentalist assumption that technologies by themselves have transformative power, but ICT.
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has challenged East African states to facilitate the free movement of people and encourage business in the region for quick economic transformation. Announcing that Kenya will.
Welcome to Africa’s first heart-stopping underwater room, at the Manta Resort on Pemba Island, off the coast of Zanzibar in the beautiful African country of Tanzania. Definitely one of the most amazing.
Twists and turns seem to be the one constant in this year’s electoral drama as allegiances shift faster than thought and alliances are built and torn with surprising speed. This.
President Muhammadu Buhari has constituted a seven-member committee to advise him on his plans to tackle corruption, THISDAY can exclusively reveal. Named as the Presidential Advisory Committee on Anti-corruption, investigation.
