Tag: Rwanda

Kaspersky Lab plans to open an office in Rwanda

When opened the office will be the 36th representative office the company has world-wide.

#DataMustFall really is a thing and it’s happening in Rwanda

Government in Rwanda has subsidised data for residents, allowing more people to use the internet.

Small businesses in Rwanda, Botswana receive Affordable Access grants

To actively bring the internet to more people, small businesses need a financial push – which is why Microsoft set aside $1 billion.

Medical drone makes medicine deliveries in Rwanda

The little nipper can be flown almost anywhere, racing along at 100 km/h.

African girls selected to participate in Women in Science camp to bridge gender gap

120 high school girls will be heading to Rwanda for a month-long programme that aims to equip them with skills in several scientific and artistic fields.

R600m pan-African fund to award 10 000 PhD scholarships over next decade

The Regional Scholarship and Innovation Fund was launched to strengthen research and innovation in Africa.

Digital set top box delivery will take up to two years

R22m set aside for an awareness campaign about digital switchover in next month.

Coke’s shop-in-a-can brings solar-powered 3G and water to rural Africa

Women entrepreneurs targeted for innovative rural spaza shop.

[MWC2015] Rwanda signs up Ericsson for egovernment and health tech

Big sprint to the finish for country’s ambitious Vision 2020 programme.

Rwanda, Nigeria and Morocco top table of affordable internet in Africa

At least two billion people world wide still can’t connect to the internet at an affordable price.

Sign up for your chance to join the TechWomen 2015 Silicon Valley mentorship programme

TechWomen is looking for women from South Africa and the Middle East to visit and learn from some of the world’s biggest tech companies.

Rwanda says no to cheaper roaming

Safaricom earlier this month announced that roaming calls between Kenya and Rwanda will be slashed by more than half the cost

SA women jet off to learn from Silicon Valley’s best at TechWomen exchange programme 

Seventy eight women in tech from the Middle East and Africa were chosen for the TechWomen month-long programme.

Solar powered MP3 player to help SA school kids improve language skills

Learners across South Africa will use the LEAP MP3 players without the need for electricity.

Massive pan-African mobile health advice and analysis service launches

An initiative by the GSMA and a number of partners will make health care more accessible to Sub-Saharan African women and children.

TEDxSoweto: The doctor who took healthcare and broadband to DRC’s lakes

How a humble healthcentre has helped to change life and culture on a small island in the DRC.

Rwandan buses get on-board WiFi

Surf and drive between the capital and Kampala.