Africa's education sector is experiencing a remarkable digital transformation, with technology bridging gaps that traditional teaching methods struggled to address. From Lagos to Cape Town, educators are discovering how online platforms can deliver quality education to millions of students, regardless of their location or economic circumstances.
This shift towards digital learning has created unprecedented opportunities for African students and teachers. Platforms like LearningMole, which originated in the UK but has gained significant traction across Africa, demonstrate how educational technology can transcend borders to deliver curriculum-aligned content that meets international standards while being accessible to diverse learning environments.
Founded by former teacher Michelle Connolly, LearningMole has become a trusted resource for educators and parents worldwide, offering thousands of high-quality educational videos and...
Africa stands at the threshold of a technological revolution that could transform one of its greatest challenges into its most promising opportunities. With the world's fastest-growing urban population and an estimated 125 million tonnes of waste generated annually, the continent faces an environmental crisis that traditional methods simply cannot address. However, innovative recycling technology is emerging as the game-changing solution that could position Africa as a global leader in sustainable waste management.
The transformation is already beginning across major African cities, where forward-thinking entrepreneurs and government initiatives are recognising that modern waste processing equipment can turn environmental problems into profitable enterprises. Advanced machinery, such as the MKII Tyre Baler from Gradeall International, represents the cutting-edge technology that can process waste...
Today there is a near continuous need for companies to keep repositioning themselves and re-work their strategies in the pursuit of success. According to PWC’s 2023 CEO Survey, nearly a half of CEOs believe that technology disruptors like AI, the metaverse, and Blockchain will impact business profitability in the next 10 years. However, this desire for innovation and growth is often easier said than done.
Striving to identify new areas of growth, fresh opportunities and establish plans for long-term success, can be a tricky proposition for both new and established organisations, and that is before a company considers its competition.
There...
Losing a smartphone either to theft, mishandling, or any other mishap can be a really horrible experience. Normally, the next step to take after the occurrence of a smartphone loss is to try to recover the device, before replacement comes to mind — i.e when recovery fails.
The actions below are some of the best things we think you should do swiftly as soon as you discover your device has gone missing.
1. Track or Locate the Device
The first advised step is to determine where you device is. This will help tell if your phone was stolen or mislaid, or you...
Losing sight of ones smartphone (or any important gadget) can easily be tagged as one of the most frustrating and annoying thing that can happen to an individual in this age.
In that time and moment, different thoughts and possibilities are quick to run through one's mind: was it stolen? or you laid it somewhere you can't remember?
Or wait, could someone have taken it? Or is it your friends playing pranks on you? etc.
These thoughts (now accompanied by an increased level of worry and...yes, frustration) sure won't cease till you find that goddamn smartphone. Well, recovering a missing smartphone is...
Smartphone theft is one event every smartphone user may have experienced one time or another. I personally have had my smartphone stolen once and forgot another in a bus I hailed... and it remains an unforgettable experience.
Aside from losing the monetary investment made on the smartphone, invaluable (and irreplaceable) documents, contacts, message history, memories captured in photos, videos, and another multimedia formats will also be lost.
Installing some tracking and monitoring applications beforehand on either your Android or iOS smartphone is an effective way to easily recover your device in the case of theft or mislaid. However, what if you...
Are you inspired by tech or curious as to how some things are built or work? You see building stuff and solving problems as fun? Do you have that particular application on your Android smartphone you wish you could build? Or does your best friend or colleague build super cool apps and you just wish you could be like him/her? And worse, he or she or anybody else do not have the time to teach you.
If you answered ‘Yes’ to more than one of the above questions (particularly the 3rd question), then I’d say you should worry no more....
Do you want to learn photography and don't know where to start? You can start online as there are online courses to learn photography online for beginners.
So you have a new (or old) camera lying around somewhere in your home, or you have one stick somewhere (you can't even remember) in some corner of your bedroom?
Or perhaps you got one from your uncle as a birthday or graduation gift...but you don't know how to use it — there are just too many buttons and parts that do a whole bunch of things you don't know.
Well, I guess it is...
Are you looking for a reliable hosting solution to test out your ideas? In case you don’t want to make a huge investment in hosting because you are still in testing mode, free web hosting can be a good option for you. With free hosting, you can enter the online world harmlessly.
When it comes to free hosting, there are plenty of options available in the market. If you've already searched for ‘free web hosting’ in Google Search, then most probably you would have come across the name 000webhost.
It is the name that is catching everyone’s eye as it claims...
There are so many different kinds of marketing these days, one can barely keep up. After considering the popular ones such as digital marketing and social media marketing, as well as content marketing, location-based marketing (or Geolocation Marketing) is yet another important option to look at.
I have seen a lot of marketers do location-based marketing and not know that’s what they are involved in. Other times, marketers don’t know what they are missing out by not leveraging this approach.
Being one genre of marketing that can be extended to location-based digital marketing and even location-based social media marketing, here’s a...
Is Spectrum Charter Cable the Best of All in 2018?
What sort of internet or cable you get - relies chiefly on the area you’re currently residing in? Do you have access to Charter Cable or not? Possibly, you may not have as many choices, and you are coerced to pick what might come in handy. Or you might be the lucky one to have lots of alternative options open, Spectrum too.
Here comes another dilemma, confusion arise when you have to choose one out of all available options. Choose Charter Cable or other services? Why Spectrum? You might be wondering...
