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AfICTA e-NEWSLETTER
13/September/2022 Vol 144
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Register Now for The 10th AfICTA Summit
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Hi,
Greetings... Registration is now open for the 10th AfICTA Summit slated for 7-8 December, 2022 with the theme "Africa Digital Future: Fostering a New Paradigm". Register now and mark your calendar for adequate plan to attend.
For sponsorship opportunities and other inquiries please contact Kayode +2348068674380 | Samuel +2348130876682 | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
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Register for the 2022 Edition of the Women Entrepreneurs and Executives in Tech Summit
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Register now to be a part of the upcoming most impactful Women Entrepreneurs and Executives in Tech Summit - WEETS which is slated for the 15 September 2022 @ the Sheraton Hotel and Towers, Ikeja GRA-Lagos. WEETS is an Annual event geared towards generating new ideas on how best to encourage the womenfolk (from the girl-child stage to the corporate woman) in strongly keying into and playing outstanding roles towards closing the technology gender gap.
Unarguably, women in contemporary times; are trying their best to excel in every facet of life... Read more
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ICANN 2022 DNS Symposium to be Held in Brussels
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The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is pleased to announce that the ICANN 2022 DNS Symposium (IDS) will be held in person 15–16 November 2022 in Brussels, Belgium. This two-day event marks a return to face-to-face meetings. In 2021, the event was held entirely virtually. In 2020, it was canceled because of the pandemic.
IDS will be held immediately before the IANA Community Day on 17 November. As in previous years, the symposium offers a forum for individuals to discuss technical topics related to... Read more
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Register to Attend the 2022 Edition of the Nigeria Internet Governance Forum
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Attend the 2022 edition of the Nigeria Internet Governance Forum - NIGF which is set to commence tomorrow, Wednesday 14th September by 10:00am and would be concluded on Thursday 15th September.
The event would run in a hybrid format at the Zone Center, Gbagada, Lagos State under the theme "Advancing Digital Transformation and Trust in Nigeria". Register now to participate by joining major Stakeholders to discuss some of today's most pressing Internet Governance and Digital Policy Issues at the event... Read more
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Africa Could Enter the Pbps Era a Lot Quicker Than Expected
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Africa experienced the most rapid growth of international Internet bandwidth, growing at a compound annual rate of 44% between 2018 and 2022. Asia sits behind Africa, rising at a 35% compound annual rate during the same period. On a global scale - COVID bump aside-the pace of growth has been slowing.
This is according to global telecommunications market research and consulting firm TeleGeography, and its latest Global Internet Geography research which tracks the continued return to "normal" from the pandemic-generated bump of 2020... Read more
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Cloud Computing: Your Answer to Cutting Business Costs and Increasing Efficiencies
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It is sometimes too easy for the world to wrongfully assume that Africa lags too far behind the global cloud innovation revolution. That is a fundamentally flawed outlook.
As of 2021, our continent accounted only for $1.2 billion of the global public cloud market, it has more than doubled in the past three years and continues to grow exponentially year on year. Soon, Africa will be among the world’s leading cloud innovators, and Kenya will be at the forefront. rocess... Read more
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Register to Join AfICTA (Africa ICT Alliance) Today
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Hi, are you concerned about the realization of a Digital Africa? If yes, AfICTA (Africa ICT Alliance) welcomes you to register and join other group of concerned IT National Associations, Companies, Multinationals and Organisations in Africa to engender the realization of the digital Africa and the Sustainable Development Goals - SDGs.
AfICTA is a 35 member nations' alliance, in partnership with the African Union, with the vision to fulfill the promise of the digital age for everyone in Africa and to connect IT players on the continent.
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Cameroon Wants More Start-ups to Champion EdTech
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Cameroon’s government has urged start-up businesses to champion the role of ICT in education.
The country’s National Agency for Information and Communication Technologies (ANTIC) has called on fledgling entrepreneurs to “promote and make accessible” technology to help ensure the education sector does not fall behind in terms of digital transformation.
Speaking during a three-day forum focused on the use of ICT to address socio-economic challenges and enhance the quality of education... Read more
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Cybersecurity: Beware of Pop-up Adverts
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Cybercriminals are now targeting online users through the add-ons that pop up on their digital screens with experts warning that threats have risen over 59 percent in the first half of this year compared to the whole of 2021.
Nancy Bwire, 32, nearly fell prey to these increasingly crafty schemers. The mother of two clicked on an advert that popped up in her browser device. Nothing appeared suspicious about the advert, she said.
“I was using my phone as usual... Read more
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Endure Capital, which is Based in Egypt, Has Successfully Completed the First Close of a $50 Million Fund for the Purpose of Investing in African Startups
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The $50 million fund will be used to invest in impact-driven early-stage firms in Africa and take a selective approach to invest in growth-stage startups globally, according to Endure Capital, a Cairo-based early-stage investment firm.
The Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprise Development Agency (MSMEDA), Egypt’s Social Fund for Development, British International Investment (BII), a UK-based development finance institution and impact investor, and founders of other firms in the area are among the investors in the new fund... Read more
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Cloud, Connectivity and Digital Transformation Should be Africa’s Top Three Priorities
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Cloud migration, digital transformation and connectivity that takes access to every part of the continent should be the top three priorities for African governments moving towards the 4IR.
This is according to Siya Madyibi, Executive Director: Corporate, External and Legal Affairs at Microsoft South Africa, who was speaking ahead of GovTech 2022.
