Mastercard Foundation Creates a $2M fund to Support Social Entrepreneurship
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A second landing of the 2Africa subsea cable is anticipated in Port Said in the Mediterranean Sea at a later time. As members of the 2Africa consortium, Meta and Telecom Egypt announce the first landing of the 2Africa subsea cable in Egypt in Ras Ghareb in the Red Sea. The cable will be stretched to…
In order to support and give possibilities to children and young people in Africa, RiverSafe, a professional services provider for cyber security, data operations, and DevOps, has teamed up with the education-focused organization Path to Possibilities. Breaking the Cycles of Impoverishment for Nigeria’s Youth With the help of learning resources and elementary and secondary school…
Pando DAO, Africa’s first decentralized autonomous organization for tech innovators, has begun operations and has been named the Silicon Zanzibar initiative’s official community partner. Top African internet entrepreneurs have formed the decentralized Pando DAO community, which has operations in over 15 different African nations. Its goal is to strengthen ties among members of the African…
Microsoft has published a new advisory warning of a security bypass vulnerability affecting Surface Pro 3 convertible laptops that could be exploited by an adversary to introduce malicious devices within enterprise networks and defeat the device attestation mechanism. Tracked as CVE-2021-42299 (CVSS score: 5.6), the issue has been codenamed “TPM Carte Blanche” by Google software engineer Chris…
Orodata Science is proud to announce the call for applications for the third cohort of the African Data Hub (ADH) community journalism fellowship. This new call is designed differently from the others as it seeks reporters focused on documenting and reporting on the health challenges emanating from the flood devastation of several parts of Nigeria…
Applications for the second edition of BlueInvest Africa, an initiative for investors and entrepreneurs in the blue economy, are now being accepted. The call for projects is directed at businesses that have their formal registration, are based in Africa, and are currently engaged in one or more blue economy areas. Additionally, African small, micro, and…