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Startups
Egyptian fintech startups called to apply for Orange Ventures seed challenge
Orange Ventures has opened applications for its Seed Challenge that will see the VC form award one fintech startup from…
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Binance Becomes Official Sponsor of AFCON 2021
Leading blockchain ecosystem and cryptocurrency exchange Binance has announced its partnership with the Confederation of African Football (CAF), as an…
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BUSINESS
StarTimes to broadcast all 52 AFCON 2021 matches
Pay Television Company StarTimes Media has acquired broadcasting rights to the TotalEnergies 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in sub-Saharan…
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News
Kenyan fintech startup Alvin raises $740,000 pre-seed funding
Kenyan fintech startup Alvin has raised a $740,000 pre-seed funding round led by Nigerian venture capital firm, Ingressive Capital. Other…
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Gadgets
Oppo A95 With Snapdragon 662 SoC, 5000mAh battery launched in Kenya for Ksh. 33,999
After globally announcing the launch of the OPPO A95, OPPO has announced that it’s now making it available for purchase…
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News
Samsung Galaxy S21 FE 5G With 120Hz AMOLED Display, Snapdragon 888 Chip Now Official
Samsung has officially welcomed the newest member of the Galaxy S21 series, the S21 FE 5G (Fan Edition). The company…
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News
TECNO and BBC are working on mobile camera innovation film
Chinese smartphone maker TECNO is working with BBC Storyworks, BBC Studios’ in-house commercial content studio to create a short film…
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News
Showmax’s second Kenyan original series, Single-ish, to premiere on January 20
Showmax has announced its second Original series in Kenya, Single-ish, will premiere on on the platform on January 20. Single-ish…
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CLOUD
Digital Realty to acquire majority stake in South African data centre company Teraco
Digital Realty has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire a majority stake in Teraco Data Environments Pty, Africa’s largest…
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News
Telkom Kenya launches T-kash App to enhance customer experience
Telkom Kenya has today launched the T-kash App, an easy-to-use application that will enable its customers to access a wider…
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News
Realme GT 2 Pro flagship smartphone with an eco-friendly back cover coming to Kenya early this year
Realme’s most premium flagship line-up ever, the realme GT 2 Pro Phone is coming to Kenya. The company has announced…
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News
The Tony Elumelu Foundation opens applications for its $5000 2022 Entrepreneurship Programme
The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) has opened applications for the 2022 TEF Entrepreneurship Programme. The programme is open to African…
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BUSINESS
Safaricom opposes CA’s move to slash mobile call rates
Kenya’s leading telco Safaricom has filed a case with the Communications and Multi-media appeals tribunal opposing the recent move by…
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BUSINESS
Telkom Kenya welcomes CA’s move to slash mobile call rates
Telkom Kenya has welcomed the Communications Authority’s review of mobile calling rates for local telcos. The telco said in a…
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News
SA Online home services platform, SweepSouth acquires Egyptian start-up, Filkhedma
South Africa’s online home services platform, SweepSouth has announced its acquisition of Egyptian startup, Filkhedma as it continues its African…
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News
FSD Africa announces a £3m investment in Kenyan fintech firm MFact
FSD Africa Investments (FSDAi), the investing arm of FSD Africa, has today announced a £3m investment in Kenyan fintech firm…
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Reviews
Zenbook 13 OLED is Asus’s premium OLED laptop with a Ksh.140k price tag
The Zenbook series has always been my favourite from Asus. One of the laptops that we have seen the company…
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Startups
AfDB to invest $170 million in Nigerian startups
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a loan of $170 million to finance a digital and creative enterprises program…
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Startups
Ventures Platform Closes its First $40M Pan-African Fund
Nigeria-based Ventures Platform has announced the first close of its $40 million pan-African fund to invest in market-creating innovations across…
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Gadgets
Xiaomi 11T Pro with 120W charging officially launched in Kenya
Xiaomi Kenya has officially unveiled the Xiaomi 11T Pro smartphone in the Kenyan market. The phone was launched in Europe…
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Gadgets
