Author: Tapiwa Matthew Mutisi

Discover South Africa’s hidden film locations from behind a screen.

Ghana-based fintech startup, OZÉ a platform that equips small business owners in Africa to make data-driven decisions to improve their performance, tap into networks, and access capital has just announced that it has secured $700k in capital from a seed round with investment from Anorak Ventures and Matuca Sarl and angel investors…

According to an email to advertisers seen by Reuters, Alphabet Inc’s Google will stop selling political ads referencing U.S. elections across its services until at least Jan. 21, following last week’s violence at the Capitol. The email said the action was taken “following the unprecedented events of the past week…

The deal marks a big push by Qualcomm to reestablish a leading position in chip performance after several years of high-profile patent licensing litigation with rival Apple and regulatory authorities

Even if Parler meets Apple’s guidelines it must convince Amazon or another company to host its platform before it can begin running again.

Media plays an important role in bringing attention to the most devastating disasters around the world. But it appears in the eyes of media, not all crises are created equal

Intel announced Wednesday that CEO Bob Swan is stepping down effective Feb. 15 and will be replaced by VMWare CEO Pat Gelsinger, who will also join the Intel board of directors upon assuming the role. And in a surprise turn of events, today Intel’s stock was up about 10% after news broke prior to the…

YouTube has blocked President Donald Trump’s official channel from uploading new content for at least a week, citing the potential for violence following the deadly Capitol siege

South Africa-based edtech startup, Play Sense, a home based childcare program that uses free and guided play to enhance social learning and prepare children to be creative, engaged and excited to learn has secured government accreditation, making it the first registered play-focused preschool franchises in the country.  Co-founded by Meg…

SEON plans to invest the funding in providing high tech security solutions to emergency responders

Automakers around the world, from Japan to Texas, are grappling with a global shortage of computer chips

We enter 2021 in a very different place from where we were at the start of 2020. For Chief information officer (CIOs), the Covid-19 pandemic has presented enormous challenges, but there is a silver lining. Organizations have come to recognize the importance that networking, and more broadly, the IT function…

Cairo-based fintech startup, CreditGO, is a B2B payment aggregator for Merchants’ Wallet and small businesses, both formal and informal, located at tier 2 cities, has transformed the functionality of POS machines into an android mobile application that facilitate electronic payments as mobile top ups and bill payment services, thus achieving financial…

What is Signal, and how does it keep your messages private? We’ve got the details.

The Uganda Communication Commission (UCC) has ordered internet service providers to shut down social media and messaging services, just two days before a tense presidential election. This new development follows Facebook’s takedown of Ugandan officials’ pages on the site because of President Museveni’s treatment of the opposition and using fake accounts to…

More than 70,000 Twitter accounts linked with the far-right QAnon conspiracy movement have been banned from the platform following riots in the Capitol last week, the company announced Monday as part of a wider crackdown on conspiracies, misinformation and “attempts to incite violence, organize attacks, and share deliberately misleading information…

The initiative aims to highlight businesses tackling climate change and positively contributing to a low carbon economy

Egypt-based telemedicine startup, Docspert Health, with offices in the UK and Egypt, announced today that it has successfully closed Six-Figure (USD) investment in seed funding from Flat6Labs and a group of angel investors in the UK and USA. Docspert Health plans to use the investment to expand its current services…

Signal and Telegram messaging apps are seeing a sudden increase in demand after larger rival WhatsApp updated its Privacy Terms and Conditions which integrates data with Facebook platform starting February 8. The updated terms of service has raised eyebrows on social media. Telegram has had a good user base, however Signal had…

“We have permanently suspended the account due to the risk of further incitement of violence.”