Uganda is proposing a tax on social media use in a bid to curb gossip online and to raise billions of shillings in government revenue.
The internet can be achingly slow and expensive in parts of Africa, undermining fledgling tech ecosystems and the ability of Africans to connect globally.
The success story of local tech ecosystems across Africa has provided a positive narrative over the past decade.
For two days, Facebook’s chief executive officer Mark Zuckerberg faced tough questions from US lawmakers in the wake of revelations that data firm Cambridge Analytica improperly accessed the information of 87 million Facebook users.
Seven months after it was added to a controversial and expanded travel ban, the Trump administration announced that citizens of Chad will be able to receive visas for travel to the United States.
The internet has long been lauded as a marketplace for the free exchange of ideas, but not in Tanzania, where it will now cost you $930 to license a blog.
Safaricom is partnering with PayPal to boost its e-commerce capabilities in Kenya, solidifying its footing not just as a mobile phone business but as a global company with diversified interests in sectors including healthcare, transportation, and music.
Social media and messaging platforms including WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, and Viber have been blocked in Chad, a move advocacy groups have linked to the tense political situation in the country.
Africa’s textile industry may be caught in the crosshairs of US president Donald Trump’s global trade war.
Africa is a global leader in mobile money, with telecom operators embracing innovative practices that allow customers to not only pay bills but also access services including loans, insurance, and savings.
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has backtracked on a joint decision with the United Nations refugee agency to resettle African migrants.
African migrants in Israel will no longer face jail or deportation, as the government says it has reached a deal with the United Nations to resettle them in Western countries.
Heavy rains caused havoc in Kenya in March, collapsing hospital walls, flooding entire neighborhoods, and closing off major highways. The downpour also exposed a fault line that geologists now say is evidence that the African continent will split into two over the next tens of millions of years.
The expulsion of African migrants from Israel has been delayed yet again—this time until the end of the Jewish Passover festival.
The United States is worried about China’s engagement in Africa, and how it is jockeying to spread its diplomatic, military and trade influence across the continent. That much is evident from comments of top US officials, who have recently stated that China’s financing of roads and bridges “comes at a price,” and that it’s new base in Djibouti on the strategic Gulf of Aden corridor is aimed at asserting “power over world trade.”
Ethiopia’s ruling coalition has picked Abiy Ahmed as its new chairman, paving the way for him to become the country’s next prime minister.
Volkswagen has tapped a scientist to lead its Rwanda operations as the automaker seeks to expand its market in sub-Saharan Africa and wean drivers off second-hand imported cars.
Cairo is a historic megacity, home to ancient bazaars, the Great Pyramids of Giza, and one of the world’s oldest institutions of higher learning, Al-Azhar University.
Importing, owning, and flying a drone is now legal in Kenya—as long as users operate within the regulations set by civil aviation authorities.
Almost 130 tech hubs have opened across Africa in under two years, showcasing a maturing entrepreneurial ecosystem and a rising interest in the potential of local markets.
Egypt is the latest country where Uber is facing the fury of officials and taxi operators, who have accused it of flouting local regulations, short-changing drivers, and avoiding taxes.
Just days after Facebook suspended Cambridge Analytica for illegally harvesting data from 50 million profiles, executives from the firm have been caught on tape bragging about how they secretly ran campaigns in elections across the world—including Kenya’s 2013 and 2017 polls.
At just 22%, Africa is the region with the lowest levels of internet use in the world. But as a new research shows, countries continue to fall short of financing projects aimed at removing barriers to internet access in rural, remote, and poor urban areas—even when they have those funds.
In just over a week, nearly 10,000 Ethiopians have sought asylum in Kenya, underscoring the ethnic tensions and internal problems facing the Horn of Africa nation and posing a direct challenge to the ruling coalition.
