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China wants state media to peddle its “soft power” in Africa, but tech platforms are a better bet

·November 4, 2019
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China’s increasing state-backed media presence in Africa has stoked fears among Western observers. But current evidence shows the plan to increase Chinese soft power through official outlets who portray the Asian giant…

INTERVIEW: From life support to winning €100,000 deepTech Oscars — Alonge explains why NAFDAC should use RxAll

·April 1, 2019
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Fifteen years ago, he was a young boy pushed to life support and the brink of death by the wicked claws of fake drugs. Today, he is pushing fake drugs…

The biggest mobile phone maker in Africa is going public in China

·March 31, 2019
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Transsion Holdings, the top mobile phone maker in Africa, has applied to launch an initial public offering in Shanghai, China. It comes after a decade of booming growth for the…

Bees and fish ‘talk’ to each other in unprecedented interspecies experiment

·March 29, 2019
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If it was possible for two different species to have a conversation with one another, do you think they'd have anything interesting to converse about? The answer probably depends on…

Obaseki’s tech reform: Edo Innovation Hub hosts Wikipedia, mulls partnership

·March 25, 2019
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The growing profile of the Governor Godwin Obaseki-backed Edo Innovation Hub has attracted the interest of more technology companies, as Wikipedia has expressed readiness to work with the Hub in…