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Rwanda – Mara X & Mara Z, first smartphones entirely manufactured and assembled in Africa

November 14, 2019November 14, 2019 Gova-Media Innovations, Mara Group, Mara X & Mara Z, Rwanda, Technology

Mara Group, a new tech company based in Rwanda, Africa, made history last month, by launching the first manufactured and assembled smartphones in Africa: Mara X & Mara Z. "While smartphones are assembled in other African nations (Egypt, Algeria, and South Africa all have assembly plants), according to Reuters, those companies all import the components." Mara is the first company…

Culture LIFESTYLE MOVIES

OAFF – African movies from home

November 16, 2018 Christelle Kamanan africa, Culture, Innovations, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Nigeria, Sénégal

OAFF stands for Online African Film Festival. This initiative has been started and designed by the organisation Cinewax. From the 15th November until the 15th December, you can watch African movies online, from 15 different countries. More about the Online African Film Festival For more than 3 years, the team of Cinewax has been…

Inspirations LIFESTYLE

AIF announces the top 10 nominees for Innovation Prize for Africa 2017

June 27, 2017 Gova-Media Innovations

"The African Innovation Foundation (AIF) recently announced the top 10 nominees who will be contending for the 2017 Innovation Prize for Africa (IPA), to be awarded in Accra, Ghana on 18th July 2017. Innovators from nine African countries including Democratic Republic of Congo, Egypt, Kenya, Liberia, Morocco, Nigeria, South Africa, Uganda and Zimbabwe have been…

BUSINESS Entrepreneurs Innovations

Victor Agbégnénou creator of the “connected cartable”

January 4, 2016July 19, 2017 Gova-Media Innovations

Victor Kossikouma Agbégnénou, scientifique franco-togolais a développé un projet unique, le “cartable connecté” qui repose sur un système de télécommunication PWCS, qui transmet sans fil et à haut débit des données.

BUSINESS Entrepreneurs

Andrew Kagia creator of Nairobi X a 3D video game set in the Kenya’s capital city Nairobi

September 14, 2015May 28, 2017 Gova-Media english, Innovations, Technology

Andrew Kagia is the creator of Nairobi X, a video game set in Nairobi (Kenya) representing a character Otero, who is part of the Recce Squad, and who’s duty is to save the city from an alien invasion. The game begins at the Kenyatta International Conference Centre, where Otero starts his mission after being briefed.

BUSINESS Transportation

Sangulani Chikumbutso, the first Zimbabwean to design and make an electric-powered vehicle and a hybrid helicopter

August 27, 2015May 31, 2017 Gova-Media Innovations, Inspirations

Sangulani Chikumbutso, a Zimbabwean designer, inventor is considered as the first Zimbabwean to design and make a hybrid engine-powered helicopter, an electric car, a magnetic converter, a ‘green’ power generator and a special drone. His designs were launched through his company, Saith Technologies.