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Digital Africa

Ambitions around an increasingly digital and connected Africa, underscored by accelerated digitalisation in response to COVID-19 and technological change, have profound implications for life on the continent.

We are exploring the impact of digitalisation on the:

  • Regulatory environment and governance of data and privacy, digital infrastructure, the digital economy (including employment conditions) and innovations in the financial sector
  • Livelihoods, skills and aspirations of young people
  • Transformation of the financial sector
  • Growth in digital platforms and their role in the economy
  • Innovation enabled through digital technology and related ecosystems
  • Future of Africa (scenarios and forces for a digital Africa)

The Latest in Digital Africa
Guidance on start-up support in Ethiopia
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Partnership announcement for digital transformation in Rwanda
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Platforms for employment
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31 March 2021
Digital platforms supporting MSMEs through Africa’s COVID-19 crisis
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15 March 2021
Building the first pan-African fintech census and digital map
Africa Fintech Network (AFN), in partnership with global data analytics firm findexable and independent African think tank Cenfri, are launching [...]
30 November 2020
Building foundations for new behavioural scientists in Africa
Behavioural science studies how people behave and tries to answer why they behave in the way they do. This is done by looking at how people process [...]
14 November 2020
The potential of digital platforms as distributors and enablers of financial services in Africa
The past decade has seen the emergence of digital platforms, which connect buyers and sellers of goods and services and allow them to seamlessly [...]
4 November 2020
Digital app services in sub-Saharan Africa sees promising start
Expanded smartphone access in Africa underpins evolving consumer behaviour. Smartphone uptake in Africa is growing rapidly. GSMA reported that [...]
7 October 2020
How do we develop work-ready youth in a digital age?
Although Kevin has a master’s degree in science and had been teaching ICT to secondary school students in Kenya for over 25 years, he scored just [...]
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