We would not want to say goodbye to this challenging year without thanking those of you who have kept on supporting us despite the distance, THANK YOU! Season’s greetings from the GVG family! May 2021 bring you continued or…
2.5 quintillion bytes of data are generated every day in the world. Africa, with its 1.2 billion inhabitants and a mobile penetration rate that has been steadily increasing in recent years, could soon become the new “data Eldorado”. Indeed, according…
Luis Alberto Powell, Director of Telecommunications for ASEP in Panama gives us an accurate overview of the reality that the country and, more specifically, its telecommunications sector, are experiencing in these difficult times. As ASEP's Director, could you identify the…
On 27 October, GVG hosted a webinar aiming to analyze the power of big data as a regulatory tool, for the benefit of its already-existing clients and partners, as well as of other interested stakeholders. Among other topics, the webinar…
On 8 October, the second webinar co-organized by the Africa CEO Forum and Huawei, and entitled "Profiter de l'innovation basée sur les données" ("Leveraging data-driven innovation"), brought together James Claude, CEO of Global Voice Group, Adham Abouzied, associate at Boston…
In the information era, “big data” have become the “new gold”. In August of this year, Thestar published that “[i]n any one minute, 208,333 people take part in a Zoom video meeting, almost 42 million messages are sent on WhatsApp,…
Francine Dove, Project Manager at DMA Global Ltd, a company based in the UK and with an office in Ghana, is a specialist in remittances and diaspora affairs. We have contacted her to get an expert’s point of view on…
Latin America has long been aware that digital transformation was a determining factor in its social, economic and productive development. The continent’s resources have been focused on reducing the digital divide with the OECD, to enable a 3% growth per…
“Women should let their light shine, stand up for what they believe in and embrace technology.” Less than a third of women worldwide work in scientific research & development (UNESCO UIS, 2018). In Sub-Saharan Africa, only 30% of professionals in…
Tech startups in Africa, a promising market What geography comes to mind when we talk about development, innovation and growth? What if we add the words "startups" and "technology"? You are probably walking through Silicon Valley now, right? Surprisingly for…
