Author: Charity Mbaka

Co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of Egypt-based bus hailing firm, Swvl, has resigned from the company. The former Swvl COO, Mahmoud Nouh, reportedly left to quote, “pursue personal goals”, which Swvl hinted he was working on a startup. Mr. Nouh is one of three co-founders of Swvl. The remaining two…

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Safaricom has teased a refreshed logo for its mobile money service, M-Pesa. On Monday, October 7th, the telco giant posted a photo which contained four variations of the logo (pictured). It however did not point out which logo has been selected. All four logos maintain the classic red and green…

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Multiple service providers based in Iraq blocked several social media platforms, such as Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, Instagram and others. The move was made following the anti-government protests taking place in the country’s capital, Baghdad. Citizens are protesting unemployment, rampant corruption and poor public services. The violent protests have led to…

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