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Apps
Spotify’s new daylist feature now available for users in Kenya
Daylist, Spotify’s new feature that dynamically adjusts to any user’s changing moods and listening desires throughout the day is now…
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BUSINESS
London-based fintech Unlimit secures PSP licence to expand into Tanzania
Global fintech company Unlimit is launching its payments services in Tanzania, further expanding its presence in Africa. The firm announced…
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Gadgets
Oppo Reno11 Series Comes With An Updated UI, Thanks To ColorOS14
OPPO Reno11 Series has been selling in the local market for a few weeks now. OPPO officially unveiled the series…
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Reviews
Galaxy A25 5G Review
Galaxy A25 5G Review: Samsung announced the Galaxy A25 5G in January just days before their first Unpacked event of…
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Reviews
Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 Pro+ 5G Review : The Best Redmi NoteYet
Redmi Note 13 Pro+ 5G review: Redmi, Xiaom’s sub-brand is known for its affordable yet very powerful handsets. Over the…
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News
Uber Comfort with bigger cars now available in Kenya
Uber has rolled out a new service for riders in Kenya today offering additional “comfort” features, such as extra legroom…
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News
Airtel and ATC team up to provide internet connectivity to schools across Kenya
Airtel has entered into a partnership with ATC Kenya to provide internet connectivity to 50 primary schools across the country. …
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News
Liquid C2, Google Cloud, and Anthropic team up to Boost AI, Cyber Security in Africa
Liquid C2, a business of Cassava Technologies has announced strategic partnerships with global technology powerhouse Google Cloud and artificial intelligence…
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News
Bulk SMS provider Vaspro Partners with KWS in Conservation Efforts
Mobile tech firm Vaspro has partnered with the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) to boost conservation activities in the country. The…
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News
Airtel and Cisco launch NaaS solution for African businesses
Airtel Africa has expanded its collaboration with Cisco to launch Network-as-a-Service (NaaS) solutions across various service platforms. The strategic partnership…
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News
Solcon Capital and IFC partner to provide growth capital to deep tech companies in South Africa
IFC and Solcon Capital have announced an agreement to support deep tech startups in South Africa and India. This strategic…
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BUSINESS
Zoho announces partnership with J-Hub Africa to promote innovation among entrepreneurs
Zoho Corporation has partnered with J-Hub Africa, the digital innovation hub that supports budding innovators and entrepreneurs at Jomo Kenyatta University…
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Startups
Nigerian debt recovery startup BFREE secures $2.95m funding
BFREE, a Nigerian tech-enabled debt collection startup has secured $2.95 million in fresh funding, to redefine debt collection in Africa.…
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Startups
Strategic policies needed to grow the startup ecosystem in Africa, Mozilla study
The last couple of years have been very interesting for the African startup ecosystem. 2023 specifically saw a rebalancing of…
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News
Digital IDs issuance to resume as High Court lifts injunction
The Kenyan High Court has lifted the injunction preventing the government from printing new digital identity cards. The courts had…
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News
IFC announces top 100 women-led startups in She Wins Africa Initiative
IFC has announced the names of 100 women-led startup owners selected to participate in the She Wins Africa program. She…
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News
SEACOM suffers subsea cable outage between Kenya, Egypt
Telecoms provider SEACOM encountered a service-affecting outage on its subsea cable system last weekend. According to a statement from the…
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News
Equitel becomes the first MVNO in Africa to launch 5G services
Equitel announced today that it has become the first mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) in Africa to launch 5G services. …
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News
HMD rebrands, shares strategy for the future including more Nokia phones
HMD Global, the brand that has been producing Nokia devices in the past few years has announced a major rebrand.…
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Blockchain
Kenya leads global interest in Worldcoin despite ban
Global interest in Worldcoin, a cryptocurrency token linked to Sam Altman’s innovative digital ID project, has surged in the past…
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News
South African climate-tech Hohm Energy secures $8m to scale adoption of rooftop solar
Amidst a growing energy crisis, South Africa finds itself in the grip of escalating power shortages, resorting to daily electricity…
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News
Sophos announces new dedicated 24/7 partner care offering
Sophos is expanding its commitment to the channel with the addition of Partner Care, a new offering in its global…
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News
Airtel Africa to build its second data centre in Kenya
Airtel Africa has announced plans to build a data centre in Nairobi, its second in the continent after Nigeria. The…
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News
Top three ALX tech training programmes you can apply for
