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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…
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…
Telecoms May 2, 2021

Africa Mobile Data Pricing in 2021

Sub-Saharan Africa has the most expensive mobile data in the world — the average cost of 1 GB there is $6.5, as opposed to Northern Africa — the region with the lowest cost in the world where 1 GB is $1.5. The worldwide average is…
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…
January 4, 2021

Supplies of 300 software licences to the Government of Burundi

The request for software was initiated by the President’s Administration in 2019, RA Journal gathered from MyOffice. The contract implied the supplies of 300 software licences and training of the Administration’s stuff. The value of the contract is undisclosed. In 2019 MyOffice announced it had begun…