07 November 2022
- Gregory has more than 25 years of experience in communications and joins Ogilvy Africa from Edelman United Kingdom, one of the most successful offices of the world’s largest PR firm. At Edelman, he has held various leadership roles in strategy and…
07 November 2022
- UAE-based X-ERA for tech-services and logistics has completed its takeover of Egypt’s growing B2B e-commerce platform SPEED. SPEED is an affiliate of SPEED International for Distribution & Logistics. The takeover marks a significant milestone…
06 November 2022
- Uniccon Group, a two-year-old Nigerian technology corporation, has constructed a humanoid: a 6-foot-tall bilingual human-like robot called Omeife, somewhere in Mabushi, a crossroads between the inner and outer districts of Abuja, Nigeria. From an…
06 November 2022
- Traderex directly connects African smallholder farmers to the wider international market through formalised exchanges.
06 November 2022
- The largest digital infrastructure event in Africa, AfricaCom 2022, will feature YahClick, the Data Solutions division of Al Yah Satellite Communications Company PJSC, where they will present their most recent solutions addressing connectivity and…
06 November 2022
- AJA.LA STUDIOS LTD (ajala), the leading provider of enterprise voice automation solutions for the African market, has announced that speech recognition capability for Ghanaian and Nigerian English will be available beginning in November 2022.…
06 November 2022
- To change the education sector in Kenya, we intend to highlight our market-leading education technology solutions. On 3rd November 2022, Adapt IT Education Division (“Adapt IT Education” or “the organisation”) and IT News Africahosted an industry…
06 November 2022
- GeForce NOW, the premium cloud gaming service offered by NVIDIA, will launch in South Africa in the early part of 2023 as a result of a cooperation between NVIDIA and Rain, a mobile network operator in South Africa. GeForce NOW uses cloud…
06 November 2022
- The Internet is captivating, so African telcos are diving right in, buying spectrum licenses and launching new services. With more 5G networks on the way and more than a dozen already up and running, the new focus brings several questions. Mobile…
05 November 2022
- Safaricom, a Kenyan telecommunications provider, has become the first firm in the East African area to roll out the technology commercially. The launch of Safaricom’s 5G high-speed internet service in Kenya makes Safaricom the first company in the…
05 November 2022
- As LAUTECH prepares for its post-UTME, the University is gradually transitioning to an all-encompassing institution as it now offers Art courses like English and literary studies. Read more here.
05 November 2022
- AJA.LA STUDIOS LTD (ajala) the premier provider of enterprise voice automation solutions for the African market announced voice recognition support for Ghanaian English and Nigerian English from November 2022. ajala currently provides voice…
05 November 2022
- Over the past two years, global healthcare systems have faced significant disruption and strain due to the Covid-19 Pandemic. During this time, the skills and dedication of nurses and doctors – as frontline workers – have been highlighted. These…
05 November 2022
- This is a presentation I made on the 8th of July 2022 at the first-ever eDigital Connect Summit. The topic was ‘Unpacking Web3: Going Beyond The Hype & What It Means For All Things Digital In The Future In Kenya, East Africa & Beyond’ and…
05 November 2022
- Safaricom’s M-PESA is its biggest product, and one of the many services that make the telco attractive to Kenyans. M-PESA has also been supplemented with many services, which have gone a long way in making the experience better for everyone, and a…
05 November 2022
- The main reason why real-time document collaboration software is popular nowadays is that it allows several users to work on the same file together with the purpose of creating a single final version. During the collaborative editing process, all…
05 November 2022
- Shoprite Group, a South African store, has joined a group of investors led by Buffet Investments and KLT in an expansion round for Omnisient. Omnisient is Africa’s first data collaboration platform that protects privacy. Omnisient says that its…
05 November 2022
- CMC Networks has released IP Premier, a high-performance dedicated internet access (DIA) solution that is meant to speed up the adoption of SD-WAN across Africa. IP Premier has strict service level agreements (SLAs) for jitter, packet loss, and…
05 November 2022
- Mobile applications of betting services are important for players. An interesting option is the betway app. Let’s analyze its work, advantages, and technical characteristics. Mobility is the main goal of a modern and successful man. Customer-…
05 November 2022
- A pan-African technology entrepreneur training program has announced the five start-ups from five nations that will compete in the 2022 MEST Africa Challenge pitch competition. Sproutly from Nigeria, Kweli from Senegal, Swoove from Ghana, Hisa from…
05 November 2022
- Yabx plans to bring new fintech solutions for digital lending to the country and help banks launch new and innovative products for people new to credit segments such as Buy Now Pay Later, Payday loans, MSME loans, Personal Loans, etc Yabx, a…
05 November 2022
- While Stellenbosch in the Western Cape is well-known for its wine, the neighbouring Kayamandi is currently on track to become South Africa’s first smart township. This is described as an innovative community in which a combination of high- and low-…
05 November 2022
- The Federal Ministry of Communication and Digital Economy’s National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has announced the Blockchain Developers Scholarship to train 30,000 Nigerians on blockchain technology. Kashifu Inuwa CCIE, the…
05 November 2022
- This week, Uber dropped its commission rates for drivers in Kenya just as a new competitor YEGO entered the scene with an even lower commission rate.
