23 January 2023
- Following the government’s regulatory changes that were enforced effectively from April 2022, the ride-hailing giant, Uber embarked on a long suspension to this regard. According to the company, the regulatory changes affected its seamless business…
23 January 2023
- When it comes to choosing a smartwatch or fitness band in Kenya, there are a few key factors to consider before making your purchase. In this blog post, we’ll take a look at some of...
23 January 2023
- SweepSouth, a South African cleaning startup that recorded quick growth through several funding rounds has informed its customers that it’s closing down its Nigeria and Kenya offices. According to Nigeria’s tech publication TechCabal, the closure…
23 January 2023
- Tech companies are not done firing people if the current wave of news is anything to go by. According to a report by Bloomberg, music streaming platform Spotify is prepping to lay off a number of its workers. This could happen as soon as this week.…
23 January 2023
- The world of work and industry has changed immeasurably in the past few years. Remote working and automation have become the norm in many sectors. Yet the trends seemingly brought about by the pandemic already existed. What happened in 2020 merely…
23 January 2023
- Recently while trying to zigzag my way between merchandise spread on verandas, the pedestrians, and the slow-moving vehicles whose roads have been taken over by the hawkers along Mfang’ano, Ronald...
The post Nairobi is pathetically disgusting and…
23 January 2023
- The ongoing stalemate between the Kenya Association of Music Producers (KAMP) and the Kenya Copyright Board (KECOBO) has been blamed on data breach attempts in new license renewal requirements. For...
The post KAMP Exposes KECOBO For Demanding…
23 January 2023
- Flow, a South African company that helps businesses to gain online presence and leverage on digitization has raised $4.5 million in a pre-series A. The startup aims to use the fund to expand its products and accelerate its growth strategy. Founded…
23 January 2023
- Digital lenders have been in business for an extended period, but their operations have since been halted by the Central Bank of Kenya and new laws following years of harassment of customers. These companies, which found a thriving business…
23 January 2023
- Kenyan startup Zemo is a financial management solution for growing businesses that enables them to eliminate wasteful spending, tedious expense reports and employee out-of-pocket spend, as well as providing access to working capital loans. Formed…
23 January 2023
- In November 2022, South African cleantech startup SweepSouth exited Nigeria and Kenya citing economic pressures. The startup laid off employees in these regions, gave two-hour notices and left ex-staff to fend off angry customers.
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22 January 2023
- OVHcloud who has recently received the Nutanix EMEA Service Provider of the Year partner award, continues to enrich its Nutanix on OVHcloud solution by adding a BYOL offer in addition to existing packaged offerings. Current Nutanix customers and…
22 January 2023
- With the help of data centres, we can take advantage of many conveniences in our everyday lives. They are the physical infrastructure behind cloud computing. In South Africa, Microsoft data centres in Johannesburg and Cape Town are operating around…
22 January 2023
- Despite the rise of advanced and hi-tech communication platforms in recent years, SMS usage for business communication is at an all-time high and the platform is expected to remain entrenched in this space for many years to come. 2022 marked the 30-…
22 January 2023
- One of the most valuable contributions that data and data analytics have made to modern businesses is the ability that they offer to understand customers, engage meaningfully with them, and offer them the type of positive experience that keeps them…
22 January 2023
- We argued that tech companies have been copying each other in terms of the number of workers they lay off, starting as early as 2020 during the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. This can largely be described as copycat behavior, where one company…
21 January 2023
- UAE-based Alaan, the leading spend management platform for Middle Eastern businesses has raised $4.5 million pre-Series A funding, backed by…
The post UAE-based B2B fintech Alaan raises $4.5 million pre-Series A round for expansion appeared first on…
21 January 2023
- Once a service provider to commercial banks in Nigeria, TeamApt has rebranded as Moniepoint. In taking the name of its most popular product, it is aiming to be a household name and build a pan-African business.
21 January 2023
- Purchasing a domain name with Bitcoin (or most other crypto-currencies) is a simple and secure process. I will cover the steps you need to take to buy a domain name using cryptocurrency. While this write-up focuses on Bitcoin, the same process…
21 January 2023
- As a quick follow-up to my just published 10 business lessons from almost three years of the COVID-19 pandemic, this is another long(er list of 30 life lessons from close to three years of the COVID-19 pandemic:
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21 January 2023
- I’ve been meaning to write this blog post for a while based on a list of observations I have made during almost three years of the whole world living and working with the new normal caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Although the pandemic has receded…
21 January 2023
- In this week’s edition of TC Weekender, we bring you news of Kuda’s new Pakistani banking license, Tanzania's backtrack on ride-hailing fees and slow down on CBDC, MTN’s $773 million fine in Ghana, Vodacom's legal drama in Kenya, and other stories.
21 January 2023
- Salary week is upon us. Celebrate in advance with this simple game. How many words can you form with the letters in "salary"?
