The simple act of sending plain texts while chatting on the Whatsapp platform, Facebook Messenger, Snapchat, Telegram, or using the Direct Messaging features of Twitter, Instagram, or TikTok, is no longer sufficient. Users enjoy sharing GIFs, emojis, or stickers to communicate their feelings or replies in order to add some fun to the chatting experience. Even though platforms like…
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From October 2022, WABetaInfo claims that WhatsApp will no longer support iOS 10 and iOS 11, as well as two iPhones: 5C and 5C. Users of iOS 10 and iOS 11 are reportedly receiving the following notice on their iPhones: “Update to the latest version of iOS to continue using…
TikTok has added a new feature on its video-sharing app that allows users to play games. Sources told Reuters on May 19th confirming that some individuals in Vietnam have already started testing this, due to the country’s high concentration of younger smartphone owners. No doubt, TikTok’s new move is to…
SWIFT, in partnership with French IT company, Capgemini, is conducting new experiments to test how it can interlink domestic cross-border central bank digital currency (CBDC) payments and take the next step toward seamless cross-border payments involving digital currencies. The company made the announcement in a press release, noting that “nine…
Meta has introduced a Cloud API to its WhatsApp Business platform. According to Meta’s blog for developers, the API will allow businesses and developers to build on top of WhatsApp to customise their experiences and respond to customers quickly and easily. Whatsapp Cloud API has been in beta testing since November…
YouTube is introducing a new feature that will help users identify the most popular portions of a video they are currently watching, as well as making other changes to its video player. The company says it’s adding a graph that will make it easy for people to find and watch…
According to NetCraft, there are now over one billion active sites on the internet. While this is great for the IT industry, it makes it more difficult for startups, who are newcomers, to gain visibility in the already crowded internet environment. If you want people to come to your site,…
Ventures Platform, an early-stage “discovery” venture capital fund championing the next generation of African entrepreneurs, has appointed Dotun Olowoporoku as a new venture partner. The pan-African venture capital company wants to enhance venture capital’s standing as a dependable funding partner for Africa’s startups. This new appointment comes a little less than six months after it completed…
“Google for Startups” is now accepting applications for the Black Founders Fund for Africa’s second cohort. This time, 60 “investable” black-founded startups in Africa will receive funding, and Google notes they must be “founded by black-led or diverse teams or who are directly benefiting the black community.” Head of Startup…
Several Nigerian payment industry professionals and stakeholders have called for a joint effort to fight the increasing threat of digital fraud. Cyber fraud has grown in sophistication and reach, making safeguarding payments and avoiding fraud a critical responsibility. The panellists at Businessday Media’s ‘Future of Payment and Fraud Conference 2022,’…
In sub-Saharan Africa, 90% of retail is informal, highly inefficient and characterised by layers of intermediaries. Twiga, an B2B e-commerce platform, simplifies the supply chain between fresh food producers, FMCG manufacturers, and retailers. This removes the need for many intermediaries, significantly lowering the cost of food for consumers. The Kenyan…
At least four members of Congress from the United States have signed letters demanding the CEOs of the social media companies Meta, TikTok, YouTube, and Twitter to archive any content published on their platforms that might be used as proof of Russian military crimes. The advent of short-form video has…
Abantu AI, a Kenya-Based startup, has built a “deep learning” technology for natural language processing (NLP) which it claims translates from major world languages to indigenous African languages. The company was created in September 2021 by James Mwaniki, who is also the CEO of MoVAS, a company that provides micro-lending services to telecom companies in…
Activant Capital is a US-based investment company that partners with high-growth companies to transform commerce infrastructure. Founded in 2015, the global company says it partners with startups that show the potential to achieve escape velocity and transform an entire industry. Deliverr, Bolt, and Jokr are among its portfolio of over…
Fight for the Future, a non-profit organisation that advocates for digital rights, together with other 27 human rights organisations, have issued an open letter to Zoom requesting that they stop experimenting with artificial intelligence (AI) that can evaluate human emotions. The letter was written in response to a Protocol report stating…
Google has signed contracts with more than 300 news sources in Germany, Hungary, France, Austria, the Netherlands, and Ireland, which allows it to share excerpts of their publications on Search. The Tech giant now says it is launching “a new tool to make offers to thousands more news publishers, starting in Germany and…
Meta faces lawsuits with new allegations of forced labour, human trafficking, and union busting in Kenya. As reported by the Washington Post, this one was filed by Daniel Motaung, a former outsourced Facebook content moderator, against the company and its San Francisco subcontractor, Sama. Motaung claims Sama is trafficking Africans…
JP Morgan, the global leader in financial services, has removed Nigeria from its emerging market sovereign list due to the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation’s (NNPC) inability to transmit three months’ worth of oil earnings to the Federal Government. The American Bank’s emerging market sovereign advised investors to be “overweight” on…
For the most part, people use their smartphones to take down notes or make mental checklists. Even with the best of intentions, people sometimes become sidetracked or forget to put up reminders when their days are busy. If you want to ensure that you don’t lose track of important things,…
In a report by Evan Blass (via 91mobiles), Motorola’s rollable phone would carry the codename “Felix”. And like all models, its design will be different from those of other companies. The company has only produced Razr foldable mobile phones with a clamshell shape and a small footprint when closed. While…