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YouTube is already the dominant steaming content platform, and it doesn't plan on slowing down.

YouTube is coming for the TV room #AfricaTechFestival

By Lindsey Schutters 18 Nov 2024

Africa Tech Festival 2024 saw some pushback against the traditional beliefs around affordable connectivity.

How our leaders are solving Africa's smartphone struggle #AfricaTechFestival

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Technologies that will enhance hotel experience in 2018

Technologies that will enhance hotel experience in 2018

13 Dec 2017

Nigerian startup Touchabl launches picture-searching app

Nigerian startup Touchabl launches picture-searching app

12 Dec 2017

Always-on a must for South African digital travellers

Always-on a must for South African digital travellers

Claude Schuck 11 Dec 2017

Smart data yields big harvests to feed the world

Smart data yields big harvests to feed the world

Simon Carpenter 7 Dec 2017

Handy smartphone for hotels: A revolutionary hospitality IoT solution

Handy smartphone for hotels: A revolutionary hospitality IoT solution

6 Dec 2017

The most life-changing technology of our time

The most life-changing technology of our time

Steve Tzikakis 6 Dec 2017

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#BCXDisrupt2017: "Social instability will get us long before AI does."

Mike Stopforth 5 Dec 2017

Amazon brings Alexa from the home to the office in a new AI push

Amazon brings Alexa from the home to the office in a new AI push

4 Dec 2017

African AI Revolution Challenge launched

African AI Revolution Challenge launched

4 Dec 2017

BCX, GE co-creates Digital Farm solution tailored for SA and African agriculture

BCX, GE co-creates Digital Farm solution tailored for SA and African agriculture

1 Dec 2017

By Arthur Buliva (Own work) , via Wikimedia Commons

Speakers announced for Africa Tech Summit Kigali 2018

Tom Jackson 27 Nov 2017

Artificial intelligence - the apex of tech and policy challenges

Artificial intelligence - the apex of tech and policy challenges

Aalia Manie 23 Nov 2017

eSports gaming winners.

Africa embraces e-sports with first mass event

17 Nov 2017

Somaliland's voting technology shows how Africa can lead the world

Calestous Juma 16 Nov 2017

Mastercard-Spazapp collaboration brings cashless payments to informal retailers

Mastercard-Spazapp collaboration brings cashless payments to informal retailers

15 Nov 2017

You can't eat your smartphone: Why agriculture is the first frontier of African innovation

Ashley Boag 14 Nov 2017

Top 10 technologically advanced countries in Africa

Top 10 technologically advanced countries in Africa

13 Nov 2017

Lillian Barnard from Microsoft SA giving us some insight on digital transformation at AfricaCom.

#AfricaCom: Digital transformation is real and it's urgent

Juanita Pienaar 10 Nov 2017

#AfricaCom: Day two highlights

#AfricaCom: Day two highlights

9 Nov 2017

Jason Peisl, PnP's information systems executive. Photo: YouTube

#AfricaCom: How Bitcoin made PnP sexy and other stories

Nicci Botha 9 Nov 2017

ALL THE 2017 AFRICACOM AWARDS WINNERS!

ALL THE 2017 AFRICACOM AWARDS WINNERS!

9 Nov 2017

#AfricaCom: How innovation is better in Africa

#AfricaCom: How innovation is better in Africa

Ilse van den Berg 8 Nov 2017

NEC/XON Summit 2017: Making Africa smarter and safer

NEC/XON Summit 2017: Making Africa smarter and safer

Ilse van den Berg 7 Nov 2017

Harnessing tech to create sustainable cities for the future

Harnessing tech to create sustainable cities for the future

Colin Thornton 7 Nov 2017

WhatsApp rolls out 'delete for everyone' message feature

WhatsApp rolls out 'delete for everyone' message feature

3 Nov 2017

Could the humble phone call be the future of digital CX?

Could the humble phone call be the future of digital CX?

Rob Lith 31 Oct 2017

Liberty Vuka Knowledge Summit speaker Q&A: Annette Muller

31 Oct 2017

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Digitisation, smart agriculture shaping the future of the African chemicals market

27 Oct 2017

NEXTT: Delivering on the future of air travel

NEXTT: Delivering on the future of air travel

27 Oct 2017

Harnessing the power of exponential technology in business

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26 Oct 2017

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Nigerian startup Touchabl launches picture-searching app

Nigerian startup Touchabl launches picture-searching app

12 Dec 2017

Always-on a must for South African digital travellers

Always-on a must for South African digital travellers

Claude Schuck 11 Dec 2017

Smart data yields big harvests to feed the world

Smart data yields big harvests to feed the world

Simon Carpenter 7 Dec 2017

Handy smartphone for hotels: A revolutionary hospitality IoT solution

Handy smartphone for hotels: A revolutionary hospitality IoT solution

6 Dec 2017

The most life-changing technology of our time

The most life-changing technology of our time

Steve Tzikakis 6 Dec 2017

All the BCX Disrupt speakers. Images from

#BCXDisrupt2017: "Social instability will get us long before AI does."

