Tech

03 February 2023 - Gokada, one of Nigeria’s most prominent last-mile delivery companies, reportedly considered selling the business to a competitor, Kwik Logistics, in 2022. Three people familiar with the discussions told TechCabal that the talks were on the table in…

03 February 2023 - Vivo is preparing to bring the V27 series to the Kenyan market to succeed the Vivo V25 from last year. The midrange series is going to have upgrades to the cameras and hardware including a curved display and SONY camera sensors. Vivo is bringing…

03 February 2023 - Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, posted a revenue drop for the third consecutive quarter in Q4 2022, amid a pullback in ad spending and increased competition from rivals like TikTok.However, this decline only marked a smaller…

03 February 2023 - Vodacom's M-PESA has come in a partnership with Nala to enable International money transfers to the European Union.

03 February 2023 - MTN Group announced that they recently hosted the Board of Mobile Money Corporation, the Fintech subsidiary of MTN Cameroon.

03 February 2023 - Gokada, a Nigerian e-mobility company, has laid off at least 54 members of its staff. On January 31, 2023, the company sent out an email to employees announcing the layoffs and asking them to resign via PeopleHum before the end of the day.CEO,…

03 February 2023 - In a TC Live event on the 16th of February 2023, IFC invites you to join an interesting set of panellists and audiences to discuss how to increase women’s participation in online learning and boost their opportunities in the labour market.

03 February 2023 - Taeillo, a Nigerian furniture manufacturer, has grown from a single product sold on Facebook to a company shipping hundreds of units of furniture each month.

03 February 2023 - Mawingu has announced that they have raised 1.12 Billion KSH in an effort to expand its operation to 25 more counties in Kenya.

03 February 2023 - The Kenya Civil Aviation Authority has said that 80% of the Authority’s services will be digitalized by June 2023. This is according to the Director General Emile Arao who said... The post KCAA To Digitize Aviation Services By June, New Rule-making…

03 February 2023 - Airtel Africa have announced that they have released their financial results for Q3 2022 wherein they saw an 11% revenue growth.

03 February 2023 - Ralph Mupita, the Group President of the MTN Group called for the modernisation and harmonisation of regulatory framework across Africa at the Africa Prosperity Dialogue.

03 February 2023 - Telkom Group have announced that they have been named the 2023 Top Employer in South Africa by the Top Employers Institute.

03 February 2023 - OPPO is slated to update its Reno8 lineup in the country with the launch of the OPPO Reno8 T series. The company launched the OPPO Reno8 series in late October last year and we expect the Reno8 T 5G and 4G versions to be announced later this month…

03 February 2023 - Payments Solutions Provider, Cellulant, has partnered with a Dubai-based fintech solutions company, Money Q, to enable expatriates to seamlessly pay... Source

03 February 2023 - Nokia has been selected by Liquid Intelligent Technologies to deploy a next-generation optical transport network connecting Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, the... Source

03 February 2023 - ICASA has announced that they have concluded their initial evaluation of applicants to pre-register for community sound broadcasting service.

03 February 2023 - Ghanaian startup FLUID has launched a new platform that helps smallholder farmers access loans, and has already signed one bank on a 12-month contract to provide financing to 25,000 farmers in Northern Ghana. FLUID was first formed in 2020 when…

03 February 2023 - Workonline Communications, one of the largest IP network providers in Africa, has launched its first Point of Presence (PoP) in... Source

03 February 2023 - Gwala is an innovative fintech firm in Morocco that enables employees to have immediate access to their earned salary once transferred, allowing them to have a better understanding of their money and increase their financial literacy, while also…

03 February 2023 - Samsung has been making phones for a very long time. Its current Galaxy line is what made Android what it is today, and over the years, it has waged a bitter war against other platforms, such as Apple’s iPhone. To some extent, the war has since…

03 February 2023 - DStv is the home for televised entertainment in Africa. Therefore you want to quickly renew your subscription once it expires. While there are many ways to pay for your DStv subscription in Kenya, here's how to pay for it via Mpesa.

03 February 2023 - Twelve African tech startups have been selected for the inaugural ARM Labs Lagos Techstars accelerator, which provides access to up to US$120,000 in equity funding and other types of support. Launched by Techstars, a global investment business that…

03 February 2023 - Ten South African startups have been selected for the three-year GrindstoneX accelerator programme, which aims to empower female entrepreneurs while creating employment. In October, a partnership was struck between South Africa’s Grindstone…

03 February 2023 - Many months ago, tax collector the KRA alerted the public and all VAT-registered taxpayers of the transitioning of VAT-registered taxpayers from the old electronic tax registers to the Tax Invoice Management System (TIMs). KRA had stated that all…

03 February 2023 - A few months after signing a contract with the Nigerian government to provide the service to the West African nation. SpaceX, an Elon Musk-founded space technology company, said that Starlink, its satellite internet service, is now commercially…

03 February 2023 - According to governor Godwin Emefiele, the Central Bank of Nigeria is starting the second phase of the eNaira project, which aims to promote financial inclusion for the underserved and unbanked through offline channels. According to the apex bank,…

03 February 2023 - Egyptian smart infrastructure management startup Pylon says it is “saving the planet” one smart meter at a time as it democratises access to “Smart Metering as a Service”. Founded in 2017 by Ahmed Ashour and Omar Radi, Pylon is a smart…

03 February 2023 - After lobbing a $773 million fine for back taxes at MTN Ghana, the Ghana Revenue Authority has asked three more companies—Gold Fields Ltd, Kosmos Energy, and Tullow Oil Plc—to pay over $300 million in back taxes. More in #TCDaily.

