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Zuri Health Chalks Up $1.3-Million to Expand Across Africa
Kenyan-based health tech startup offering mobile-based healthcare has received $1.3-million funding to expand across Africa. The digital healthcare company has completed a funding round attracting investment from DOB Equity, Launch Africa, and Founders Factory Africa to expand across Africa. Zuri…
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Digital Transformation in South Africa – The Future is Bright for Healthcare Innovation
The last two years have awakened many people across the globe to the benefits of digitization, with the pandemic effectively working as an accelerant growing the importance of the digital transformation of the healthcare industry in particular. It makes sense…
South African Reserve Bank Places Ubank Under Curatorship
Ubank, a South African bank that mainly targets blue-collar workers and those in the mining sector, has been placed under curatorship by the South African Reserve Bank. This comes after concerns about the bank’s capital adequacy, weak corporate governance, as…
5 Ways IT Companies Can Grow in Africa
Securing meaningful, sustainable growth in Africa requires a precise skillset with an airtight strategy, the right product fit with a tailored understanding of the market, and crucially, forward-looking leadership. On the back of two high profile customer wins in the…
Pick n Pay & Takealot Join Forces to Launch Grocery Deliveries
South African retail giant Pick n Pay and e-commerce mainstay Takealot announced on Tuesday that the two companies have signed a commercial services agreement that will enable customers across South Africa to buy Pick n Pay food, groceries, and liquor…
Utopia Against Censorship: Rescue Pill for Freedom Seekers
Censorship in media, both the traditional and social variety, functions as a tool to influence and manipulate entire populations, and, consequently, violates human rights. Let’s review the problem and propose a solution. The Problem as it is Though the direct…
Middle-Income Consumers Spend Up to 80% of their Monthly Salary in 5 Days, FNB says
FNB, one of the largest banks in South Africa, estimates that it takes an average of 5 days for a middle-income consumer to spend up to 80% of their monthly salary. This suggests that the average middle-income consumer, earning between…
Kenyan Government Seeks to Control Safaricom Call Charges
The Kenyan government wants to control the rates that Safaricom charges rivals for terminating calls on its network to protect small telecommunications firms. The new regulations set by the state seek to bar dominant telcos from making profits from mobile…
How to Deliver An Actionable Data Strategy
Recent research shows that approximately 90% of organisations rely on data to drive predictive decision-making, yet these same organisations overwhelmingly agree that a backlog of data debt negatively affects their ability to deliver new advanced analytics capabilities. In fact, only…
South Africa’s Ukheshe Technologies Joins Forces with AWS
Today Johannesburg-based, pan-African fintech enabler Ukheshe Technologies has announced a new partnership with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to enhance Ukheshe’s ability to scale on-demand and expand to territories that require fast and secure transactions. “In an era where digital payments…
Minors Won’t Get Access to Loan Services in M-Pesa Junior Accounts
Safaricom, a telecommunications provider in Kenya, confirmed that minors will not get access to loan services like M-Shwari and Fuliza. The Kenyan telco announced on Friday that it is introducing M-PESA Junior Accounts for individuals between the age of 10…
New Warnings Show How Hackers in Nigeria Can Remotely Steal Cars
Nigeria’s Communications Commission (NCC) published a warning yesterday advising drivers in the West African country to beware of a new cybercrime method being used by hackers where car doors can be opened and vehicles can be started without keys, all…
Huawei MateBook D14 Launches in SA: Where to Get it, Price & Specs
Huawei South Africa has announced the launch of the new Intel-powered HUAWEI MateBook D14 on Monday. The HUAWEI MateBook D14 brings along technologies such as Super Device, Fingerprint Power Button, Dual Antenna Wi-Fi 6, and reverse charging capabilities for smartphones.…
What Happens When Cybercriminals Impersonate CEOs?
Traditional payment fraud has been rife for some time, where the cybercriminal impersonates the CEO, or other senior members of staff, to convince the finance department to make an urgent payment to either a new supplier or update their bank…
Zoho’s New Unified Marketing Platform – What You Need to Know
Zoho Corporation, a leading global technology company, announced last week the launch of its new Zoho Marketing Plus, a unified platform that brings together marketing activities across campaign ideation, creation, execution, management, and measurement. According to the India-founded company, the platform…
Is Live-Streaming Coming to Netflix?
Netflix is reportedly considering live-streaming on its platform. According to Deadline, the company confirmed that it is in the early stages of development for unscripted shows and stand-up specials. As per Deadline, the live-streaming feature could open up the potential…