OPPO Find N, OPPO’s First Foldable Smartphone is Now Official
By now we all have to agree that foldable phones are now becoming a thing and we should expect to…
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News
Safaricom’s digital content platform Baze now includes music streaming
Safaricom has expanded its recently launched digital content platform Baze to include music. Customers will now be able to enjoy…
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News
Samsung Extends Care+ To Galaxy Z Series Smartphones
Samsung Electronics has announced a Samsung Care+ offer on the Galaxy Z Series devices. This is the Samsung Galaxy Z…
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News
Opera is celebrating 15 years of connecting Africa to the Internet with a massive data giveaway
To celebrate its 15th year on the continent Opera has announced that it will be running a massive data giveaway…
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Reviews
Infinix NOTE 11 Pro Review: A good option
Infinix NOTE 11 Pro Review: The Infinix NOTE 11 Pro has been available in the Kenyan market for a few…
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News
Select TECNO and itel Smartphones added to Safaricom’s Lipa Mdogo Mdogo smartphone financing plan
At the launch of its Mwelekeo Ni Internet campaign in November, Kenya’s leading telco Safaricom said it will be adding…
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Startups
Nigerian online learning platform Edukoya raises $3.5 million in pre-seed funding
Nigerian online learning platform Edukoya has raised $3.5 million in pre-seed funding led by European VC firm Target Global. The…
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News
Kenyan startup Wowzi raises $3.2 million seed funding to expand across Africa
Kenyan startup Wowzi has raised $2 million in seed funding to expand its digital marketplace across Africa. The round was…
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News
Meta and HerHustle launch program to equip women entrepreneurs in Kenya with digital skills
Meta has today announced a new partnership with HerHustle to launch a program to equip women entrepreneurs in Kenya with…
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News
Nokia T20 Tablet with 2K Display and 8,200mAh Battery Officially Launched in Kenya for Ksh.29,700
After globally launching the Nokia T20 Tablet in October this year, HMD Global is finally making the device available in…
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BUSINESS
New Bolt feature lets drivers name their price
Ride-hailing app Bolt announced today that it’s introducing some new features to the platform. The new feature will now allow…
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News
MTN Starts 5G Trials in Côte d’Ivoire
According to the Ericsson Mobility Report released recently, Saharan Africa will reach 70 million 5G subscriptions by 2026. The report…
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News
Cassava Technologies and Mitsui Sign MoU to Accelerate Digital Transformation in Africa
Cassava Technologies has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Mitsui for the development of digital infrastructure and services…
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Reviews
The ShareHub app takes you on a journey through the stock market in Kenya
ShareHub App: Investments is one of the subjects that lingers through our minds every single day. Having an investment portfolio…
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News
Realme C25Y with 50MP primary camera and 5000mAh Battery officially launched in Kenya
Realme has officially launched its latest smartphone in the C series, the Realme C25Y in Kenya. The new Realme phone…
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BUSINESS
Sendy Fulfillment Service offers last-mile delivery for online orders, how to sign up
Kenyan tech-logistics startup Sendy recently launched a fulfillment service targeting online retailers in the country. Known as Sendy Fulfillment, the…
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News
Francophone Africa Payments Processor CinetPay secures $2.4 million seed round from 4DX Ventures and Flutterwave
CinetPay, a digital finance platform that enables merchants in Francophone Africa to seamlessly accept and make payments, has announced a…
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News
Angola Cables and CVTelecom partner to boost connectivity in West Africa
CVTelecom (Cabo Verde Telecom) and Angola Cables have signed a joint cooperation agreement to identify synergies to expand connectivity and network capabilities.…
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Startups
Auto financing startup Autochek Africa begins loan services for brand new cars
In what it says is to further deepen mobility, Autochek Africa, the leading auto tech platform, has launched a dedicated brand new…
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INSURANCE
Zamara Customers Can Now Access Their Pension Plan via WhatsApp
Zamara Group has announced that its digital pension plan Fahari Retirement Plan can now be accessed via the popular messaging…
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News
Middle East and Africa is a fertile ground for the growth of super-apps, report
