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Apple has announced a free fix program for a small percentage of iPhone 11 that do not respond to touch due to an issue with the display module. Apple says that affected devices were manufactured between November 2019 and May 2020. If your iPhone 11 has been exhibiting this issue,…

YouTube has released the top 10 ads watched in 2020. The year-end YouTube Ads Leaderboard celebrates the ads that got the most views, shares, and all-around love from YouTube audiences around the globe Nike’s You Can’t Stop Us took the top spot for the second time, with a video that spoke…

There are a lot of really wonderful reasons why working from home can be a great thing. You can completely eliminate your commute, which saves time, you can save money on things like gas, and you can avoid some of the meetings that are rampant in traditional office settings. Those…

The Unite Kingdom will be the first western country to approve the use of Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine. The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Authority (MHRA), says the vaccine, which offers up to 95% protection against Covid-19 illness, is safe to be rolled out. According to Health Secretary Matt Hancock, the…

Egypt-based ecommerce solution provider ExpandCart, has raised $2.5 million in a Series A round, led by Egyptian VC Sawari Ventures with the Agility Ventures and Graphene Ventures. Two angel investors also participated in the round. Founded in 2013 by by Amr Shawqy and Sameh Nabil, ExpandCart provides comprehensive eCommerce solutions…

Finding innovative solutions to support lower-income communities in Africa

UNICEF Innovation Fund Call for Frontier Technology Solutions for Child Online Safety

Google is making its search function more relevant by introducing a new feature that ensures that everyone can found on Google whether famous or not. The feature is called people cards. People card is like a virtual card, where you can highlight your existing website or social profiles you want…

One of the industries badly hit by the COVID-19 pandemic is the events industry. Nigeria is known for lavishly celebrating important moments and occasions and due to the social distancing guidelines with respect to number of people in gatherings, events have been at an all-time low. Thankfully, Nigeria is coming…

The Nigerian government will kick-off the rollout of the National Gas Expansion Programme (NGEP) in Abuja tomorrow, 1 December 2020. This program will target the delivery of One million vehicle conversions (from petrol/diesel to autogas) by the end of 2021. The project heralds the government’s clean energy transition for Nigeria…

Mozambique’s Chicoa fish farm has secured $1.5m Series A funding from Goodwell Investments, a Netherlands-based investment firm focused on financial inclusion, fintech and inclusive growth. Founded by Gerard McCollum and Damien Legros in 2015, Chicoa fish farm was set up to address the shortage of protein in the continent through…

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Tony Hsieh, known to be the face of the revolutionary company, Zappos, has died at the age of 46. At this moment, details about his cause of death are unknown but his death was confirmed by his family in a text message to friends and a statement from CEO Zappos.com,…

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Konga, Nigeria’s foremost e-Commerce giant, is set to make available over 35,000 units of laptops, Personal Computers (PCs), tablets and complimentary printers at giveaway prices for Nigerians through Konga Bulk, its innovative, bulk purchasing platform for those buying large quantities while also offering the same opportunity to retail buyers as…

Pan-African fintech giant already working on deployments with institutional customers

Interswitch, Africa’s leading technology-driven company focused on the digitization of payments in Africa, has announced its partnership with Finastra, one of the world’s largest fintechs, to deliver innovative, world-class technology-based solutions for digital payments, corporate banking, treasury and trade finance, to financial institutions in Africa. Consistent with Interswitch’s market expansion…

Uber has launched Uber Pass in South Africa. This is the first market Uber is launching this service in Europe, Middle East and Africa. Uber Pass is a monthly subscription plan that combines rides, eats, bikes and scooters. For a fixed monthly fee, you get discounts on both rides and…

South Africa fintech, Ukheshe, announced that it would be acquiring Oltio from Mastercard. Oltio is the mobile payments technology company that developed the digital payments platform that supports Masterpass, Mastercard’s QR payment service in South Africa and enables people to safely pay for a wide variety of purchases with their bank…