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NCPI Lifts User Cap, Making WhatsApp Pay Accessible to All in India

Mamsi Nkosi -
In a key breakthrough for digital payments in India, the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has increased the user onboarding limit for WhatsApp Pay, the popular messaging platform's payment feature. The company has launched a payment service for all...
Africa By Region

IT Giant Unveils 5 New AI-Powered Features in India

Mamsi Nkosi -
IT giant Google has introduced new AI-powered features for Google Maps in India with a unique AI model intended to tackle the problems associated with Indian roads. These new features are intended to improve navigation efficiency and user-friendliness while addressing...
Online & Social

Naspers leads Meesho in raising $125 million for Indian Social Commerce

Kojo -
On 12 August 2019, Meesho, an Indian online marketplace, announced the closing of a $125 million fundraiser led by Naspers,  multi-national media and internet group headquartered in South Africa. The fundraiser was aided by Facebook and existing investors such...
General

Rating working conditions in the digital economy with Fairwork

Danielle Kruger -
University of Oxford academics have published the world’s first ever rating system for working conditions in the digital economy with a focus on South Africa and India. The rankings look at how platforms like Uber, Taxify, and Ola perform against...
Top Stories

AI predicting floods in India

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As part of the Google Public Alerts program, Google is helping to keep people safe from floods and similar natural disasters with AI-enabled flood forecasting. Last year, Google launched SOS Alerts on Search and Maps to make emergency information more...
Mobile and Telecoms

Ruckus Wi-Fi Technology supports Facebook’s Express Wi-Fi Initiative

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Ruckus Networks, an ARRIS company, has announced that it is joining Facebook’s Express Wi-Fi Certified ecosystem, a program that allows access point manufacturers to build Wi-Fi hardware compatible with Express Wi-Fi. Operators participating in Facebook’s Express Wi-Fi initiative will...
Startups

Start-ups from India and Nigeria win International Mobile App Competition

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Iridescent, a nonprofit empowering underrepresented young people globally to become innovators and leaders, announced that two teams of girls - one from India and Nigeria - won top honors at its 2018 Technovation World Pitch Summit, a tech entrepreneurship...
General

Research shows BRICS has established itself as a global brand

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The political alliance of BRICS nations has become a distinct global brand in its own right; research conducted by Brand South Africa - a marketing agency of the government of South Africa - shows. Said Dr Petrus de Kock, General...
General

BRICS business leaders to gather in Sandton

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More than 1000 delegates from Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) will gather at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg tomorrow, Wednesday, 25 July 2018 for the BRICS Business Forum which will takes place as part of...
Cybersecurity

Truecaller eyes out Sub-Saharan Africa’s mobile payment space

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Last year March, Truecaller announced its interest in the digital payments segment in India. Today, the company announced a strategic investment into the payment space by acquiring Chillr, India’s first multi-bank payments app that is revolutionising the way people...
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Latest News

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egaport and Angola Cables Open a Gateway to 930+ Data Centres for African Businesses

Angola Cables and leading global Network as a Service (NaaS) provider, Megaport have announced a dual arrangement whereby customers can...
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