VIDEO: Is data the next frontier in Africa?

The Managing Director of Sumaria Group, Ankush Shah and Hussein Hamadi, Chairman of Darling Tanzania and honorary Consul of Sierra Leone addressing journalists in Dar es salaam yesterday during the opening of the two day meeting for over sixty business leaders from Young Presidents’ Organization (YPO), ,the world’s premier network of chief executives and business leaders who are meeting in Dar es Salaam to share insights about the top investment opportunities in Tanzania.(Photo: Our Staff...

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Data revolution all so important in Africa
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Governments across the world are changing the way they look at data –data are no longer just a topic of interest for statisticians, it is becoming relevant for all parts of government that aim to measure progress and demonstrate achievements. Speaking ...
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New report shows hard retail data, consumer needs and behavior, combined with macro-economic datasets, are better indicators of opportunity and success in African markets

For brands eager to tap into the growing African markets and the region’s estimated 350 million middle class consumers, relying solely on macro-economic data such as GDP growth, population trends and regulatory governance data to identify opportunities and predict success can lead to costly missteps, according to a new...

The global drive to end extreme poverty will not succeed without a shift in focus to the very poorest

 A new funding plan to deliver basic health and education for everyone is essential to end extreme poverty, according to The ONE Campaign’s DATA Report 2015: “Putting the Poorest First,” (http://www.one.org) which was launched today in Abidjan, in the margins of the African Development Bank Group Annual Meetings.

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Globally, there exists a serious skills gap at all work levels that organisations are struggling to address. In Tanzania and beyond, the rapid rate of change in technology is making many skills redundant.

       Serikali ya Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania kwa kushirikiana na Benki ya Dunia itakuwa mwenyeji wa Mkutano wa Takwimu Huria Kanda ya Afrika. Mkutano huo utakaofunguliwa na Rais wa Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania Mhe. Dkt. Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete utafanyika tarehe 4 – 5 Septemba, 2015 katika Ukumbi wa Mikutano wa Kimataifa wa Julius Nyerere, Dar es Salaam.  Kauli Mbiu ni “Tumia Takwimu Huria  Kuendeleza Afrika” (Developing Africa Through Open Data).

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IBM Research Scientist, Dr. Kommy Weldemariam with pupils from Riara School, Nairobi exploring how technology can help improve educational outcomes.

*Launch project in Mombasa County, Kenya using technology to improve understanding of educational challenges in schools

RTI International  (http://www.rti.org) – a leading nonprofit research institute – and IBM’s (NYSE: IBM) Africa research lab (http://www.research.ibm.com/labs/africa) have announced a partnership to deploy big data analytics...