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Chissano to mediate the Madagascar crisis

Regional SADC intervenes in restive Indian Ocean island state

East Africa News Post 26/04/2018

More massacred in Nigeria's embattled Benue State

Furious House of Representatives seek answers from president.

East Africa News Post 26/04/2018

Exports under Agoa deal drop by $15.9m

The goods declined from $343.3 million in 2016 to $327.3 million last year.

East Africa News Post 26/04/2018

Africa today at a glance

Some of the big stories unfolding across the continent

East Africa News Post 26/04/2018

MiX Telematics sponsors iPad lab at Phelang School

MiX Telematics, a leading global provider of fleet and mobile asset management solutions, today (...)

IT News Africa 26/04/2018

Westcon appoints new head for Sub-Saharan Africa

Westcon-Comstor has announced the appointment of Tidiane Lo in the capacity of Director of (...)

IT News Africa 26/04/2018

Google upgrades Gmail privacy controls

Google recently ramped up privacy controls in a Gmail overhaul, aiming first at businesses that (...)

IT News Africa 26/04/2018

A look at the science of Avengers - Infinity War

Avengers: Infinity War is the biggest Marvel movie ever with largest cast of superheroes (and villains). So far. But how does the science stack (...)

IAfrikan 26/04/2018

The danger that lurks with every click on the Internet

For every click on a picture, large amounts of data are collected by social media companies.

East Africa News Post 26/04/2018

Vox launches Internet of Things solutions

Integrated ICT provider Vox has announced the launch of several fully-managed Internet of Things (IoT) based solutions. When coupled with (...)

IT News Africa 26/04/2018

Namibia:Malaria Makes Deadly Comeback

[New Era] Windhoek -At least 22 people have died of malaria across the country over the past three months, while 13 909 infections have been (...)

AllAfrica 26/04/2018

Sierra Leone: Abass Bundu elected Speaker of parliament

By Gibril G. Koroma Veteran politician and former parliamentarian and cabinet minister Dr. Abass Bundu (pictured) of the ruling SLPP has been (...)

The Patriotic Vanguard 25/04/2018

As AI shapes the Future of Work, employers focus on human skills

After years of talking about disruption, executives are determined to turn talk into action. According to Mercer’s 2018 Global Talent Trends Study (...)

IT News Africa 25/04/2018

MPs push for EAC observer status in South Sudan peace talks

Eala urges EAC to participate as observer in the Igad-mediated peace talks.

East Africa News Post 25/04/2018

Botswana:Employment Creation Top Priority for Government

[Botswana Daily News] Sikwane -Minister of Nationality, Immigration and Gender Affairs, Ms Dorcas Makgato says employment creation for the youth (...)

AllAfrica 25/04/2018

Namibia:Bank Releases Report On Funding the Fight Against Malaria

[Namibia Economist] The African Development Bank has released the report Money and Mosquitoes: The Economics of Malaria in an Age of declining (...)

AllAfrica 25/04/2018

Zimbabwe:Central Bank Seeks Lower Interest Rates

[The Source] Zimbabwe's central bank is in talks with banks to reduce interest rates on loans to stimulate production across various sectors of (...)

AllAfrica 25/04/2018

Creating an e-learning strategy that works

In a fast-paced digital world, the adoption of technology devices in African schools is at an all-time high. With education being a key (...)

IT News Africa 25/04/2018

South Africa:Fumigation Teams Helping in the Fight Against Malaria in Limpopo

[News24Wire] The Limpopo health department says spraying households with long-acting residual insecticides is helping in the fight against (...)

AllAfrica 25/04/2018

Africa:We are Ready to Beat Malaria, Are You?

[allAfrica] Today the world commemorates World Malaria Day. Although Malaria is a life-threatening disease the good news is that it is curable (...)

AllAfrica 25/04/2018

Somalia:Officials Meet in Kenya Over Electoral Boundary Delimitation

[Shabelle] Somalia's electoral stakeholders are meeting in Kenyan capital, Nairobi on Tuesday to discuss electoral boundary delimitation, (...)

AllAfrica 25/04/2018

Perhaps it is time to regulate Big Tech

Personalisation has made decisions easier and quicker – but it is still large corporations, rather than individual users, who benefit (...)

IAfrikan 25/04/2018

Kenya:As Drought Saps Hydropower, Steam May Keep Kenya Boiling Along

[Thomson Reuters Foundation] Nairobi -In February, Kenyans awoke to news that has become an annual ritual: Authorities were considering (...)

AllAfrica 25/04/2018

Nokia launches cloud data center solution for the 5G era

Nokia has launched the industry's first Edge Cloud data center solution to meet the stringent and diverse low-latency data processing demands of (...)

IT News Africa 25/04/2018

Digital Identity: Defining ourselves in a virtual world

For four billion years, the genetic code has been life’s data store- containing not only instructions for but also the lineage of all terrestrial (...)

IT News Africa 25/04/2018