Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African astronomers have discovered two massive galaxies which are more than 60 times the size of the Milky [...] Full text...
Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - The COVID-19 pandemic has fundamentally changed how people live, work and approach security in Africa.
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New York, US (PANA) - A staggering two-thirds of the world’s school-aged children – 1.3 billion children aged 3-17 – do not have internet connection [...] Full text...
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) has signed a grant agreement for $150,000 with the Ministry of ICT and Innovation in Rwanda [...] Full text...
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The World Bank Group announced on Monday the winners of the Mission Billion Challenge “WURI West Africa Prize", supported by the [...] Full text...
New York, US (PANA) - Current, reliable and trusted data help us to “understand the changing world” in which we live, the UN chief said [...] Full text...
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia's first satellite, 'Challege One', will be launched into space on 20 March 2021, the country's Independence anniversary, Mohamed Frikha, Managing [...] Full text...
Moka, Mauritius (PANA) - International standards play a significant role in climate change, which is an issue that requires solutions that are coordinated at the [...] Full text...
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania - Global System for Mobile Communications, commonly referred to as the 'GSMA', has revealed that it will host Mobile World Congress [...] Full text...
Ebene, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius has been chosen as the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Centre of Excellence, for at least four years, in the priority [...] Full text...
New York, US (PANA) - Amidst a technological era that “beckons with vast opportunity”, new risks exist to global peace, stability and development, the UN [...] Full text...
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Ministry of the Development of the Digital Economy and Posts in Burkina Faso is organizing, from September 8 to [...] Full text...
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The Congolese Minister of Posts, Telecommunications and the Digital Economy, Léon Juste Ibombo, on Saturday launched the second phase of the [...] Full text...
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwanda plans to increase the Internet coverage rate of public secondary schools to 62% this year with a target to achieve [...] Full text...
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The ECOWAS Community Court of Justice has ordered the Togolese government to pay 16 million CFA Francs as compensation to Amnesty [...] Full text...
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The Congolese government plans to mobilise 15 billion CFA francs to fund the construction of a data centre and interconnection lines with [...] Full text...
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As the COVID-19 (coconavirus) pandemic reshapes the way in which we work, keep in touch, go to school and shop for [...] Full text...
Kumasi, Ghana (PANA) - Scientists in Ghana have developed a rapid diagnostic test kit for the new coronavirus (COVID-19), the local media reported on Tuesday.
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Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a devastating impact globally, the African continent, while less affected, is preparing to [...] Full text...
Lomé, Togo (PANA) - Lecturers and researchers of the University of Lomé (UL) have developed resuscitation equipment, including respirator, to support the care equipment for [...] Full text...
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Scientists at the University of Ghana in Accra say they have obtained "critical information" about the virus responsible for the global [...] Full text...
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Internet subscribers in Mauritania are back online after nearly three weeks of deprivation.
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Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The director general of the French nuclear giant (Orano former Areva), Nicolas Maes, said Thursday in Niamey that France intends to [...] Full text...
Lomé, Togo (PANA) - The University of Lomé has launched a competitive fund of 100 million CFA francs to finance scientific research and technological innovations, [...] Full text...
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Azuri Technologies, a pioneer in pay-as-you-go solar home solutions for off-grid Africa, has been ranked the 370th fastest growing company in [...] Full text...
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The coronavirus outbreak has prompted postponement of this year's edition of Next Einstein Forum (NEF), one of the largest science and [...] Full text...
Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe (PANA) – At the second forum on science, technology and innovation in Africa 2020, held in the Zimbabwean city of Victoria Falls, [...] Full text...
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Local ICT watchdog, the Zimbabwe Information and Communication Technologies (ZICT), has criticised the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) for failing to incorporate [...] Full text...
New York, US (PANA) - Fewer than 30 per cent of the world’s scientific researchers are women: that’s just one of the statistics showing how [...] Full text...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...