#TechFriday n°3️⃣0️⃣5️⃣- Issue of 09/10/2026
Cliquez ici pour lire en français Hello TechGriot family! This week, tech is everywhere: it’s joining the fight against breast cancer, turning WhatsApp member tags into a stage for Cameroonians,...
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Guinea wants to close its digital skills gap, and a...
Cliquez ici pour lire en français Guinea, in West Africa, is preparing to set up a national digital academy aimed at strengthening skills in information and communication technologies (ICT), according...
Yas swaps the counter for tablets with its first digital...
Cliquez ici pour lire en français Telecom operator Yas opened its first Digital Store on September 21 in Moroni, the capital of the Comoros, an island nation in the Indian...
Cameroon’s small businesses are now advertising in song, thanks to...
Cliquez ici pour lire en français A voice sings the name of a business from a phone speaker. A few seconds later, the owner’s name, the services on offer, the...
Pink October goes digital: the African tools trying to bring...
Cliquez ici pour lire en français Every October, breast cancer takes over the awareness calendar: pink ribbons, screening drives, survivor stories, prevention messages. But behind the campaigns, a quieter front...
Cheaper, but more often: inside Yango’s economy-ride model in Africa...
Cliquez ici pour lire en français Across several francophone African countries, Yango has built its success on the opposite of automotive luxury: cheaper rides, more often. Behind the « Eco » tier...
Abidjan wants to be Africa’s innovation summit as Ivoire Tech...
Cliquez ici pour lire en français Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire’s economic hub, is gearing up for the second edition of the Ivoire Tech Forum. The event was officially launched on September...
WhatsApp built tags for clarity. Cameroon used them for comedy...
Cliquez ici pour lire en français In a WhatsApp group, the same phone number can now be a school parent, « the dangerous one, » a big sister, a journalist, a class...
ASPEX 2026 : Côte d’Ivoire wants 100% coverage, and satellites...
Cliquez ici pour lire en français Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast) wants to push its digital coverage further, and space technology is part of the plan. Held in Abidjan, the Africa...
AI detectors on trial: why Cameroonians won’t take a percentage...
Cliquez ici pour lire en français The row over C’était ça ou mourir (“It Was That or Die”), a novel by Haitian-Canadian writer Thélyson Orélien, has pushed a very technical...