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German multinational financial services and technology company, Wirecard, has acquired MyGate Communications (Pty), a payment service provider (PSP) based in Cape Town, South Africa. MyGate operates one of Africa’s largest and fastest growing online payment gateways and was recently voted the best online payment gateway in Africa in 2016. MyGate’s enables…

Nigerian e-commerce company, Payporte, has suspended payment on delivery. This statement was made on various online channels of the company. On its Instagram page, it reads: This is to inform our esteem customers that we have suspended the Payment on Delivery payment option on our platforms to serve you better.…

The Bloggers Association of Kenya (BAKE) has announced the names of the nominees for the 2017 Bake Awards. Since 2012, the BAKE Awards has recognized and awarded exceptional Kenyan bloggers in different categories every year. This year’s awards began on January 9th 2017 with the launch of the submission phase…

The World Economic Forum (WEF) is searching for top leading female tech innovators in Africa to come and share their experiences and engage with leaders at the Forum’s regional meeting this spring. The contest is open to any female entrepreneur whose business is less than three years old, uses innovative…

Do you have an idea that can positively impact the lives of people in West Africa? Here is a chance to develop and launch a startup around your idea. Enter for the SingularityU West Africa Global Impact Challenge. The SingularityU West Africa Global Impact Challenge was set up by Singularity University (SU) in partnership with Meltwater…

Twitter has just changed its default profile photo. For the last seven years, any Twitter profile created starts out with a default profile of an egg. According to a recent blog post, the egg was a playful way to reference how eggs hatch into birds that send all the Tweets you…

FIFA has announced the names of the broadcasters granted media rights for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in sub-Saharan Africa. The broadcasters are listed below: Econet Media, by way of free-to-air and pay-TV transmission for exploitation in all territories of sub‑Saharan Africa except South Africa; Supersport, by way of pay-TV transmission…

Nigerian fintech platform, Lidya, announced that it has raised US$1.25 million in seed funding to ease access to finance for SMEs in Africa. The round was led by Accion Venture Lab, the seed-stage investment initiative of financial inclusion leader Accion, which invests capital in, and provides support to, innovative fintech startups that increase…

Ghanaian serial entrepreneur and politician, Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom is the cover profile for the April edition of the prestigious Forbes Africa Magazine. The leading business publication celebrates Dr. Nduom’s remarkable achievements in business in Ghana for almost four decades where he has successfully built Groupe Nduom with over 60…

Mobile phone brands like Apple’s iPhone, Samsung and TECNO represents the crème de la crème of flagship smartphones in Africa. But, which of these smartphone brands hold the crown in the camera department. The TECNO Camon series have been the game-changer in the world of mobile photography and the CX is…

Uber and Old Mutual have agreed to train driver partners across Africa on money management. This announcement was made recently in celebration of Global Money Week. The free money management course has already been administered to driver-partners in South Africa and now it is being extended to driver-partners in Accra, (Ghana),…

Last weekend, the Re:Code Nigeria hackathon went into full swing. The mission was to develop solutions and value added services, to improve the customer experience in the banking sector in Africa. A group of stakeholders partnered to host this event. They include Access bank, Flutterwave, IBM, Microsoft, Devcenter and a…

Samsung launched its new smartphones, the Galaxy S8 and S8+ yesterday, March 29. One of the curious accessories also launched is the Samsung DeX. The DeX is short for “desktop extension.” Samsung DeX lets you connect your Galaxy S8/S8+ to a monitor, keyboard and mouse for a desktop experience powered…

Yes, Samsung launched its new flagship, the Galaxy S8 and S8+ today. These same gadgets unlock the new Gear VR with Controller powered by Oculus. The commercial for this Gear VR is rather interesting and audacious. It is about an Ostrich fitted with the new Gear VR As you already know, Ostriches…

Samsung unveiled its new flagship phones the Samsung galaxy S8 and S8+ at an unpacked event in New York today. The first conspicuous feature about this phone is the new Infinity Display gives you an incredible full screen experience. By creating a bezel-less, full-frontal edge-to-edge screen, the Galaxy S8 gives you…

March 29 witnessed the official launch of a global gospel music platform “The Minstrels” to give more power to gospel ministers. An app was also launched which is available on Google Play: http://bit.ly/MinstrelsApp  & Apple: http://bit.ly/MinstrelsApplink … The app was introduced by eTranzact in collaboration with LifeTree Resources Inc and leading Nigerian gospel ministers.…

Uber is searching for a new General Manager for West Africa as Ebi Atawodi has moved on to be a Product Manager in the Amsterdam office, leading global digital payments program. Ebi was the first General Manager of the transportation company when it commenced operations in Nigeria in December 2014. She became the General…

South African billionaire entrepreneur, Elon Musk, just can’t get enough. He has come up with a new venture to merge computers with human brains to help people keep up with machines, so says Wall Street Journal (WSJ). According to the Wall Street Journal, the startup is still very much in its early stages. The…

Sequel to the takeover of Keystone bank by the new owners, Sigma Golf-Riverbank, a transition board has been appointed to run the affairs of the bank. Hafiz Bakare has been appointed the acting MD/CEO of the bank. Before the appointment, he was the Executive Director, Corporate Bank & Treasury at Keystone…

The long awaited Samsung Galaxy S8 will be unveiled today at a Samsung Unpacked event at David Geffen Hall, Lincoln Center, New York. There has been so much talk about the new smartphone because of the Note 7 debacle. Samsung will be seeking to put all these behind it with the launch of…