Author: Smart Megwai

Shola Akinlade, co-founder of the online payment gateway, Paystack, has founded Sporting Lagos Football Club as part of a community effort he believes will develop the next generation of Nigerian sporting talent. The club’s governing body will be led by Ekene Agu, a Paystack employee, Colin Udoh, a former Super…

All over the world, Twitter users have started to see the new “downvote” feature on the website, and slowing to iOS and Android.  In July last year, when it started testing the feature, the microblogging site said it was seeking a better way to recommend more interesting and relevant replies…

Google has introduced the “Workspace Essentials Starter” to attract other users to the Google Workspace (formerly G-Suite) platform with no need to open a Gmail account. With the new — and free — Essentials Starter Edition, “employees and their teams break down silos and work together in new ways, even…

Mozilla has announced that its relinquishing its VR Browser, Firefox Reality, to another team that plans to relaunch it under a new name. The company made the announcement on Thursday in a blog post, stating that the virtual and augmented reality web browser “will continue under Igalia where they will uphold the…

Online privacy is a major concern in the tech world, and Mozilla seems to be a pioneer in the midst of Internet companies like Brave, DuckDuckGo, and the rest. Earlier this year, the Software company introduced an advanced anti-tracking application to help users prevent sites with cookies from spying on…

YouTube has changed the user interface of its Video Player UI on mobile devices. Ishan Agarwal, on Twitter yesterday, tweeted a proof of this as a screenshot, noting that the new feature is “being rolled out on both Android & iOS devices, with direct access to buttons like Like/Dislike, Sharing,…

A new report from the WhatsApp beta tracker, WABetaInfo, claims the Instant messaging service is planning to set a new time limit on the “Delete For Everyone” feature. Currently, WhatsApp allows a duration of 1 hour, 8 minutes and 16 seconds before you can “Delete For Everyone”. “WhatsApp is now…

WhatsApp has two features that allow users to delete messages after they are sent. The first, which was introduced in 2017, is the “Delete for everyone” option. This is particularly useful if you sent a message to the wrong group or if the message you sent contains a mistake. Messages…

Many have speculated about Apple releasing a foldable iPhone in 2022. These are only rumours, as there are no relevant reports to prove that the Smartphone company listed foldable phones as part of its product category for 2022.  As at the time of this writing, only the Samsung Galaxy Z…

People tend to think that digital currencies and cryptocurrencies are the same. Both of them may have the same similarities, yet there’s a difference; especially in the way you use each of them.  And because most people are falling prey to so many crypto scams these days, it’s important to…

Many people use WhatsApp as their means of communicating with friends and family. You can share pictures, videos, and voice notes with other users who have a WhatsApp account. Anytime you send a message to your contact, check-mark(s) usually appears, though this depends on your privacy settings. But what does…

Talent City was founded by Iyinoluwa Aboyeji, who thinks Africa is the emerging giant tech hub of the world. The startup creates an ecosystem that enables innovative startups to thrive, attracting tech and IT talents from around the world. In 2020, the Tech Entrepreneur announced he will build charter cities…

NALA has a platform which allows payments from the United Kingdom to African countries. Just recently, the startup, which is currently based in Tanzania, extended its services from domestic to international money transfers. In 2019, newly established cross-border payments company created this mobile money platform to serve customers who are…

Most Android users are not aware there’s a new BRATA banking trojan that has the capacity to factory-wipe your smartphone right after stealing your money from your bank account. A report says that BRATA is an evolving trojan that monitors a victim’s bank account and perpetrates fraud through unauthorised wire…

Google has one of the best apps for work and productivity, and that’s why the Software company continues to amass millions of users. This has, however, given cybercriminals the chance to prey on other people by invading into their Google Drive space. On January 6, 2022, DarkReading’s report confirmed hackers…

CompariSure, South Africa’s chatbox provider wants to continue transforming the way its citizens interact online. The Insurtech startup, which recently secured an investment of ZAR15 million (US$980,000) in pre-Series A funding round, has developed an interactive commerce platform that enables businesses to communicate with people in a personalised way at…

Husk Power Systems, a pioneer in rural electricity, wants to install 500 solar mini-grids in Nigeria within the space of five years. Launched in 2008, the company which has offices in Nigeria, Tanzania, and India’s Uttar Pradesh and Bihar believes “MSMEs are the engine of economies in Africa,”. In its…

Meta (formerly Facebook) claims it offers an option that enables users to access its social site. The company also claims it provides a few other internet services at no cost. But, users in America and some other countries have been charged millions of dollars collectively for using cellular data owing to app issues that the company is aware of but ignored. The so-called service…

With Google’s SafeSearch feature, you can rest assured that your search results will not contain any mature or explicit information. For users who are above the age of 18, the feature is automatically turned off. However, you can enable it manually by going to the settings. Even if the user isn’t signed in to their Google…

As our lives become more and more digitised, tech-based jobs are becoming more and more attractive to students today. This is because technology is becoming more and more important in almost every part of our lives. In Africa, there is a lack of skills in the technology field, which shows up…