Author: Tapiwa Matthew Mutisi

Google has announced it will take a smaller cut from developers’ Play Store subscription fees starting next year. The change by Google would cut the commission on recurring subscriptions through the Google Play store from 30% to 15%, a move that could significantly reduce costs for any company that makes a lot of money…

Facebook is currently faced with huge mounting pressure as a second anonymous whistleblower has come forward with a new set of allegations about how the social media platform does business which also backs Frances Haugen assertions. First reported by the Washington Post, the person is a former member of Facebook’s integrity…

Apple’s AirPods Pro are among the best wireless earbuds you can buy and they probably just got better with the launch of the AirPods 3. With good sound quality, excellent active noise canceling and a compact design, the AirPods Pro set the tone for premium wireless earbuds. But even great headphones are prone to hiccups, and sometimes…

Tesla, Inc. shares closed at an all-time high of $909.68 on Friday, two days after the company reported record revenue and profits in the third quarter. The move marks the first time since January the company made an intraday record. Shares surged above $900 a share shortly after market open and…

Twitter Spaces has been expanded to all users. The Spaces team on Thursday announced that the users on both Android and iOS will now be able to create their own chat room. The Clubhouse-style feature, which lets users create public and private audio chat rooms on the microblogging platform, was…

El Salvador, became the world’s first state to make bitcoin legal tender, despite widespread domestic skepticism and international warnings of risks for consumers now plans to use multiple renewable energy sources to power its cryptocurrency mining sites, the chief of the country’s Hydroelectric Commission announced earlier this week, stating that, “the…

The Anzisha Prize Programme, created in a partnership between Mastercard Foundation and the African Leadership Academy seeks to fundamentally and significantly increase the number of job generative entrepreneurs in Africa has announced its top 26 entrepreneurs that have been selected to participate in a new three-year Anzisha Prize Fellowship. Amongst…

In a bid to expand its presence globally, South African online student accommodation marketplace DigsConnect has partnered with global site Student.com – the world’s largest student accommodation website in a partnership targeting the growing number of students studying globally. The partnership will let the local startup expand to approximately 30…

South Africa’s fourth-largest financial service provider Nedbank has launched the ‘Nedbank Business Hub’, an initiative that includes an online business portal that offers business clients a one-stop-shop for all financial-related services. The digital hub is a single channel that lets business clients apply for new products, transact, request and track services, and…

Twitter has acquired Sphere, a group chat app founded in 2016 that aims to make conversations more interactive and organized, the latest in a series of recent moves from the social network as it looks to aggressively broaden and improve its product offerings. Terms of the deal were not disclosed,…

Payments giant Stripe on Wednesday announced its plans to acquire Recko, a financial operations platform based in Bangalore, India. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. Recko’s payments reconciliation software will add to the growing list of tools Stripe is providing for internet businesses, continuing Stripe’s expansion beyond payments acceptance. Recko…

Facebook has joined forces with Coinbase on a new effort to create a digital wallet that allows people to send money internationally without any fees. According to a letter from Facebook, Facebook’s Novi, which has been in the works for years, will be running pilot programs in the US and Guatemala.…

Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen testified in front of Congress two weeks ago about the ways the company’s products can bring harm to users after leaking documents supporting her claims to The Wall Street Journal and the SEC. Now Politico reports that the campaign to support Haugen’s advocacy has been aided by eBay billionaire Pierre Omidyar, as she…

Microsoft is now allowing Windows 11 testers to try out Android apps. A preview version of the Windows Subsystem for Android will be available to beta testers of Windows 11 today, providing access to apps from the Amazon Appstore. Testers with Intel, AMD, and Qualcomm processors will all be able…

Stellenbosch University-backed incubator LaunchLab (SU LL) is building the next generation of sustainable, high-impact companies tackling the world’s toughest challenges in Agri, Climate & Health with a heavy dose of engineering and data science so has put out a call for submissions for the ACE Africa Circular Business Showcase competition.…

Apple never ceases to wow. When following its October Unleashed event, the company unveiled its groundbreaking creation: a $19 Apple-branded “polishing cloth.” The polishing cloth makes clear that when it comes to innovating new ways to get people to overpay for something, Apple is still leading the pack, because the demand…

Cape Town-based innovative tech startup KnowItWorld has created a platform that provides users with detailed information about food items. KnowItWorld leverages the most advanced technology, their platform that pairs people with products that meet each individual’s specific needs. According to reports, the tech startup has recently secured its second round…

Cape Town-based biotechnology company BixBio that’s working to unlock the potential of diverse genetic data in Africa to transform the field of precision medicine has secured an undisclosed amount of investment funding from the Illumina Accelerator. Not only has the tech startup secured an investment but it has also been selected…

Johannesburg-based clean-tech startup Brayfoil Technologies, a leader in compliant structure and morphing aerofoil research and design, providing unique capabilities to implement breakthrough technologies for efficiency gains and cost reductions has secured an undisclosed amount of funding from Katapult Ocean. In addition, the innovative tech startup has been selected to participate in the…

Pan-African Fintech startup Payday which recently secured one million dollars in a pre-seed round from several investors that included LofyInc, Microtraction, Magic Fund, and Ventures Platform is in a bid to build out what they believe will be the “PayPal” for Africa has become the first Rwandan company in history…