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Uber South Africa Introduces New Passenger Safety Feature
Uber South Africa is introducing a new feature which aims to make a trip for both the passenger and the driver a little safer. Within the coming weeks, passengers will be able to receive a four-digit PIN code that they’ll…
Amazon’s PAYFORT and valU Partner to Empower Online Shoppers in Egypt
PAYFORT and valU have teamed up to offer online shoppers in Egypt another checkout method. The partnership – which was announced on Monday, 24 February 2020 – will give consumers the option to ‘buy now, pay later‘. According to valU,…
Africa: The New Frontier for Emerging Tech
For all the highly publicized ills that the African continent seems to be suffering from – corrupt politics and shortcomings in infrastructure to poor socioeconomic systems, African technology seems to be a shining bright spot. Kay Ugwuede of Tech Cabal…
Huawei launches the Mate Xs Foldable Smartphone
Huawei has officially unveiled its latest foldable handset – the Mate Xs – during a virtual press conference on Monday, 24 February 2020. The device was initially set to launch at this year’s MWC event before it was cancelled due…
Top 10 Most Popular Kenyan Apps on iOS
The Kenyan App market is unique as most of the very popular Kenyan apps are diverted to banking and financing, with a lean towards money loaning apps. There is one interesting surprise within the list, which is possibly one of…
Will an Increase in Vendorship really save Jumia?
Africa’s ‘answer to Amazon’, Jumia is struggling to bounce back in 2020 after messy NYSE listing followed by the decision to pull out from two African countries, Tanzania and Cameroon. The eCommerce company, that now only operates in 12 African…
Top 10 Most Popular South African Apps on iOS
Apps made in South Africa, used by South Africans every day match up quite well against international standards such as WhatsApp and Instagram – these Apps also show what South Africans need and want the most out of their smartphones…
Social Media Week 2020 begins in Nigeria
Social Media Week 2020 kicks off on Monday, 24 February 2020 at the Landmark Event Centre in Lagos. Dubbed “Africa’s largest tech and media gathering” by Business Insider, the 4-day conference hopes to see thousands of visitors interacting with globally…
StorEx reports big year-on-year growth
StorEx, a leading supplier of Third-Party Maintenance for enterprise-sized organisations, recently reported double-digit growth in its year on year results. Since launching 12 years ago, the company has experienced accelerated growth over the past 18 months as the demand for…
Is Huawei trivialising the Impact of the Coronavirus?
The novel coronavirus outbreak has had unprecedented impacts on the globe – from halted travel and complete city shit downs to major cuts in tech manufacturing. And companies relying on goods from China have had to deal with a decline…
Top 4 Most Trending Stories – Week in Review
As this week comes to a close we take a look at the articles that resonated most with our readers. From an interview with the head of information security from Kaspersky and Google dropping another of their worldwide initiatives to…
AI Algorithm Discovers One of World’s Most Powerful Antibiotics
An AI algorithm created at MIT has just discovered a powerful new antibiotic that kills some of the world’s most dangerous drug-resistant bacteria. “In terms of antibiotic discovery, this is absolutely a first,” said Regina Barzilay, a senior researcher on…
Tech platform connects students to affordable, quality accomodation
Education funding company, Fundi has officially launched its new digital student accommodation platform. Connecting both students and universities to accommodation suppliers in a safe, secure and transparent way, the platform addresses ongoing demand and supply imbalances in the market. It…
LEAKED: Intel’s Latest 10th Generation Desktop CPUs
The specifications of Intel’s new 10th-generation Comet Lake F-series desktop processors have apparently leaked, according to My Broadband via Tom’s Hardware. Informática Cero, an Uruguayan tech website, discovered the leak. Showing part of a PowerPoint presentation containing the purported leaked…
ABSA banking app blocks access to IOS customers
South African financial services provider, ABSA has acknowledged that several customers who use iPhones were restricted access to its banking app. A report from My Broadband suggests that this is because the customers’ data had been erased from ABSA’s systems…
European Solar Power Plant to Assist Eskom
Scatec Solar, Norwegian company specializing in photovoltaics (solar electricity), has connected its first solar farm to the South African grid. The new operation adds 86 MW of the 258 MW required in the solar power complex currently operating in Upington,…
