Category Archives: Science & Tech

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”

The African market is booming with technologies from Asia, Europe and America which are flooding the continent. Meanwhile, the few indigenous brands are drowning in competition as there is a massive shortage of African talents to build world-class products. The divide is what inspired the founding of the engineering company Andela, which is building a networkContinue reading “Success story of the Nigerian genius leading Andela’s operations at the heart of Africa’s tech revolution”

Described as a model for African rural electrification, Eritrea will soon launch two solar hybrid power systems that will provide grid quality electricity to 40,000 people and businesses in the towns of Areza and Maidma where there is no grid power at all. The Government of #Eritrea will connect over 40,000 community members in #Areza and #Maidma to solar powered mini-grids. #SDG7 .Continue reading “Eritrea to power 40,000 people and businesses with US$6.56m hybrid solar systems”

Rwanda’s capital Kigali will soon host Africa’s biggest talents in software development at the new Pan-African technology hub which will be launched by American technology training company Andela in December 2018. Andela is partnering with the Rwanda Development Board to build a pan-African workforce and support the development of African talent who will be theContinue reading “Kigali to host Andela’s new technology hub for African software developers”