Ford Motor Co announced 17 new vehicles for Sub-Saharan Africa on Thursday, as carmakers jostle for position in one of the last major markets where potential growth remains largely untapped.

Rwanda began developing its information and communication technology (ICT) in 2000 after adopting the National Information Communications Infrastructure (NICI) policy and created a long-term plan to achieve full digitisation in four five-year stages. 14 years on, Rwanda's success story is grabbing global attention.

Vodacom's buyout of fixed-line operator Neotel will start to sort out the men from the boys.

The first African Blogger Awards pick out the continent's influential players in the online publishing game.

The giant robotic policemen are preventing accidents – and racketeering by dishonest officials.

Young techies hunched over laptops in small offices across Africa want to create their own versions of California's Silicon Valley and some are beginning to attract investors prepared to take a risk in the hope of high returns.