Madyibi notes that a great deal has changed since the last in-person GovTech, which was held in 2019 ahead of the Covid-19 pandemic. “Microsoft has... Read more
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NowNow, a Fintech Startup in Nigeria, Secures $13 Million in Seed Funding
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NowNow Digital Systems, a Nigerian fintech startup, has secured $13M in its seed round to increase financial inclusion throughout Africa by offering financial services to the continent’s unbanked and underbanked population.
Shadi Abdulhadi, DLF Family Office, and NeoVision Ventures Ltd. led the funding round, which signals NowNow’s intentions to develop and broaden its service offerings throughout Africa.
“Today we announce that we have advance... Read more
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Tanzania Readies Data Protection Bill
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Tanzania is among the latest countries in Africa to pursue the legislation of data management, storage and use after the country’s ICT Minister Nape Nnauye said recently that the Data Protection Bill will be tabled for the first time in an ongoing parliament meeting.
According to media reports, the Minister made an announcement at a recent connect-to-connect summit.
He is quoted as saying, “As more and more social economic activities shift to online platforms, the importance of privacy and data protection is... Read more
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Wasoko and Zanzibar Partner to Launch an Innovation Hub
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The Zanzibar government and Wasoko, an African e-commerce startup that uses cutting-edge technology to change the unorganized retail supply chain, have officially launched the “Wasoko Innovation Hub.”
The new Hub, which is situated in Fumba Town, Zanzibar, will be home to over 500 forward-thinking engineers, product managers, UX designers, and researchers from Africa and around the world, and will concentrate on developing top-notch tech solutions that will power Africa’s e-commerce industry for years to come.
The Wasoko Innovation Hub is the first... Read more
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Africa Data Centres Partners IXPN to Reinforce Nigeria Interests
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Africa Data Centres has partnered with Nigeria’s principle internet exchange point IXPN to bolster local connectivity and service delivery.
The companies have united based on the premise that effective cloud services cannot be implemented without stable internet access and robust, reliable datacentres.
According to the partners, IXPN brings internet peering to the table, and the datacentre provider delivers the local ecosystem for customers.... Read more
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The Cost of Smartphones Falls, but they Remain Unaffordable for Billions Around the World
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Of all the devices available with internet capability, smartphones are generally the least expensive with characteristics that offer more than a basic connectivity. Because of this, they serve an important role in providing people with meaningful connectivity – a crucial element in the development of digital economies. A4AI has set smartphone ownership as one of the four targets of Meaningful Connectivity, as an entry point for people to experience the full power of the internet.
In September 2021, A4AI conducted a survey with 9,000 people across nine low-and... Read more
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Access, Literacy and Gender Disparity Slow Malawi’s Fintech Fitness
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Buy-in from banks and the steady roll out of digital financial services and products is considered a game-changer for Malawi in its effort to achieve higher levels of financial inclusion.
So claims Lyness Nkungula, CEO of the Bankers Association of Malawi (BAM), who added that while there has been growth because of increased investment in digital technology, the financial sector still faces many challenges.
Nkungula warned: “There is still need... Read more
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Africa’s Domestic e-Payments Market Could Rake in US$40bn by 2025
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While cash is still king in Africa, the continent’s e-payments market is likely to grow by more than US$40-billion in revenues from domestic payments alone between 2020 and 2025, with about 188 billion in transaction volumes.
This is according to a new report, The Future of Payments in Africa, released by McKinsey, which details how demand from consumers and businesses, innovations, entrepreneurs, regulators, and capital are reshaping Africa’s fast-growing electronic-payments landscape... Read more
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Nigeria Suspends New Excise Duty on Telecoms – for now
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Nigeria’s government has suspended plans to impose a 5% excise duty on telecommunications services.
According to officials while the excise duty is covered by the Finance Act 2020, authorities decided to suspend it following engagement with stakeholders.
However, the government has since established a committee - chaired by the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy Isa Ali Pantami - to immediately review the policy... Read more
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Digital Transformation a Key Topic at GovTech 2022 Post-COVID-19
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The COVID-19 pandemic once again demonstrated the importance of digitalisation, making it important for all stakeholders to discuss how to fast track Africa’s digital transformation.
This is according to Leandra Chinniah, Marketing Director, Enterprise Business at Huawei South Africa, who was speaking ahead of GovTech 2022, of which Huawei is a sponsor.
GovTech will get underway at the Durban Exhibition Centre from 13 to 15 September with the theme ‘Reshaping the citizen experience... Read more
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Malawi: Airtel will Invest Despite Volatile Kwacha
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Airtel said it will continue to invest in its Malawian mobile phone unit despite currency weakness in the southern African country.
In the half-year period to end June, costs for Airtel Malawi increased by 199% as a result of 25% devaluation in the Malawian Kwacha. After-tax profits declined by 21.5%, which the company attributed to a worsening foreign exchange position as a direct result of devaluation.
A statement released by the company on... Read more
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Botswana Telecommunications Corporation to Build on Broadband Buoyancy
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While fixed voice telephony penetration has stalled for Botswana Telecommunications Corporation (BTC), demand for high-speed internet services has led to an increased uptake of fixed broadband.
Lorato Boakgomo-Ntakhwana, BTC Board Chairperson, said, “Fixed voice telephony penetration and usage remained stagnant throughout 2021-22; however, rising demand for high-speed internet services and our competitively priced fibre broadband plans have been driving uptake of fixed broadband (FBB).”
Stagnant growth in fixed voice telephony... Read more
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