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Apple announced that it had rewarded the 14 year old boy that discovered the recent FaceTime bug. The bug in Apple’s FaceTime software let Apple users listen in on the people they are calling, and even see through their front-facing camera, without them picking up the call. The bug was discovered by…

Vodafone Ghana and Facebook have partnered to deploy Facebook’s Express wi-fi in Ghana. This will be the fourth deployment in Africa after Kenya, Nigeria and Tanzania. It has also been deployed in India. Express Wi-Fi is a program that helps retail entrepreneurs to offer fast and affordable Wi-Fi services at…

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), the regulatory body for Telecom companies in Nigeria, has suspended the Do-Not-Disturb feature so that Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) can disseminate specific information about voter education on behalf of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). This is part of the measures put in place to…

Former Barclays bank boss and Chairman of Atlas Mara, Bob Diamond has stepped down after the company had a strategic review of its operations. Mr Diamond, who has been chairman of Atlas Mara for two years, will be replaced by Michael Wilkerson, chief executive of Fairfax Africa, which is Atlas Mara’s largest shareholder.…

Zimbabwean born billionaire and founder of Econet Group, Strive Masiyiwa and his wife, Tsitsi have announced a new fund of $100 million for rural entrepreneurs in Zimbabwe. According to Mr Masiyiwa on his Facebook page; My wife and I have decided to set up a special fund of $100m over 5…

Starta owner, Dotun Olowoporoku, has joined venture catalyst firm, Novastar Ventures. He is an Associate Investment Director. Dotun revealed this in a blog post where he outlined journey over the last couple of years after his PhD program. He talked about his first venture into entrepreneurship with meals.co.uk,  an online food delivery…

Ecobank has launched a new savings scheme for street children called Safe Savings (SaVa). The bank partnered with an international children rights NGO Terre des Hommes to offer digital financial services to some of the most vulnerable children in Togo – those under the age of 18 who work or live on…

Google Translate is one of the company’s widely used tools apart from Google Search so says Google. Google Translate is a free multilingual machine translation service developed to translate text between English and over 100 other languages. According to the company’s latest ad aired at the recently concluded 2019 Super Bowl, it states…

WhatsApp has updated it security feature by allowing you lock the app using Face ID or Touch ID. According to a report on 9to5mac, this feature is currently only available on the iOS version and on some specific phones. You will also have to update your iOS app to the…

Airtel Africa has announced that Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) will invest $200 million in the company through a primary equity issuance. According to Airtel, the funds will be used to reduce the Africa unit’s debt, thereby also strengthening Bharti Airtel’s consolidated books. It will help the UK-based holding company of Airtel’s…

Nigerian-British heavyweight champion boxer, Anthony Joshua, has been unveiled as a new ambassador for telecoms company, Globacom. He was unveiled at an event held yesterday to present the company’s new business direction. According to the deputy chief operating officer, Bisi Koleoso, 2018 ended on a high as the company retained the…

Do you know that the person with the greatest number of followers on Twitter is Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson? Hmm…You may not know the person but it is same person that also by the name Katy Perry. American singer and songwriter, Katy Perry, @KatyPerry, leads the list of top 10 accounts with…

Some days ago, we reported that Facebook boss, Mark Zuckerberg was thinking of merging Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp and Instagram. Zuckerberg has now come out to explain why he wants the merger of these platforms even though he says that it is “a 2020 thing or beyond.” According to him during…

Accenture Plc has reported the death of its former CEO, Pierre Nanterme, who stepped down earlier this month. Pierre was diagnosed with colon cancer in 2016. He was with Accenture for 36 years. Pierre Nanterme was born in France in 1959. He attended the ESSEC Business School (École Supérieure des Sciences Économiques et…

StreetLib has launched publishing portals for authors and publishers in Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana and South Africa to digitally distribute their books around the world, with no up-front fees. Books can be published in English and most other languages, and will be distributed to hundreds of ebook retailers and digital libraries worldwide, including…

Transsion Holdings, makers of Tecno, Infinix and Itel smartphones, has launched a News content android app named Scooper. Scooper brings you the latest local & global news from Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana, Egypt & around the world. According to the Marketing Lead at Transsion Holdings, Nancy Nwachukwu at the recent launch ceremony,…

Following from the successful deployment of its digital-only retail bank in Côte d’Ivoire last year, Standard Chartered bank is now rolling out the model in four African countries in the first quarter of 2019. The bank is starting with Uganda in January, Tanzania in February, with Ghana and Kenya to follow. The…

Don Jazzy led music empire, Mavin Records, has received an undisclosed multi million dollar investment from Kupanda Holdings. According to Mavin, the investment will be used to scale its operations under the Mavin Global brand in order to meet “rapidly growing international demand” for African music. This will include growing its roster and…

Chinese smartphone manufacturer, Xiaomi, is set to enter into Africa. Reports say that the company is launching a department in Africa to be headed by its current vice president. Hitherto, the company has been selling phones in Africa since 2015 through distributor partnership in South Africa, Kenya and Nigeria. Competition is…

Ethiopian Airways has introduced a new initiative to entice global passengers passing through capital city of Addis Ababa. It is now extending free transit tour to global passengers as from Feb. 1. This complimentary city tour package takes passengers in transit with 6 to 8 hours’ time in the running capital, Addis…