It’s just a few weeks before ALX, a leading global provider of training in the tech industry closes applications for…
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News
Showmax appoints Emma Gichonge as General Manager in East Africa
African streaming platform Showmax has appointed Emma Gichonge as its first-ever General Manager of Operations for East Africa. Gichonge is…
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News
Samsung Galaxy S24 Series now available for purchase in Kenya
Samsung has announced the official availability of the new Galaxy S24 series in Kenya. The device was launched globally last…
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News
Catalyst Fund Invests $1.8M in African Climate Startups
The Catalyst Fund today announced an investment of $1.8 million in 9 early-stage climate tech startups across Africa. This brings…
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News
Visa Africa Fintech Accelerator program hosts first demo day in Nairobi
Visa held its Africa Fintech Accelerator program first demo day on February 13th in Nairobi to showcase innovations from emerging…
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News
Equity Bank to discontinue its EazzyBanking App in March
Equity Bank has announced that it will discontinue its EazzyBanking App, which was its pioneer mobile banking application, first unveiled…
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News
Kenyan healthtech Ilara Health secures $4.2M to scale its tech-enabled primary care model
Ilara Health, the healthtech company digitising and consolidating highly fragmented primary care in Kenya, has today announced the close of…
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News
How to apply for the ALX Tech Training 2024 cohort
ALX, a leading global provider of training in the tech industry has opened applications for its 2024 cohort as it…
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News
Three ColorOs14 features to check out on the OPPO Reno11 series
OPPO recently unveiled its Reno11 Series in Kenya. The Series comes in two variants – Reno11 5G and Reno11 Pro…
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News
Airtel removes withdrawal code when receiving money in Kenya
Airtel Money customers can now receive money directly into their mobile money wallet from any network without the withdrawal code…
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News
EABL parent firm picks Kenyan startup for inaugural growth accelerator programme
Kenyan startup Wowzi has been selected to join the first cohort of Diageo PLC’s growth accelerator programme through Diageo’s work…
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News
Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 Series Launched in Kenya
Xiaomi has today introduced the Redmi Note 13 Series in Kenya. The series comprises the Redmi Note 13 Pro+ 5G,…
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News
Payments firm MDP names Frank Molla as Managing Director for Africa Operations
Issuing and payment processing firm in the Middle East and Africa MDP, has appointed Frank Molla as Managing Director for…
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News
Mastercard acquires minority stake in MTN’s fintech business for $200 million
Global payment-technology corporation Mastercard has completed the acquisition of a minority stake in MTN Group’s fintech business. The acquisition comes…
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News
Glovo Launches Graduate Program for Young Kenyan Talent, How to Apply
On-demand delivery platform Glovo has launched an Africa Graduate Program targeting young talent in Kenya. Known as Glovo Africa Graduate…
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News
BAK unveils Kenya’s first ever Virtual Assets Service Provider Bill
The Blockchain Association of Kenya (BAK) has announced the country’s first-ever Virtual Assets Service Provider (VASP) draft Bill for Kenya’s…
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News
Safaricom halts money transfers to unregistered M-PESA users
Kenya’s leading telco Safaricom will no longer allow unregistered mobile money users to receive money from users of its M-Pesa…
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News
Oracle to open its second African public cloud region in Kenya
Tech giant Oracle has revealed plans to establish a public cloud region in Nairobi, Kenya as part of its wider…
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News
Kenyan innovators to benefit from $10 million grant from ICANN
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has announced a global Grant Program that will enable innovators in…
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News
Bolt enters Zimbabwe, its third market in Southern Africa
Bolt has announced the pilot of its ride-hailing services in Harare, Zimbabwe today with more than 300 drivers ready to…
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Gadgets
Logitech Studio Series Mouse Pad Review
The Logitech Studio Series Mouse Pad is a low-budget mouse pad that lets you glide away when paired with your…
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News
OPPO Reno11 Series Officially Launched in Kenya
OPPO has today announced the launch of the OPPO Reno11 Series in the Kenyan Market featuring the latest ColorOs14 based…
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News
Xiaomi Launching the Redmi Note 13 Series in Kenya Soon
Xiaomi has announced plans to launch the Redmi Note 13 Series in Kenya. The series, which succeeds the Redmi Note…
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Interviews
[Interview] MediaTek seeking more partnerships with Kenyan telcos to increase 5G adoption
Chipmaker MediaTek has announced its commitment to driving 5G adoption in Kenya through partnerships with local telcos. In a recent…
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Gadgets
Samsung goes big on mobile AI with the new Galaxy S24 series
