SA fintech startup Peach Payments expands into Mauritius
South African fintech startup Peach Payments has set up an office in Mauritius as it continues its pan-African expansion following…
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Bolt Food delivery service comes to Johannesburg
Rideshare group Bolt has announced its food delivery service Bolt Food has launched in Johannesburg. The service will provide the…
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Microsoft Warns of New Security Flaw Affecting Surface Pro 3 Devices
Microsoft has published a new advisory warning of a security bypass vulnerability affecting Surface Pro 3 convertible laptops that could…
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Crypto Analyst, Techdev That Said $200-300K Bitcoin ‘Looks Programmed’ Still Says BTC Price ‘Nowhere Near a Top’
On Wednesday, just before bitcoin surpassed the digital asset’s all-time high (ATH), the crypto analyst known as “Techdev” says the…
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Bitcoin soars to all-time high, shoots past $66,000
In what may seem like a pat on the shoulder to investors who are bullish on Bitcoin, the world’s leading…
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Africa neobank PaySika to launch in West Africa after closing $350,000 funding
Francophone region-focused neobank PaySika has completed a fundraising round. The funding will allow the fintech to deploy online payment services to Cameroon,…
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Crypto adoption in Africa continues to grow
Crypto adoption in Africa continues to grow at a rapid pace, with Luno today announcing that 45% of one million…
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Egyptian logistics startup ILLA raises $2m seed round to help it grow
Egyptian logistics startup ILLA has secured a US$2 million seed funding round to boost its growth in the market and…
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New EU-funded accelerator targets green business in Uganda
Green businesses in Uganda are invited to apply for an accelerator programme that offers free finance-focused workshops and discounted loans…
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Liquid Connects East & West Africa with Brand New Fibre Cable Route
Liquid Intelligent Technologies, a leading pan-African telecommunications technology group has announced the launch of its shortest terrestrial fibre route between…
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2021 Mobile Technology Trends You Should Be Aware Of
Mobile apps keep changing and evolving every single day. It is so hard to keep up with customer demands since…
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Facebook Plans to Rebrand With a New Name Next Week
Facebook is planning to rebrand itself with a new name next week to reflect its focus on building the metaverse,…
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Top 10 Most Expensive NFT’s of 2021
Non-fungible tokens, or NFTs, are altering our perceptions of art, and financiers are paying attention. NFTs have risen to prominence…
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Some of Africa’s largest banks are using a new blockchain-based payments processor
To solve problems African businesses have when settling payments within the continent, convince banks to transition from centralized systems to…
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Asante, an Africa-focused fintech company, has raised $7.5 million in Series A funding
Asante Financial ServicesAsante Financial Services, an African fintech, has raised a $7.5 million Series A round of funding to expand…
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How Start-ups Can Leverage 360 Degrees Marketing Techniques To Increase Sales
Sales are a determinant of whether a business would survive or not. The life blood of every business is embedded in…
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Third-party incidents became most costly enterprise data breaches in 2021 – Report
The latest edition of Kaspersky’s annual IT Security Economics report reveals the growing severity of cybersecurity incidents affecting businesses through suppliers that…
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Egypt launches 3rd African App Launchpad Cup
Egypt’s Information Technology Industry Development Agency (ITIDA) has announced the launch of the third edition of the African App Launchpad…
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Cybersecurity : Is South Africa a Playground for Cybercriminals?
The Attacks From All Angles 2021 Mid-year Cybersecurity Report by Trend Micro highlighted a 47% year-on-year increase in email threats as well…
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Crypto adoption in Africa continues to grow with Luno’s 45% increase in customers
Crypto adoption in Africa continues to grow at a rapid pace, with Luno today announcing that 45% of one million…
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Don’t allow your NIN to be linked to another person’s SIM – NCC warns subscribers
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has strongly warned telecoms consumers to ensure they do not allow their National Identification Number (NIN) to…
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WhatsApp Introduces New Feature That Allows Users to Join Ongoing Calls Directly From Group Chats
WhatsApp has integrated its joinable calls feature — which lets users join an ongoing group video — directly into group…
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Global Cryptocurrency Market Cap Touches Historic High of $2.5 Trillion as Bitcoin Value Rallies over $60,000
The market capitalisation of all the cryptocurrencies put together has crossed a milestone of $2.5 trillion (roughly Rs. 1,87,42,625 crores)…
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Six reasons why information systems are so essential for Startups
What is it about information systems that makes them so important in the modern world? Why are companies spending so…
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Sendbox Raises $1.8 Million to Digitise Deliveries For African SMEs
Sendbox, the Nigeria-based e-commerce fulfillment platform for merchants in Africa, has today announced the completion of a $1.8 million seed…
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Egypt’s Nawah Scientific adds high-level investor ahead of Series A round
Egypt-based life science startup Nawah Scientific has sold a strategic stake to Essam Abdelhadi, the former vice president Middle East,…
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NITDA begins 5-day digital skills training for 50 journalists
Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, director general of the National Information Technology Agency (NITDA) has inaugurated a five-day capacity training programme for members of…
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The Next Wave: Is Decentralised Finance the key to Africa’s economic liberation?
Decentralised Finance (DeFi) doesn’t only take power away from traditional governmental institutions and corporations, it also may provide an opportunity…
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SEACOM Boosts its IP Network with a Serious Bandwidth Upgrade
SEACOM, a fibre-led telecoms provider and owner of extensive ICT infrastructure across Africa, has announced a 100 Gigabit Ethernet (100GE)…
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Piggyvest assures users of funds safety amid N2bn investment loss rumours
Amid rumours that it lost a colossal N2 billion of investor funds to a fraudulent investment scheme, Piggyvest, an online saving…
