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Alphabet’s floating internet venture Project Loon may have been deflated, but its legacy looks set to live on through a new effort called Project Taara. The team has salvaged the technology to deliver internet connectivity with lasers, demonstrating th… Continue reading Lasers beam high-speed internet between cities through open air
Ghanian/British architect Sir David Adjaye has produced many large projects, such as the NMAAHC, but his firm’s latest work is on another scale entirely. It will involve transforming Ghana’s healthcare facilities by creating 101 new hospitals in the co… Continue reading Sir David Adjaye to transform Ghana’s healthcare with 101 new hospitals
Following its unveiling last year, the Floating Music Hub, by Nigerian architect Kunlé Adeyemi and his firm NLÉ, is now complete and open for business. The project provides a novel venue for visitors to the island nation of Cape Verde to enjoy African … Continue reading Floating music venue bobs gently to the African beat
Ransomware operators have taken their profession’s profitability to new heights in the last couple years by outsourcing their work with the “ransomware-as-a-service” model, in which hackers lease out their malware in exchange for shares of the resulting extortion payments. Now, a cyber firm has found a ransomware operator going one step further: asking prospective victim companies’ personnel to deploy ransomware on their behalf, then take a cut of the proceeds. Abnormal Security on Thursday said it recently blocked a batch of emails to its customers that solicited recipients to infect their employers’ networks with ransomware. Researchers set up a fake identity to communicate with the would-be ransomware/insider scheme mastermind — who went by the screen name “Pablo” — under the ruse that the persona would do Pablo’s criminal bidding. The incident, which occurred in mid-August, marks another tactical swerve in the ever-shifting world of ransomware techniques, and if Pablo’s to […]
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BioNTech, the pioneering mRNA company responsible for one of the world’s first COVID-19 vaccines, is now looking to develop an mRNA malaria vaccine. Working with the World Health Organization the company hopes to begin human clinical trials sometime ne… Continue reading After COVID-19 BioNTech turns its mRNA vaccine tech on malaria
Through pioneering projects in Mexico, China, Texas and elsewhere, we’re starting to see how 3D printing can make building construction a whole lot more cost effective. An affordable housing venture in Africa named 14Trees has now leveraged the technol… Continue reading World’s first 3D-printed school tackles classroom shortages in Africa
Many people in emerging markets depend on informal public transport to move across cities. But while there are ride-hailing and bus-hailing applications in some of these cities, there’s a dire need for journey-planning apps to improve mobility for users and reduce the time they spend commuting. South African startup WhereIsMyTransport is one such company filling […] Continue reading Naspers co-leads $14.5M extension round in mobility startup WhereIsMyTransport
Kenyan consumer experience platform for businesses in Africa, Ajua today announced that it has acquired WayaWaya, a Kenya-based AI and ML messaging and payments company. WayaWaya’s customers and partners include the likes of I&M Bank, Interswitch and MTN. The company offers a range of services, from digital banking and payment services to financial services APIs […] Continue reading Kenya’s Ajua acquires WayaWaya to consolidate consumer experience play in African SMEs
Results from a phase 2b trial testing a new malaria vaccine have been published revealing an impressive 77 percent efficacy, higher than any prior vaccine trialed. The vaccine is the first to reach a World Health Organization goal of at least 75 percen… Continue reading New malaria vaccine reports milestone 77 percent efficacy
For patients and healthcare professionals to properly track and manage illnesses especially chronic ones, healthcare needs to be decentralized. It also needs to be more convenient, with a patient’s health information able to follow them wherever they go. Redbird, a Ghanaian healthtech startup that allows easy access to convenient testing and ensures that doctors and […] Continue reading Ghana’s Redbird raises $1.5M seed to expand access to rapid medical testing in sub-Saharan Africa