More in this edition of TC Weekender.
05 November 2022
- As the global 2G and 3G network sunset progresses, there is a need among operators to migrate users to a 4G network, retain those subscribers, and manage this transition without loss of revenues or market share. With millions of subscribers…
04 November 2022
- YahClick, the Data Solutions subsidiary of Al Yah Satellite Communications Company PJSC, has announced its presence at AfricaCom 2022, the largest digital infrastructure event in Africa, where they will showcase their latest solutions tackling…
04 November 2022
- Industrial software leader returns to annual UN Climate Change Conference to show how digital technologies are driving responsible use of global resources to build net-zero economies AVEVA, a global leader in industrial software, driving digital…
04 November 2022
- MetaTrader 5 is the most modern version of the platform. This version gives traders more options than MT4. Before switching to the 5th version of the terminal, it is advisable to understand the basic functionality and find out how it differs from…
04 November 2022
- The Draft is a weekly series that brings you the most important technology news and deals across emerging markets, every weekend. Subscribe today.In this week's edition of The Draft, our top story captures the recent announcement of job cuts across…
04 November 2022
- Paratus will build a OneWeb teleport (Gateway) in Angola which will serve to provide Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Services to Angola and surrounding SADC countries. Paratus Group announces a multi–year agreement with global telecommunicationsprovider,…
04 November 2022
- Tech companies have began cutting jobs in a bid to rein in costs amidst an economic downturn and a worsening economic outlook. A new wave of massive layoffs and hiring freezes from both public and private technology companies continued this week.…
04 November 2022
- India’s smartphone shipments declined 11% YoY to reach over 45 million units in Q3 2022 as unfavourable macroeconomic conditions continue to affect the Indian smartphone market, according to the latest research from Counterpoint. The year-on-year…
04 November 2022
- So far in the third quarter of 2022, the entire tech industry has taken a beating this year, with the backdrop of rising inflation levels, reduced ad spending, investors dumping shares and macroeconomic headwinds.Big Tech companies including…
04 November 2022
- An interview with the managing director of Health54, a new CFAO-backed African healthcare investment fund.
04 November 2022
- According to recent data, with 24 million gamers, South Africa currently has largest video game market in Africa, with 40% of the population playing video games.
04 November 2022
- Safaricom customers will now be able to purchase LG electronics using Bonga points. This development was announced today after LG revealed a partnership with the telco. Purchases made using this model will see customers access appliances and…
04 November 2022
- From an idea that was conceptualised in 2020 in Abuja, Nigeria, to a back-and-forth construction that stretched over two years, Omeife, a 6-foot multilingual humanoid built as a female Igbo character, is ready to meet the world.
04 November 2022
- TECNO launched its Spark 9 series early this year together with their camera-centric Camon 19 series. This is their entry-level device and we got to check out the Spark 9 Pro – it was a huge improvement over the Spark 8 series from last year in…
04 November 2022
- African telcos are going all in on 5G internet. With over a dozen networks across the continent—and more on the way—the new focus raises several questions.
04 November 2022
- Social media company Twitter has laid off numerous employees today. TechCabal can confirm that several members of the 20-person Twitter team in Africa have been laid off; a source says this figure could be as high as half the team.
04 November 2022
- Google has launched a delivery-tracking feature on Gmail, enabling users to receive updates about their orders automatically. The company is launching this product at a strategic time, with Black Friday deals and Christmas orders set to begin in a…
04 November 2022
- What is Marketing? Marketing is communicating the value of a product, service, or brand to customers for the purpose of promoting or selling that product, service, or brand. What is Technology? It might seem like a straight-forward question, but…
04 November 2022
- Olaide Agboola, CEO of Purple Real Estate Income Limited, shares his perspective on student accommodation, low-income housing and development prospects in cities beyond Lagos.
04 November 2022
- Group-IB, one of the global leaders in cybersecurity headquartered in Singapore, has today issued a new report, OPERA1ER. Playing God...
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04 November 2022
- dx⁵ has today rolled out its inaugural annual golf tour. Named the dx5 Africa Golf Tour, the first tournament kicks...
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04 November 2022
- Paratus will build a OneWeb teleport (Gateway) in Angola which will serve to provide Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Services to Angola.
04 November 2022
- While the Act is targeted at the growth of the technology ecosystem, it additionally aims to strengthen and position the country's ecosystem as the leader of the start-up pack on the African continent.
The post From NSB to NSA: The Nigeria Start-up…
04 November 2022
- MFS Africa has been granted three licences by the Central Bank of Uganda. The licenses will see the company extend its offering in Uganda. The licenses obtained – PSP (Payment Service Provider), PSO (Payment Systems Operator), and IPI (Issuer of a…
04 November 2022
- Chinese authorities have locked down a district in Zhengzhou city, which is home to Foxconn, the world's largest iPhone factory, under the country's rigid zero-Covid policy following a break out of the coronavirus in the factory.Foxconn, which acts…
04 November 2022
- MTN Group has released their Q3 financial results wherein they saw a 6.8% increase in total MTN Group subscribers.