From ride-hailing services to grocery delivery, and financial services such as buy-now-pay-later to microfinancing, super-apps development in the Middle East…
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Reviews
TECNO Camon 18 Review: A good option
TECNO Camon 18 Review: The Tecno Camon 18 succeeds the Camon 17 that Tecno mobile launched in May last year.…
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BUSINESS
Over 21,000 SMEs and individuals have so far benefited from Stanbic Bank Kenya’s Accelerate Program
Over 21,000 SMEs and individuals have so far benefited from Stanbic Bank Kenya’s Accelerate Program. This is is according to…
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News
TradeDepot Raises $110 Million To Extend ‘Buy-Now-Pay-Later’ Service to Retailers Across Africa
Nigeria- and U.S.-based B2B eCommerce and embedded finance platform TradeDepot has raised $110 million in an equity and debt funding…
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Startups
Egyptian fintech startup KlickIt raises undisclosed amoung of funding
Egyptian fees management and digital collection platform, KlickIt, has announced the closing of its first investment round to further develop…
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Reviews
Tecno Camon 18 Premier Camera Review
The Tecno Camon 18 Premier was the main headline for the recently unveiled TECNO Camon 18 Series. Tecno Mobile officially…
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News
SemaBOX to host a creators’ event for podcasters
Kenya’s podcast studio and incubator SemaBOX has announced that it will be hosting #PODEXNBO, a creators’ event targeting podcasters in…
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News
Microsoft announces Teams Essentials, a standalone version of Teams for SMEs
Microsoft has announced the launch of Teams Essentials, the first-ever stand-alone offering of Microsoft Teams specifically designed for small-midsize businesses…
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Startups
Kenyan team wins regional $5k IBM award for developing solution to help reduce food waste
Kenyan team Mavuno Link are the Middle East and Africa Regional winners of these years IBM and David Clark Caus…
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News
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Here are the top listened to songs, artists, and albums in Kenya on Spotify
International star Drake was the most streamed artist in Kenya. This is according to the Spotify Wrapped data released by…
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BUSINESS
Mastercard and Meta join forces to support digitization of SMEs in MEA
Mastercard is collaborating with Meta to support the digitization and growth of SMEs across the MEA region. The two plan…
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Gadgets
Huawei re-introduces the MatePad T10 series in Kenya with price drops
Huawei Mobile Kenya has reintroduced the MatePad T10 series that includes the HUAWEI Matepad T10, HUAWEI Matepad T10s and HUAWEI…
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Social Media
Twitter bans posting images of people without their consent
Twitter has today banned sharing images or videos of private individuals without their consent. The platform made the announcement in…
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BUSINESS
Jumia switches to electric bicycles for deliveries in Kenya
Jumia Kenya will from today start using electric bicycles to amplify its logistics capacity for delivery. The e-commerce leader has…
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News
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey steps down
Twitter Chief Executive Officer Jack Dorsey is stepping down from the company effective immediately. Parag Agrawal, the company’s Chief Technology…
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Gadgets
2021 LG OLED TVs Filmmaker Mode bring the cinema into your living room
One of the features that we have seen LG introduce to its OLED TVs this year is the Filmmaker Mode. …
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CLOUD
Africa Data Centres Unveils 10MW Data Centre in Lagos
Africa Data Centres has officially opened its new 10MW data centre facility in Lagos, Nigeria. The new facility, the company…
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News
[Deal] Galaxy Z Fold3 and Galaxy Z Flip3 get massive price cuts this Safaricom Open Day
Samsung Galaxy Z Fold3 and Galaxy Z Flip3 have received a massive price cut in Kenya at the ongoing Safaricom…
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News
ERP top investment priority for Kenyan manufacturers, report
44% of manufacturers in Kenya have expressed a desire to invest and migrate to Enterprise resource planning (ERP) over the…
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Startups
Pan African smart technologies venture studio Adanian Labs opens applications for its 2021 venture building program
Adanian Labs, a Pan African smart technologies venture studio with a mission to build 300 impact-driven startups across Africa has…
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Gadgets
Huawei Opens pre-orders for the nova Y60 in Kenya
