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From: IT Web Technological innovation, and often that which is digitally-enabled, is underpinning the extraordinary pace of advancement globally, and no industry is immune to the disruptive forces. A relatable example has been the disruption of many long-standing blue-chip consumer…

By: The News Peak JAMES CLAUDE is the Chief Executive Officer of Global Voice Group (GVG), a provider of IT solutions to governments and regulatory authorities. He spoke to VICTOR GBONEGUN on the challenges of technology development in Nigeria and in other…

GVG’s X Stream solution has made the news! AfricaNews have included the official video of GVG’s X Stream solution in their newscast. X Stream is a leading-edge digital platform that monitors all digital transactions, including remittances and mobile money payments.…

Written by Albert Savana With 469 million mobile money users throughout the continent, including more than 50 million new accounts created in 2019, Africa is the world’s most dynamic region in terms of mobile money transactions. In 2019, the sub-Saharan region…

By FAUSTINE NGILA on Daily Nation As African airlines get back to international skies this month for the first time since March, their commitment towards minimizing the possibility of an upsurge in Covid-19 infections will be critical in jump starting…

Published on Ecofin Agency The Covid pandemic, from which Africa is far from emerging, has once again brought to light the importance and usefulness of mobility data analysis. The absence of accurate data location in certain geographies has been a…

Posted By: ITEdgeNews “We Transform Identified Data Into Pseudonymized Then Anonymized Ones” - GVG’s Raul Vahisalu While governments are increasingly using mobile location data to curb the spread of Covid-19, tracking raises questions in terms of data protection and anonymization. VP of Technology, Global…

From: Biztech Africa Article by: Raul Vahisalu, VP of Technology at Global Voice Group   Remittances represent over 20% of the GDP of emerging countries. For a growing number of these countries, they are the largest source of external financing,…

Article by: LAURENT SARR In the context of Africa's digital transformation, the next generations must be trained in the future professional requirements induced by the Fourth Industrial Revolution - for which the continent is ill-prepared, in the absence of a…

Published on the ITU website. Before the current crisis, the 2020 growth estimate for the African continent was 3.9%, according to McKinsey & Company. However, the loss of lives and livelihoods caused by the COVID-19 pandemic is expected to turn…