AI is disrupting education. But despite what the headlines (and some ChatGPT horror stories) might suggest, South African teachers aren’t being replaced — they’re…
Africa expects internet revolution
Businesses across Africa are expecting a revolution in internet access, technology and costs as a result of the rush of new undersea cables connecting…
Mesh Potato device could dramatically lower connectivity costs
Steve Song has spent the past two years as a fellow at the Shuttleworth Foundation, looking at ways to lower the costs of communications…
Interview: PesaPal’s Agosta Liko on African mobile payment solutions
Agosta Liko, CEO of PesaPal, relocated to Kenya from the US to start Verviant, a software development company in Nairobi. Three years later, the…
Kenya’s mobile money innovation boom
Kenya is quickly gaining a competitive advantage in the mobile payments space. Led by mobile operator giant Safaricom with their Mpesa product, the market…
