Tech

08 November 2022 - MTN South Africa stated that the growth was driven by higher gross additions and improved customer value propositions which fostered customer retention.

08 November 2022 - At the most fundamental human level, encouraging diversity is a moral imperative; it is simply the right thing to do.... Source

08 November 2022 - Little, the company that runs Little Cabs services is one of the major success stories in Kenya as far as the tech startup ecosystem is concerned. It is one of the go-to e-cab services and has been attractive to driver partners owing to its reduced…

08 November 2022 - Investors at recently-shutdown startup Kloud Commerce have disputed a rebuttal made by the company’s board of directors. The investors claim that they have evidence of wasteful spending and financial impropriety by founder Olumide Olusanya. More…

08 November 2022 - Egypt-based social commerce platform Sharwa, has closed a $2 million pre-Seed funding round, co-led by Nuwa Capital and Hambro Perks Oryx Fund, among other investors. Founded in 2022 by Alaa Shalaby, Hassan Elshourbagi and Mohamed Hanafy, Sharwa…

08 November 2022 - Yassir, a San Francisco-based Algerian super-app offering on-demand services and financial services, has closed a $150 million Series B funding to power its expansion across Africa and the rest of the world. The investment was led by BOND, with…

08 November 2022 - Classera, a global edutech e-learning company focused on emerging markets, has closed a $40 million in a Series A round, the largest in EdTech globally for a company with no prior funding.  The round also mark’s the largest funding round ever in…

08 November 2022 - The Co-founders of Jumia Group, Sacha Poignonnec and Jeremy Hodara, have stepped down as Co-CEOs of the e-commerce firm. According to a statement by the company, Francis Dufay, who previously held the CEO role at Jumia Ivory Coast, will now replace…

08 November 2022 - Nigeria Climate Innovation Centre (NCIC) with support from All On Hub, has announced winners of the 2022 edition of their annual ideation incubation program for early-stage renewable energy entrepreneurs. They are Retile, Powerbox Energy Systems,…

08 November 2022 - Streaming giant Netflix is looking to attract new subscriptions and generate more revenue with its Basic with ads plan, available in certain countries, starting in November 2022.The platform has already launched the new plan in Canada, Mexico,…

07 November 2022 - The company has long shared its ambition to become profitable but it’s not been clear how soon that will happen, even as the company steadily decreases its losses. 

07 November 2022 - Omnisient, a secure data collaboration platform, has raised a $3.5 million expansion round from a group of investors led by Buffet Investments, KLT and the Shoprite Group.Omnisient is a South African startup with focus on emerging markets. Using…

07 November 2022 - African e-commerce company Jumia announced new changes in management as co-founders Jeremy Hodara and Sacha Poignonnec bow out effective today as co-CEOs.Both Hodara and Poignonnec have been serving as Jumia's co-CEOs since 2012.The company’s…

07 November 2022 - Egyptian foodtech startup Brotinni, has raised $600,000 in a seed round led by Innlife investments.Founded by Dalia Abou Omar, Brotinni offers a platform to order hand-cut, farm-sourced and vacuum-sealed fresh meat and poultry. Its offerings also…

07 November 2022 - Algerian startup Yassir has bagged $150 million in what is North Africa's largest funding round, led by growth-stage VC firm Bond, with participation from other investors including DN Capital, Dorsal Capital, Quiet Capital, Stanford Alumni Ventures…

07 November 2022 - If you are looking to raise funds for your start-up, you need to always become investment ready and prepared for potential investor meetings. Your business plan and strategic goals all play a significant role in the success of your fundraising…

07 November 2022 - Global spending on telecommunications and pay-TV services will be nearly $1.6 trillion in 2022, representing a year-over-year increase of 1.9% as telecom operators increase tariffs, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC).This is an…

07 November 2022 - Quinio, a Mexican e-commerce aggregator startup has closed a $40 million equity and debt round to acquire more brands in Latin America.The equity portion of the round was led by Northgate Capital, bringing the total amount raised by the startup to…

07 November 2022 - Middle East and Africa (MEA) focused financial services platform, Pyypl - pronounced “People” - has announced the close of a $20 million Series B round from a diverse group of international investors and ten existing investors.Launched in 2017,…

07 November 2022 - Twitter fired more than 90% of its staff in India over the weekend in a directive from the new billionaire owner, Elon Musk, with 70% of laid-off employees from the product and engineering team which worked on a global mandate, according to a…

07 November 2022 - Catlog has added another dimension to make it easier for businesses to sell their products online. The startup recently launched a new way for people to find items to buy with hashtags on social media. The feature allows social media users to find…

