17 February 2023
- As part of our New Year’s resolutions, we all have habits we wish we could eliminate, just as there are others we’d like to establish. It might be swapping a tendency for procrastination for productivity after lunch, exchanging nightly ‘doom…
17 February 2023
- Smart Africa Group, along with its subsidiary Smart Foundry – a company specializing in product development and management – has today announced a mobile application for content aggregation named Rifaly. Rifaly serves as a digital content hub,…
17 February 2023
- Africa Blockchain Lab recently said it has raised $6 million from a pre-Series A investment round and will use the capital to fund the launch of a crypto wallet. Recently, an African crypto startup, Africa Blockchain Lab, confirmed it has received…
17 February 2023
- Scammers are no longer dominating dating apps but other social media platforms such as Twitter. This is according to a new report released by cybersecurity firm Sophos. The discovered two expansive, still operational, pig butchering or sha zhu pan…
17 February 2023
- E-taxi app Bolt will invest €500 million (around KES 67 billion) within the next two years to expand its services in Africa. The funds will be used to expand Bolt’s offerings in Africa and create employment opportunities for more than 300,000 new…
17 February 2023
- As part of our New Year’s resolutions, we all have habits we wish we could eliminate, just as there are...
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17 February 2023
- The Baobab Network, a Nairobi-based accelerator that invests in early-stage tech companies across Africa, has announced its latest cohort of five investees, each of which secures US$50,000 in funding. The Baobab Network has been accelerating…
17 February 2023
- South African startup RNR, a breakdown management company with technology that mobilises a network of nationwide suppliers to service entire fleets at the touch of a button, has raised ZAR10 million (US$555,000) in funding to support its growth and…
17 February 2023
- Smile Identity, a South African company that offers identity verification and Know Your Customer (KYC) services has raised $20 million in a Series B funding round. The funding round was led by Costanoa and Norrsken22, with participation from…
17 February 2023
- Beyond his unmatched talent behind the mic, South African rapper Kiernan Forbes, famously known as AKA was a visionary artist who saw the value of digital channels in accelerating the growth of his music and business brands.
17 February 2023
- In 2022, Jumia revealed it lost $207 million in 2022—$49.2 million in Q4 alone. The company also confirmed that it reduced its staff count in Dubai by 60%, and laid off 900 people in total in 2022.
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17 February 2023
- Layoffs in the technology field appeared to have affected more companies than we had anticipated, with a recent report stating that e-commerce platform Jumia reduced its workforce by 20 percent in Q4 2022. Specifically, and as part of its efforts…
17 February 2023
- Oppo Kenya has launched the OPPO Reno 8T 5G in Kenya and the phone is a powerhouse of classic specs…
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17 February 2023
- Smile Identity, a Nairobi-based identity verification company, has raised $20 million in a Series B fundraising round headed by Norrsken22 and Costanoa Ventures. Smile Identity specializes in identity verification and KYC compliance and employs a…
16 February 2023
- As part of its Coding for Employment program, the African Development Bank opened a second Information and Communications Technology Center of Excellence at the United States International University-Africa in Nairobi. Its goal is to help African…
16 February 2023
- Power, a Kenyan fintech company, got $3 million in seed funding from a round led by DOB Equity. It plans to grow its services in Kenya and enter Zambia. Power was started in 2020 by Brian Dempsey and Chandra Singh. It gives partner employees access…
16 February 2023
- Algeria says that hackers attacked the official Algerian News Agency website from Morocco and the Zionist regime. Its state television says hackers tried to hack into the website for hours by launching a series of serious cyberattacks.A reliable…
16 February 2023
- According to Africa: The Big Deal, nearly 1,500 investors have done at least one deal in Africa in the past couple of years. This does not include angel investors. However, some investors have helped the African startup ecosystem grow in a very…
16 February 2023
- In a series B funding round, Naked, a South African insurtech startup that offers fully digital, AI-powered insurance for homes, cars, and valuables, has raised $17 million. The goal of Naked is to make insurance more accessible, easy, and…
16 February 2023
- A closer look at the business model of Rentoza, which gives customers access to electronics and baby goods on a subscription basis, similar to Netflix.
16 February 2023
- OPPO today announced the newest addition to its popular Reno8 series, OPPO Reno8 T 5G, in Kenya. Featuring a Dual…
The post OPPO Launches Reno8 T 5G with a120Hz Curved Screen for a levelled-up Experience appeared first on TechMoran.