Samsung has officially unveiled its latest Galaxy S24 series comprising the Galaxy S24 Ultra, Galaxy S24+, and Galaxy S24, unleashing…
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News
Uzapoint and Pezesha partner to provide embedded working capital to merchants in Africa
Uzapoint Technologies has partnered with SME financing platform Pezesha to provide access to finance for micro and small businesses across…
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News
Here is where you can buy genuine Logitech products in Kenya
If you have tried upgrading your tech products this January, chances are very high that you have considered a Logitech…
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News
Samsung Unpacked 2024: Where to watch and what to expect
It’s just one day to the first Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2024 event which kicks off on Wednesday (January 17). On…
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News
Safaricom and partners launch accelerator program for local startups
Kenya’s leading telco Safaricom has launched an accelerator program targeting local startups. Known as Spark Accelerator the program aims to…
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News
Kenyan startups raised highest amount of funding in Africa in 2023
2023 was an interesting year for African startups. According to ‘Africa: The Big Deal’, a tech research firm, the year…
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News
Samsung unveils new Galaxy A Series devices in Kenya, specs, pricing and availability
Samsung on Wednesday unveiled five new Galaxy A Series smartphones in Kenya. The new devices include the Galaxy A25 5G,…
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News
Safaricom’s M-Pesa is currently down
Safaricom’s mobile money platform M-Pesa is down with users nationwide reporting delays. The service is unavailable on both the M-Pesa…
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News
Our best OPPO smartphones in 2023
OPPO smartphones in 2023: This was quite a busy year for OPPO in Kenya. The smartphone manufacturer released several devices…
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News
Airtel Africa CEO Olusegun “Segun” Ogunsanya is retiring
Airtel Africa’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Olusegun “Segun” Ogunsanya, is retiring from the company with effect from 1 July 2024.…
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BUSINESS
A customer placed a Ksh 89,000 order on Bolt Food in 2023
Bolt just released its Bolt Rewind revealing some interesting statistics on local transport and delivery trends in Kenya. This year’s…
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BUSINESS
Digital Credit Provider MyCredit secures $3 million debt funding
Kenyan Digital Credit Provider MyCredit Limited has raised $3 million in debt funding from impact investment firm BlueOrchard. The non-bank…
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News
Redmi 13C first impressions Review
Redmi 13C first impressions Review: Xiaomi recently unveiled the Redmi 13C smartphone in Kenya which the company says is designed…
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BUSINESS
Seamlessly Shop This Festive Season With Equity
With the festivities here with us (well, we know, just like you, we’re not sure how it happened so fast…
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News
Copia, Visa partner to deliver digital finance services Kenyan households
Copia Global, the Kenyan last-mile delivery and eCommerce platform has entered into a strategic partnership with Visa. The 5-year partnership,…
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BUSINESS
ALP West Logistics Park to host Printcare’s new manufacturing and packaging plant
Printcare, the design-to-delivery printing and packaging solutions provider has selected Africa Logistics Properties (ALP) West Logistics Park to host its…
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News
Techstars and ARM Labs invest $1.4 million in 12 African startups
Techstars, one of Africa’s most active startup investors has announced the 12 startups that will take part in the second…
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News
Absa Bank’s One Account is your one-stop shop for all your banking needs
Absa Bank One Account: The African financial and banking landscape has changed profoundly in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic,…
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News
Onafriq eyes global expansion after rebranding from MFS Africa
After rebranding last month, Africa’s digital payments network Onafriq, Formerly MFS Africa, has revealed plans to expand to new markets. …
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News
eCommerce marketplace Bigstore raises undisclosed amount of funding, launches in Kenya
Bigstore.africa, the e-commerce marketplace has announced that it has raised an undisclosed angel funding round. This achievement sets the stage…
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CYBER SECURITY
[Interview] Cyber Threats 2024: Sophos CTO Predicts More Credential Theft, AI-Driven Defenses, and Global Regulation Shifts
In the ever-evolving landscape of cyber threats anticipated for 2024, the focus is set to shift towards more sophisticated tactics,…
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News
Xiaomi Redmi 13C launched in Kenya
Xiaomi has today unveiled the Redmi 13C smartphone in Kenya which the company says is designed to be the ideal…
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News
BasiGo secures $5m debt facility to scale local production
BasiGo, the Kenyan electric vehicle manufacturer has secured $5 million in debt funding from the British International Investment (BII), the…
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News
Airtel Africa ventures into data centre business, first facility to go live in Lagos
Airtel Africa has launched Nxtra, its data centre business that it says has been founded on a commitment to meet…