Mike Stopforth 5 Dec 2017

Amazon brings Alexa from the home to the office in a new AI push

Amazon brings Alexa from the home to the office in a new AI push

4 Dec 2017

African AI Revolution Challenge launched

African AI Revolution Challenge launched

4 Dec 2017

BCX, GE co-creates Digital Farm solution tailored for SA and African agriculture

BCX, GE co-creates Digital Farm solution tailored for SA and African agriculture

1 Dec 2017

By Arthur Buliva (Own work) , via Wikimedia Commons

Speakers announced for Africa Tech Summit Kigali 2018

Tom Jackson 27 Nov 2017

Artificial intelligence - the apex of tech and policy challenges

Artificial intelligence - the apex of tech and policy challenges

Aalia Manie 23 Nov 2017

eSports gaming winners.

Africa embraces e-sports with first mass event

17 Nov 2017

Somaliland's voting technology shows how Africa can lead the world

Calestous Juma 16 Nov 2017

Mastercard-Spazapp collaboration brings cashless payments to informal retailers

Mastercard-Spazapp collaboration brings cashless payments to informal retailers

15 Nov 2017

You can't eat your smartphone: Why agriculture is the first frontier of African innovation

Ashley Boag 14 Nov 2017

Top 10 technologically advanced countries in Africa

Top 10 technologically advanced countries in Africa

13 Nov 2017

Lillian Barnard from Microsoft SA giving us some insight on digital transformation at AfricaCom.

#AfricaCom: Digital transformation is real and it's urgent

Juanita Pienaar 10 Nov 2017

#AfricaCom: Day two highlights

#AfricaCom: Day two highlights

9 Nov 2017

Jason Peisl, PnP's information systems executive. Photo: YouTube

#AfricaCom: How Bitcoin made PnP sexy and other stories

Nicci Botha 9 Nov 2017

ALL THE 2017 AFRICACOM AWARDS WINNERS!

ALL THE 2017 AFRICACOM AWARDS WINNERS!

9 Nov 2017

#AfricaCom: How innovation is better in Africa

#AfricaCom: How innovation is better in Africa

Ilse van den Berg 8 Nov 2017

NEC/XON Summit 2017: Making Africa smarter and safer

NEC/XON Summit 2017: Making Africa smarter and safer

Ilse van den Berg 7 Nov 2017

Harnessing tech to create sustainable cities for the future

Harnessing tech to create sustainable cities for the future

Colin Thornton 7 Nov 2017

WhatsApp rolls out 'delete for everyone' message feature

WhatsApp rolls out 'delete for everyone' message feature

3 Nov 2017

Could the humble phone call be the future of digital CX?

Could the humble phone call be the future of digital CX?

Rob Lith 31 Oct 2017

Liberty Vuka Knowledge Summit speaker Q&A: Annette Muller

31 Oct 2017

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Digitisation, smart agriculture shaping the future of the African chemicals market

27 Oct 2017

NEXTT: Delivering on the future of air travel

NEXTT: Delivering on the future of air travel

27 Oct 2017

Harnessing the power of exponential technology in business

Harnessing the power of exponential technology in business

26 Oct 2017

Air passengers want more digital technology, more control over travel processes

Air passengers want more digital technology, more control over travel processes

26 Oct 2017

Photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplash

Cape Town drone company UAV Industries raises $499k

Tom Jackson 24 Oct 2017

Africa Code Week 2017.

Africa Code Week launches in Tanzania

22 Oct 2017

#EntrepreneurMonth: Go out there and do something that you love

#EntrepreneurMonth: Go out there and do something that you love

Ilse van den Berg 20 Oct 2017

African tourism trends in the age of developing smart cities

African tourism trends in the age of developing smart cities

Elias Aad 19 Oct 2017

Photo by John O'Nolan on Unsplash

Nairobi smart traffic control system to go live in two years

Constant Munda 19 Oct 2017

Girls4Tech looks to empower the next generation of problem-solvers

Girls4Tech looks to empower the next generation of problem-solvers

19 Oct 2017

Kenya's Lori Systems wins TechCrunch Battlefield Africa

Tom Jackson 17 Oct 2017

AfricaCom 2017 Awards finalists revealed

AfricaCom 2017 Awards finalists revealed

17 Oct 2017

Uber's productive four years of economic transformation

Uber's productive four years of economic transformation

Emma Okonji 13 Oct 2017

Unpacking the future for technology, media and telecoms in Africa

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12 Oct 2017