July 1, 2023
The HSE Center for African Studies Introduces e-Governance Knowledge Hub
In December 2022, the Center for African Studies of the HSE University in Moscow introduced e-Governance Knowledge-Sharing Hub with the declared aim of sharing experience of development and implementation of digital solutions and establishing links between Russian and African stakeholders. Source: HSE Center for African Studies…
Yandex
December 18, 2021
Yandex expands its presence in Africa
Yango, an international brand of the Yandex.Taxi service, was launched in Cameroon, the company’s press service and local media reported on December 15. The service operates in two cities at once — Yaounde and Douala. Earlier, on December 9, the Yango app became available in the…
Education
June 1, 2021
Russian Startup for South African Schools
Nowadays most South African schools use accounting systems integrated with an application also installed by parents. These apps facilitate school-parent communication by displaying school news, upcoming events, status of school fee payments and more. They also automate the bursar’s working routine. Five years ago, Russian…
May 24, 2021
Aerial photography of land in Angola
In the fall of 2018, the company’s specialists in Angola, using a UAV, carried out aerial photography of 2,500 hectares of forests to take inventory of the search for valuable trees and 350 hectares of land for the preparation of the sowing campaign. In January…
April 4, 2021
Rise School Management – cloud system in South Africa
The Rise School Management (RSM) is a cloud school management system, which includes accounting system integrated with an application Rise Communicator installed by parents. These apps facilitate school-parent communication by displaying school news, upcoming events, status of school fee payments and more. They also automate…
IT
February 27, 2021
Benin and Nigeria Top Africa’s Cyber Security Rating
Over the last 10 years, Internet penetration in Africa has increased by 12 times. Furthermore, the dynamics of the progress of digitalization exceeds similar indicators even in Europe. According to research by the e-Governance Academy, seven African countries are among the top 80 with the…