Author: Tapiwa Matthew Mutisi

According to Sensor Tower which is a mobile app store market intelligence firm has confirmed that popular instant messaging app Telegram is now part of an elite club of apps that have been downloaded over 1 billion times globally. Sensor Tower told TechCrunch that Telegram which was launched in late…

The growing rage around cryptocurrencies has captured the attention of defending U.S. Open champion Naomi Osaka, who’s been exploring where she can invest in the space. Part of her interest was spurred by all the noise around Dogecoin. She said the continuous stream of conversations around Dogecoin, especially on her…

Egypt-based B2B eCommerce platform and tech startup MaxAB has secured $15-million in investment funding from a previous undisclosed investor. In addition, the rapidly growing tech startup has announced the acquisition of WaystoCap, a Morocco-based B2B eCommerce and distribution platform that connects retailers with suppliers across Africa.  According to reports, the acquisition will…

The cyber threat landscape continues to pose a serious risk to businesses as cybercriminals increase their use of sophisticated techniques to enhance their chances of success. When combined with vulnerabilities from organisations shifting rapidly to digitalisation and remote working within the pandemic environment, cybersecurity failure is one of the top…

As was first reported by XDA Developers, Chinese electronic manufacturer, Xiaomi which recently overtook Apple as the world’s second-largest phone maker, is phasing out its most recognizable “Mi” product branding so that products including flagship smartphones like this year’s Mi 11 will instead simply carry the Xiaomi name. The Mi brand was largely used in…

Last month we reported that Nigeria’s Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) had instructed banks to freeze the accounts of media entertainment firm MultiChoice Group and its Nigerian subsidiary for breaching agreements and denying access to their records for auditing. Now news coming through according to FIRS, is that the Nigerian tax tribunal…

Following the Taliban militants retaking Afghanistan’s capital, almost two decades after they were driven from Kabul by US troops and now we are witnessing many Afghans flocking out of the country. Airbnb has now pledged to provide free housing for 20,000 Afghan refugees. CEO Brian Chesky said Tuesday that the program would…

In a somewhat unexpected announcement, Mercedes-Benz has revealed a radical new plan to become an all-electric automaker by 2030, and it’s the latest sign of how major automotive firms are gearing up for a future based around electric vehicles. The luxury German automaker can trace its roots back to 1886 when…

Twitter has finally shut down Fleets, a way users had to share texts, photos, and videos that would disappear in 24 hours, because the tool wasn’t as widely used as the company anticipated. Fleets will no longer be available starting Aug. 3, Twitter said in a blog post on July 14, and the…

WhatsApp is rolling out its “View Once” feature today that by end of this week the feature would have reached out to everybody. The new feature deletes photos or videos from your chat after they’ve been opened by the recipient. Meaning that anyone using the Facebook-owned messaging app, when sending a…

SAP Africa has announced the appointment of Tracy Bolton as its new Chief Operating Officer for the Africa region. The company said in a statement: “Her priorities as COO will include driving adoption of the SAP strategy among all employees through upskilling and cross-skilling, and improving the operational efficiencies within…

German start-up Lilium developing sustainable, high-speed air mobility through its electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft, vertiports and digital service has announced plans to sell 220 of its vehicles for up to $1 billion to Brazilian commercial airliner Azul. The two firms said on Monday that they plan to build…

Huawei on Tuesday announced that it plans to invest US$100 million in startup support at the inaugural HUAWEI CLOUD Spark Founders Summit, which took place simultaneously in Singapore and Hong Kong. Huawei said the investment would go towards its Spark Program in the Asia-Pacific region, which aims to build a…

Two-year-old Kenyan startup Wapi Pay which has offices in China and Singapore has joined the growing club of African startups to attract venture funding today announced that it has raised $2.2 million in what is termed as a non-equity round of pre-seed funding. The firm said its investors included EchoVC…

Ambani Africa, founded by Mukundi Lambani, is an interactive African-language-based early childhood edtech, that has recently been announced as the winner of the third cohort of the I’M IN accelerator, supported by IDF Capital. The winner and runners-up were announced at the virtual Demo Day held on 30 July 2021, where Ambani…

South Africa-based award-winning agritech startup Khula, launched in 2018, is finding its niche in the ever-growing industry as it announced the launch of their new app in a statement yesterday, after closing a $1.3-million (R20-million) seed round led by AECI and ESquared Investments, to scale operations across the country. The myriad challenges faced by farmers…

Salesforce-owned API-building company MuleSoft, the company it bought in 2018 for $6.5 billion, announced that it will purchase Robotic Process Automation (RPA) company Servicetrace for an undisclosed amount. The acquisition will complement MuleSoft’s application composition platform, explained executives.  Over the last couple of years, robotic process automation or RPA has been red hot…

Microsoft has announced appointing Olatomiwa Williams as the new Country Manager for Nigeria, taking over from Akin Banuso who is now the Enterprise Commercial Lead for the Middle East and Africa– Multi market region. Prior to her recent appointment, she was the Specialist Sales Leader working with an extended team…

YouTube on Sunday barred Sky News Australia, from uploading new content for one week, citing concerns about Covid-19 misinformation. The move comes after a review of posts uploaded by the Rupert Murdoch-owned TV channel, which has a substantial online presence. Former US President Donald Trump was temporarily banned under the policy.…

Zoom Video Communications Inc agreed to pay $85 million and bolster its security practices to settle a lawsuit claiming it violated users’ privacy rights by sharing personal data with Facebook, Google, and LinkedIn and letting hackers disrupt Zoom meetings in a practice called Zoombombing. Subscribers in the proposed class action would…