Category: Tech

isense, a leading electronics producer, celebrates its impactful contribution to South Africa’s economy and community development!

Huawei Africa Connect 2024 kicked off this week at the Sandton Convention Centre, marking a new era for the enterprise-focused annual event. Formerly known as Huawei Eco Connect, this year’s edition underscores Huawei’s commitment to Sub-Saharan Africa, showcasing innovative solutions tailored for the region.

Kenya’s Peleza and US-based Prembly have merged to form the ‘Prembly Group,’ a new venture poised to revolutionize digital security and verification solutions globally. This strategic merger combines Peleza’s extensive experience in the East African market, serving major players like Uber and FedEx, with Prembly’s robust digital security infrastructure and compliance software tailored for emerging markets.

Exciting news from Noki Noki, the Congolese logistics startup, which has secured US$3 million in seed funding to expand its footprint across Central Africa and bolster operations in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Founded by Jonathan Yanghat in 2021, Noki Noki specializes in revolutionizing last-mile delivery with services like Noki Food for meal delivery, Noki Drive for grocery shopping, and Noki Pay, an integrated payment interface.

Huawei has launched an ambitious initiative to train an additional 150,000 people in Sub-Saharan Africa over the next three years, expanding on its commitment to digital skills development in the region. This announcement builds on Huawei’s initial goal to equip over 100,000 individuals with crucial digital competencies by 2025, a target the company has already surpassed by 120%, achieving over 120,000 trainees within 26 months.

This year’s Global Symposium for Regulators (GSR-24) has kicked off in Kampala, Uganda, with a pioneering focus on regulating for impact in fields such as artificial intelligence (AI), the space sector, and climate change. Hosted by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the event has gathered global regulators to exchange knowledge and experiences on advancing impactful regulation.

STelcom, a Sonangol Group affiliate, has chosen Emerson to deliver its entire automation portfolio to Angolan energy and industrial customers. This collaboration aims to enhance MSTelcom’s capabilities in providing engineering services, optimizing energy output, equipment availability, production, safety, and environmental sustainability.