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The two founders of Kwaanda lab started their company with just Rwf 5000 with an aim to create wireless electricity for all technology and electronic devices. This initiative came after they had noticed how Rwandans face issues with short-circuits and electrical shocks when charging electronics. Israel Nishimwe says his main purpose as the founder of Kwaanda labs is to limit… Read More

South Africa’s state-owned logistics firm Transnet said on Tuesday it was working to restore systems, after the country’s key port terminals suffered a major cyber-attack last week. The security intrusion began on July 22 but has since continued, forcing Transnet to switch to manual systems, it said. In a letter to its customers dated Monday, the company declared a force… Read More

Passengers from Tel Aviv arrived on an Israir flight early on Sunday afternoon to be met with dates, cakes and mint tea at a welcoming ceremony organised in their honour. “I am originally from Marrakesh. I’ve come back here around 30 times but this time, the trip has a special flavour – it’s as if it were the first time!”… Read More

The decision by President Muhammadu Buhari’s government to ban Twitter in Africa’s most populous country in June, has dealt a blow to its revenue ambitions. According to Netblocks Cost of Shutdown Tools, which uses the classic Free Digital App GDP impact technique, Nigeria has lost at least $243 million in the past 51 days since the Twitter shutdown. Despite this,… Read More

Last updated: 40 minutes ago At this exhibition in Hong Kong, dogs are able to get up close and personal with art. With abstract art, real size 3D dogs sculpture and digitised artworks shown on screens there is lots to see. Most of the artworks are hung low on the walls, not at eye-level for humans, but at eye-level for… Read More

Last updated: 1 hour ago Police performs drills in case of attack to foreign delegations ahead of the bicentennial of the Independence of Peru and President-elect Pedro Castillo’s swearing-in ceremony. Some 10,000 police officers, ten drones and five helicopters will be deployed in Lima to guarantee security on Wednesday during the swearing-in ceremony of Peru’s new president, Pedro Castillo, the… Read More

German Pharmaceutical company BioNTech, which developed a coronavirus vaccine with US giant Pfizer in record time, said on Monday it aimed to start trialling a malaria vaccine by next year. The vaccine would be using the same breakthrough mRNA technology which is at the core of Covid-19 vaccines to help fight the mosquito-borne disease, which kills more than 400,000 people… Read More

Africa’s economy just like the rest of the world has continued to lag behind due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. Some currencies within the continent have also grown weaker compared to the US dollar or the pound. Poor living standards and a dwindling national economy have been the major contributing factors to the crippling currencies. The US currency has been… Read More

Students continue protest at the University of Kinshasa campus in the Democratic Republic of Congo where, police are regularly accused of harassment and of pocketing mask fines they collect. The protest stirred after a police officer shot a student over the weekend for not wearing a mask while filming on the streets of the capital. The schoolmate of the now… Read More

Last updated: 10 hours ago French President Emmanuel Macron visited Hiva Oa in the Marquises Islands on Monday as part of a trip to French Polynesia. Macron walked alongside Hiva Oa mayor Joelle Frebault as he attended a welcoming ceremony on the second-largest of the Marquises Islands. Speaking during the ceremony, which saw performances from traditional dancers, Macron said he… Read More