Tech

12 August 2022 - MTN Uganda has announced that they have added the aYo Insurance Products to its Senkyu loyalty program in a move lauded by IRA and IBAU.

12 August 2022 - African Rainbow Capital owned network, Rain has reportedly made an offer for a merger with Telkom.

12 August 2022 - Even prior to the pandemic, online schools had their fair share of critics among South Africans, but this perception drastically changed due to the lockdowns and increased isolation. So, was this purely a short-term solution for parents during the…

12 August 2022 - The Azimio coalition party has secured majority seats in Nairobi County.  The Raila Odinga-led Azimio La Umoja Coalition has won 12 of the 17 parliamentary seats in Nairobi county. These includes Jubilee, ODM, Wiper and all other parties affiliated…

12 August 2022 - While poll results for some county assemblies, constituencies, and others have been revealed, the presidential numbers are still rolling after the conclusion of the August 9 polls. The presidential results are key to the entire process because…

12 August 2022 - Crypsense Digital Group, a Kenya-based digital assets capacity building and management platform, has been selected for the Draper VeChain Web 3 Accelerator Programme, giving it access to mentorship and support. Crypsense Digital Group is a brainchild…

12 August 2022 - Virtual Pay International Limited , a Pan-African, omni-channel Payment Service provider  has been granted authorization as a Payment Service Provider (PSP) to… The post Virtual Pay International Obtains License From Central Bank Of Kenya To Operate…

12 August 2022 - Network International has announced it financial results wherein they witnessed a jump in revenue up 31% and profit.

12 August 2022 - Yellow Card Financial have announced their new payment feature - Yellow Pay that is going to help customers to send and receive money through a crypto exchange platform.

12 August 2022 - Applications have opened for the Chat for Impact Accelerator, which offers social change organisations access to US$500,000 in funding and additional support to scale their impact on WhatsApp. Enterprises focused on social change across the globe are…

12 August 2022 - Nigerian fintech startup TeamApt has completed a major round of financing that has seen it bring on board one of the world’s largest fintech specialists – QED Investors. Launched in 2015, TeamApt was formed to solve inefficiencies in Nigeria’s…

11 August 2022 - Sophos today announced in the Sophos X-Ops Active Adversary whitepaper, “Multiple Attackers: A Clear and Present Danger,” that Hive, LockBit and BlackCat, three prominent ransomware gangs, consecutively attacked the same network. The first two…

11 August 2022 - Lysto, an India and Singapore-based platform for gamers has secured $12 million in its pre-Series A funding round from institutional, gaming and crypto investors.Lysto provides tools for creating and selling NFTs. It provides solutions to industries…

11 August 2022 - FinAccess, a financial technology startup offering software-as-a-service (SaaS) solutions has raised $500 thousand in its pre-Series A funding round led by HAVAIC, a venture capital firm based in Cape Town. The fund will be used to improve the…

11 August 2022 - As promised by the manufacturer, Xiaomi held its August 2022 meeting, whereby its most advanced wireless earbuds were unveiled. Xiaomi… The post Xiaomi launches the Buds 4 Pro, a wireless headphone with 48 dB ANC  and Hi-Res audio appeared first on…

11 August 2022 - Chilean software-as-a-service (SaaS) startup, Reversso, has raised $1.1 million in its seed funding round led by Genesis Venture Funds based in Santiago, Chile. Reversso offers a software solution for returns and exchanges that integrates e-commerce…

11 August 2022 - SWVL, a UAE-based mobility startup has raised $20 million in funding in a private placement from US-based institutional investors for the sale of 12 million shares along with securities.The private placement will take effect on Friday, the company…

11 August 2022 - Google Trends has released the top searched items by South Africans on its search engine for July 2022. South Africans eager to find out more information on everything from current affairs to the latest celebrity news and their favorite sports teams…

11 August 2022 - Founder of AFA Sports talks about market dynamics in the local sports and athleisure wear industry, and the company’s marketing strategy.

11 August 2022 - Diego Gutierrez, Chief Officer of International Markets highlighting the future of telecoms and digital transformation in Africa.

11 August 2022 - The subject of maternal healthcare has been at the centre of global conversations at every turn. Several approaches offering a wide range of solutions have been tried and tested and some have proven efficient. A Nigerian tech startup called Babymigo…

11 August 2022 - Datacentrix is looking at the continued adoption of open source technology and how factors like hybrid cloud and the growing DevOps culture locally are driving this trend.

11 August 2022 - The supremacy battle between China and the United States has in recent years shifted to the technology front. Many observers had the feeling that the US was falling behind China, with the Chinese government taking deliberate actions to enhance…

11 August 2022 - MTN Published their interim results sharing more details on their growth in the region and future objectives

11 August 2022 - MTN has donated UGX.50 million to the Uganda Red Cross Society to support 100 displaced families with non-food relief kits following the recent floods that destroyed lives and property in […]

11 August 2022 - Egypt’s OneOrder, an online one-stop shop that provides food supplies to hotels, restaurants and cafes, has secured a EGP125 million (US$6.5 million) working capital facility from Contact Factoring, a subsidiary of Contact Financial Holding, a…

11 August 2022 - stc Group's inspireU Entrepreneur Support Program have announced the selection of incubated projects in the final stage of the ninth batch.

