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…