Rwanda
Highlighting Rwanda economic growth, technological progress, and leadership in African development.
- Announcements
46 East Africans receive Netflix Creative Equity Scholarship Fund
The scholarship fund for sub-Saharan students is part of Netflix’s global Netflix Creative Equity Fund launched in 2021 with the goal of…
- News
WEF names Kenya’s Sendy, Access Afya & Pula Advisors as Technology Pioneers of 2022
The World Economic Forum (WEF) has announced its selection of the 100 most promising Technology Pioneers of 2022.
- News
NALA partners with Cellulant to reduce cost of sending money from UK, US to Africa
NALA partnership with Cellulant aims to reduce the cost of sending money from the UK and the US into Africa.
- Startups
Nigeria’s Payroll and HR Company, Bento, is expanding to Ghana, Kenya & Rwanda
Bento, a Nigerian tech platform redefining payroll, human resource management, and employee benefits has announced its launch into three new…
- Announcements
African Development Bank’s ‘Coding for Employment’ program targets youths aged 18-35
The African Development Bank (AfDB) will be training over 500 digital ambassadors across Africa under the Coding for Employment program.
- Announcements
160 companies shortlisted for the 2021 CIO100 Awards
The top CIO100 companies will be announced during the annual Africa CIO100 Symposium and Awards in Mombasa, Kenya, from 17th to…
- Startups
Asante closes $7.5M Series A funding to bridge the gap in MSME lending in Africa
The Series A investment will enable Asante to scale its credit offerings to the underserved segment of MSMEs in Kenya and…
- News
Mara Phones will be South Africa’s Government Preferred Devices for next 5 years
Mara Phones - the first "Made in Africa" smartphones - manufactured in Rwanda and South Africa, will be the South…
- News
UmojaHack 2021 brings Africa’s Data Science Students to Largest Inter-University Hackathon
More than $10,000 USD in prizes were awarded to data science students from 9 African countries, and more than 8,500…
- Opinion
Reset, Reboot, Redefine: Finding opportunity and positivity in the post-pandemic reality
The key areas of growth within the technology space are anticipated to be robotic process automation (RPA), analytics, artificial intelligence…
- News
How Rwanda is enabling a new generation of Women in Tech
Rwanda is renowned as a pioneer for gender equality. In 2020, it was the only African country ranked in the…
- Announcements
Applications Now Open for Andela’s StackUp 5-month Program for Entry-level Engineers in Kigali
Andela has announced applications for its 5-months program, StackUp, is open for aspiring and entry-level engineers in Kigali, Rwanda. Interested…
- News
Africa Innovation Summit Kicks Off in Kigali Showcasing Ground-breaking African Solutions
AIS II will focus on innovative and disruptive solutions to the major challenges facing African countries, which include energy access,…
- News
Mozilla-backed research reveals main barriers to internet access in African countries
The research aims to understand, from a comparative perspective, how the citizens use the internet when data is subsidised and…
- Interesting Reads
What I Loved about Rwanda
Apart from being a beautiful country, remarkably green and very hilly, Rwanda is also one technologically advanced nation. Can you…
