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Africa’s Internet economy can be an engine for growth

Google
The mobile Internet is transforming life across Africa through growing connectivity, mobility, and a young, increasingly urban population. The e-Conomy Africa 2020 report, a collaboration between Google and IFC, an arm of the Word Bank Group…Read more>>

ICT

How COVID-19 is Driving eCommerce in South Africa

IT News Africa
The COVID-19 pandemic has taken a serious toll on shopper behaviour, not only from a decline in spending but also in how they shop. With social distancing restrictions, a possible second wave of infections, and adaptations to new lifestyles, the crisis is…Read more>>

TOURISM

Resumption of flights in Botswana boosts tourism

CGTN Africa
Botswana saw the long-awaited return of foreign tourists as a flight of Ethiopian Airlines landed at the Sir Seretse Khama International Airport here on Saturday. This was the first arrival of passenger airlines and international tourists in Botswana, flown in by Ethiopia’s national…Read more>>