Like many other players, social networks are now focusing heavily on Africa for their development, attracted by its young population, strong demographic growth, and high mobile penetration rate. In the race, global leaders such as META and TikTok intend to accelerate their expansion on the continent and win the hearts...
Cameroon: 4.5 million active social media users in 2022
CM d'Afrique, the community that brings together all Community Managers on the African continent, has compiled a new overview of the use of the main social networks in Cameroon. This new study highlights the evolution of the number of social network users in Cameroon between 2017 and 2022. Here are...
Celtiis: Benin welcomes a new telephone operator
Set up by the local government and Sbin SA (Beninese digital infrastructure company), Celtiis is officially the new telephone operator launched in Benin on October 21. The latest addition is the result of South-South cooperation between Benin and Senegal through a partnership with the Sonatel Group, which is already present...
Digital Africa rolls out the "Fuzé" initiative in Côte d'Ivoire and Senegal
Digital Africa is rolling out the "Fuzé" program to support the development of the tech ecosystem in Africa. Launched in 2018, Digital Africa is an initiative created to support digital innovation in Africa. Designed as a label dedicated to supporting startups on the continent, Digital Africa is the result of...
Senegal: Launch of the LionsTech Invest community to develop the local startup ecosystem
Recent years have shown that Africa can count on a rapidly growing network of startups. Although funding levels are not yet on par with other regions of the world, the continent's potential is real, boosted by the digitalization of various economic sectors. According to WeAreTech (source: Partech), the three sectors...
After 10 years in business, Uber is accelerating its expansion on the continent.
The rise of the internet and new technologies is gradually transforming the habits of African consumers and promoting the Uberization of certain activities. International startups are inventing their future on the continent and exploring new opportunities there. Established since 2016 in the East African market, in major cities such as...
SMART AFRICA opens a digital academy in Benin
After Congo, Rwanda, and Ghana, Smart Africa has officially opened a Smart Africa Digital Academy in Benin. This initiative aims to facilitate the digital transition of the African continent and promote entrepreneurial ecosystems in areas where there is a severe lack of digital skills, despite the rapid growth seen in...
African start-ups honored at VIVATECH 2022
The major Parisian event dedicated to technology and innovation took place once again from June 15 to 18. For once, Africa took center stage during the event. And with good reason, as the event organizers, Publicis and Les Echos, chose to highlight the vitality of the continent's startups. To illustrate...
Paydunya launches its operations in Benin
Created to enable the digitization of businesses operating in Africa and meet all the payment needs of unbanked individuals, Paydunya continues to expand across the continent. Today, it is taking a new step forward by expanding into a new territory: Benin. Despite two difficult years linked to Covid-19, which significantly...
Google adds 10 new African languages
Projects and initiatives are multiplying in an attempt to bring African languages into the digital world. For those behind these projects, there are many challenges involved in establishing a presence for African languages on the internet. In this context, digital giant Google has been offering ten new local African languages...