Nearly Half of SSA Consumers Are Using Mobile Money Services – Ericsson
A major new consumer and market insight report from multinational networking and telecommunications firm Ericsson titled Mobile Financial Services on the…
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Egyptian auto-auction platform Sa3ar acquired by Contactcars
Egyptian startup Sa3ar Technology Solutions, a platform that digitises auto-auctions deals, has been acquired by automotive marketplace Contactcars, a subsidiary…
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Zoom Update Adds Option to Stop Incoming Video in Meetings: How to Use
Zoom has added a new feature called ‘stop incoming video’ that allows users to block video feeds of other participants…
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Top 7 Ways Cyberscammers, Malware Operators Abuse Google Forms – Sophos Research
Sophos, a global leader in next-generation cybersecurity, has published research, “Phishing and Malware Actors Abuse Google Forms for Credentials, Data…
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YouTube May Soon Let You Download Videos From Your Browser
YouTube is currently testing an official way to download videos on your desktop web browser saving you the hassle (and…
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Absa Launches Facial Recognition Tech in South Africa
Absa, one of South Africa’s largest banks and a pan-African lender, has officially launched facial recognition technology in its Android…
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31 African startups selected for Smart Cities Innovation Programme
Thirty-one African tech startups have been selected to take part in the Smart Cities Innovation Programme, which will help them…
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How Nigeria’s NucleusIS is building the rails for African health insurance adoption
Nigerian startup NucleusIS is building the technology to deepen insurance adoption, drive access to healthcare and improve health outcomes. Founded…
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Yahoo has built a new calendar app called Day, and it’s recruited the co-founder of Sunrise to design it
When it comes to online calendars and calendar apps, services like Google Calendar and Outlook from Microsoft rule the roost…
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The Seven phases of Innovation Process
Developing an innovation process can boost the long-term value of a company. Businesses are more than ever realizing the importance of…
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Mastercard has announced the launch of a global sustainability innovation lab
Mastercard has announced the creation of a new Sustainability Innovation Lab, which will lead the company’s continued development of environmentally sensitive digital…
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The new big Google Chrome update will offer safer online payments
Making sure you stay safe online when shopping should be a lot easier thanks to a new update coming to Google…
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Why Digitalisation is Key to Sustainable Oil & Gas in Uganda
In November 2021, the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) summit will take place in Glasgow, UK, where world leaders will…
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Incubation Hub for African Entrepreneurs Opens in Johannesburg by Unicorn Group
Unicorn Group, a pan-African, investment company targeting innovative ideas, start-ups, and early-stage companies in the technology and technology-enabled sectors across…
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How Vibrations Can Ruin Your iPhone or Android Camera
Apple surprised people by warning that “exposure to vibrations, like those generated by high-powered motorcycle engines” can damage iPhone cameras. There’s…
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Mauritius ranks first in Africa in Global Innovation Index 2021
Mauritius emerged the most innovative African country in a recent ranking. The island nation placed 52nd among 132 countries globally….
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What does communication in a techy world mean for Nigeria’s deaf people?
Growing up, I never had much contact with deaf people. Of course, that is to be expected as I didn’t…
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Nigerian businesses can now accept Apple Pay on Paystack
Paystack, the African fintech company that powers and processes payments for businesses, today announced that it is launching Pay with…
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Female entrepreneurs are tackling Africa’s logistics problems
Apapa, the Lagos town that hosts Nigeria’s largest and busiest port, is synonymous with gridlock. Roads leading into the port are lined…
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Who is building the tech infrastructure for African businesses?
API fintech startups are thriving in Africa’s tech ecosystem as they build the infrastructure to facilitate payments, banking, e-commerce, and…
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Africa Data Centres Unveils New Data Centre in Midrand, Johannesburg
Africa Data Centres, the only pan-African network of interconnected, carrier-and cloud-neutral data centres on the continent, has completed its new…
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How to delete your password for Microsoft online services like Outlook.com and Xbox Live
Now that Microsoft lets you ditch your passwords for Outlook.com, Xbox Live and other online accounts, you might want to consider taking…
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Apple’s iPhone fix and everything else you need to know about Pegasus spyware
It’s a doozy of a digital spying case. Security researchers have found evidence of attempted or successful installations of Pegasus,…
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A Fifth of Nigeria’s Workforce Now Jobless Due to COVID-19
COVID-19 and its resulting worldwide pandemic have resulted in a fifth of Nigeria’s workforce losing their jobs, according to the…
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How Tech Will Drive New Job Opportunities in South Africa
There is no doubt that the pandemic has accelerated most digitalisation trends, compressing what was expected to take years into…
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South African fintech startups invited to apply for $150k AlphaCode Incubate programme
South African fintech startups have been invited to apply for the ZAR1.5 million (US$100,000) AlphaCode Incubate programme, which aims to…
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Nigeria aside fintech . Article by Victor Obioma
Nigeria is Africa’s largest economy and eighth largest population in the world with a booming 200+ million people, 53.2% of…
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Google Meet for Web Gets Automatic Brightness Feature to Improve Visibility During Video Calls
Google Meet is bringing a new feature to correct poor lighting during video calls. Following the introduction of a low-light…
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Businesses are Increasingly Adopting IoT to Drive Energy Sustainability says Vodacom
Beyond the immediate benefits like having data about business operations available in real-time, businesses are increasingly exploring and adopting Internet…
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Egypt plans to enhance the internet for 60 million people as part of a major digital transformation effort
Egypt’s Minister of Communications and Information Technology, H.E. Dr. Amr Talaat, has revealed plans to bring high-speed internet to more…
