Bitcoin's eye-watering price surge over the past year is proving too tempting to resist despite fears that cryptocurrencies are a bubble floating towards an inevitable burst. One group for whom it holds particular appeal is African millennials, writes the BBC's Catherine Byaruhanga from Uganda. Thirty year-old Peace Akware in Kampala is...
The land is the most valuable asset in most of the African countries since the past up to now. However, the major problem in the African land sector is the documentation. There is hope after experts from blockchain technology explained how it offers a solution to this problem. The poor...
The African Development Bank (AfDB) and European Union (EU) have jointly organised €33.3m to finance the construction of a national fibre optic backbone for the Central African Republic. The AfDB has contributed €16.7m and the EU €16.6m towards the project which is expected to run from 2018 until 2021. Ousmane Doré, AfDB's...
Gender equality could have a significant impact on rural electrification moves in sub-Saharan Africa, new data suggests. Fenix International, which sells off-grid solar kits in Uganda and Zambia, has uncovered a gender difference: Although only 20 percent of its kits are purchased by women, they bring in more new clients than...
Internet penetration is creeping up in Africa, bringing the prospect of digital dividends to a continent long marked by digital divides. "Africa has reached a penetration which has broken the barrier of 15 %, and that's important," says Nii Quaynor, a scientist who has played a key role in the introduction...