16 February 2023
- OPPO has officially started the year by bringing the midrange Reno8 T series in an online launch held earlier tonight. The new lineup includes a 5G version and a 4G version. OPPO Reno8 T 5G has a 6.7″ slightly curved OLED screen sporting a 120Hz…
16 February 2023
- MTN Group, the largest mobile operator in Africa, has announced plans to invest $1 billion in Ghana over the next five years.The move comes after the Ghana Revenue Authority exempted the company's Ghanaian unit from $773 million in tax claims…
16 February 2023
- Venwiz, a digital platform enabling services procurement in the manufacturing industry, has raised $8.3 million in an early-stage funding round dubbed Series A, led by Sorin Investments.This follows a $3 million seed funding previously raised in…
16 February 2023
- Vietnam's smartphone shipments declined by 15.6% to 13.4 million units in 2022, a volume just slightly better than the 13.2 million units in 2015 when the market was still on the rise, according to International Data Corporation (IDC).Despite the…
16 February 2023
- TechInAfrica – Orange Egypt has signed a partnership agreement with Fawry, the leading provider of e-payments and digital finance solutions in Egypt, to enhance digital payment services and expand the features of Orange Cash wallet. The…
16 February 2023
- Realme's global smartphone shipment declined 49% YoY in Q4 2022, registering a third consecutive annual decline, according to a report by Strategic Analytics. The market research group highlighted previous inventory overload, unfavourable market…
16 February 2023
- InsuranceDekho, an Indian insurtech startup, has raised $150 million in a Series A funding round, co-led by Goldman Sachs Asset Management and TVS Capital, as it seeks to capitalise on the country's lack of insurance penetration.India's insurance…
16 February 2023
- Oppo has today announced the newest addition to its popular Reno8 series, OPPO Reno8 T into the Kenyan market. The new series comprises the 5G and 4G variants both of which will be available for pre-order starting from February, 17th to 28th, 2023…
16 February 2023
- Oppo has today announced the newest addition to its popular Reno8 series, OPPO Reno 8T into the Kenyan market. The new series comprises the 5G and 4G variants both of which will be available for pre-order starting from February, 17th to 28th, 2023…
16 February 2023
- In 2021, over 80 financial institutions across the globe paid $2.7 billion in fines relating to anti-money laundering (AML) failures, at an average of $34,151,237 per firm. These companies have something in common: a flaw in their customer…
16 February 2023
- The White House said that a portion of Tesla’s extensive charging network in the United States will soon be open…
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16 February 2023
- EziPay, a digital wallet and intra-African cross-border remittance company, has announced its partnership with MFS Africa, the continent's leading digital payments gateway.The deal, which comes at a time when mobile money is booming on the…
16 February 2023
- This article was submitted to TechCabal by Nicolas Teisserenc. Nicolas runs Poinciana, a communications consultancy specialising in Africa Over the last decade, fintech has become perhaps the most exciting industry in Nigeria. Hundreds of companies…
16 February 2023
- African e-commerce company, Jumia has released its earnings report for Q4 2022 and the full year 2022. With revenue of $66 million for Q4, the company made a full year loss of $207 million and a Q4 loss of $49.2 million, and it projects that it…
16 February 2023
- Mart Networks, a value-added technology distributor, has launched the distribution in Kenya of select devices of Ring LLC, a home security and smart home company owned by Amazon. The launch follows a partnership agreement signed recently between…
16 February 2023
- Nigerian mobility startup Treepz (formerly Plentywaka) has launched operations in Kenya following strategic investment deals of $1.2 million over the last 12 months.The announced expansion into the east East African country comes just over a year…
16 February 2023
- China's video game industry, once a booming market, is now facing economic headwinds, as reported by China's top gaming industry association.The industry's sales have dropped for the first time since at least 2005, grossing 265.9 billion yuan ($39…
16 February 2023
- According to government data, mobile transfers in Nigeria have experienced a significant year-on-year increase of 230.6% in January 2023, driven by the Central Bank of Nigeria's (CBN)'s cashless policy.Experts have attributed the surge to the CBN's…
16 February 2023
- Alibaba Group Holding has sold off its remaining stake in Indian digital payment platform Paytm in a block deal, according to a report by Nikkie Asia.Alibaba.com Singapore E-Commerce Pvt Ltd offloaded 21.43 million shares of Paytm's operator One97…
16 February 2023
- Ford will cut 3,800 jobs in Europe over the next three years to build a “leaner” structure as it focuses on electric vehicle production. The restructuring plan will see the loss of 2,300 jobs in product development and administration in Germany, 1,…
16 February 2023
- Digital insurance provider Lami Technologies is partnering with Unchorlight Kenya (UNK), to provide boda boda riders in the country with access to suitable and reliable insurance covers. UNK is a mobility fintech company that delivers a rent-to-…
16 February 2023
- Pathways Technologies Ltd (formerly Pathways International Ltd), a data, technology and innovation company has officially launched its services for the...
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16 February 2023
- Most investors were aware that the company was struggling, but some insist that they were not carried along in the decision to sell. Despite all the back and forth, only one thing is certain: every investor will walk away with zero returns.
16 February 2023
- Researchers at Checkpoint recently created such a plausible phishing email as a test. They only used ChatGPT, a chatbot that...
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16 February 2023
- The supervisory board of the ecommerce company, Jumia, has now appointed Francis Dufay as the company’s CEO. Dufay was announced as the acting CEO after the exit of Jeremy Hodara and Sacha Poginonnec as Co-CEOs. The exit of both CEOs came after a…
16 February 2023
- With the rise of social media and e-commerce, there has been an increasing demand for visually appealing designs. Graphic designers need a set of tools to create stunning graphics
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16 February 2023
- There have been significant efforts to increase insurance uptake across Africa, where reports show a very low market penetration for insurance products. In recent days, we’ve seen digital companies making a good attempt to disrupt the market with…
16 February 2023
- The Connected Kenya Summit 2023 is set to take place from 2nd -5th April 2023. This year’s conference has themed “The Digital Economy: Endless opportunities shaping the future” and will be hosted by the ICT...
16 February 2023
- Monieworx, a crowdfunding platform regulated by Nigeria's SEC, has pooled ₦100m in investments for three SMEs, setting a precedent for crowdfunding startups in the country
