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Rwanda Becomes First African Country to Deploy AI-Powered National Healthcare Diagnostic System
Rwanda's Ministry of Health has gone live with an AI diagnostic system that analyses patient symptoms, medical images, and lab results in real-time at 248 district health centres — reducing average diagnosis time from 4.7 days to under 90 minutes for 14 of the country's most prevalent diseases.
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Nigeria Launches NigeriaSat-3 — Country's Most Advanced Earth Observation Satellite Enters Orbit Successfully
The Nigerian National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA) successfully launched NigeriaSat-3 aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral on Tuesday, placing Africa's most advanced Earth observation satellite into a 620km sun-synchronous orbit.
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Africa's First 6G Test Network Goes Live in Cape Town — South Africa Aims to Lead Global 6G Standards
Vodacom and South Africa's Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) have activated Africa's first 6G test network in Cape Town's Century City district, achieving theoretical download speeds of 1 terabit per second — 1,000 times faster than commercial 5G.
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Jumia's Q1 2026: Revenue Up 89%, Active Users Surpass 50 Million — Shares Jump 240% in 12 Months
Pan-African e-commerce platform Jumia has reported a Q1 2026 revenue of $142 million — an 89% year-on-year increase — as active users crossed 50 million across its 11 markets for the first time. The company, once written off by Wall Street, has now returned to profitability for five consecutive quarters.
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