21 January 2023
- Instagram has launched Quiet mode to help users focus and to encourage people to set boundaries with their friends and followers. Once enabled, you won’t receive any notifications, your profile’s activity status will change to let people know and we…
21 January 2023
- Wananchi Group’s Zuku has never been viewed positively in the past few years. The company, one of the first to offer fixed home internet, has been experiencing difficulties and it appears that it is unable to address its technical issues based on…
21 January 2023
- Internet service provider Zuku now says it will give credit to its customers affected by outages. The company has been on the receiving end the last couple of weeks due to frequent internet outages that have kept a number of its customers offline.…
21 January 2023
- Nigeria’s digital banking startup, Kuda, has received a digital banking licence from the State Bank of Pakistan to offer its its digital…
The post Nigeria’s Kuda gets approval to offer digital banking services in Pakistan appeared first on…
21 January 2023
- Google’s Parent company Alphabet has announced its cutting of 12000 jobs worldwide. The company becomes the latest large YS Tech…
The post Google to cut 12000 jobs worldwide appeared first on TechMoran.
20 January 2023
- Solid-state batteries are widely viewed as the next major technological leap for electric vehicles due to their longer range, faster…
The post BMW announces deal to build next gen solid state batteries from US Solid Power appeared first on TechMoran.
20 January 2023
- Africa Data Centres, a business of Cassava Technologies, an Africa-focused technology group, is pleased to announce that it has broken ground…
The post <strong>Africa Data Centres breaks ground on new Sameer facility in Nairobi</strong>…
20 January 2023
- Welcome to The Draft – Techloy's weekly newsletter that brings you data-driven news and insights into technology across the world's largest emerging markets from trusted sources.My eyes were peeled at the many quarterly and annual reports on startup…
20 January 2023
- Xiaomi has been hard at work to actualize its first electric car. After investing $1.5 billion in 2021 to its…
The post Xiaomi’s first-ever electric vehicle spotted testing with CEO and team appeared first on TechMoran.
20 January 2023
- Netflix co-founder Reed Hastings has stepped down as co-CEO. He will be replaced by co-CEO Ted Sarandos and Chief Operating…
The post Netflix Co-Founder Reed Hastings steps down as co-CEO appeared first on TechMoran.
20 January 2023
- Shell wants to keep fueling your car, only this time, it is slowly building momentum from liquid fuels to electric…
The post Shell buys out Volta Charging company to expand its EV charging network appeared first on TechMoran.
20 January 2023
- Following a year that was largely dominated by everything Web3-related, funding to VC-backed startups in Web3 in 2022 fell by about a fourth — from a record high of $29.2 billion in 2021 to about $21.5 billion in 2022, according to data from…
20 January 2023
- Israeli startup aiOla, which has developed state-of-the-art voice and image recognition combined with advanced AI models to digitize, automate and streamline inspection processes, has announced that it has secured $25 million in funding.The funding…
20 January 2023
- The number of pay-TV subscribers in Africa is set to increase by 16 million between 2022 and 2028, reaching a total of 57 million, according to a report by Digital TV Research.Despite the growth in subscriber numbers, the report predicts that pay-TV…
20 January 2023
- Bratislava-based robotic vision and intelligence maker Photoneo, the parent company of Brightpick has extended its series B round with an additional $19 million to complete $40 million in funding.Since its founding in 2013, the startup has raised a…
20 January 2023
- Movie streaming service, Netflix added millions of subscribers in Q4 2022, according to the company's fourth-quarter earnings released this week, beating Wall Street's expectations in terms of net subscriber additions.The service added 7.7 million…
20 January 2023
- In recent times, the continent has seen steady and deliberate efforts from both the private and public sectors to actualise this charge. These efforts, however, have been limited to consumer-facing products and have neglected the infrastructure that…
20 January 2023
- Nigeria-born digital banking platform, Kuda, is on its way to power digital banking services in Pakistan, as the fintech is set to acquire a digital bank licence from the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP).
20 January 2023
- Last year, the AFN’s CEO awards fielded five categories - AFN Disruptor of the Year, AFN Resilient of the Year, AFN Corporate Culture, AFN Growth of the Year, and AFN CEO of the Year - 24 nominees, and five eventual winners. The 2022 AFN’s version…
20 January 2023
- Unlocking intraregional trade will skyrocket the demand for logistics.
20 January 2023
- Colombian SME financing fintech KLYM, formerly known as Omni Latam, announced a $27 million investment round led by JPMorgan and the International Finance Corporation (IFC).The IFC is a World Bank entity that focuses on the private sector in…
20 January 2023
- Alphabet, the parent company of Google, has announced that it will be eliminating around 12,000 jobs, which is 6% of its workforce. This move is the latest in a series of job cuts that have shaken the technology sector recently.The cuts come days…
20 January 2023
- Google is laying off a significant amount of their workforce, around 12,000 jobs, which is 6% of their global workforce, due to the rise in inflation and anticipation of a downturn in global markets. The CEO, Sundar Pichai, announced the cuts in an…
20 January 2023
- Elon Musk's Starlink debut in Africa is sparking a battle for underserved customers in an already competitive internet market.
20 January 2023
- Tanzania’s Nala, a payments and remittance firm has expanded into the European Union after it added 19 EU nations to…
The post Tanzania’s Nala Remittance Service Expands to EU, Launches Nala For Business appeared first on TechMoran.
20 January 2023
- In October 2022, NCBA Loop hinted that it was planning to improve its banking platform for its users. It did not give any details about this plan, but promised that the changes were to take place over the following weeks. According to a blog post,…
20 January 2023
- The DRC produces more than 70 percent of the world’s cobalt and Zambia is the world’s sixth-largest copper producer, and the second largest cobalt producer in Africa, resources are which crucial components to the production of batteries for electric…