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Germany, Rwanda boost digital ID schemes; Bhutan shares its success
Coingeek
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August 29, 2025
Homepage > News > Business > Germany, Rwanda boost digital ID schemes; Bhutan shares its success The drive to global digital identity adoption picked up pace this week, as Germany’s BundID announced 2 million logins per month, Rwanda revealed more...
Conduct more research on reproductive health, Kenya urged
Star
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MSI country director Walter Obita, when Maristopes International (MSI) commemorated its 40 years of service in Kenya. Proto/HANDOUTKenya has been challenged to conduct local research on sexual reproductive health rights to be able to come up with...
Kenya ranked 94th globally in governance as Tanzania, Rwanda climb in new global index
TUKO
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August 27, 2025
Kenya recorded a poor showing in the latest Chandler Good Government Index, sliding to 94 out of 120 nations reviewed Tanzania and Rwanda gained ground in governance, while many African countries either declined or stagnated in their positions...
Africa’s digital destiny: Building a fully sovereign tech ecosystem
Zimbabwe Independent
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For Zimbabweans, like most Africans, our digital lives remain fundamentally dependent on foreign tech giants. For Zimbabweans, like most Africans, our digital lives remain fundamentally dependent on foreign tech giants. Our emails flow through...
Scientists step up training so farmers can beat potato pests
University World News
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KENYA Scientists and researchers in Africa say they are working together and are producing positive results in the fight against microscopic potato cyst nematode (PCN) infestation in key crops like potatoes. Science experts from the African Seed...
AFTAAC Opens Health Training programme in Rwanda
Sada Elbalad
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August 28, 2025
Thu 28 Aug 2025 | 10:49 PM AFTAAC Opens Health Training programme in Rwanda In cooperation with the African-Middle Eastern Society of Gastroenterology, in coordination with the Rwandan Society of Gastroenterology, and in partnership with the...
Africa to host landmark world congress 2026 for Catholic media practitioners in Rwanda
Vatican News
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August 28, 2025
SIGNIS Africa President, Fr. Prof. Walter Chikwendu Ihejirika, has said that the recent SECAM Plenary Assembly of Africa’s Catholic Bishops has warmly welcomed the Catholic communication association’s plans to hold the SIGNIS World Congress in...
Dominica hosts national symposium on the implementation of the Kigali amendment
Dominica News Online
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August 27, 2025
Hon. Cozier Frederick addresses stakeholdersThe National Ozone Unit (NOU) successfully hosted a National Symposium on the Implementation of the Kigali Amendment on August 13, 2025, at the St. Alphonsus Parish Hall, bringing together key...
Why Africa’s best tech investments solve physical problems
Disrupt Africa
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August 28, 2025
“When we first met the BuuPass team, we saw something fundamentally different: a company that understood Africa’s transport sector wasn’t just a digital problem to be solved with elegant code, it was a deeply physical challenge requiring...
First Google, now Microsoft: Tech staff are in revolt over Gaza
Mint
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August 28, 2025
While tech giants have long given employees latitude to engage in political speech at work, the latest wave of activism over the war in Gaza has put some workers at odds with their employers. Microsoft said it was weighing disciplinary action...
Kenya’s eBee Mobility Faces Workforce Shakeup Amid Market Challenges and Tax Hurdles
TechTrendsKE
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August 29, 2025
Kenya’s eBee Mobility, once a rising player in the electric bicycle market, has recently laid off the majority of its staff as reported by TechCabal, reflecting the pressures facing the country’s e-mobility sector. Founded in 2021, the startup...
Mauritius Retains Top Spot as Rwanda Shines in Africa Governance Rankings
News Ghana
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August 27, 2025
Mauritius has secured its position as Africa’s best-governed country for the fifth consecutive year, according to the 2025 Chandler Good Government Index released this week. Rwanda and Botswana rounded out the top three in a ranking that...
Nation-building lessons after apartheid in SA and genocide in Rwanda
Daily Maverick
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August 27, 2025
I have had numerous opportunities to undertake research and teach in several parts of our continent. Among these has been South Africa, which I have visited often in the past 30 years. Most recently, I had an opportunity to travel to Rwanda after...
BK Group 2025 HY earnings up by 8.6% to RWF 51.9bn
CNBC Africa
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August 29, 2025
In a significant development reflective of Rwanda’s burgeoning financial sector, Bank of Kigali (BK), the East African nation’s leading financial institution, has recorded a robust growth in net profits for the first half of 2025. The bank’s...
Projects, Purpose, and the Teenage Mind
Edutopia
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When a young Mary Helen Immordino-Yang retired from teaching seventh grade science, she wasn’t fleeing teenagers. Watching her seventh graders wrestle with challenging material, in fact, had made her curious: At that critical age, she wondered,...
Firm offers N13m to boost 3 tech startups
Daily Trust
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An outsourcing firm, All Talentz has empowered three tech startups with N13 million to boost technological advancements in Africa. The three tech startups were offered the fund, shared according to the cash prize for respective positions in the...
The power of technology in boosting trade in the world’s least developed countries
The Manila Times
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August 26, 2025
GEBZE, Turkey — Artificial intelligence (AI) and the use of frontier technologies are already transforming trade and boosting prosperity, particularly for developed and some developing countries. This ranges from the digital exchange of documents,...
Mauritius, Rwanda lead Africa in public sector effectiveness
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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August 27, 2025
The 2025 Chandler Good Government Index (CGGI) has identified Mauritius as the leading government in Africa, followed by Rwanda and Botswana. The average score for countries in Africa was the lowest amongst all regions, although there has been a...
Asylum hotels must still be emptied – but in an orderly fashion
The Independent (U.S.)
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August 29, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Rwanda Looks to Partnerships to Boost Digital Learning
KT Press Rwanda
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August 25, 2025
1 KIGALI, Rwanda — Rwanda is continuing its journey to modernize classrooms with technology, and this month’s EdTech Mondays Rwanda will focus on how partnerships between the government and private sector can speed up progress. The talk show,...