Huawei Mobile Kenya has opened pre-orders for its soon to be launched HUAWEI nova Y60 smartphone in Kenya. The pre-orders…
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Apps
NRG, x-Mobility launch BeMobile calling app targeting African youths
NRG Media Group has launched BeMobile, a new mobile app targeting the African youth market. The app has been launched…
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News
Hylo is a Kenyan platform connecting buyers and sellers within the same location
Kenyan tech startup Mangochip has unveiled a new platform to connect buyers and sellers in what it says is the…
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BUSINESS
Safaricom might be bringing ads to the M-Pesa app
Safaricom might soon be bringing ads to the new M-Pesa app as it seeks to raise more revenues from the…
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Apps
Spotify launches its self-serve ad platform in Kenya
Spotify has launched its self-serve ad platform, Ad Studio, in Kenya. The audio streaming platform also launched the platform in…
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Startups
Kenyan fintech startup Asilimia raises $2 million in pre-seed funding
Kenyan fintech startup Asilimia has raised $2 million in pre-seed funding to expand its operations to new markets in East Africa.…
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Reviews
Infinix ZERO X Pro Review: So Much To Like
Infinix Zero X Pro Review: We interact with Infinix devices every time the company makes them available in the market.…
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News
Betty Mwangi replaces Sam Chappatte as new Jumia Kenya CEO
Jumia has today announced the appointment of Betty Mwangi, as its new Chief Executive Officer for Kenya. Betty takes over…
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Reviews
Galaxy Z Fold3 Review: Samsung’s most ambitious smartphone yet
Galaxy Z Fold3 Review: A couple of weeks ago, we had a very interesting discussion on foldable phones on our…
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Startups
South Africa’s fintech firm Ozow raises $48 million Series B round
South African fintech firm Ozow has raised a US$48 million Series B funding round led by Chinese internet giant Tencent. …
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Startups
Kenyan gaming startup Usiku Games develops Africa’s first mobile football game
Kenyan gaming startup Usiku Games has unveiled an amateur football mobile game to promote outdoor physical activities and encourage sportsmanship…
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News
Kenyan digital advertising marketplace Wowzi delivered over 150k paid influencer jobs in 2021
Kenyan tech startup Wowzi has announced plans to create one million gig jobs for African youth in 2022 through its…
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Reviews
Infinix ZERO X Pro Camera Review
One of the best devices I have used from Infinix this year is the Infinix ZERO X. The company officially…
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Interviews
[Interview] James Claude, CEO, Global Voice Group: Opportunities for RegTech are beginning to take hold in Africa
James Claude, the CEO of Global Voice Group (GVC). GVC assists governments to increase efficiency, revenue, and transparency and compliance, through intelligent big data solutions…
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News
Upstream, MTN and WASPA team up to protect South Africa’s mobile ecosystem from misleading ads and malicious apps
Leading mobile marketing tech firm Upstream and mobile operator MTN have ramped up their fight against mobile-based fraud. The two…
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BUSINESS
Sendy targets online retailers with a new fulfillment service
Kenyan tech-logistics startup Sendy has launched a fulfillment service for online retailers in the country. Sendy Fulfillment is a digital-enabled…
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News
Airtel Money announces new upgrades to its Airtel Africa Developer Portal
Airtel Money has announced some new upgrades to its Airtel Africa Developer Portal. The move, the company says is to…
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News
TECNO Mocks Samsung and Apple in new Phantom X Promo
I always love it when smartphone companies mock each other, I mean it’s a good way of trying to put…
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New Appointments
Wael Elkabbany to head Microsoft’s newly established Africa Transformation Office
Microsoft has appointed Wael Elkabbany to lead its newly established Africa Transformation Office (ATO). Under Elkabbany’s leadership, the ATO will…
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News
Binance Calls for Global Regulatory Frameworks for Crypto Markets
Leading blockchain ecosystem Binance has announced 10 Fundamental Rights for Crypto Users that can serve as a guiding hand in…
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Gadgets
Huawei Nova Y60 With 5,000mAh Battery Launching in Kenya this December
Huawei Mobile Kenya has announced plans to launch the Huawei Nova Y60 smartphone in the Kenyan market in early December. …
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Gadgets
Samsung will produce at least 10 million Galaxy Z Flip 4, Galaxy Z Fold 4 units next year
