Author: Tapiwa Matthew Mutisi

South African-based cybersecurity technology startup Sendmarc automates the process of protecting your domain from being used in email impersonation and phishing attacks has secured an undisclosed amount of funding from Kalon Venture Partners, a South African venture capital fund.  Clive Butkow, CEO of Kalon Venture Partners attributes the investment made into Sendmarc…

Video-game graphics chipmaker Nvidia Corp. doesn’t seem to be holding back as keeps exerting more competitive pressure on Intel Corp. with new plans now to start selling central-processing units (CPUs) to serve the booming data-center market. Nvidia said it’s offering the company’s first server microprocessors, in a way extending a…

Google will be killing off yet another app, despite Play Music & TV been renamed on the best Android phones last year to Google TV, it made the announcement through 9to5Google that Google Play Movies and TV app will no longer be available on a Roku set-top box or a Samsung, LG, Vizio or Roku…

Firefox Browser, also known as Mozilla Firefox or simply Firefox, a free and open-source web browser has announced that they are dropping support for Amazon’s Fire TV and Echo Show devices. This big news comes just over three and a half years after the browser started supporting the Amazon devices.…

The Co-founder and CEO of Twitter, Jack Dorsey via a tweet on Monday, and in line with their growth strategy, made a surprise announcement about the company’s presence in the African continent…but for Twitter to build this team in Ghana, it’s actively looking to hire specialists to join several teams…

Chinese Telecoms company Huawei Technologies Co. came out guns blazing on Monday suggesting that it believes U.S. sanctions on the company are to a certain extent to blame for the ongoing global chip shortage. Speaking to analysts regarding the global chip shortage in Shenzhen at Huawei’s Analyst Summit, Eric Xu,…

Embattled Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei Technologies Co. on Monday hinted at pursuing new avenues in a bid to weather wide-ranging US sanctions imposed by the Trump administration left its once-leading smartphone business in tatters, while also hindering progress in its semiconductor and 5G businesses. Therefore, Huawei plans to spend $1 billion…

Officials announced Monday, April 12 that Microsoft Corp is buying Nuance Communications Inc. an AI company specializing in voice recognition and related software and services for $19.7 billion. This latest Nuance acquisition becomes Microsoft’s second-largest acquisition in corporate history after LinkedIn which Microsoft bought in 2016 for $26.2 billion and…

Vodacom Group and the African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD) will offer the mVacciNation digital toolbox – a mobile technology platform that manages vaccination appointments and stock availability – in African Union member states to accelerate the Covid-19 vaccine roll-out.In South Africa, the National Department of Health has used mVacciNation to…

The Finnish phone maker Nokia recently announced six new smartphones. Nokia, formerly part of Microsoft and now part of HMD Global, hasn’t been a serious player in the mobile market for many years. Its six new Android handsets across three new lines offer tech and value that could get it…

It is no secret that Tesla CEO Elon Musk is on a mission to colonize Mars and now even his Twitter bio openly expresses that. As of Monday morning Musk tweaked his Twitter bio which now reads, “Technoking of Tesla, Imperator of Mars”, and in addition, the bio included a…

New week, new Microsoft acquisition chatter. After reports of the tech giant acquiring gaming-focused communication platform Discord for more than $10 billion, rumors of it chasing speech AI company Nuance Communications which helped launch Apple’s digital assistant Siri have emerged. According to a report from Bloomberg, Microsoft wants to buy the AI firm for…

Only a couple of days ago, Facebook was involved in a massive data breach that compromised the personal data of 533 million users. While the world was still grappling with the Facebook data breach, the news of another huge data leak involving the leading professional networking platform LinkedIn jostled the…

Sony Pictures Entertainment doesn’t have its own streaming service, and that’s good news for Netflix Inc. because the film studio has finally inked a new deal with Netflix that will see the streamer become the exclusive home of films including popular upcoming ‘Jumanji’ and ‘Spider-Man’ franchises, and other films such…

Sitoyo Lopokoiyit has been appointed as the M-Pesa Africa managing director effective April 1, 2021. CEO Peter Ndegwa said Safaricom will initiate the relevant talent sourcing processes to identify and appoint the next Financial Services leaders in due course. “…meanwhile he will continue discharging the functions of the chief financial…

South Africa-based agritech startup TonnUp born out of a need to address some of the frustrations and challenges farmers face in the agricultural commodities market has launched an online trading platform that assists farmers in marketing and selling their agricultural produce in a structured and transparent environment. Stephen Krüger, the director of…

South African and majority black-owned and black-managed investment fund Moshesh Partners has secured an undisclosed amount of funding towards its Renewable Energy and Clean Infrastructure Fund. Moshesh Partners Fund Management aims to grow the fund to R2-billion in assets under management over the course of the next 18 months. Sifiso Shongwe, co-founding member…

African financial services company Absa Group Limited has launched an internal cloud computing skills incubator held in partnership with Amazon Web Services (AWS). The cloud computing skills incubator aims to enhance Absa’s cloud computing skills across its operations in Africa. In an official press statement, Andrew Baker, Absa Group Chief…

Facebook this week published a 500-word blog post addressing the data leak of phone numbers from 533 million users. However, the company shrugs off to take responsibility or apologize for the breach, instead, it’s placing the blame on pre-2019 policies that enabled the behavior. Also note, regardless of when it was…

E3, or the Electronic Entertainment Expo, is the world’s premier event for computer and video games and related products. Many gaming companies use the massive expo to introduce new games, technology, and merchandise to the community. While the conference usually takes place in Los Angeles every year, attracting numerous developers,…