Author: Smart Megwai

MTN Uganda has appointed Sylvia Mulinge, who served Safaricom as Chief Consumer Business Officer. Mulinge, who will play the role of Chief Executive of operations, will help the operator grow its regional business and help sustain its position.  In a statement from MTN group, “Sylvia Mulinge … a seasoned executive,…

Africa’s Leading E-commerce platform, Jumia has entered into a partnership deal with realme, which is currently the world’s fastest-growing smartphone brand. Both companies today signed a Memorandum of Understanding to provide millions of consumers in Africa access to innovative and trendsetting devices with the latest technology. The agreement allows for…

Xend Finance, has announced it now has over 100,000 customers on its crypto bank’s savings platform. The BlockchainCrypto Bank, which recently expanded its service to Ghana and Kenya, says it is looking to increase to 500,000. This comes almost 75 days to when the company annouinced that 50,000 people now use…

Kenyan digital payments start-up, Pesapal announced that it has been granted a Payment System Operator license from the Bank of Uganda. This opens up the company to the Uganda market for business as it continues to expand services within the East African bloc. The license empowers Pesapal to drive cashless…

Dojah, the African KYC and user onboarding platform, has hired former Mono Head of Business Development, Elder Osifo as VP, Sales, and Partnerships. The former Mono and Interswitch employee has over 10 years of experience across sales, business development, and partnership roles. While at Interswitch, he created and managed strategic…

EcoCash has announced that it has partnered with PayPal for users in Zimbabwe to receive international remittances through its existing partnership with global cross-border remittance giant Thunes. People in Zimbabwe can now use PayPal’s Xoom to facilitate payments utilising the global remittance platform. “Leveraging our Hub partnership with Thunes, we…

Klasha Inc. has appointed former Mastercard executive Nile Younis as its Chief Commercial Officer. In a statement by the Lagos-based technology company, it stated that Younis will be based in Dubai. The former Mastercard executive joined the company after a successful ten-year career at Mastercard. Before he left Mastercard, Younis…

Brazil’s National Telecommunications Agency, Anatel, has reportedly launched a public consultation on a proposal to make USB-C chargers mandatory for all mobile phones. In a press release on Tuesday, Anatel stated, “The National Telecommunications Agency (Anatel) made available for contributions from the company the Public Consultation 45/2022, which presents the proposal…

Google is adding support for the Switch to Android app on iOS to all Android 12 phones. The company made the announcement in a blog post, noting that its now easy to switch from iPhone to Android. According to the Tech Giant, “Once you’ve got your new Android phone, follow…

A new phishing attack has been discovered to be using Facebook Messenger chatbots to impersonate the company’s support team and steal credentials used to manage Facebook pages. In a new campaign discovered by Trustwave, threat actors use chatbots to steal credentials for managers of Facebook pages, commonly used by companies…

TikTok is being hunted again! From been accused as responsible for the widespread misinformation causing political tensions to encouraging dangerous acts its users call “Challenge,” the short-video sharing platform is now being accused of harvesting swaths of sensitive data that are being accessed in Beijing. The United States Federal Communications…

Endeavor Nigeria, at the 28th Virtual International Selection Panel (vISP) held on Tuesday, June 22nd, 2022, selected PiggyVest co-founders; Joshua Chibueze, Somto Ifezue and Odunayo Eweniyi to join its global network of high-impact entrepreneurs. The PiggyVest trio will be joining the league of over 30 African entrepreneurs that are currently…

MTN Nigeria’s Mobile Money Payment Service Bank has sued 18 commercial banks to seek a refund for ₦22.3 billion ($53.7 million) “erroneously transferred to 8,000 bank customers”. In a suit marked FHC/L/CS/960/2022 and filed on May 30, 2022, the PSB (Payment Service Bank) asked the court to declare that the…

Meta has announced, today, the introduction of two new features to make its Facebook group more prominent. Firstly, the company says it is introducing Channels, which, as explained in the announcement, are focused spaces for people to connect in smaller, more casual settings within their communities. Channels will let users…

HTC used to be a popular brand for Android smartphones, but the company seems to have fallen by the wayside as it hasn’t released a competitive flagship device in years. However, with the just released HTC Desire 22 Pro, a follow-up to last year’s HTC Desire 21 Pro, the company…

Microsoft has said it will no longer support PCs which run Windows 8.1 as from January 10th 2023. Window users whose PCs are on Windows 8.1 operating system will no longer get software or security updates. “If you have devices running Windows 8.1, we recommend upgrading them to a more…

Forge Academy & Labs, South Africa’s first fully inclusive 4IR laboratory, powered by Nokia, has announced the launch of its first 5G Future Lab in Africa. This comes a few days to when the training company launched a digital 4IR apprenticeship programme which will take ten youths between the ages…

Google has announced that it will officially shut down Hangouts in November. In a blog post, the Tech Giant mentioned that people who are still using Hangouts on mobile will see an in-app prompt asking them to move to Chat in Gmail or the Chat app. By July, Google says…

Starting from tomorrow, June 28th, Meta will introduce Reels APIs to its Instagram platform. The company published this announcement on its Developer Blog, noting that this API enhancement will be available for the current version, and all previous versions of the Graph API. Instagram API (short for “application program interface”)…

Apple is reportedly working on a new full-sized smart speaker that will come with a number of upgrades. Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman revealed in his Power On newsletter that the Smartphone company is developing a new HomePod speaker that will look and sound similar to the original 2018 model. Gurman says the new…