Nkwame Nkrumah Continental Prize awarded to Tunisian
KND Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The African Union (AU) has awarded the continental prize for scientific excellence, the "Kwame Nkrumah" prize, the most prestigious of the [...] Full text...
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Congo and France sign framework research agreement
BBA Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The Congolese minister of Scientific Research and Technological Innovation, Martin Parfait Aimé Coussoud Mavoungou, and the CEO of the centre for International [...] Full text...
Benin to set up fibre optic school
MTA Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Benin is planning to set up a school of fibre in order to compensate for the lack of human resources in [...] Full text...
'Introduce mobile money interoperability', Zimbabwe ICT entity tells Govt
T Z Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Local ICT activists, the Zimbabwe Information and Communication Technologies (ZICT), has urged the government to introduce mobile money wallet interoperability to [...] Full text...
Mauritania awards winners of 2019 Chinguetti Prize
KND Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Winners of the 2019 Chinguetti Prize were awarded during a ceremony organized on Tuesday at the Palais des Congrès in Nouakchott, [...] Full text...
Zimbabwe ride sharing firm launches fuel finding mobile application
T Z Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - A Zimbabwean ride sharing firm, TODA Zimbabwe, has launched ‘Fuel Finder’, a mobile application, to provide local motorists with fuel stations [...] Full text...
Zimbabwe's mobile money transactions nearly double in Q3 of 2019
T Z Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Mobile money transactions grew 91 percent to ZWL$11,888,760,224 (US$695.65 million) in the third quarter of 2019 as more people preferred the [...] Full text...
FDA sets up 15 million euros fund for innovative digital companies in Africa
KND Paris, France (PANA) - The French Development Agency (FDA) has launched a 15 million euros fund to support young and innovative digital companies in Africa, [...] Full text...
Thales Alenia Space and Nilesat agree to build a geostationary satellite
MTA Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - Thales Alenia Space has signed an agreement with the Egyptian operator, Nilesat, for the building of a geostationary communications satellite [...] Full text...
Tunisia: 8th Maghreb Conference on New Technologies opens in Hamammet
KND Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The 8th edition of the Maghreb Conference on New Technologies started on Friday in the Tunisian city of Hamammet around the [...] Full text...
Botswana ICT company forges 4IR prospects
M S Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - A Botswana ICT company is working at advancing and growing the ICT landscape in a bid to pave way for Fourth [...] Full text...
African Science Week opens in Brazzaville
KND Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The third edition of the African Science Week of the Next Einstein Forum (NEF) got underway on Tuesday in Brazzaville, the [...] Full text...
Research reveals four cyber threats for 2020
AR Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Global cloud-enabled next-generation cybersecurity company, Sophos, has launched its 2020 Threat Report providing insights into the rapidly evolving cyber [...] Full text...
UNICEF to use crypto currencies
T Z New York, USA (PANA) - The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has launched a cryptocurrency fund which will be able to receive, hold and disburse [...] Full text...
Mauritius celebrates Biology Week
NA Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Education and Scientific Research minister, Mrs Leela Devi Dookun-Luchoomun, on Monday, highlighted the urgency of promoting biology “given the [...] Full text...
Congo, CIRAD to sign agreement
KND Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The Congolese government and the Center for International Cooperation in Agronomic Research for Development (CIRAD) in Central Africa intend to sign [...] Full text...
International symposium on armed conflicts, insecurity in Sahel opens in Bamako
BBA Bamako, Mali (PANA) - An international scientific symposium on the theme: "Armed conflicts and insecurity in the West African Sahel: challenges and implications for research [...] Full text...
Mauritius satellite to be deployed around mid-2020
NA Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Technology, Communication and Innovation minister, Mr Yogida Sawmynaden, on Thursday said that the first Mauritian satellite project will be [...] Full text...
Congolese gov't, Chinese-French consortium sign MoU on ICT project
BBA Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The Congolese government and a Chinese-French consortium, Chacot Dubost In and Weindong Cloud Education Group, on Wednesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding [...] Full text...
Cape Verde disconnects analogue TV signal transmission
KND Praia, Cape Verde (PANA) - Cape Verde intends this year to do away with the analogue system and introduce digital terrestrial television (DTT) to cover [...] Full text...
Publishing of beneficiaries of African Peacebuilding Network research grants
MTA List of beneficiaries of African Peacebuilding Network research grants out
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - The list of beneficiaries of the 2019 edition of research grants [...] Full text...
China offers 58 scholarships to Mali in several disciplines
BBA Bamako, Mali (PANA) - China has offered the Malian government 58 scholarships for Malian students, including seven women, during a ceremony held on Thursday at [...] Full text...
Mauritius hosts international seminar on disruptive technologies
NA Balaclava, Mauritius (PANA) - An international seminar started Wednesday in Balaclava, northern Mauritius, seeking to provide an insight on disruptive technologies, which displace established technology [...] Full text...
Rwanda’s women leading the digital revolution (An AfDB Feature)
VAO Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - When she was a little girl, Jeanne Yamfashije wanted to be a doctor. Her goal was to make her parents proud [...] Full text...
Annual Scientific Days of the West African Society of Chemistry open in Bamako
KND Bamako, Mali (PANA) - More than 400 teachers and researchers from several African countries have been participating since Tuesday in Bamako in the annual scientific [...] Full text...
