2.5 quintillion bytes of data are generated every day in the world. Africa, with its 1.2 billion inhabitants and a mobile penetration rate that has been steadily increasing in recent years, could soon become the new “data Eldorado”. Indeed, according…
In the information era, “big data” have become the “new gold”. In August of this year, Thestar published that “[i]n any one minute, 208,333 people take part in a Zoom video meeting, almost 42 million messages are sent on WhatsApp,…
Latin America has long been aware that digital transformation was a determining factor in its social, economic and productive development. The continent’s resources have been focused on reducing the digital divide with the OECD, to enable a 3% growth per…
Tech startups in Africa, a promising market What geography comes to mind when we talk about development, innovation and growth? What if we add the words "startups" and "technology"? You are probably walking through Silicon Valley now, right? Surprisingly for…
The Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted the need to move quickly towards a cashless world. Numerous states throughout the world have recommended decreasing the use of cash in favor of digital payments, in order to support social distancing. This change requires…
The COVID-19 virus has travelled far and wide in a matter of weeks, its spread facilitated by population movements, inside and outside countries. As a result, the access to mobility data is crucial for governments to understand the disease’s spread…
The ICT sector has demonstrated its resilience in the face of crisis a number of times over the years. During the 2008-2009 economic recession, which had led to a decrease in both investment and number of consumers, the sector was…
Communications in times of crisis, how to ensure them? As a result of the coronavirus pandemic, more than half of humanity is forced to stay at home in an attempt to halt its spread. The containment of more than 3…
As stated in The Financial Times article entitled, “Record high remittances are not without risks”, remittance flows have the power to transform societies and living conditions of millions of people around the world. This is achieved “by reducing poverty and…
Remittances are hardly a new phenomenon. In the 19th and 20th centuries already, a few European countries relied heavily on the money sent home by emigrated workers. The importance of remittances when it comes to the economic health of developing countries and…