03 February 2023 - Every year for the past 7 years now we take a trip down memory lane from an ICT Law and Policy POV, here is 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2021. We didn’t have one for 2020 unfortunately due to unforeseeable circumstances. We also typically try to…

03 February 2023 - Tecno Phantom X2 5G: Remember when Tecno announced they were finally bringing back the Phantom series after killing it for a few years? That was back in 2019 and this series was quite popular among smartphone enthusiasts and reviewers like me. Let…

03 February 2023 - One of the “Big 4” economies of the African continent, South Africa, experienced a funding setback in 2022 as a result of the year’s enticing fundraising climate. Data from Africa: The Big Deal shows that funding raised in the nation decreased by…

02 February 2023 - Honda Motors announced plans this year to begin production of a new hydrogen fuel cell system in collaboration with General… The post Honda – in conjunction with GM – to produce new hydrogen fuel cell system appeared first on TechMoran.

02 February 2023 - The year has started with the battle of the flagships as Samsung’s and TECNO’s premium smartphones go head to head in our latest comparison review. TECNO just launched the X2 Series in the Phantom sub-brand, including the regular Phantom X2 and the…

02 February 2023 - Absa Bank has added an option on its Timiza App where customers can withdraw cash from any ATM machine across the country. This marks another innovative step by the bank to ensure its customers are continently served through digital platforms. Absa…

02 February 2023 - Two Kenyan startups, Cladfy and alphabloQ have been selected to join the inaugural class of ARM Labs  Techstars Accelerator, a Lagos-based program to build early-stage African fintech and proptech startups. alphabloQ is a real estate investment…

02 February 2023 - Nissan unveiled a few concept vehicles in 2021. One of those futuristic cars it presented was the Max-Out, a convertible… The post Nissan unveils a Tron and Avatar inspired “Max-Out” electric convertible concept appeared first on TechMoran.

02 February 2023 - There possibly hasn’t been a greater debate in the content production market than one revolving around ChatGPT, the content writing software created by San Francisco-based startup OpenAI. Since the chatbot was introduced late last year, there has…

02 February 2023 - OpenAI creator company of the chatbot, ChatGPT, has announced ChatGPT plus, a subscription plan for the generative AI service at $20/month.According to the report made available to Techloy, subscribed users to the ChatGPTplus service will have…

02 February 2023 - Big Data and Analytics (BDA) software market is expected to record strong growth in the coming years despite the geopolitical developments that have contributed to the global economic slowdown, according to a report published by International Data…

02 February 2023 - Smartphone shipments dropped significantly in 2022, but OEMs continued to improve smartphone camera resolutions. This is because smartphone OEMs are still focusing on improving imaging technology.Advances in chipset processing and software…

02 February 2023 - Morocco-based fintech startup Gwala has raised an undisclosed pre-seed round led by a group of prominent investors who share the company's vision and mission.Founded in 2022, Gwala is an innovative fintech company that provides an on-demand payment…

02 February 2023 - Meta-owned social media platform, Facebook, has reached 2 billion daily users in the last quarter of 2022 even as Meta's revenue shrunk in the year, the company confirmed in its financial report for Q4 2022.Facebook is now the second Meta-owned…

02 February 2023 - A statement released by Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) on Wednesday has indicated that the number of broadband subscriptions in Uganda... Source

02 February 2023 - Startups face a range of challenges, and a new study sheds light on the most common reasons why businesses fail in the current climate.Skynova, a company that creates invoicing software for small businesses, surveyed 492 startup founders in…

02 February 2023 - Just two months after its launch, OpenAI's viral AI language model, ChatGPT, has been estimated to reach 100 million monthly active users in January, according to a UBS report on Wednesday.The report, citing data from analytics firm Similarweb,…

02 February 2023 - Vehicle financing company MOGO has launched a digital tool that is designed to help Kenyan consumers in financial literacy. The... Source

02 February 2023 - American chipmaker Intel said on Tuesday that it had made broad cuts to its employee and executive pay. This comes after the company announced a sinking profit margin in the financial result for 2022, and issued investors a lower-than-expected…

02 February 2023 - New findings on CryptoRom scams have elaborated financial fraud schemes that prey on and trick dating app users into making... Source

02 February 2023 - MTN’s revenue growth has been exciting to witness over the past 5 years. In 2018, the company crossed the ₦1 trillion mark and has continued to record a steady and impressive growth rate, doubling its revenue in just 5 years. This has made MTN the…