The availability of Online Learning Opportunities in Africa are quickly changing the education sector of this continent by creating access gaps, affordability gaps, and skill development gaps. In the last ten years, online education systems have been on the rise as more people have access to the internet, use of mobile technology, and the need […]
Africa is experiencing such a potent shift that is as a result of fast adoption of technology in various sectors. Innovation is changing the way people live, work and conduct business through mobile banking, digital healthcare, smart agriculture, e-learning among others. Technology in Africa has been a driving force to the economic growth, social inclusion […]
Instagram, a photo and video-sharing social networking service owned by Meta Platforms, has announced it will be ending its live shopping feature, which enables the user to tag products in their live broadcasts. Reportedly, the action to discontinue Instagram’s live shopping feature will be implemented from March 16 onwards. Instagram wrote on its support page, […]
ChatGPT, a chatbot launched by OpenAI, became the fastest-growing app in the world by reaching 100 million users in a short span of two months. The popular artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot had 13 million daily users in January. It was launched in November 2022. According to a report by SimilarWeb, the chatbot attracted about 25 […]
ChatGPT, also known as Chat Generative Pre-Trained Transformer, was launched by OpenAI in November 2022. It is fine-tuned with supervised and reinforcement learning techniques. It is making headlines around the world because it can give users instant answers to any questions or queries. A chatbot built on top of OpenAI’s GPT-3 by California-based OpenAI sparked […]
According to chairman Andile Ngcaba, the buyout firm Convergence Partners secured $296 million to purchase African technological assets. The capital raise will bring Convergence’s total funds under management to about $600 million, according to Ngcaba, making it one of the first private equity funds obtained for sub-Saharan Africa this year. According to him, the majority […]
Meta Platforms Inc’s social media applications, including Instagram, WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger were down for thousands of users in the United States (US) on Wednesday. According to the outage tracking website Downdetector.com, thousands of people complained of the outage in the US. Some people also complained about the outage in Canada. In the US, over […]
Meta always rolls out new features for the safety of the users. Meta has now announced the ‘Accounts Center’ feature. This will be helpful for users who use Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp. Under the ‘Accounts Center’ feature, social media users can manage their preferences across all their Meta accounts, including WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook and Messenger. […]
Tech billionaire Elon Musk has been implementing several changes after taking control of Twitter. He has also become increasingly active on Twitter. Recently, Musk asked his fans and followers on Twitter to choose between Instagram and Twitter. He reportedly wrote on Twitter, “Instagram makes people depressed & Twitter makes people angry. Which is better?” Since […]
WhatsApp Inc launches various features every month for the safety of the users. Recently, the instant messaging app launched a proxy feature for Android, iOS and desktop devices. What is the benefit of the new feature? It allows users to access WhatsApp without an internet connection. With a proxy connection to WhatsApp, users can easily […]
WhatsApp Inc launches various features for the safety of the user. WhatsApp has many features that are not known by many users. You would be surprised to know that you can hide WhatsApp chat without using the archive feature. This can be easily done. Generally, people hide a message on WhatsApp by archiving the chat. […]
WhatsApp Inc releases new features frequently to enhance user experience and privacy. The meta-owned instant messaging app is all set to bring more features for desktop users. According to reports, WhatsApp is working on a new feature that would be helpful for web users. As per the update, WhatsApp will allow web users to select […]
Facebook’s corporate parent Meta has agreed to pay $725 million to settle a lawsuit, alleging that the world’s largest social media platform shared millions of its users’ personal information with third parties, including Cambridge Analytica, a British political consulting firm. According to a court filing by Meta, the settlement would resolve the lawsuit prompted by […]
An Ethiopian man whose father was killed during the conflict in his country has joined a lawsuit filed against Meta in Kenya. The claim accuses the parent corporation of Facebook of stoking violence and hate speech across Africa. The lawsuit that was submitted to the High Court alleges that Meta did not respond appropriately to […]
WhatsApp, an internationally used mobile application, is working on a new update and the feature, which is expected to arrive soon. WhatsApp wants to introduce a new ‘View-Once’ feature for text messages. With the new feature, people can send pictures, videos, and texts to recipients, who can only view them once on their smartphone. The […]
Africa’s beauty and particular care business is expanding more snappily because of its expanding youthful and fashion-conscious population, rising purchasing power, and urbanisation. Major companies have been drawn to the assiduity in recent times because of its eventuality, with LVMH and Fenty Beauty by Rihanna being the most recent additions. Also, specialised indigenous brands are […]
In order to advance plastics recycling in Egypt, Honeywell (Nasdaq: HON) and Environ Adapt for Recycling Industries have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). The two organisations will investigate building Egypt’s first chemical recycling factory, which would be outfitted with cutting-edge Honeywell technology and able to recover waste plastic into useful recycled polymer feedstock (RFP). […]
The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Tanzania, an East African country, can become a hub for technology education in Africa, according to an Indian Minister. Dharmendra Pradhan, the Minister of Education of India, said that an offshore campus of IIT Madras in Tanzania can be helpful for tech education in the African continent. The […]
To describe the size of the stone that killed a fellow South African miner four years ago, THABANG DITIBANE opened his arms widely. The rock had smashed his head when Ditibane, a rock drill operator at the Eland mine north of Johannesburg, turned around after hearing the noise. Ditibane was standing in a 6-foot-high gully […]
According to one of the major businesses funding the $11 billion project, the building of one of the largest wind farms in the world in Egypt is scheduled to begin in 2024 and could supply electricity to Saudi Arabia and Europe. According to Mohamed Mansour, chairman of Infinity Power, a consortium made up of Masdar, […]