Tech
  • TechMoran: Microsoft launches a personal version of teams after months of preview
    18 May 2021 - Microsoft is finally launching the personal version of Microsoft Teams after previewing the service for nearly a year. Teams is now available for free personal use for friends and family. The preview initially launched on iOS and Android. It now works across the web, mobile, and desktop apps. The…
  • How We Made It In Africa: Start-ups tapping into Africa’s healthcare supply chain opportunities
    17 May 2021 - Start-ups across the continent are developing innovative, commercial models to transform health product distribution for consumers and providers alike.
  • How We Made It In Africa: Nigeria: Snack food company targets health-conscious consumers
    17 May 2021 - Bonita Foods, founded in 2017, is a Nigerian company that produces a variety of snacks from fruits, nuts and vegetables.
  • IT News Africa: mLab Announces the 20 participants Set to Take on the AgritourZA Limpopo Innovation Platform
    17 May 2021 - mLab has joined forces with the Department of Science and Innovation (DSI) and the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) to launch the AgritourZA Limpopo Innovation Platform.  This initiative is expected to provide a space for 20 local pioneers to showcase their startups, attract…
  • TechMoran: How Technology Is Improving the Soccer Betting Experience
    17 May 2021 - Soccer betting is the world’s largest regulated gambling market, and that is good news for soccer fans who are looking for new ways to express their appreciation for the beautiful game. One way to do so is clearly by placing a wager on the outcome of a game. The most popular selections are soccer…
  • TechMoran: What Do Sports and Technology Have to Do Together?
    17 May 2021 - Technology and sport go together, and that is a well-established fact. Now, the question is whether it makes to use technology in sports. In our experience, the answer is a definitive yes. There are many ways how technology is improving everyone’s lives. For one, it has made sports betting so much…
  • TechMoran: Snapchat Facing A Lawsuit After A Teen Who Was Cyberbullied Took His Own Life
    17 May 2021 - The lawsuit alleges the apps are "inherently dangerous" and misrepresented claims about how it would handle cyberbullying.
  • TechMoran: Clubhouse is rolling out its new Android app globally this week
    17 May 2021 - Clubhouse has announced its rolling out its New Android app to more countries this week . Clubhouse is an invite only social media app on IOS and Android where users can communicate in voice chartrooms that accommodate groups of 5000 people. Clubhouse launched its Android app just last week and it…
  • TechArena: Opera adds new features to its chat service Hype
    17 May 2021 - Opera is adding new features to Hype, its new and fast-growing chat service built into the Opera Mini web browser. Hype users in Kenya can now use the built-in meme creator, link previews and GIF... The post Opera adds new features to its chat service Hype first appeared on TechArena.
  • TechMoran: Huawei loses key accomplice: Is the Manufacturer’s camera deteriorating now? 
    17 May 2021 - Huawei will most likely need to take another damper. The drawn-out accomplice Leica should search for new companies and appears to have effectively discovered one with which one will coordinate later on. So will Huawei cell phones before long take more terrible photographs? Huawei cell phones soon…
  • TechMoran: Twitter Rolls Out A Paid Subscription With Exclusive Features
    17 May 2021 - Twitter Blue may soon roll out as a paid subscription for the microblogging site with exclusive features such as “undo tweet”, according to app researcher Jane Manchun Wong who often tests
  • IT News Africa: Why IaaS is a Profitable Storage Solution
    17 May 2021 - Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) supports the flexibility and scalability businesses need today, while reducing capital expenses – a factor that is increasingly important in the current challenging economic climate. High performance, highly available and reliable storage are critical to…
  • TechMoran: How To Fix Apps That Are Not Updating
    17 May 2021 - Android users may usually encounter a common issue where apps won’t download or update on the phone
  • Techweez: DStv Brings Back M-Net Movies Fast And Furious Pop-Up Channel
    17 May 2021 - In the lead-up to the highly anticipated global cinematic release of Fast and Furious 9, M-Net Movies will be revving up its pop-up channel offering this May with the return of the Fast & Furious franchise. However, unlike when it first debuted to DStv Premium customers, the M-Net Movies Fast…
  • IT News Africa: 7 Benefits of Virtual Cards for Businesses
    17 May 2021 - Virtual bank cards are set to take businesses across a new digital frontier, improving banking safety parameters while offering a convenient payment experience. Lauren Deva, Pillar Head for Commercial Transactional Pillar at FNB Commercial, says the move towards virtual cards in South Africa is an…
  • TechMoran: Huawei, Xiaomi, and Samsung, while you’re greedy with updates, you should also learn from Apple.
