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Kenyan & South African Developers Can Now Get Paid via GitHub

The world's largest open source developer community GitHub has announced that it is increasing the scope of its GitHub Sponsors programme to 30 more countries, including African nations Egypt, Gambia, Kenya, and South Africa. Launched 3 years ago, the programme...

Nigeria’s Andela Achieves $1.5-Billion Valuation in Latest Series E Round

Andela, a global engineering talent outsourcing company launched in Nigeria in 2014 has secured a $200-million investment during a Series E funding round led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2, the venture capital arm of Japanese mega-corp SoftBank. This latest funding...

Microsoft Giving $200-Million in “Pandemic Bonuses” to Employees

Microsoft is reportedly giving employees a $1,500 "pandemic bonus" this year for the "unique and challenging fiscal year that Microsoft just completed." Initially reported by The Verge, citing an internal memo which says that the bonuses will be distributed to...

Recent financial services cyber attacks underscore need for protection with next generation DDoS services

The news that three Dutch banks, as well as the Dutch Taxation Authority, were hit earlier this year by targeted distributed denial of services (DDoS) attacks holds grave cybersecurity warnings for African businesses of all sizes. This is according to...

FundRequest launches a marketplace that rewards developers for Open Source contributions

  FundRequest, a new platform for incentivizing open-source development, has officially launched their first product: a blockchain powered integration with GitHub that allows developers to directly solve open source project issues and be rewarded. The platform integrates directly with GitHub,...
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Offboarded Employees and ITAM – It Doesn’t Have to Be a Mess

As today’s workplace shifted to digital, companies often focus heavily on onboarding, but what happens when an employee decides...
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