The programme will create more than 9mn jobs and reach 32mn youth in Africa, according to the AfDB. (Image source: World Bank Photo Collection/Flickr)
The African Development Bank (AfDB), along with the Rockefeller Foundation, Microsoft and Facebook launched a programme to train African youth in coding skills
Telecom Egypt will use the facility for an undersea cable and working capital. (Image source: Afreximbank)
Telecom Egypt secured a US$200mn financing facility with the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), which it will use to buy a cross-border marine cable and boost internet services in the country
Freshworks will invest in growing its marketing, sales and partnership operations in Africa. (Image source: Penn State/Flickr)
Indian software company Freshworks Inc said it would expand its operations into the African market to cash in on growing IT spend in the continent
Etisalat will roll out 5G wireless services to customers in select locations in the UAE starting September. (Image source: Almas Baig/Flickr)
Telecom company Etisalat has launched its first commercial 5G wireless network in the UAE, the first by any operator in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region
The Ecobank Mobile App aims to enable 24/7 banking services and transactions in 18 different currencies. (Image source: lau rey/Flickr)
Ecobank has won the best digital strategy award at the Retail Banker International’s awards ceremony held at the Waldorf Hilton Hotel in London last week