Pharmaceutical company Merck to assist in reproduction of northern white rhino
MTA Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - Pharmaceutical company Merck is contributing its expertise to the BioRescue project team in the development of advanced fertility technology for [...] Full text...
Applications open for the 2019 edition of the '' Kwame-Nkrumah Science Prize ''
KND Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunisian Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research announced, on its Facebook page, that the African Union (AU) has opened [...] Full text...
'How a South African product played a role in the moon landing'
CU Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – As the world commemorates the 50th anniversary of the landing in moon by American Astronauts, the South African Mint [...] Full text...
AfDB signs agreement to bolster research in mathematics
AO Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank and the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences Next Einstein Initiative (AIMS-NEI) will collaborate in strengthening education [...] Full text...
ICT access improving in Mauritius
NA Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA ) - ICT access in Mauritius saw an increase between 2017 and 2018 as indicated by several indicators, according to Statistics Mauritius, a [...] Full text...
Science is ‘key’ to pushing forward the 2030 Agenda, UN development forum told
VAO New York, US (PANA) - The implementation, follow-up and review of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development was the focal point at the United Nations [...] Full text...
EIB provides US$ 25 million to connect Cape Verde to a new submarine cable
KND Praia, Cape Verde (PANA) - The European Investment Bank (EIB) will finance Cape Verde's connection to a new submarine cable, PANA learned from a reliable [...] Full text...
30 countries expected at African conference on leadership in new technologies in Tunis
MSA Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunisian capital, Tunis, will on 25-26 June host an African conference on leadership in the new technologies, an official source [...] Full text...
Bids for 3rd 'Next Einstein Forum' for science ambassadors opens
MSA Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Next Einstein Forum (NEF), the African international forum for sciences, on Wednesday announced the opening of bids for the [...] Full text...
Cape Verde govt acquires 40% of CV Telecom
MTA Praia, Cape Verde (PANA) - Cape Verde will buy 40 percent of leading telecommunications company CV Telecom for EUR 23.3 million, PANA learned here Wednesday [...] Full text...
Engie to maintain Orange data center in Cote d'Ivoire
KND Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - Engie, a specialist in energy engineering, will be responsible for the operation and maintenance of the Group Orange Services (GOS) [...] Full text...
International symposium on artificial intelligence opens in Tunis
KND Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - An International Symposium on Artificial Intelligence started on Thursday in Tunis and will highlight the importance of artificial intelligence for the [...] Full text...
University of Lomé introduces two new mining-oriented courses
KND Lomé, Togo (PANA) - Two new courses - Mining Geology and Analytical Chemistry Mines and Environment - have been introduced by the Faculty of Science [...] Full text...
Liquid Telecom is official partner of MIT in Inclusive Innovation 2019 competition
MTA Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - The pan-African telecommunications operator, Liquid Telecom, has been selected as the official partner in Africa of the American Research Institute [...] Full text...
Humanoid robot Sophia to feature at Transform Africa Summit in Kigali
TWA Kigali, Rwanda (Rwanda) - One of the famous social humanoid robots and the world's first robot citizen, Sophia, will interact with participants at the 5th [...] Full text...
First Tunisian satellite to be launched
MTA Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunisian group, ''TELNET'', and the Russian group, GK Launch Services, on Monday signed a contract to launch the first Tunisian [...] Full text...
Tunis hosts second Chinese-Arab forum on ICTs
MSA Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – The Arab Information and Communication Technologies Organization (AICTO) holds the second session of the ‘’Chinese-Arab cooperation forum’’, on Monday and Tuesday, [...] Full text...
First symposium of African Centre of Excellence in Bioinformatics opens in Bamako
MTA Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The first symposium of the African Centre of Excellence in Bioinformatics (ACE-B) opened Tuesday in the Malian capital, Bamako, officials told [...] Full text...
Mauritius minister highlights ICT role in timely disaster management
NA ​Balaclava, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Technology, Communication and Innovation minister Yogida Sawmynaden on Wednesday said that Information and Communication Technology (ICT), “without a doubt”, plays [...] Full text...
Mauritius to launch first Infrared Satellite end 2019
NA Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) The first Mauritian Infrared Satellite (MIR-SAT1), a project of the Mauritius Research Council (MRC), will be launched by the end of this [...] Full text...
Mauritania launches optical fiber laying project "WARCIP-Mauritania"
KND Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, on Wednesday flagged off the construction of a fiber optic network for telecommunications in the [...] Full text...
AIMS opens registrations for Master's degree in Artificial Intelligence
MTA Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - The African Institute of Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) announced on Monday in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, the opening of registration for the [...] Full text...
'Geospatial technology a tool for sustainable development of ocean economy'
ACK Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian Ocean Economy, Marine Resources, Fisheries and Shipping Minister Mr Premdut Koonjoo, on Monday urged scientists to ensure that the [...] Full text...
German Ministry of Education launches competition for innovation
MTA Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The German Ministry of Education has launched a competition in Tunis for the Germany-Africa award for innovation worth 150,000 euros, the [...] Full text...
Brazzaville hosts Internet Governance Forum in Africa
KND Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - States and governments in the Central Africa sub-region must invest to improve not only access, but also to ensure good Internet [...] Full text...