In Kenya, offline payment travels through the phone’s sound
In areas without coverage, two phones exchange a transaction by audio signal, settled later with the bank. The system already handles several thousand operations a day.
Oct 19 · 4 min read
Top 3 of the week — Africa
The most read articles of the past seven days. The ranking is based on the territory the article covers, not on where the reader is.
In Marrakech, a hotel runs its air conditioning by machine learning
The system anticipates room occupancy and the building’s thermal inertia. After one season, 31% less electricity, with no guest complaint recorded.
Oct 17 · 4 min read
The takeover reshaping cold-chain logistics in West Africa
Two groups, a $340 million deal, and a food chain whose rules change between Abidjan and Lagos.
Oct 19 · 5 min read