Equinix Commits Additional $50 Million to Expand Global Digital Inclusion Efforts Equinix has announced a new $50 million commitment to the Equinix Foundation, doubling the company’s total investment in the Foundation just four years after its launch in 2022. The new funding will accelerate the Foundation’s work to expand digital opportunity through strategic grantmaking, workforce…
Equinix Commits Additional $50 Million to Expand Global Digital Inclusion Efforts Equinix has announced a new $50 million commitment to the Equinix Foundation, doubling the company’s total investment in the Foundation just four years after its launch in 2022. The new funding will accelerate the Foundation’s work to expand digital opportunity through strategic grantmaking, workforce…
Berhane Demissie Joins Safaricom Ethiopia Advisory Board Safaricom Ethiopia has appointed Berhane Demissie, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Cepheus Growth Capital Partners, to its Advisory Board, strengthening Ethiopian representation and local expertise within the company’s governance structure. Demissie’s appointment was approved during a two-day board meeting held at Safaricom Ethiopia’s headquarters in Addis Ababa. The…
Airtel Africa Foundation Offers Full Fellowships to 20 Ugandan Students Pursuing Technology Degrees The Airtel Africa Foundation is offering full fellowships to 20 exceptional first-year undergraduate students in Uganda, providing financial support for young people pursuing careers in technology and innovation. The fellowship covers tuition, accommodation and academic materials, as well as a fixed stipend…
Zambia is intensifying its digital transformation efforts in rural areas through a series of ICT interventions designed to improve public service delivery, government connectivity, efficiency and accountability. The SMART Zambia Northern Provincial ICT Unit is implementing digital upgrades across Mpulungu, Mbala and Lupososhi districts, with the programme focusing on government human resource systems, ICT infrastructure,…
Intron Voice AI has launched Sahara v2.5, an upgraded version of its voice artificial intelligence platform designed to improve support for Africa’s multilingual communication patterns. The latest release supports 63 languages and introduces bilingual conversations across 12 African language pairs, enabling voice AI systems to better handle the way users naturally switch between languages during…
South Africa is positioning itself to play a larger role in Africa’s growing artificial intelligence infrastructure ecosystem through a strategic partnership between Stratos Lab, ECOBLOX and Digital Parks Africa. The collaboration will see the deployment of what the partners describe as Africa’s most powerful AI Cloud, delivering 7.2 EFLOPS of sovereign AI computing capacity. The…
The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) is urging Nigerian public institutions to prioritise homegrown digital solutions and adopt a “Nigeria First” approach in technology procurement. NITDA Director-General Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi said modernising public procurement should extend beyond administrative processes, describing it as a mechanism for building resilient public institutions, enforcing rigorous technology standards and…
