Today, during the annual Connect conference, Mark Zuckerberg shared his vision for the metaverse and how the company will be involved in building this future. The metaverse will be a virtual 3D social space where you can share immersive experiences with other people, even if you can't be together in...
Emmanuel Macron unveils new ambitions for African entrepreneurship
The Africa-France Summit took place on October 8 in the city of Montpellier. It was a radically new kind of summit, as no heads of state were invited to the event. Emmanuel Macron wanted to give a new dimension to this 28th edition, which was entirely dedicated to youth and...
The Africa Tech Festival will be held digitally on November 8!
The two events, AfricaTech and AfricaCom, are coming together this year for the first edition of the Africa Tech Festival, held from November 8 to 12, 2021. Organized digitally, the Africa Tech Festival aims to bring together the most influential figures in African tech. "For 24 years, we have been informing...
A new Africa-France Summit
The Africa-France Summit, to be held on October 8 in Montpellier, will be radically new in nature. Without heads of state or institutional authorities, it will be devoted exclusively to the youth of Africa and France who, every day, are building the future of the relationship between France and the...
New entrepreneurship centers created on the continent
The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the International Chamber of Commerce have jointly launched Entrepreneurship Centers in Africa, under the theme "Creating Livelihoods for Inclusion." With strategic locations across Africa, the ECA-ICC Entrepreneurship Centers will work with various stakeholders, including businesses, chambers of commerce, academic institutions, intergovernmental and government...
Amazon Web Services launches AWS re/Start, its free cloud skills training program, in Senegal, Rwanda, and the Democratic Republic of Congo
Amazon Web Services (AWS), the world leader in cloud computing platforms, is launching the AWS re/Start program for the first time in Senegal, Rwanda, and the Democratic Republic of Congo. This 12-week training program introduces young Africans from all backgrounds to careers in cloud computing. The goal is to help...
Ghana on the road to digitalization
In recent years, Ghana's digital ecosystem has been making headlines. And with good reason: in 2019, the GDP of the digital sector grew by 46.5% in Ghana, compared to just 4.2% in 2017. This development has been driven by an increasing number of players committing to digital technology in a...
Facebook rolls out its marketplace in 37 countries in sub-Saharan Africa
Facebook announced today the launch of Marketplace in 37 countries and territories in sub-Saharan Africa. Currently available in South Africa, Ethiopia, Kenya, and Nigeria, Marketplace is a convenient place where people can discover, buy, and sell items from others in their local community, simply by tapping on the Marketplace icon...
JFD GABON and Noircir Wikipedia join forces to make Black women more visible on the online encyclopedia
JFD GABON will host its first special contribution workshop, "Noircir Wikipédia" (Blackening Wikipedia). This collaboration aims to introduce women from French-speaking Africa to writing and enriching articles about African women and women of African descent on the online encyclopedia. The Noircir Wikipédia project was born out of an observation: African...
A look back at the launch of Makers.africa with Benjamin Mampuya
Launched in June 2021, Makers.africa is an online business news outlet in Africa and for Africa created by La Compagnie Générale de Communication and Financial Afrik. We look back at the origins of the project with Benjamin Mampuya, founder of the CGC agency. How is the editorial team organized? The...