Author: Smart Megwai

In Kenya, Opibus, a Swedish-Kenyan tech startup, has just launched the first all-electric bus and the first African-designed electric bus ever to be introduced. This is a significant step towards the goal of mass-producing an electric bus built and engineered in-house for the pan-African market by 2023. A report by TechCrunch…

Some people don’t like the idea of people mining Bitcoin, but it looks like Intel might get in on the action by making a chip for that. Based on the most recent speculation, an Intel “Bonanza Mine” microprocessor may soon be unveiled. Only crypto miners would benefit from the powerful…

According to a report by FingerprintJS, the Safari web browser has a significant issue that allows unauthorised individuals and even Google User IDs to access a user’s browsing history. Since this flaw was discovered, Apple has been working on a patch that should be available soon. WebKit, the software that…

This is one of the biggest bids Microsoft has ever made for a game company. The company plans to buy Activision Blizzard for $95 per share, which would make the all-cash deal worth a whopping $68.7 billion. In terms of revenue, Microsoft says this deal would make it the “third-largest”…

Samsung has introduced a new in-house mobile CPU for smartphones, the Exynos 2200. Because it has a GPU with AMD’s rDNA 2 graphics architecture, it can do things like hardware-accelerated ray tracing. The relationship with AMD has been in the works for quite some time. In 2019, the two companies…

Samsung’s Galaxy Note 20 Ultra and the Galaxy S21 Plus and S21 Ultra both have ultra-wideband (UWB) technology, which isn’t as well known as it should be. As the first phones to use the wireless communication standard, the new phones join Apple’s iPhone 11 and iPhone 12 series as the…

Float, an African startup in Ghana, just received a major amount in funding. With a $17 million in investment, the fintech startup that supplies SMEs with credit facilities wants to expand its services and geographic reach. For the seed round’s financing, $7 million in equity and $10 million in debt were used for the financing.…

Good news! Twitter says you can now record your Space conversations on both iOS and Android devices. The new feature adds more value to your Spaces content, which can now be re-shared to get more attention. It will also make it easier to think about re-purposing your content in a…

We’ve all heard the term “encryption,” but what does it actually mean? It is very simple: “Encryption” is the process of putting information into a code. Text messages and emails, as well as banking details, cloud storage and more, can all be protected by this encryption method. This article will explain…

In terms of messaging apps, WhatsApp is by far the most popular, beating out its rivals Messenger, Signal, and Telegram. Because we share so much private information online, is the app safe to use, given how much we do? Should you be concerned about hackers or data leaks, even though…

After obtaining $12 million in pre-Series A funding, Kenyan consumer lending company Lipa Later wants to extend its financial services to other countries in Africa.  Among the investors in the round of equity and debt financing were Cauris Finance, Lateral Frontiers VC, GreenHouse Capital, SOSV IV LLC, Sayani Investments, and Axian…

A UK-based startup, Fintech Farm, says it has received seed funding of $7.4 million. It makes digital banks for people in developing countries and sells them. Flyer One Ventures and Solid Ventures were the primary investors in the seed round. TA Ventures, Jiji, u.ventures, and AVentures Capital were among the other investors. Within…

At Lancaster University, a group of scientists has come up with an entirely new type of memory called “UltraRAM.” It combines the data storage of solid-state storage with the ultra-fast speed of modern RAM. It’s a new way to use Apple’s M1 line of processors, which use a unified memory…

An Apple patent hints that its forthcoming smart glasses or headsets could alter their lenses on the fly to correct the wearer’s eyesight. A lot has been said about Apple’s new smart glasses and virtual reality headsets over the last year. The devices are said to be on the way,…

MTN Uganda, the country’s largest telecommunications company, has just launched a new product called MoMoAdvance, which is an overdraft loan. It’s part of the MTN Group, which has businesses in Africa’s southern, west, and central regions, as well. MTN’s MoMoAdvance was introduced after a pilot programme that began in late…

You thought BlackBerrys were gone. But there’s a new 5G model in the works! This was confirmed by Onward Mobility, a Texas-based tech company, that its 5G BlackBerry smartphone is still in the works. As of now, there haven’t been any new BlackBerry phones for almost four years, and that’s…

When Apple came out with the AirTag on April 30,2021, it tried to solve the problem of some group of people who can be late to an event simply because they can’t find their keys. In addition to serving as a key finder, the AirTag can be attached to a…

With the new feature, Instagram users will have the option of changing the order in which their profile photos appear on the grid in the desktop and mobile apps. According to the screenshots released by app researcher Alessandro Paluzzi, your profile gallery will now feature a new “Edit Grid” option…

As far as we can tell, Samsung says that its next Galaxy Unpacked event will be on Feb. 8. Expect Samsung to show off its Galaxy S22 line-up during the event, which was supposed to happen in Q1, 2022. More and more information regarding the Samsung Galaxy S22 series smartphones…

For the first time, a new patent application has been filed by Google-owned Fitbit, the maker of wearable devices. The new technology can analyse and detect people’s mental health based on physiological data. In the smart wearables market, Fitbit is one of the biggest names. They have a lot of…