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VR inspires guide to city design through eyes of a child
Inspired by a virtual reality tool that allows users to experience cities from the height of a three-year-old, a new set of guidelines aims to show how urban design can improve the health and security of vulnerable children.
Millions of websites offline after fire at French cloud services firm
A fire at a French cloud services firm has disrupted millions of websites, knocking out government agencies’ portals, banks, shops, news websites and taking out a chunk of the.FR web space, according to Internet monitors.
‘By Africans, for Africans’: Female entrepreneur pioneers facial recognition tech
Charlette N’Guessan Desiree loved maths and science as a student in Ivory Coast, but never imagined she would one day use her problem-solving savvy to develop facial recognition technology more adept at identifying and verifying African faces.
EU criticised over surveillance aid in nations where privacy at risk
European Union aid has been used to pay for surveillance equipment and training in countries with inadequate safeguards against excessive state snooping, rights groups said on Nov 11, calling for an end to the "unacceptable" practice.
Pandemic spurs Africa’s mobile telcos to ramp up banking bid
When Covid-19 hit Ivory Coast, Bonaventure Kra, who works at an import-export business, began to worry. Handling hard cash all day was a risk. Queuing in crowded bank branches exposed him to infection.
Covid-19: African e-commerce firms get coronavirus boost
Seydou Sall sprays antiseptic on bags of food freshly deposited by an e-commerce firm at his home in an upmarket quarter of Senegal's capital Dakar.
African Internet slows after undersea cables break
Some Internet users across sub-Saharan Africa are stuck with slow service after two undersea cables to the continent’s western coast were damaged.
Spanish delivery firm Glovo out to conquer the world
With an ambitious 27-year-old boss and a growing army of computer engineers, Spanish startup Glovo is chasing international growth by expanding beyond food deliveries, despite criticism of the working conditions of its drivers.
West Africa boot camp seeks artificial intelligence fix for climate-hit farmers
Data analyst Fabrice Sonzahi enrolled in a course on artificial intelligence (AI) in Dakar, hoping to help struggling farmers improve crop yields in his home country of Ivory Coast.
Facebook: Africa targeted by Russian-led disinformation campaign
Facebook said Oct 30 it had taken down accounts linked to a Russian ally of President Vladimir Putin seeking to spread disinformation on the social network in eight African countries.
