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Farmcrowdy announces unified portfolio companies
Nigeria’s first Digital Agriculture platform, Farmcrowdy, together with its sister companies Agricsquare and Farmgate Africa, have announced a unification of all its companies. This is a strategy to create a larger Farmcrowdy, as well as allow this new unified company…
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WhatsApp now available on KaiOS-powered devices across Africa
KaiOS Technologies, developers of the mobile operating system KaiOS, and Facebook have announced WhatsApp’s availability for download in the KaiStore, on both 512MB and 256MB RAM devices. By the third quarter of 2019, most smart feature phones powered by…
Startups can get online and save cash
As we draw closer to the end of July, a month dedicated to encouraging South Africans to save it is imperative that we look at how small businesses in South Africa are able to keep afloat. Over 70 per cent…
ExecuJet adds PC-24 to Africa fleet
ExecuJet is expanding its Super Versatile Jet capabilities across Africa with the addition of a second Pilatus PC-24 to its managed fleet. ExecuJet is the first aviation company to manage and operate the PC-24 in Africa in 2018. The two…
Trump has nothing on us says Huawei founder
Huawei CEO and founder, Ren Zhengfei, sat down for an exclusive interview on Friday, 19 July 2019 with Yahoo Finance to discuss the future of the company after the Trump administrations move to target it — this is his first…
Check Point discovers mobile malware disguised as Google related app
Check Point Researchers have discovered a new variant of mobile malware that is disguised as a Google-related application. The malware has according to Check Point infected around 25 million devices, with primary victims based in India. The core part of…
MTN Group appoints new Investor Relations executive
On 22 July 2019, MTN Group announced the appointment of Thato Motlanthe to the position of Executive for Investor Relations. Motlanthe will begin his new role at MTN on 1 September 2019. Motlanthe is preceded by Nik Kershaw who left…
Safaricom to expand e-commerce presence in Southern Africa
On Wednesday, 17 July 2019, Kenyan telecoms operator Safaricom announced plans to expand e-commerce platform, Masoko, within Southern African by 2020. The announcement was made at the inaugural Afro-Asia FinTech Festival in Kenya. “As a digital telco, we see endless…
STEM Hackathon prepares South African youth for 4IR economy
45 learners from townships across South African took part in a STEM Hackathon hosted by Accenture over the weekend. The Hackathon, which took place on 20 July 2019 at Rosebank, Johannesburg aims to stimulate learners’ interest in STEM careers and…
Pundi X unveils blockchain-powered smartphone in Rwanda
Singapore based technology company, Pundi X, officially launched its blockchain-powered smartphone in Kigali, Rwanda. The XPhone is said to be there first blockchain mobile phone launched on the African continent. “The XPhone allows everyone to make a phone call on…
Is it safe to download FaceApp? All your questions answered
The past week has seen a craze around a mobile app that uses neural network technology to automatically generate highly realistic transformations of faces in photographs. Developed by Russian company Wireless Lab, FaceApp, as it is known, has been around…
BMW announces new Chairman of the Board of Management
On 18 July 2019, Oliver Zipse was announced as the new Chairman of the Board of Management of BMW AG. This appointment is the result of a decision made by BMW’s Supervisory Board during a meeting in Spartanburg, South Carolina,…
Grand Theft Auto V to add new update titled “The Diamond Casino & Resort”
On 18 July 2019 Rockstar Games, publisher of the incredibly popular and record-breaking video game Grand Theft Auto V, announced a new update to the game’s incredibly successful online component, Grand Theft Auto Online. A trailer highlighting the new content…
Overwatch introduces drastic changes to matchmaking
On 18 July 2019 Jeff Kaplan, Vice President of Blizzard Entertainment and Game Director of Overwatch, announced a number of changes coming to the match-making system in Blizzard’s popular team-based first-person hero shooter game Overwatch. Kaplan addressed the Overwatch community…
Microsoft releases record 2019 earnings report
Microsoft released its annual fourth-quarter results on Thursday, 18 July 2019 — detailing a record-breaking fiscal year. The technology company officially ended its financial year on 30 June 2019. Here’s a quick look: Revenue was $125.8 billion and increased 14…
Amazon sheds light on journey in Africa at AWS Summit 2019
The 4th Amazon Web Service Summit took place at the Cape Town International Conference Centre on Thursday, 11 July 2019. The free, one-day event saw over 4000 attendees with over 40 presentations and more than 20 sponsoring partners. It provided…
