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New Details Revealed for Africa Data Centre’s $300-Million Expansion Plans
Cassava Technology’s pan-African data centre group Africa Data Centres (ADC) has today announced a drawing of the first portion of its $300-million strategic investment made by the United States International Development Finance Corporation (DFC). The company says that this first…
AI is Critical in Fighting Climate Change say South African Bosses
According to a new report from the AI for the Planet Alliance, titled How AI Can Be a Powerful Tool in the Fight Against Climate Change and produced in collaboration with Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and BCG GAMMA, 88% of…
Nigerian E-Commerce: Kwik Launches in Ibadan
Lagos-based e-commerce and delivery platform Kwik has today announced that it has officially launched solutions to merchants, entrepreneurs, businesses, government agencies and social vendors in Ibadan, Nigeria. The company promises to complete all of its deliveries in under 60 minutes.…
Nigerian Fintech PalmPay Wants to Increase Payment Security Awareness
Nigerian fintech innovator PalmPay announced this week the launch of Wallet Safe Workshop, a monthly campaign for payment security awareness training to help customers improve their overall security knowledge, and learn about how to spot and avoid e-scammers. The penetration…
Top 4 Most Trending Stories – Week in Review
As this week comes to a close we take a look at the stories that resonated most with our readers. Liquid buys an Israeli tech company, Binance moves towards securing South Africa’s crypto space, Xiaomi launches a new device in…
9 Questions to Ask Before Choosing the Right VPN for You
According to the Global Web Index, 31% of internet users have used a VPN in the past month. As tomorrow is International VPN Day, Daniel Markuson, cybersecurity expert at NordVPN, decided to explain in a simple, non-technical language – what…
Cape Town’s Stock Exchange Closes $5-Million Funding Round
The Cape Town Stock Exchange (CTSE), the city’s fintech stock exchange, announced today the closing of a $5-million (R85-million) funding round. In addition, the company announced an expansion of its board, adding Mark Fitzjohn, Bruce Ndidi (both from Empowerment Capital)…
ICYMI: A New, Convenient Way for SAns to Renew Car Licenses with Supa Quick
South African fitment centre group Supa Quick announced this week a new partnership with online platform Disky to make it convenient and quick for motorists to renew their vehicle licenses using WhatsApp at any of the 190 Supa Quick stores…
Liquid Continues to Expand Across Zambia
The Zambian arm of Liquid Intelligent Technologies (Liquid), a business of Cassava Technologies has today announced that it is expanding its operations to the country’s Central Province by launching its first office in Mkushi. The company says that this launch…
SA Reserve Bank Confirms Banks Can Work With Crypto Exchanges
The South African Reserve Bank’s (SARB) Prudential Authority this week has reportedly issued guidance to confirm that banks in the country can work with crypto exchanges. This is according to the international crypto exchange Luno. Marius Reitz, GM for Africa…
Healthtech: Kenyan Startup Afya Rekod Partners with UK’s Medi-Science
The UK’s Medi-science International Limited and Kenya-based startup Afya Rekod have announced a strategic collaboration. According to an announcement, the collaboration will seek to transform healthcare delivery through decentralization and improved access to personal health data in Africa and Europe.…
36% of Surveyed Apple Users Considering Switching to Android – New Study
A new study on perceived security between iOS and Android in the US by Beyond Identity showed that 36% of Apple users are considering switching to Android devices while only 25% of Android users are thinking of switching to Apple.…
Johannesburg Prepares for Digital Finance Africa 2022
Digital Finance Africa 2022, the definitive annual event on technology leadership in the financial services industry returns on the 22nd of September 2022 as a brand-new hybrid concept. Aspects of #DFA2022 include world-class content delivered by some of the biggest…
5 Facts About the Metaverse You Need to Know
Technology has always enabled people to connect and express themselves. As communication became faster, the video became a richer way to share experiences. We’ve gone from desktop to web to mobile; from text to photos to video. But this wave…
MTN Users Can Get 3GBs of Free Data by Using This Web Browser
Opera, the company that maintains the Opera and Opera Mini web browsers has partnered with MTN South Africa to provide South African users with 3GB each of free data per month while they are using Opera internet browsers. The offer…
Telkom is Now Offering Small Business Funding Up to R5-Million
Telkom Business has announced today the launch of Telkom Lend, a new service to enable small businesses to apply online for funding and get an answer within 24 hours. Telkom says that Telkom Lend is an end-to-end digital process means…
