DCA Digital Digest: How Africa’s tech industry can kickstart job market post-COVID

1. How Africa’s tech industry can kickstart job market post-COVID

In addition to technical skills to meet increased demands in any of these aforementioned areas, however, the acquisition of soft skills will also become a huge determinant of employability as competition for available jobs stiffen hence the company’s free digital soft skills training programme.

2. Africa races to fill telecoms ‘not spots’

Most other African nations rely on 3G and 4G signals, or long distance WiFi technology Wi-Max. Six of the 40 African countries included in the M-Lab data connect at average speeds of less than 1 Mbps compared with 54 Mbps in the UK.

3. Africa Is The Next Frontier For The Internet

There is a lot of pent-up demand for internet services in sub-Saharan Africa. Indeed, a substantial portion of mobile phones have internet and messaging capabilities. Mobile usage in sub-Saharan is more widespread than electricity READ ON>>

4. First African video conferencing system Gumzo unveiled in Kenya

Kenya’s Gaming tech start-up, Usiku Games, has launched the first-ever made-in-Africa video-conferencing application that offers users enjoy better quality calls with unlimited attendees, at more affordable prices.
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