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News
FinTech startup Grey unveils new look to boost global expansion
Grey, a fintech started by two Nigerians to simplify sending and receiving foreign payments for Africans has rebranded completely with…
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News
Sky.Garden re-launches a year after being acquired by Lipa Later
One year after being acquired by Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) company Lipa Later, Sky.Garden, the Kenyan e-commerce platform has…
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News
Absa Bank Goes Big on Digital Savings in Kenya
Absa Bank Digital Savings: The Covid-19 pandemic propelled the adoption of cashless payments for millions of people around the world…
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BUSINESS
Equity Bank’s digital banking transactions surpass Ksh. 7 trillion
Transactions on Equity Bank’s digital banking platforms surpassed Ksh. 7 trillion as compared to legacy banking at just over Ksh…
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News
Spotify Wrapped 2023: Here is what Kenyans listened to the most this year
Spotify today launched Wrapped 2023, its annual review of how people listened to artists, albums, tracks, playlists and even podcasts.…
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News
Bolt suspends more than 5,000 drivers from its app
Bolt on Wednesday revealed that it has suspended more than 5000 drivers in Kenya from its platform in the past…
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News
Fuse launches $10M grant program for web3 payments innovators
Fuse Network has unveiled a $10 million grant program to support businesses by providing essential funding and infrastructure for streamlined…
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News
Head and Heart Philanthropy Launches Mosaic Genius Tech Studio for Tech Entrepreneurs in Africa
Head and Heart Philanthropy – the philanthropic arm of Mosaic Genius has launched Mosaic Genius Tech Studio, a new accelerator…
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News
Estonian flagship startup event Latitude59 to be hosted in Nairobi
Latitude59, Europe’s premier startup and tech event is coming to Nairobi. The event which has been running for 11 years…
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News
Twiga Foods raises undisclosed amount of funding
Twiga Foods, the Kenyan agri-tech startup has raised an undisclosed amount of funding capital from a group of investors including…
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News
Nokia phone maker promises quality and affordability with its upcoming HMD-branded phones
HMD Global (HMD), the maker of Nokia phones, revealed last month that it will be launching its own smartphone brand.…
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News
Kenya’s MPost relocates its headquarters from Nairobi to Rwanda
MPost, the Kenyan tech startup that transforms mobile numbers into virtual addresses is relocating its headquarters from Nairobi to Rwanda…
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News
Omanyala is Team Visa’s Newest Global Brand Ambassador
The Olympic & Paralympic Games Paris 2024 are set to happen in Paris and if you’re a sports enthusiast you…
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News
OPPO A18 with 5,000mAh Battery, MediaTek Helio G85 launches in Kenya
OPPO on Friday announced the launch of its new A-series smartphone – the OPPO A18 – in Kenya. The budget…
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News
5,300 small businesses across Africa graduate from Google’s Hustle Academy
Five thousand three hundred (5,300) small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) from across South Africa, Kenya, and Nigeria have graduated from Google’s…
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News
Kenya Takes Step Towards Regulating Cryptocurrencies
Kenyan parliament has directed the Blockchain Association of Kenya (BAK) to prepare the first draft of the Crypto Bill, also…
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News
LG’s webOS Hub 2.0S expands to smart monitors
LG Electronics is expanding its webOS Hub 2.0S for third-party brands beyond TVs to now include smart monitors. What this…
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News
Lawyers Hub opens applications for the 2023 Startup Law Accelerator
Lawyers Hub has opened applications for its 2023 Startup Law Accelerator program. The Africa Startup Law Accelerator seeks to accelerate…
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News
OPPO Find N3 Flip scores big on usability
The OPPO Find N3 Flip is now official. OPPO launched the device last week in Dubai alongside the foldable OPPO…
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News
Samsung Electronics’ brand value ranks 5th worldwide in 2023
Samsung Electronics‘ brand value has been ranked 5th among the top global companies in 2023 according to a new report…
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News
Showmax 2.0 will launch in Feb 2024, what to expect
By now, we are all aware that the streaming video-on-demand service Showmax is rebranding. Initial reports had indicated that the…
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News
OPPO Find N3’s “Boundless View” feature takes multi-tasking to new levels
OPPO announced the global launch of its new Find N3 series recently. The series comprises the foldable Find N3 and…
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News
Bolt Appoints Caroline Wanjihia as Regional Director for Africa
Bolt has today announced the appointment of Ms Caroline Wanjihia as Regional Director for its Ridehailing Operations in Africa and…
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News
Here are the five South African startups selected for the Irish Tech Challenge 2023
The five selected for the Irish Tech Challenge South Africa 2023 have been revealed. Now in its second successful year, the…
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