07 November 2022 - our accounting and bookkeeping business serves several crucial roles for your customers. Many businesses do not have extensive in-house financial operations, and even larger enterprises prefer to outsource much of their accounting, bookkeeping, and…

07 November 2022 - Paratus Zambia, of the pan-African telco Paratus Group, and Meta announce an investment to build a 900 km open access metro fiber networks in Zambia to improve high-quality connectivity in under-served communities in ten Zambian cities and towns.…

07 November 2022 - OPPO recently unveiled its latest midrange smartphone lineup, the OPPO Reno8 Series in the country. The new lineup brings much-needed upgrades over its predecessors like ultra-fast charging, faster processor, better camera sensors and more which we…

07 November 2022 - Uganda Pearl AfricaSat-1 was launched into space on Monday 7 November 2022 at 5:27 am East African time, according to... Source

07 November 2022 - In a report by Nairametrics, the newly formed team of the social media giant Twitter, in its Ghana office, took some heat from the series of global layoffs undertaken by the company last week barely three days after workers resumed.The firm, which…

07 November 2022 - Through the Egyptian Space Agency, the Africa Development Satellite Initiative, also known as AfDev-Sat, will present its prototype satellite at the 27th Conference of the Parties (COP) in Sharm El-Sheikh. This presentation comes after years of…

07 November 2022 - Spotter, an open finance startup in Morocco, has received funding from UM6P Ventures in an amount that has not been made public. The news was shared on LinkedIn, a site for professional networking. The startup firm participated in the inaugural…

07 November 2022 - A few years ago when the tablets came to the same, it was widely assumed that they would mark the end of laptops. After all, once you have a more... The post Phone as the Primary Computing Device- Through Tecno Camon 19 Pro -Part 1 appeared first…

07 November 2022 - Twitter has said it will hold off on the release of the new revamped version of the Twitter Blue feature until after the mid-term elections in the US. This report comes just days before the U.S. midterm elections as some fear that there might be…

07 November 2022 - Without declaring its valuation, the Algerian super app startup said that this new capital injection makes it the most valuable startup in North Africa, and one of the highest-valued companies in Africa and the Middle East.

07 November 2022 - It has been a busy period for smartphones this past few weeks and Vivo is joining in with the launch of the Vivo Y22. This is their device in the under 20K range of smartphones in the country. We’ve already checked out its major features in our…

07 November 2022 - According to the International Data Corporation (IDC), spending on digital technology by organizations  in the region in Asia/Pacific region will grow at 3.5 times the economy in 2023.IDC argued that the traditional course of actions taken by most…

07 November 2022 - The Nigerian Communications Commissions has issued an an advisory on multiple vulnerabilities in Cisco products.

07 November 2022 - Mastercard has announced that they have published a report, "The Future of Fintech: Rapid Growth Attracts Smart Capital" highlighting fintech growth in the continent.

07 November 2022 - Vodacom has been driving success in the transport and logistics sector through embracing the digital transformation.

07 November 2022 - Governments and mobile operators are speeding up plans to shut down legacy networks as they navigate the high costs of transiting to faster and more efficient technologies.

07 November 2022 - Every business is founded to solve a customer problem, and the vast majority of products and services are designed to alleviate a specific customer pain point. But it is still important to let each customer know how their specific problems are…

07 November 2022 - After years of research, Egypt wants to leverage space innovations to respond to floods, droughts, and landslides caused by climate change.

07 November 2022 - Millions of Africans are cut off from the continent's growing digital economy because they don't have basic and reliable access to power.

07 November 2022 - 1 day left before the doors of AfricaCom open for the first time in the past two years. So what can you expect?

07 November 2022 - SMC and beIN Media Group have announced coming into an advertising partnership within the Middle East and North Africa.

07 November 2022 - Microsoft has sponsored the Digital Transformation (dx100) Symposium & Awards. The ubiquitous tech company will be fronting two key speakers:... Source

07 November 2022 - MTN Group and Microsoft has announced that they have come into a strategic partnership to help the digital and cloud transformation in Africa.

07 November 2022 - NuRAN Wireless has announced that they have signed a $75 Million Network-as-a-Service agreement with MTN Ivory Coast.

07 November 2022 - Frontier Optical Networks has announced that they are going to be the first LINX Nairobi Connected Member.

07 November 2022 - Digital Virgo has announced that they are going to be attending the AfricaCom from 8th to 10th November 2022.

07 November 2022 - Gilat Satellite has announced that they have been selected by Antamina for a multimillion dollar e-learning project in San Marcos.

07 November 2022 - Vodacom has announced that they are going to be offering 75% off on services all through Black November on Weekly deals.

07 November 2022 - A new research by Vodafone, Safaricom, and the United Nation Development Programme has shown a positive relation between increase in adoption of mobile financial services and GDP growth.