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LinkedIn Snapchat-like Stories: Another Attempt at Relevancy?
Usually, if you’re in any part a member of the corporate or business world you would have probably heard of LinkedIn. If by any chance you haven’t then the website could be explained as a Facebook-esque social media website that…
Google Earth Finally Available on Browsers Other than Chrome
Google is releasing its web-based version of Google Earth on browsers like Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Edge and Opera today, reports The Verge. Google released Earth for web integration in 2017, killing its desktop app while it was at it. Earth…
Safaricom Partners with Amazon in Bid to Bring More Cloud Services to East Africa
Amazon Web Services (AWS), the largest cloud computing platform on Earth, has been planning to set up an Edge location in Kenya for some time now. However new developments in Nairobi between Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta and AWS execs have…
DionWired Bleeding Money – No Question Why Stores Are Closing
Massmart JSE-listed South African branch of Walmart and owner of Game, DionWired and Makro stores, reported a $110 million turnaround in its profits in 2019, plunging to a net loss of $55 million. By all accounts and measures applied to…
South Africa to Build 12 New Wind Farms to Replace Coal Stations by 2030
The 2019 Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) puts aside increased allocations for wind power in the coming years – which will result in the renewable energy source becoming a greater part of the country’s energy grid. Plans for the construction and…
South Africa’s 9 Most Valuable Telecoms
South Africa is the continent’s telecom powerhouse as it is home to Africa’s largest and most valuable operators – Telkom, MTN, Vodacom. MTN is the largest mobile operator in the entire continent, while Vodacom dominates the market in South Africa…
A Guide to Finally Understanding Blockchain
You’ve probably heard of it You know it’s important and that it’s going to be massive someday, maybe very soon – you also know that it’s being used more and more in unique ways to make human lives easier and…
Bitcoin Fails as Coronavirus Fear causes Massive Sell-Off
Having been previously believed to be a safe-haven asset, Bitcoin took a big slump this week amid a massive craze of equity-market selling, reports My Broadband. Having fallen as much as 3.4% on Tuesday to trade at around $9320 as…
5 Ways Artificial Intelligence is Being Used in Africa
Africa stands on the precipice of emerging technologies and innovation in response to decades of hardship and frustration. Amongst those innovations are those in the AI sphere, with African developers and innovators finding unique and lucrative ways to make the…
Insane Hack Lets You Play Google Stadia on Android Without Controller
A Reddit user wrote a workaround for Google Stadia’s requirement of having a controller to play its games on smartphones. Calling it TouchStadia, user SmashShock created a JavaScript plugin to enable touch controls – and an overlay – to function with…
Namibia Bans Pyramid Scheme Most Popular with South Africans
Crowd1, the “get-rich-quick” business operation has just been banned in Namibia with the Bank of Namibia declaring the business’ operations to be an “undesirable practice” – meaning 10 years in prison or about a $66,000 fine for anyone caught promoting…
Cutting DStv Due to Financial Pressure? Keep Watching, Sports Fans
DStv can be expensive and while many South Africans enjoy the service, many more say they can live without it – especially if they’re in a financial pinch. However, according to financial planning expert David Kop* – this can actually…
Africa: The New Frontier for Emerging Tech
For all the highly publicized ills that the African continent seems to be suffering from – corrupt politics and shortcomings in infrastructure to poor socioeconomic systems, African technology seems to be a shining bright spot. Kay Ugwuede of Tech Cabal…
Top 10 Most Popular Kenyan Apps on iOS
The Kenyan App market is unique as most of the very popular Kenyan apps are diverted to banking and financing, with a lean towards money loaning apps. There is one interesting surprise within the list, which is possibly one of…
Top 10 Most Popular South African Apps on iOS
Apps made in South Africa, used by South Africans every day match up quite well against international standards such as WhatsApp and Instagram – these Apps also show what South Africans need and want the most out of their smartphones…
Top 4 Most Trending Stories – Week in Review
As this week comes to a close we take a look at the articles that resonated most with our readers. From an interview with the head of information security from Kaspersky and Google dropping another of their worldwide initiatives to…
