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Standard Bank Turns Tail on Vaccine Mandate Firings
One of South Africa’s largest banking groups, Standard Bank, has done away with its mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy for its employees. This is after the bank has reportedly already dismissed 40 employees and placed others on “Special Leave” for refusing…
$1-Million Up for Grabs in African Startups Competition
Humanity Node Protocol, Web3Africa, and Adanian Labs have partnered to launch a new competition in which startups stand a chance to win $1 million for creating technology on the blockchain. “Blockchain and Africa are inevitable. There is no bigger opportunity…
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24 South Africa Women to Join 2023’s Women Techsters Fellowship Class
A total of 24 women from South Africa have been admitted to the class of 2023 of the Women Techsters Fellowship, Technology for Social Change and Development Initiative (Tech4Dev) has announced in Lagos, Nigeria. The Women Techsters initiative is aimed…
Facebook Users May Soon Get to Have 5 Profiles at Once
Facebook, the giant social media platform, is testing ways to let its users have multiple profiles on the same account. “To help people tailor their experience based on interests and relationships, we’re testing a way for people to have more…
MTN is Planning to Buy Telkom
MTN Group is reportedly in talks to buy its telecommunications rival Telkom. According to Bloomberg, the company said the discussions are still at an early stage and there is no certainty that the transaction will be completed. The news that…
Mukuru Expands its Services
Mukuru, one of the leading next-generation financial services platforms in Southern Africa, launched a new campaign following the announcement of a series of sponsorships, including English Premier League side Crystal Palace and Springbok legend Tendai “The Beast” Mtawarira. The ad…
Nigeria Twitter Ban Was Unlawful, ECOWAS Rules
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has declared the Nigeria Twitter ban unlawful and has warned against another occurrence. Nigeria banned Twitter in July 2021 after a tweet that referenced civil war by President Muhammadu Buhari was deleted…
The 10 African Countries with the Most Cryptocurrency Holders
If you look at the markets currently, you would find that cryptocurrency is undergoing what some analysts are calling the “Crypto Winter” highlighted by a vast devaluation of large swathes of the crypto industry culminating in the loss of around…
Netflix Partners with Microsoft to Launch New Ad-supported Plan
On Wednesday Netflix announced that it is partnering with Microsoft to launch the highly-anticipated ad-supported cheaper plan on its streaming platform. Microsoft, the giant tech corporation, will be the streaming service’s global technology advertising and sales partner, Netflix says. “It’s…
Struggling to Find Software Developers? This May Be Why
Software developers with specific skills and languages were in short supply before the pandemic and continue to be in short supply in South Africa. How can companies adjust to the new realities after the pandemic? What software development skills remain…
Kenya’s “First Original Drama Series” Comes to Netflix – Release Date Announced
Country Queen, a family drama series set in contemporary Kenya, is premiering worldwide this month on streaming platform Netflix. According to the announcement of its release, Country Queen will be the first original drama series produced in Kenya to premiere…
Eiffel Corp Launches SA’s first AWS-Certified Learning Management System
South Africa-based tech education firm Eiffel Corp and global cloud services provider, Amazon Web Services (AWS), recently launched a new set of cloud-based education solutions that is set to scale up Learning Management System (LMS) technology to a higher echelon.…
MTN to Host Hackathon for African Developers – Here’s How to Participate
MTN Group’s Mobile Money Application Interface (API) announced that it will be hosting an Open API Hackathon for African developers. The competition runs from 18 July 2022 until 9 September 2022. Developers will have 4 weeks to submit their idea…
MTN South Africa is Number 1 – Again
MTN South Africa has once again been ranked as the country’s best network, this time in the second quarter of 2022. According to the tech publication MyBroadband Insights report, MTN reigned supreme with a Network Quality Score of 9.75 in…
Startup Launches Virtual Community Parliament for South Africans
Kleva Bucks, a tech startup founded by Lucky Kgwadi, a 31-year-old tech entrepreneur and Innovator, has launched a virtual community parliament for South Africans. The platform is called Community Assembly, the virtual community parliament that consists of local ward councilors,…
A Big Step Forward for IT Skills Development in Africa
Leadership skills development group African Leadership International (ALI) has announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Holberton Inc., a Silicon Valley-founded, project-based, college alternative education firm that seeks to prepare the next generation of software engineers. The…
