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The Upsurge of Blockchain Market in Africa
- June 21, 2019
- Posted by: marketing
- Category: Africa, Blog Category, Central Africa, East Africa, Economics, North Africa, Technology & Telecommunication, West Africa
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It is obvious that Africa needs technological innovations to jump a generation and catch up with other countries. The continent can indeed turn the lack of infrastructure from a disadvantage into an asset. It offers a blank playground to test and validate new concepts such as mobile payment, which has quickly gained ground, as it
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GCC Retail Sector : A shift toward Artificial Intelligence
- April 22, 2019
- Posted by: marketing
- Category: Africa, Blog Category, Economics, Technology & Telecommunication
With a growing understanding of the impact Artificial Intelligence (AI) is likely to have on customer relations and sales, retailers across the world are exponentially investing in AI with an estimated global annual spending reaching around 7,3 billion dollars by 2022. Artificial intelligence has become a future strategic imperative for retailers. Through enabling process automation,
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African Smart Cities: a solution to the booming urbanization process in the continent?
- May 25, 2018
- Posted by: infomineo-admin
- Category: Africa, Blog Category, Central Africa, East Africa, North Africa, Southern Africa, Technology & Telecommunication, West Africa
Africa is undergoing impressive urban growth. The continent who was alongside with Asia one of the least urbanized in the world back in 2014, is now demonstrating fast urbanization rates[1] and is envisioned to reach a 2.4 billion population within the next decades favoring cities over rural areas[2]. By 2030, it is expected that 6 -
Could 3D printing revolutionize manufacturing in Africa and the Middle East?
- February 23, 2018
- Posted by: Mona Abisourour
- Category: Africa, Blog Category, Middle East, Technology & Telecommunication
Additive manufacturing, or 3D printing, is a truly disrupting phenomenon whose market, technologies, knowledge, and field of applications are witnessing an exponential growth along the last 10 years. Counted among the main technologies leading the 4th Industrial Revolution, Additive Manufacturing is currently transforming industrial production: At a company level, in the sense of redesigning the -
Digitalization to Spur African Growth
- December 18, 2017
- Posted by: Mona Abisourour
- Category: Africa, Blog Category, Technology & Telecommunication
Digitalization, a term commonly confused with digitization, is currently a burgeoning phenomenon and the rise of the fourth industrial revolution has a lot to do with that. According to Gartner’s IT Glossary, digitalization is the use of digital technologies to change a business model and provide new revenue and value-producing opportunities [1], whereas, digitization is the -
Investments in Agribusiness in Africa
- October 30, 2017
- Posted by: Mona Abisourour
- Category: Africa, Agriculture, Blog Category, Sustainable Development, Technology & Telecommunication
Can Africa feed the world? Africa’s agriculture sector has been growing at a steady pace and might turn the continent into an economic power. Africa might be able to feed itself and the world if it keeps putting a focus on enhancing efficiency in using its resources. The focus on agriculture emerged from the willingness -
Internet Speed and Economic Development in Africa
- September 20, 2017
- Posted by: Mona Abisourour
- Category: Africa, Blog Category, Technology & Telecommunication
“Broadband can radically change the socio-economic prospects for the region and contribute to higher growth and shared prosperity.” - Carlo Maria Rossotto, World Bank ICT Regional Coordinator in the MENA region[1]. The majority of African countries have certainly been lagging behind in the economic development path. Public opinion usually agrees that this underdevelopment is due to -
The Rise of Artificial Intelligence in Africa
- September 16, 2017
- Posted by: Mona Abisourour
- Category: Africa, Blog Category, Technology & Telecommunication
Artificial Intelligence (AI) was first coined in 1956 by the scientist John McCarthy at Dartmouth College. [1] Nearly 60 years later, it is now enjoying a major resurgence thanks to the exponential increases in computing power, the development of more sophisticated algorithms and the vast availability of data. [2] The convergence of these technological developments
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Understanding Cryptocurrencies
- August 23, 2017
- Posted by: Mona Abisourour
- Category: Africa, Blog Category, Financial Services, Technology & Telecommunication
Over the course of history, humans have been trading goods and services using different means. All these means have something in common – the agreement of their value, and thus their use in operations. One example of an ancient form of human exchange was witnessed in Micronesia where they used an exchange method called the
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Senegalese Telecom Market Attracting Leader in Money Transfer
- June 15, 2017
- Posted by: admin
- Category: Blog Category, Technology & Telecommunication, West Africa
Is a wind of economic patriotism blowing in the Senegalese telecom sector? In February 2017, the Luxembourg-based telecom company Millicom announced the signature of an agreement for the disposal of its subsidiary Tigo Senegal which is the second telecom operator in the West-African country. This operation is considered as particularly worth noting since the acquirer of
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