Category Archives: Science & Tech

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”

Lake Natron in northern Tanzania is described as one of the world’s weirdest lakes for its red colour due to volcanic activities and its incredibly high level of alkaline with a pH as high as 10.5. This basically means that there is a high level of mineral and salts in the water which should makeContinue reading “The weird red lake in Tanzania that turns animals into stone statues”

Musician and entrepreneur Aliaume Damala Badara Akon Thiam, widely known as Akon, has shared his plan of building a futuristic city in Senegal that will use a cryptocurrency called Akoin – named after himself. He made the revelation at the Cannes Lions Festival on Monday where he described the city he plans on building asContinue reading “Akon is dreaming about a futuristic city in Senegal that uses cryptocurrency”