11 August 2022 - According to recent data, Sub-Saharan Africa is expected to be the fastest-growing gaming region in the world. Game Industry Africa recently reported that the total number of gamers in Africa increased by 142% between 2015 and 2021. Locally, gaming…

11 August 2022 - Nigerian startup Tizeti, solar-based internet and voice service provider, is set to expand its operations within Nigeria and Ghana, and into neighbouring Ivory Coast and Togo, in addition to mulling listing its Nigerian subsidiary. Tizeti, a venture-…

11 August 2022 - In the movie streaming business, subscriber numbers are everything. They determine your bottom line and dictate the direction of your future. For more than a decade, Netflix was the unbeaten leader in the streaming business. The company led as others…

11 August 2022 - Samsung on Wednesday unveiled its newest lineup of foldables – the Galaxy Z Fold 4 and the Galaxy Z Flip 4. The new foldables are upgrades from last year’s Galaxy Fold and Flip and come with improved internal specifications and more. This fourth-…

11 August 2022 - Even small communication mistakes can cause significant damage to a business. Here’s how to avoid the obvious blunders.  In the perfect PR world, journalists vyingly write about the business they’re promoting, and reputational crises don’t happen at…

11 August 2022 - Kenya’s Elloe, a conversational e-commerce startup, has acquired counterpart Flo by Saada for an undisclosed sum to help it scale operations and move into new markets. Founded by Owen Sakawa, Elloe is a first-of-its-kind AI-powered, conversational…

11 August 2022 - Lagos and San Francisco-based Klasha has appointed Ayman Jawhar as its new Chief Product Officer. Ayman will be based in the United Kingdom and joins the startup, which provides multiple products for the cross-border commerce space in Africa with…

11 August 2022 - The world’s most popular messaging platform WhatsApp has made a good attempt to stay ahead of the competition by being responsive to consumer demands.  The platform, owned by Facebooks’s parent company Meta, has managed to frequently release updates…

11 August 2022 - Twitter has gone on to become extremely popular with different demographics across the world. The platform is used by politicians, influencers, policymakers, students, and other members of the general public. Naturally, this diverse demographic has…

17 June 2022 - Kaspersky VPN Secure Connection was awarded among the best VPNs for streaming, gaming and torrenting for private users by AV-TEST, the independent IT security institute. Kaspersky VPN Secure Connection was praised for its speed ratings and beat leading…

17 June 2022 - Billionaire Elon Musk has been hit with a $258 billion lawsuit for allegedly engaging in a crypto pyramid scheme “Dogecoin cryptocurrency”. The lawsuit was filed by in a federal court in Lower Manhattan by US Citizen Keith Johnson against Elon Musk and…

17 June 2022 - Detectives from Kenya’s Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) on Thursday nabbed a notorious gang that has been hacking people’s credit... Source

17 June 2022 - This could be Kenya’s time to start incorporating technology into waste management as Hitachi Zosen Inova (HZI) has revealed its... Source

17 June 2022 - Morocco-based Jodop has raised a $1 million Seed round, led by Azur Innovation Fund, with participation from Plug and Play, and business angels. The round was closed back in April this year. Founded in 2020 by Adil Zghaoui and Salim El Merrassi, Jodop…

17 June 2022 - Uber, a global ride-hailing company, will be introducing new features on its app for drivers in Kenya. This includes being able to choose routes in which they want to operate. According to Business Daily, the drivers will be able to use the Nairobi…

17 June 2022 - Terminal Africa has today officially announced Uber as its newly onboarded partner. The latest development marks yet another milestone for the barely one-year-old startup whose mission is to become the number 1 solution for eCommerce, payments and…

17 June 2022 - This article was co-authored by Koromone Koroye, Hannatu Asheloge, and Ngozi Chukwu Africa’s technology ecosystem as we know it is thriving and primed for astronomical growth and success in this decade. Over the past 5 years, our ecosystem has…

17 June 2022 - Waste management technology provider Hitachi Zosen Inova (HZI) has revealed its entrance into the Kenyan market. The company, which is based in Zurich, is setting up shop in the country in collaboration with Sintmond Group Limited.  According to a…

17 June 2022 - Google has announced 1,000 scholarships in Kenya for small businesses in the country to open online shops. According to Techweez, the new development was announced as part of a month-long commemoration of International SMEs day this month. Google will…

17 June 2022 - Uganda’s Finance Minister, Matia Kasija early this week announced that the country is set to launch its first satellite , PearlAfricaSat-1 into low Earth in September 2022 in collaboration with NASA.A project that begin early in 2020. The settelite…

17 June 2022 - Africa’s first project financing facility for mini-grids, CrossBoundary Energy Access (CBEA), announced $25 million in new funding commitments from ARCH Emerging Markets Partners Limited, Bank of America, and Microsoft Climate Innovation Fund. This…

17 June 2022 - Egyptian digital logistics startup Khazenly has raised a US$2.5 million seed funding round to drive product development and quadruple its facilities. Founded in mid-2021 by Mohamed Younes, Osama Aljammali, Mohamed Montasser, and Ahmed Dewidar, Khazenly…

17 June 2022 - As part of the agreement, Vista Bank’s subsidiaries in Guinea and Burkina Faso will each receive US$12 million to be channelled towards financing imports of foodstuffs, raw materials, refined oil products, equipment, consumer goods, and other important…