Google and YouTube say they won’t allow ads or monetized content pushing climate denial
Google announced Thursday that it would no longer allow ads or monetization for content that promotes climate change denialism. The policy…
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Ghanaian startup Kaazi launches football talent identification platform
Ghanaian startup Kaazi has launched the public beta of its football talent identification and recruitment platform, which will be available…
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Nedbank & Microsoft Launch Free Online Digital Skills Training Platform
Nedbank, one of South Africa’s largest lenders, has announced the launch of the Nedbank DigiSkills online platform, in partnership with…
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EMURGO Africa to Support 100 Local Startups Within 3 Years
EMURGO – the official commercial arm and a founding entity of the Cardano blockchain – previously announced the launch of a new wholly-owned Cardano ecosystem…
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World Facebook announces winners of 2021 Community Accelerator Program in Africa
Facebook today announced the winners of the 2021 Facebook Community Accelerator Program, highlighting the 13 Facebook community leaders from Nigeria,…
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90% of Africa’s $6.6b startup funds reside in Lagos, Cape Town, three others
With Africa’s startup ecosystem worth put at $6.6 billion, over 90 per cent of these funds are currently concentrated in…
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Scaling Distributed Systems: Navigating the Complexities of Global Fintech Infrastructure
In today’s rapidly changing financial world, businesses are continually innovating to satisfy dynamic client expectations while adhering to severe regulatory…
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Twitter is testing prompts that warn you when a conversation has bad vibes
If you’ve ever tweeted something innocuous that went on to kick off a firestorm of unwanted attention, you know full…
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WhatsApp Spotted Testing a Custom Privacy Setting for Profile Photos on Android
WhatsApp for Android is in testing a profile photo privacy setting that will let users hide their profile photos from…
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How Huawei is innovating nonstop for faster digitalization
Huawei’s, annual flagship event for the global ICT industry – HUAWEI CONNECT 2021 – kicked off on Sep 23, 2021….
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DPI announces the $900 million final close of the African Development Partners III Fund, one of the largest African funds
African Development Partners III Fund (ADP III) has surpassed its US$800 million target and is set to close at US$900…
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MTN Uganda is planning a $1.2 billion initial public offering
According to Keith Kalyegira, Chief Executive Officer of the Capital Markets Authority, the initial public offering (IPO) of telecommunications company…
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Google will now offer African startups more than no-strings cash and office space
At a virtual event on Wednesday (Oct. 6), Google’s CEO Sundar Pichai said his company will invest $1 billion in…
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The Premier HealthTech Event in Africa Returns – Secure Your Sponsorship Today
The Healthcare Innovation Summit Africa (HISA) returns on the 17 and 18 November 2021. There is simply no other event in Africa…
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Telkom SA Further Slashes Data Prices for Summer
Telkom South Africa has launched a new set of postpaid promotional deals and prepaid LTE deals offering more value to…
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MTN Group Announces New Digital & FinTech CFO
MTN Group has announced the appointment of Adekunle Awobodu as its new Chief Financial Officer for Digital and Fintech. According…
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The Zimbabwe dollar drops 89 cents as the national bank cracks down on unlawful forex trade
The central bank of Zimbabwe has added 47 more people to its blacklist for allegedly using social media to advertise…
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Ghana Startup Ecosystem Program to provide digital skills to 7000 youth
Ghana Tech Lab has partnered up with a number of partners for the fourth edition of the Ghana Startup Summit,…
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AppsFlyer Report Finds 55% increase in spending as eCommerce grows across Sub-Sarahan Africa
AppsFlyer, the marketing measurement and experience platform, has released their 2021 edition of its State of eCommerce App Marketing report, outlining key…
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Orderin CEO Gives 5 Simple Ways SMMEs Can Become Competitive in eCommerce
A few years ago, the majority of South Africans had never made a single purchase online. Today, the local e-commerce…
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7 African startups selected for inaugural Last Mile Money Accelerator
Seven African startups are among the eight selected to take part in the inaugural cohort of the Last Mile Money…
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Moroccan B2B e-commerce startup Chari raises $5m seed round for expansion
Moroccan B2B e-commerce and fintech startup Chari has raised a US$5 million seed round which values the company at US$70…
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SA prop-tech venture builder Castle One secures significant investment
South African prop-tech venture building group Castle One has received a “significant investment” from HL Hall and Sons Holdings in…
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Nigerian fintech startup Bitmama closes $350k pre-seed funding round
Nigerian fintech startup Bitmama has closed a US$350,000 pre-seed funding round to grow its operational presence, expand its team, and…
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Online tools to help you keep track of your finances
Keeping track of your finances can be one of the most important things you do. It allows you to manage…
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Mobile contactless payments set to nearly double by 2023
Contactless payments made using mobile phones will almost double over the next two years – twice as fast as the…
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Kenyan agri-tech startups invited to apply for O-Farms accelerator
Kenyan agri-tech startups have been invited to apply for the O-Farms accelerator programme, which is focused on circular agribusiness with…
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With tablets, Google still cares more about the iPad than Android
Much like my compadre, Jerry Hildenbrand, I buy tech across a wide range of popular brands. For me, there’s really no…
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Tunisian big data startup Biware raises $1.2m funding round
Tunisian data management and analysis startup Biware has raised a MAD3.5 million (US$1.2 million) seed funding round to help it…
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SA industry 4.0 solution business Stone Three raises expansion funding
South African startup Stone Three, a leading industry 4.0 solution business that combines expert services with the power of machine…
