In a monumental leap towards sustainable urban progress, Dakar Mobility, a pioneering Senegalese firm co-owned by Meridiam and the Sovereign Strategic Investment Fund of Senegal (FONSIS), has secured a groundbreaking €135 million in funding. This…
Holiday Season Making People More Vulnerable. Here Are…
Scams are always harder to detect during the holiday season as consumers expect deep discounts at the time and are likely to believe prices that would normally seem too good to be true. On top…
How MasterCard Is Driving Modernisation Of South Africa’s…
Payment services multinational MasterCard has completed the construction of a significant new technological infrastructure in South Africa. It encompasses the launch of new data centres, which will enable more secure and efficient processing of local…
Encouraging Food Firms To Embrace Electronic Noses Is…
Food poisoning remains a serious problem. 48 million people in the US get sick every year from a foodborne illness, while the UK records 2.4 million cases of food poisoning annually. The more the food…
OpenAI’s Sam Altman Is The AI Date Everyone…
In a dramatic change of events on Wednesday, OpenAI announced in a post on X that the recently-ousted Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman will return to lead the company, adding the "new initial board" will…
Airtel To Rollout More 5G Sites Across Nigeria
Airtel Nigeria – the leading provider of prepaid, postpaid mobile, & 4G services in the country – has reiterated its commitment to boosting Fifth Generation Network (5G) connectivity across Nigeria. Airtel has also planned to…
Innovation And Inspiration Converge At Africa Tech Festival:…
The largest, most influential tech event of Africa has returned. From November 13-16, Cape Town in South Africa is your gateway to the future as the legislative capital of South Africa hosts the jam-packed, energy-filled…
Google Brings Generative AI Search In Africa; How…
Google, an American multinational technology company, introduced its Search Generative Experience (SGE) as an opt-in experiment in Search Labs in Africa on 9 November, 2023. Google’s AI-powered experience is available in various countries in Africa.…
3 Factors Will Shape Africa’s Digital Future: Smart…
In April, Smart Africa held its Transform Africa Summit in Zimbabwe. Attended by 5 heads of state and ministers from 44 countries alongside 4,000 delegates from 91 countries, the event also saw the consummation of…
Elon Musk’s X to come up with xAI…
Social media platform X, previously Twitter, will soon come up with xAI integration. Elon Musk's artificial intelligence startup xAI will also get a new app soon. Elon Musk's startup xAI’s integration into the X app…
DStv and GOtv subscription fees increased by 19%…
The price of DStv and GOtv packages have increased in Nigeria, with a raise of at least 19 per cent. Multichoice Nigeria, the Pay-TV operator, has declared an increase for its DStv and GOtv packages.…
Empowering Malawi’s Smallholder Farmers Through Technology And Community…
Malawi in southeastern Africa has a fertile soil and a subtropical climate well-suited for agriculture, with more than 80% of its population engaged in farming. While the agricultural sector is a mainstay of the economy,…
CyberSOC Africa expands to Kenya, strengthening cybersecurity across…
Enhancing cybersecurity in East Africa CyberSOC Africa, a leading cybersecurity company, has taken a significant step towards bolstering digital security in East Africa by expanding its operations into Kenya. This strategic move is part of…
Nigeria to create 3 million jobs in digital…
The Federal government of Nigeria has said that around three million jobs will be created in the digital technology sector within four years. Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, the current Director-General of the National Information Technology Development…
Africa’s cloud market is growing fast with cloud…
Africa’s cloud market is growing fast with various cloud partnerships. Africa is one of the global regions where a large portion of demand for cloud services is expected to increase in the coming years. The…
Decline in X global traffic can be challenging…
X Corp, formerly known as Twitter, has experienced a significant decline in user visits, affecting the popularity of the micro-blogging site. The decline in X global traffic can be challenging for Elon Musk, who purchased…
Gender Diversity: How Have Different African Startup Ecosystems…
Africa's tech ecosystem has experienced exponential growth in recent years, enjoying a glorious ride of securing investments worth millions in its early days to attracting billions today. The successes are not that hard to track…
Africa Tech Festival To Discuss The Pivotal Role…
Technology is redundant if there is no power to drive it. While Africa's economic potential is enormous, the critical barriers to overcome remain political and infrastructural, not technical. This year's Africa Tech Festival will bring…
Netflix to hike prices; What can Africans expect?
Netflix, an American over-the-top streaming service company, is expected to increase its subscription price. It could hike prices after the end of the Hollywood actors strike. Will Netflix hike prices in the African region? What…
