MTN has launched the first 5G trial in South Africa in partnership with networking equipment vendor Ericsson. 5G has been found that the technology is at least 100 times faster than 4G. Babak Fouladi, MTN Group chief technology and information officer said at a recent press conference said that MTN’s plan…
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Uber and Volkswagen will introduce NVIDIA tech in their vehicles to create artificially intelligent self-driving cars and trucks. This partnership was announced at the 2018 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Uber selected NVIDIA’s technology for its fleet of self-driving vehicles. At the CES, NVIDIA founder and CEO Jensen Huang and Eric Meyhofer, the head of…
The Uganda Communications Commission has announced that it will launch local social media platforms in a bid to lower internet costs. This announcement was made by the UCC’s Executive Director, Godfrey Mutabazi. He said: “That is one of the projects we are working on. There is an investor who is bringing…
There are so many ways to save money in the New Year and one of such is via technology. This is because when it comes to our digital or tech life, it may be difficult to put a lid on your spending especially if you are a tech whiz. Since…
Applications are now open for the 2018 Spark South Africa Accelerator programme. The is an opportunity for passionate impact entrepreneurs in South Africa who are at the early stages of building businesses and organisations that exist to change the lives of South Africans. Startups that can apply: Have already launched an…
China’s most popular messaging app WeChat has denied storing chat histories of its users. This response follows criticism from Chinese businessman Li Shufu, who accused the Tencent owned messaging platform that it must be watching all its user’s WeChats every day. All Chinese social media platforms are required to censor…
The sale of MoneyGram to Alibaba’s Ant Financial for $1.2 billion has been thwarted by the government of the United States of America. Ant Financial had announced a deal to buy MoneyGram back in April 2017 after it beat off a rival bid from Euronet. Announcing the rejection of the takeover bid,…
It is now a common practice for some Twitter users to include on their bio, profile or account the disclaimer-retweets do not imply endorsements. This disclaimer is usually featured to give the account owner the free will to post or retweet whatever they like on the microblogging site. It was easy…
Whenever there is a protest, one of the first moves to hinder or stifle the demonstrations is to cut internet access. This year, Iran has reportedly blocked Telegram and Instagram in the light of the ongoing civil unrest. Now, Democratic Republic of Congo’s government has cut internet and SMS services…
Jodie Whittaker has made her appearance as the first female ‘Doctor Who’ in the Christmas special of the Time Lord. Whittaker was announced as the 13th Time Lord back in July and takes over from Peter Capaldi. The 35-year-old actress said she was “beyond excited to take up the role…
WhatsApp has announced that it will end support for BlackBerry OS (including BlackBerry 10) and Windows Phone 8.0 (and older) on December 31st. According to a blog post by WhatsApp, the end of support doesn’t mean it will no longer function on these platforms. That said, you will no longer be able…
Applications have been opened for the 2018 Unreasonable East Africa accelerator programme, which aims to give an unreasonable advantage to entrepreneurs creating solutions to East Africa’s social and environmental problems. The 10-month programme focuses on for-profit and financially sustainable non-profit businesses across a number of sectors, based in Uganda, Kenya,…
Union Bank of Nigeria Plc has announced changes to the membership of its Board of Directors with the retirement of Executive Director, Mr Ibrahim Kwargana and the resignations of Non-Executive Directors, Engr. Mansur Ahmed, Chief Dr. (Mrs) Onikepo Akande and Mrs Arina McDonald in October 2017. Mr Kwargana’s retirement comes…
MY periodKit will represent Nigeria at the Chivas Venture Global final in 2018. MY periodKit emerged winner of the Nigerian led of the global competition. The Chivas Venture is a global startup competition that gives away $1 million every year to the most promising social startups from around the world. Folasade…
The Chinese ride-hailing service, Didi Chuxing has announced that it has raised $4 billion in new capital, as it prepares to expand beyond the chores of its home country. The latest funding values Didi at about $56bn. The new funding comes from a consortium of Chinese and international investors including…
MultiChoice Nigeria, has launched an app for DStv installers to simplify the process of installation and enhance customer experience. The DStv Installer App is a management tool for assigning, monitoring, reviewing, troubleshooting, and managing customer installations to ensure quality installation and better accountability. Commenting on the launch of the app,…
YouTube has signed a new long-term deal with the top two music labels, promising stronger policing of user uploads of copyrighted songs and paving the way for a new paid service after two years of difficult negotiations. According to reports, YouTube has signed deals with Universal Music Group and Sony Music…
Elon Musk, billionaire and the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, accidentally tweeted his phone number to his 16.7 million followers. The tweet, which was meant to be a DM, was most likely supposed to be seen by, and only by, John Carmack, the chief technology officer of the Facebook-owned virtual reality company Oculus.…
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled that Uber is officially a transport company and not a digital service. Uber had argued it was an information society service – helping people to make contact with each other electronically – and not a cab firm. An Uber spokesperson said: “This ruling…
Citizen Justice Network, a startup that expands the relationship between journalism and the dissemination of legal information, has been declared the overall winner of the Hague Institute for Innovation of Law’s (HiiL) annual Innovating Justice Forum. Citizen Justice Network was followed by another South African law platform, Lady Liberty, which came second in…