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Microsoft Africa's chief technology and solutions officer, Ravi Bhat, joined Connecting Africa for a video interview at Africa Tech Festival 2024 to talk about the growth of generative AI (GenAI) in Africa and the trends that are impacting enterprises.
Microsoft Africa's chief technology and solutions officer, Ravi Bhat, joined Connecting Africa for a video interview at Africa Tech Festival 2024 to talk about the growth of generative AI (GenAI) in Africa and the trends that are impacting enterprises.
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Pan-African telecom operator Orange is using artificial intelligence (AI) in several African countries to balance network capacity and coverage, predict equipment failures and improve customer experience.
_(2).jpg?width=700&auto=webp&quality=80&disable=upscale "Informa's Event Director James Williams speaking at the Africa Tech Festival")
Africa Tech Festival 2024 concluded last week, celebrating the most successful edition in its 27-year history, while the continent's tech innovators were honored at the Africa Tech Festival Awards.
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Nokia and e& among companies announcing technology partnerships at the recent Africa Tech Festival.
Africa Tech Festival 2024 concluded last week, celebrating the most successful edition in its 27-year history, while the continent's tech innovators were honored at the Africa Tech Festival Awards.
_(1)_(1).jpg?width=700&auto=webp&quality=80&disable=upscale "Catherine Lückhoff speaking into a microphone at an event")
Catherine Lückhoff, co-founder and CEO of 20fifty, spoke to Connecting Africa as part of a Women in Tech series about her career, the challenges she has faced and how she overcame them, and her advice to other women pursuing a career in technology.
.jpg?width=700&auto=webp&quality=80&disable=upscale "Jessica Hawkey, founder and MD of RedAcademy.")
RedAcademy's founder and MD Jessica Hawkey spoke to Connecting Africa, as part of a Women in Tech series, about how digital skills development programs are growing Africa's tech talent pipeline while creating jobs for the youth.
Kreative Campus' operations and finance lead, Keitesi Aisha, talks to Connecting Africa as part of our Women in Tech series about how skills development can make Africa's tech ecosystem more inclusive.
.jpg?width=700&auto=webp&quality=80&disable=upscale "Paula Gilbert and Ravi Bhat speaking at Africa Tech Festival 2024.")
.jpg?width=300&auto=webp&quality=80&disable=upscale "Digital rendering of the expanded Rack Centre Lagos facility")
_(1).jpg?width=300&auto=webp&quality=80&disable=upscale "Paratus workers laying fiber cables.")
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_(1).jpg?width=300&auto=webp&quality=80&disable=upscale "African map illuminating country borders")
_(1).jpg?width=300&auto=webp&quality=80&disable=upscale "Kabelo Makwane, Google Country Director for South Africa.")
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.jpg?width=300&auto=webp&quality=80&disable=upscale "Brelotte Ba, deputy CEO, Orange Middle East and Africa")
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_(1).jpg?width=300&auto=webp&quality=80&disable=upscale "Raxio Group's new CEO Robert Skjødt.")
.jpg?width=300&auto=webp&quality=80&disable=upscale "MTN Group President and CEO Ralph Mupita")
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