{"id":3117,"date":"2018-07-04T12:16:00","date_gmt":"2018-07-04T12:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/liquid.tech\/?post_type=news&#038;p=3117"},"modified":"2024-08-01T11:19:32","modified_gmt":"2024-08-01T11:19:32","slug":"liquid_intelligent_technologies_partners_with_afrilabs_to_promote_sustainable_innovation_across_africa","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/liquid.tech\/about-us\/news\/liquid_intelligent_technologies_partners_with_afrilabs_to_promote_sustainable_innovation_across_africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Liquid Intelligent Technologies partners with AfriLabs to promote sustainable innovation across Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>As part of a new agreement, Liquid Intelligent Technologies will deliver connectivity and provide access to cloud-based tools to AfriLabs innovation centres located within its fibre footprint<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/liquid.tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/afrilabs_liquidtelecom_partnership2-1024x379.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3636\" width=\"284\" height=\"105\" srcset=\"https:\/\/liquid.tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/afrilabs_liquidtelecom_partnership2-1024x379.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/liquid.tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/afrilabs_liquidtelecom_partnership2-300x111.jpg 300w, https:\/\/liquid.tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/afrilabs_liquidtelecom_partnership2-768x284.jpg 768w, https:\/\/liquid.tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/afrilabs_liquidtelecom_partnership2-1536x569.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/liquid.tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/afrilabs_liquidtelecom_partnership2.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 284px) 100vw, 284px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Liquid Intelligent Technologies has partnered with AfriLabs, the largest network organisation of 100 innovation centres across 30 African countries, to explore new ways to support local start-ups and promote sustainable innovation across Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From digital skills training and workshops to accelerator competitions, Liquid Intelligent Technologies and AfriLabs will launch a new series of joint programmes designed to accelerate growth within the region\u2019s tech start-up communities, ultimately helping to stimulate economic growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>AfriLabs was founded in 2011 to build a community around rapidly emerging tech hubs &#8211; innovation spaces that serve as meeting points and communities for developers, entrepreneurs and investors. It has since grown to become the largest network of African technology hubs with over 200,000 community members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As part of a new agreement, Liquid Intelligent Technologies will deliver connectivity to AfriLabs innovation centres located within its fibre footprint, which includes Nairobi Garage in Kenya, Bongohive in Zambia, BUNI in Tanzania and many more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cloud computing is the foundation for all technology innovation and Liquid Intelligent Technologies will provide start-ups with access to critical development tools by leveraging the Microsoft Azure platform, as well as the software developer platform, GitHub, which was recently acquired by Microsoft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Leveraging Liquid Intelligent Technologies\u2019s infrastructure, partner network and market presence across Africa, start-ups will be able to develop and scale up their solutions with help from the Liquid team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>AfriLabs affiliate hub members will also be able to access Liquid Intelligent Technologies\u2019s digital skills training platform, which focuses on key 4th Industrial Revolution skills, such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), Internet of Things (IoT), Machine Learning (ML), game development and cloud computing<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cLiquid Intelligent Technologies is passionate about scaling start-ups across Africa. Through our Innovation Partnerships initiative, we\u2019ve already supported many inspirational start-ups over the last year, who are using technology to help solve African problems. This new partnership with AfriLabs will really help push our initiative to the next level \u2013 both in terms of raising Liquid Intelligent Technologies\u2019s profile within Africa\u2019s tech ecosystem and improving our ability to support the region\u2019s start-ups with the resources they need to successfully bring solutions to market,\u201d said Ben Roberts, Group CTIO, Liquid Intelligent Technologies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ben is presenting at the third edition of the AfriLabs Annual Gathering, which will be held this year in Tanzania on October 11-13 under the theme \u2018Innovation in the Data Age\u2019. Over 100 technology and innovation hubs and over 600 key stakeholders, including entrepreneurs, corporate organisations, government and developmental agencies, will attend the event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe driving force for the AfriLabs community of innovation hubs is a future of abundant jobs for African youth and African-made technology solutions developed by start-ups solving both local and global problems. AfriLabs is happy to partner with an organisation like Liquid Intelligent Technologies that shares the same passion to build the African technology and entrepreneurial ecosystem by empowering the youth with valuable tools like internet connectivity, cloud services and access to opportunities to grow their businesses,\u201d said Anna Ekeledo, Executive Director, AfriLabs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As part of a new agreement, Liquid Intelligent Technologies will deliver connectivity and provide access to cloud-based tools to AfriLabs innovation centres located within its fibre footprint Liquid Intelligent Technologies has partnered with AfriLabs, the largest network organisation of 100 innovation centres across 30 African countries, to explore new ways to support local start-ups and 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