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In Ivory Coast, drone academy offers youth the chance to soar
Training to pilot drones is being offered at a new drone academy set up by the Ivorian Electricity Company in the Ivory Coast.
New taxi app books a ride for Ivory Coast middle class
In bustling Abidjan, a homegrown company has tapped into the global taxi app revolution that has spawned Uber and other online transport networks.
Ivory Coast’s wildcard politician asks Twitter fans for logo
Ivory Coast’s youngest and most media-savvy politician asked his Twitter followers to help advance his latest political movement.
Poor Ivory Coast pupils’ ray of hope: solar backpacks
The equatorial sun has been up for about an hour as a gaggle of children set off from the Ivorian village of Allepilla on their hour-long trek to school.
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.
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.
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.
Motorbike taxi firms rev up for race into West Africa
Motorcycle taxi companies are expanding in West Africa with backing from investors betting that the meteoric rise of two-wheeled taxi firms in Asia can be replicated in some of the fastest growing countries in the world.
Attack of the small screens: Africa eyes mobile gaming boom
An army of humans laid waste to an alien colony as South African videogame maker Simon Spreckley enthusiastically controlled the action using his phone's touchscreen.
