Content Spotlight
Connecting Africa's hot startup this month is Nigeria's APIsentry, an API security startup that provides advanced threat detection and mitigation, ensuring proactive defense against evolving cyberthreats.
Catherine Lückhoff, co-founder and CEO of 20fifty, spoke to Connecting Africa as part of a Women in Tech series about her career, the challenges she has faced and how she overcame them, and her advice to other women pursuing a career in technology.
.jpg?width=700&auto=webp&quality=80&disable=upscale "Jessica Hawkey, founder and MD of RedAcademy.")
RedAcademy's founder and MD Jessica Hawkey spoke to Connecting Africa, as part of a Women in Tech series, about how digital skills development programs are growing Africa's tech talent pipeline while creating jobs for the youth.
Kreative Campus' operations and finance lead, Keitesi Aisha, talks to Connecting Africa as part of our Women in Tech series about how skills development can make Africa's tech ecosystem more inclusive.
Uber's Country Manager for Ghana and Cote d'Ivoire, Marjorie Saint-Lot, shares how the ride-hailing company is approaching public-private partnerships, environmentally friendly initiatives and gender inclusion in Africa.
SpaceX's satellite Internet service, Starlink, has halted new sign-ups in some Kenyan counties due to high demand.
_(1).jpg?width=700&auto=webp&quality=80&disable=upscale "Starlink satellite dish attached to a red brick house in Zimbabwe.")
Satellite Internet service Starlink's launch in Zimbabwe in September has already made a mark on pricing of Internet services in country, with consumers taking up the lower-cost service and competitors adjusting their pricing models in response.
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Niger's ruling military Junta has struck a deal with SpaceX's satellite Internet service, Starlink, to expand coverage in the poorly connected country.
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SpaceX's satellite Internet service, Starlink, has put on hold an announced price hike in Nigeria that would double its base subscription tariffs.
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.jpg?width=300&auto=webp&quality=80&disable=upscale "ETAP graphic representing vehicles on a road in front of a monument flying the Ghanaian flag and a sign reading 'Welcome to Ghana'")
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_(1).jpg?width=300&auto=webp&quality=80&disable=upscale "Former Vice President of Nigeria, Oluyemi Osinbajo, speaking at the Babacar Ndiaye 2024 Lecture in Washington, D.C.")
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_(1)_(1).jpg?width=700&auto=webp&quality=80&disable=upscale "Catherine Lückhoff speaking into a microphone at an event")
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.jpg?width=700&auto=webp&quality=80&disable=upscale "Kenyan flag")