Samsung officially unveiled its new range of foldable smartphones comprising the Galaxy Z Fold 3 and the Galaxy Z Flip3…
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News
UNICEF and Jumia partner to connect African schools to the Internet
UNICEF and African e-commerce platform Jumia have today announced a partnership in support of Giga’s work to connect every school…
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Interviews
[Interview] Alioune CISS, CEO, Webb Fontaine: We’re Helping African Countries Emerge as Leaders in the Future of Trade
Alioune CISS is the Chief Executive Officer at Webb Fontaine, a leading provider of solutions for Trade facilitation, powered by modern technology including…
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News
Insurance and Asset Management provider Allianz welcomes its global IT provider to Africa
Insurance and asset managers Allianz has launched its Allianz Technology’s activities (AZTA) in Africa to provide IT services exclusively to…
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News
Liquid Intelligent Technologies launches OneVoice for Cloud PBX in six African markets
Liquid Intelligent Technologies has launched its OneVoice for Cloud PBX offering in six key African markets to assist businesses in…
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News
Infinix NOTE 11 smartphone series launched in Kenya
Infinix Mobile has officially unveiled its NOTE 11 Series of smartphones in Kenya. This new lineup comprises the NOTE 11…
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News
Meta launches a WhatsApp chatbot for SMEs in Africa
Meta has announced the launch of a new WhatsApp chatbot to help SMEs across Africa learn how to grow their…
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News
[This Week in Tech] Telkom Kenya signs a $100M deal to scale its 4G network and other top stories
Kenya’s 4G subscriptions market share will more than double from 24.2% in 2021 to 53.6% by 2025. Local telcos have…
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BUSINESS
M-Pesa services to be temporarily unavailable from Saturday midnight
Kenya’s leading telco Safaricom has announced that all M-Pesa services will be unavailable from Saturday 6th November 2021, starting from…
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Gadgets
Asus Vivobook 13 Slate OLED (T3300) Detachable Laptop Unveiled
ASUS has officially unveiled the Vivobook 13 Slate, its latest 13.3″ OLED Windows detachable laptop with an OLED touchscreen display.…
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News
Kenyan mental health startup Shamiri Institute raises $1 million, expands to the rest of Africa
Shamiri Institute, a Kenyan mental health startup has raised $1 million in funding from the Templeton World Charity Foundation to…
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News
Microsoft announces new Teams updates at Ignite 2021
Microsoft has revealed new features and updates for the Teams collaboration app, including security, integrations and events capabilities. The company…
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News
Some Xiaomi deals to check out this Jumia Black Friday
Jumia Kenya Black Friday officially kicks off today with crazy deals up for grabs. Jumia in partnership with thousands of…
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News
Nigerian Lending Startup Payhippo Raises $3 Million in Seed Funding
Payhippo, a lending startup that is widening credit access for small businesses in Nigeria, has raised $3 million in seed…
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Startups
Fintech Startup Kwara and Lami Technologies partner to provide insurance products for SACCO members in Kenya
Kenyan fintech startup Kwara has today partnered with insurtech company, Lami Technologies, to provide Savings and Credit Co-operative Society (SACCO) members in…
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News
Zuhura Africa Launches the 3rd Edition of Africa Basque Challenge Targeting Healthtech Innovators
Zuhura Innovation Africa, a women-led and youth-focused organization has launched the 3rd edition of the Africa Basque Challenge (ABC) targeting…
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Startups
Kenya-based electric mobility startup Opibus raises $7.5m funding
Kenya-based electric mobility startup Opibus has raised US$7.5 million in equity and grant funding, the largest ever in an electric…
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News
Telkom Kenya to add 2,000 new 4G sites by 2023
Telkom Kenya has announced plans to add an additional 2,000 4G sites onto its network, by 2023. The telco made…
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News
[This Week In Tech] Facebook changes its corporate name to Meta and other top stories
This has been quite an interesting week for tech. We covered so many interesting stories from across Africa and the…
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Startups
Four startups from Ghana join the Catalyst Fund Inclusive Digital Commerce accelerator
Four startups from Ghana have joined The Catalyst Fund Inclusive Digital Commerce Accelerator, a programme that supports innovators building digital…
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