Targeted Malware is Proliferating in South Africa, Kenya, and Nigeria
According to the newest danger landscape trends data from internet security firm Kaspersky, South Africa, Kenya, and Nigeria are experiencing…
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Inventor of First AR System Says Metaverse Could Pose More Harm Than Social Media
With major tech shifting toward virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR), making room for the metaverse, there is a…
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IBM will launch a massive digital upskilling drive in South Africa
IBM has announced a new massive commitment and global plan to provide new skills needed for tomorrow’s jobs to 30…
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Airtel Africa’s developer portal aims to broaden digital payments via APIs
With its upgraded Airtel Africa Developer Portal, Airtel Money, the mobile money platform, is driving greater efficiency for businesses to…
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MNT-Halan in Egypt successfully deploys proprietary core banking system software
MNT-Halan, Egypt’s leading fintech ecosystem, has announced the successful launch of Neuron, the proprietary core banking software that it developed…
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Kaoun, a Tunisian fintech startup, has updated its Flouci payments app with new features
Kaoun, a Tunisian fintech startup, has added new features to its payments app Flouci as a result of its participation…
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AfriTech StartupBootcamp and Telecel are now accepting applications for the second ASIP accelerator
Startupbootcamp AfriTech and Telecel Group have opened applications for the second edition of the Africa Startup Initiative Programme (ASIP), which…
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The cryptocurrency market has plummeted as a result of reports of an Indian government ban
Following reports that the Indian government may ban cryptocurrency, the crypto market price charts were drenched in red on Wednesday,…
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Twitter will combine shopping and livestreaming and will collaborate with Walmart to test a new feature
Twitter and Walmart are collaborating to launch an online shopping initiative via livestreams. The latest feature will allow users to…
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Asilimia, a Kenyan fintech, raises $2 million in a pre-seed round with plans to extend loans to MSMEs and expand in East Africa
According to data from Kenya’s bureau of statistics, informal businesses power the country’s economy, accounting for 33.8 percent of GDP…
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NITDA donates computers to students and children with special skills
As Nigeria joins the rest of the world in commemorating the 2021 Universal Children’s Day, many students returned home with…
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Busha, a Nigerian cryptocurrency exchange, raises $4.2 million in a seed round.
Busha, a Nigerian cryptocurrency exchange, has raised $4.2 million in seed funding to expand across Africa. Busha, which was founded…
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WhatsApp is Planning to Extend Message Deleting Time Limit to More Than 7 Days: Report
According to reports, WhatsApp is working on increasing the time limit before you can delete messages for everyone in a…
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Metaverse: A Plot of Virtual Real Estate Sells for Around $2.4 Million in Decentraland
A piece of virtual real estate in the online world Decentraland was sold for a record $2.4 million (roughly Rs….
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Tek Experts boosts tech support in Africa with 1800+ engineers
Tek Experts, a leading technology support service company, has reached a milestone of over 1,800 employees in Nigeria, making it…
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Wowzi, Kenyan Tech Startup is Set to Create 1 Million Jobs for African Youth come 2022
Wowzi, a Kenyan tech startup, has announced plans to create one million gig jobs for African youth through its online…
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FSD Africa’s insurtech accelerator program is now available in Ghana and Nigeria
Most Africans want to use various insurance products but are often put off by the associated high premiums. As a…
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Meet the Investor: Dayo Koleowo, of Microtraction
Dayo Koleowo’s career path has taken him from construction to food delivery to venture capital, but he believes the lessons…
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Facebook Messenger and Instagram will not have end-to-end encryption until 2023, according to a report.
Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, does not intend to implement end-to-end encryption (E2EE) by default on…
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3 Egyptian startups have joined the Techstars Riyadh accelerator.
Three Egyptian startups are among the 12 selected from the MENA region to participate in the Techstars Riyadh accelerator, which…
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According to the report, 58 percent of Nigerian families purchased or rented additional devices for remote learning
A recent survey conducted at the request of Kaspersky by Toluna research agency observed the technical challenges families faced during…
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CBN is exceeding its authority.’ – A Nigerian blockchain group criticizes the crypto crackdown
The Blockchain Industry Coordinating Committee of Nigeria (BICCoN) has questioned the Central Bank of Nigeria’s recent actions in imposing a…
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eNaira – CBN says it will support other countries digital currencies
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has revealed that the country’s digital currency will be implemented in four stages, culminating…
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Kenyan startups now have access to grants of up to $113k
Kenyan startups have been invited to apply for grants of up to EUR100,000 (US$113,000) from the develoPPP Ventures programme’s second…
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Cybersecurity: GoDaddy’s September Breach Exposed Up to 1.2 Million Customers’ Data
GoDaddy has disclosed that the domain registrar experienced a security breach that allowed attackers access to the data of over…
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6 Nigerian agencies have joined forces to combat data privacy violations by money lending fintechs.
On May 15, 2021, I received a message from a lending company informing me that Mrs. X, whom I met…
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In India, WhatsApp introduces Flash Calls and Message Level Reporting Safety Features
In India, WhatsApp has added two new safety features: flash calls and message level reporting. Users can report accounts by…
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SIMcontrol Announces the Release of a Next-Generation Mobile APN Product for Africa
SIMcontrol, a leading mobile data connectivity platform for African enterprises, has announced the release of its fully-managed mobile APN product,…
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Treepz, a Nigerian MaaS startup, has closed a $2.8 million seed round to fund its east African expansion.
Treepz (formerly Plentywaka), a Nigeria-based Mobility-as-a-Service platform, has acquired Ugabus, a Ugandan bus company that aggregates inter-city bus operators. While…
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Ingressive Capital provides funding to Nigeria’s Mecho Autotech
Mecho Autotech, a Nigerian startup, has received an undisclosed amount of funding from venture capital firm Ingressive Capital in order…
