Category Archives: Science & Tech

The Caribbean region is made up of at least 28 island nations and more than 7,000 individual islands in the southeast of the Gulf of Mexico and the North American mainland, east of Central America, and north of South America. The inhabitants of most of the islands are victims of climate change as many people,Continue reading “This Caribbean island risks splitting into two if nothing is done immediately”

Rwanda has proven to be one of the world’s fastest-growing economies as it leads the African continent in technological advancement and infrastructural development. The East African nation recently launched Africa’s first electronic cross-border trade platform with the help of Alibaba Group’s Electronic World Trade Platform (eWTP) to engage small businesses across the continent. Rwanda hasContinue reading “Rwanda starts construction of Africa’s very own Silicon Valley in Kigali”

Rwandan President Paul Kagame has launched Africa’s first Electronic World Trade Platform (eWTP) with the help of Chinese multinational technology conglomerate and the world’s largest e-commerce platform operator Alibaba Group to engage small businesses in electronic cross-border trade. Alibaba will support Rwanda’s economic development by working with the Rwanda Development Board (RDB) to help RwandanContinue reading “Rwanda opens door to Chinese firm Alibaba to build Africa’s first digital economy”

It’s no mean feat to be recognized by the most powerful countries in the world and the most influential leaders especially when you are under 30 years old and the son of a peasant and charcoal seller in a remote village in western Ghana. This is the success story of Shadrack Frimpong, the founder andContinue reading “From village icon to global acclaim, this promising young Ghanaian leader keeps soaring while saving lives”

Ateam of five Nigerian junior secondary school girls, who go by the name Save A Soul, has won gold at the junior level of the Technovation World Pitch Summit held at Silicon Valley in California, U.S.A. on Thursday where they presented an app they built that identified fake pharmaceutical drugs in Nigeria. The competition organized by American techContinue reading “Nigerian girls win gold at global tech competition with app that spots fake drugs”