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Madagascar: Water supply becomes complicated in Antananarivo
8+ hour, 21+ min ago (385+ words) According to several local media outlets, the disruptions affect both the city center and outlying areas. In some areas, residents have to wait until nightfall to fill a few jerrycans, while others go several days without a regular supply. This…...
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1+ mon, 3+ week ago (11+ words) Madagascar: L'acc's Wi-Fi bient't gratuit " l'universit'Capmad. com...
Climate Resilience: Africa Counts on Transboundary Basins
4+ mon, 6+ day ago (419+ words) For African ministers and regional institutions, the management of shared river and lake basins is now considered a pillar of climate resilience. Variations in rainfall, prolonged droughts, and recurring floods simultaneously affect several countries within the same basin, making a…...
West Africa: How the Region is Structuring Sustainable Ocean Development
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (312+ words) The "blue economy" refers to all economic activities linked to the sea and coastal areas: fishing, aquaculture, maritime transport, seaside tourism, marine energy, and also ecosystem conservation. In West Africa, it is now seen as a lever for sustainable growth,…...
Cameroon Quantifies its Blue Economy: 5. 8% of GDP
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (450+ words) For the first time, Cameroon has quantified its blue economy, which already represents 5. 8% of GDP and generates 22. 6 trillion FCFA in ecosystem wealth, according to a study supported by the ECA. Long relegated to the status of a diffuse sector, Cameroon's…...
Indigenous Languages in AI: Google Unveils WAXAL with African Partners
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (693+ words) Google and African institutions are launching WAXAL, a massive, open-source voice dataset covering 21 indigenous languages, to democratize AI in sub-Saharan Africa. The result of three years of collaboration funded by Google Research Africa, the WAXAL project (to speak" in Wolof)…...
Blockchain 2026: The 5 Frameworks That Will Boost Fintech
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (313+ words) Blockchain frameworks are expected to see widespread adoption in 2026 to propel fintech, thanks to their scalability, regulatory compliance, and ability to support cross-border payments, stablecoins, and decentralized applications (d Apps). Developed by R3, Corda is a leading choice for B2 B fintechs…...
Horizon Corridor: Ethiopia-Djibouti-Sudan Linked by Terrestrial Fiber Optics
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (356+ words) Ethiopia, Djibouti, and Sudan have just signed a tripartite agreement to build the "Horizon" terrestrial fiber optic corridor, linking Djibouti's submarine landing stations to those in Sudan via Ethiopia. Ethio Telecom, Djibouti Telecom, and Sudatel initialed a memorandum of understanding…...
Burkina Faso: 2 Operational Data Centers Valued at 15 Billion CFA Francs
4+ mon, 3+ day ago (426+ words) Presiding over the ceremony on January 23, 2026, Prime Minister Rimtalba Jean Emmanuel Ou'draogo gave firm instructions to repatriate all digital platforms and data currently hosted abroad or by private operators. These two data centers constitute the first step in a structuring…...