    17 May 2021 - The still-popular Galaxy S8 no longer receives security updates from Samsung. This is a certain pressure on the manufacturer. However, Apple impressively shows that this is different. Samsung Galaxy S8 users will no longer receive security updates in the future. The S8 and S8 Plus are no longer…
  • TechMoran: Amazon To Integrate M-Pesa Payments
    17 May 2021 - Kenyan telecom Safaricom is discussing the use of its mobile money service M-Pesa on Amazon’s eCommerce platform, Bloomberg reported. The move comes out of Safaricom’s global expansion efforts to recover from its first profit decline in 10 years, according to the report. Sales from the service…
  • TechMoran: TikTok Was The Most Downloaded Social App Worldwide In April
    17 May 2021 - TikTok was the most downloaded non-gaming app worldwide for April 2021 with more than 59 million installs. The countries with the largest number of TikTok installs were from Brazil at 13%, followed by Douyin in China at 12 percent. The full top 10 ranking of non-gaming apps worldwide by downloads…
  • TechMoran: WhatsApp And Telegram Got Into A Dissing Battle On Twitter
    17 May 2021 - In yet another dissing battle between the two social media platforms, namely, WhatsApp and Telegram, we have got a glimpse of the fight on
  • TechMoran: Eliud Kipchoge NFT Sells For $50,000
    17 May 2021 - Eliud Kipchoge has auctioned off a couple of his career highlights as NFTs (non-fungible tokens), earning a whopping CAN$50,000 for the two videos. Holding the auction on momentible.io, Kipchoge sold highlights from his world record marathon in Berlin in 2018 and his historic sub-two-hour marathon…
  • IT News Africa: Clubhouse Android App to Launch in Nigeria
    17 May 2021 - Clubhouse has announced that its new android app will launch in Nigeria this week. The platform revealed this app last week in the hopes that it would “collect feedback from the community, fix any issues we see and work to add a few final features like payments and club creation before rolling it…
  • Techweez: Infinix Hot 10T vs Samsung Galaxy A12: Comparison Review
    17 May 2021 - The budget smartphone market has gotten really competitive. They’re getting really good and really affordable. In this comparison review, we put the recently launched Infinix Hot 10T and the Samsung Galaxy A12 together and figure out which one brings more value to the table. Design Right from the…
  • TechMoran: Tesla Will No Longer Accept Bitcoin
    17 May 2021 - Tesla has suspended vehicle purchases using Bitcoin due to climate change concerns, its CEO Elon Musk said in a tweet. Bitcoin fell by more than 10% after the tweet, while Tesla shares also dipped. Tesla’s announcement in March that it would accept the cryptocurrency was met with an outcry from…
  • TechMoran: Galaxy A22: Samsung’s most reasonable 5G phone? We have the Full highlights Now
    17 May 2021 - The Galaxy A22 likely could be Samsung’s most reasonable 5G Smartphone to date. A leak uncovered its highlights before its declaration expected in June or July at the most recent. 5G is getting increasingly open, at any rate on Samsung. After the Galaxy S21 Ultra, which costs less to fabricate than…
  • Techweez: How to Get Clubhouse Android App in Kenya
    17 May 2021 - Audio-only platform Clubhouse has been iOS-only since last year. On Sunday, last week, the company announced the availability of its Android app on the Google Play Store. Last night, Clubhouse announced that they are expanding the rollout of its Android app worldwide. Its Android roll-out is a…
  • TechMoran: iPad Pro 2021 better than imagined: Is Apple playing small?
    17 May 2021 - Can you trust Apple’s speed promises? How fast is the new iPad Pro 2021? Answers to these questions now provide the first benchmark results of the professional tablet. The evidence is that the tablet is even better than expected. The iPad Pro is currently the most dominant Apple chip, the M1. Apple…
  • Techweez: Safaricom’s M-PESA May Launch In Ethiopia After All
    16 May 2021 - Rumours about a Safaricom entry in Ethiopia, and effectively the launch of M-PESA services in the country started way back in 2019. Months later in the same year, Ethiopia was apparently in advanced talks with leading telcos in the continent. At that time, Ethiopia was reportedly planning to issue…
  • Techweez: Twitter Will Soon Have a Monthly Subscription Plan
    16 May 2021 - If you are an active tweep (Twitter user), you might have come across comments like “this app should not be free” when people are enjoying the conversations on the widely popular social platform. Well, Twitter is now said to be working on a premium subscription service called Twitter Blue, which…
  • TechArena: The Tecno Spark 7p Unboxing and First Impressions
    16 May 2021 - The Tecno Spark 7p is the latest in the Spark series to launch in Kenya. The Spark 7p is the successor to the Spark 5 that I reviewed last year. The Spark 5 was a... The post The Tecno Spark 7p Unboxing and First Impressions first appeared on TechArena.
  • TechArena: Top 5 To Know About the Tecno Spark 7p
    16 May 2021 - The Tecno Spark 7p is the latest in the Spark series to launch in Kenya. This phone was launched not so long ago to replace the Spark 5 series that we saw last year. I... The post Top 5 To Know About the Tecno Spark 7p first appeared on TechArena.