The World Bank Group has unveiled a bold new Country Partnership Framework (CPF) for Nigeria covering the 2026–2032 period, marking a significant step toward accelerating private sector-led growth, strengthening economic resilience, and creating sustainable employment opportunities across the country. Alongside the framework, the institution approved a $1.25 billion Nigeria Actions for Investment and Jobs Acceleration…
The Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (POTRAZ) is taking another significant step toward strengthening the country’s innovation ecosystem through the launch of a seven-day Improve Your Business (IYB) training programme. Designed to empower local innovators beyond the product development stage, the initiative reflects a growing recognition that innovation alone is not enough—successful commercialization…
Microsoft, NVIDIA, and Anthropic have taken another significant step in advancing enterprise artificial intelligence with the general availability of Claude models in Microsoft Foundry, powered by NVIDIA’s GB300 Blackwell Ultra GPUs on Microsoft Azure. The collaboration provides Azure-native enterprises with a high-performance platform for developing and deploying autonomous, domain-specific AI agents capable of handling increasingly…
Dimension Data Uganda has officially transitioned to the NTT DATA brand, marking a significant milestone in the company’s evolution and aligning its local operations with NTT DATA’s broader global technology strategy. The transition comes seven years after the global rebranding journey began and follows a worldwide integration initiative launched in 2019. By adopting the unified…
Liquid C2 has strengthened its position as one of Africa’s leading digital infrastructure providers after achieving gold-level status in Google’s Verified Peering Provider (VPP) programme. The prestigious accreditation places the company among a select group of global network providers recognized for delivering high-performance, reliable, and resilient connectivity to Google’s services. More importantly, the achievement establishes…
South Africa marked a significant milestone in its digital transformation journey by hosting the first-ever Google Cloud Summit on African soil, bringing together global technology executives, policymakers, and industry leaders to discuss the future of cloud computing and artificial intelligence across the continent. Held under the theme “Google Cloud is building for Africa,” the summit…
Google has partnered with British-Sierra Leonean actor Idris Elba through the Elba Hope Foundation to launch a landmark $1 million initiative aimed at empowering Africa’s rapidly growing creator economy with artificial intelligence. The programme will provide 100,000 content creators across Nigeria, South Africa, Ghana, Kenya, and Sierra Leone with free access to Google’s Gemini AI…