Using WhatsApp for marketing is one thing that has not crossed the mind of many digital marketers. Of all the social media outlets out there, they seem to neglect this one since it’s a chatting zone.
If you are one of such marketers, what you are not considering is the fact that WhatsApp has now grown to about 1.5 billion daily users. With the introduction of the new Status feature, the platform now sees no less than 450 million people updating one status or the other daily.
That is even more than Snapchat can boast of!
Using WhatsApp for marketing purposes has...
There are millions of companies in the world, both small startups and global industries that have a reach all over the globe. Although still kept as separate entities, it is not unusual for larger companies to buy the smaller ones, which can be hugely advantageous for both parties involved.
Google is an example of one of these business giants. On average, they buy a company every 2 weeks, and these decisions are not always financial. The world looks a lot smaller when you start looking at it like this, with many industries linked together under the large umbrella of the...
In our Email Marketing for beginners we listed a couple of basic steps, do's, why's and whats about email marketing. Once you understand the concept, the next logical step is how to implement it for your business. Finding a suitable service provider that fits perfectly with your business or personal plan can be a challenge. This is why we are here to share some of the best email marketing platforms you can consider this 2025.
The importance of choosing the right email marketing platform or provider cannot be overstated... but could be difficult. I mean, there are a tonne of...
As someone who owns, runs or manages a (big or small) business, the goal every now and then usually revolves around reaching as many people as possible, attracting new customers (while servicing the old ones), outdo competitors, make more profit, etc. Email marketing is a great way discover new leads and nurture existing ones.
To achieve this, a lot of effort has to be put into getting the business or brand in the eyes (and heart) of as many people as possible.
Businesses can be promoted and marketed in a number of ways, especially digitally: Social Media Marketing, Email marketing, Digital...
Almost every person on this planet owns a cell phone and it is believed that by 2020 almost 6.1 billion people would have smartphones and this is somewhat a good news for advertisers and marketers out there because they will be able to target their audience through geolocation.
Everyone having a smartphone means that everyone will have the geolocation feature in their phones and this is a very big opportunity for marketers out there to target their customers. Geolocation trend became big in 2016 when Pokemon Go came out.
The game basically operated with the geolocation feature on smartphones. The...
The western world developed much faster than the rest of the planet. That saw a lot of technological advancements that was lost on the other parts of the world. With the advent of the internet though, that gap was bridged in some ways.
Then, a new problem arose – transacting financially, and doing so seamlessly.
Even though there are a lot of payment gateways (PayPal, Skrill, Neteller et al), only a few of them could be used by those on the other end of the seas from the founding countries.
Falling into that category a lot, the launch of Paystack came to...
Kodi is a free and open-source media streaming application software. It is available for all types of operating systems such as Windows, MAC, etc. Nowadays, Kodi has become very popular due to its add-ons. These Kodi add-ons are used for watching Movies, TV Shows, and some other entertainment stuff.
There are tons of Sports add-ons available on Kodi. But the major problem is some of them are not working properly. We don’t know which add-ons are working correctly and which add-ons are not working very well.
Here we have listed the Top best Kodi addons for Sports. The following add-ons are...
When you build a website on WordPress, know that your internal search matters a lot. You see, it’s pretty simple to understand, when you build a website, the number 1 thing you do is write content on your site.
Now, no visitor will just come to your site roam around randomly without any purpose. It is a fact that every visitor would come to your site looking for a specific topic and that is the basic reason why you need to improve your internal search in WordPress to help them easily find what they are looking for.
We all know that...
The days when employers got an idea of who you are from your CV and interviews are gone. Nowadays, they can quickly find the information they need by simply looking at your Facebook page and decide whether you are the right candidate for their company.
Technology changed the whole recruiting process. Now recruiters and job seekers can find each other easier. But do you use the tech benefits when searching for a job? Here are some ideas you should consider.
Technology and recruitment: what has changed
1. Online research: Avoiding unpleasant experience
Job seekers prefer to find some information about the company...
A study conducted by Adobe Digital Insights (ADI) indicated that the impact of automation and robotics are among the top-ranked consensus when it comes to workplace innovation. This debunks fears about automation spelling doom for the working class who believe that robots would make their roles and tasks easier.
To add more beef to the previous statement, a recent survey was conducted among middle to top-level executives who strongly believe that automation could be the immediate future of the business or organizational landscape.
Most of the feedback from the survey was hinged on the concept that it could alleviate repetitive tasks...
Leading retail banking giant, Diamond Bank Plc, has raised higher the bar in the delivery of unique financial services that suits customers changing lifestyles and needs.
In partnership with Women’s World Banking with support from Financial Sector Deepening Africa (FSD Africa) funded by UK aid from the UK government, Diamond Bank worked with Gamsole, Commonwealth (formerly D2D Fund) and Microsoft to open another window of money management opportunities for youth. The simplified digital financial platform will enable youths to plan their financial future, save, chat, and update their financial knowledge while playing games.
The financial service known as Dreamville, does not...
With the sharp increase in brokerages and new companies offering investment apps, the options are numerous. Plus, choosing the best investment apps can be...
DSTV is a leading Satellite cable TV service from Multichoice in Nigeria and across Africa. The service offers direct-to-home DTH pay TV services to...
Aero Airline (a.k.a Aero Contractors) offers a convenient online platform for handling your flight transaction. At the Aero Air online booking platform, you can...
