Author: Tapiwa Matthew Mutisi

WidEnergy Africa is a woman-led Zambian for-profit social enterprise dedicated to women’s empowerment and the expansion of affordable clean energy access, has recently received an undisclosed investment from ShEquity, an investment vehicle that offers smart and sustainable investments to African women entrepreneurs and innovators.  Mission & Vision: WiDEnergy’s goal is…

YouTube recently launched a $100 million fund to “amplify” the voices of black creators on its platform by developing talent and funding new shows. Therefore, YouTube this week will be holding its first virtual YouTube Black Africa Creators Week which several tech companies have so far made similar commitments following the death…

Samsung has finally announced the budget-friendly Galaxy A12 and Galaxy A02s smartphones in Europe, both of which claim to offer long-lasting battery life, big immersive display and powerful cameras for the price. And in the process putting rumors to bed which we’ve been hearing about for some time now. Samsung made both…

Tesla is not only accelerating the world’s transition to sustainable energy with electric cars, solar and integrated renewable energy solutions for homes and businesses, but it’s quickly become a big kid on Wall Street despite that it may be the new kid on the block in the auto industry. The…

Apple’s products are undeniably highly desirable, and quite costly as well, but shouldn’t be used to try and secure concealed carry licenses. And there is someone who may lose his job any moment, Thomas Moyer, yes! The Head of Global Security at Apple, as he’s been charged with bribery. His crime? Using iPads worth $70,000…

1 000 Tech Entrepreneurs Campaign is a 12-month long technology entrepreneurship movement that is promoting tech entrepreneurship among South Africans. It also hosts tech startup Ideation and MVP boot camps in different cities across the country with the aim of assisting the first-time tech-entrepreneurs setup up their tech startups. Through…

I am also included in the viewership stats for the stated month, after recently watching The Queen’s Gambit on Netflix first season with 7 intriguing episodes. Personally, at the moment, it’s one of the best chess series or shows on Netflix that I had watched in a while, after Queen…

Elon Musk just after recently pushing past Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on the list of the world’s richest people with a net worth of $115 billion to become the third-richest. He has again made it past the Microsoft founder turned philanthropist Bill Gates at $127.7bn net worth to become the second-richest…

The global pandemic really boosted Yebo Fresh online shopping revolution in South African townships. The South Africa based startup, Yebo Fresh, which delivers fresh, frozen and dry groceries to township communities in Cape town has secured an undisclosed amount of Series A funding from E4E, Mark Forrester, Dale Williams, and the…

Despite the global pandemic, 2020 appears to have been fruitful for the South African fintech startup, JUMO: from securing yet another funding round of US$55 million to support market and product expansion to winning awards; Platinum for Responsible Digital Innovator of the Year and Silver for Product Innovation of the…

Realness Institute, a South Africa-based non-profit organization, which focuses on supporting the development of African content and its creators has partnered with global streaming giant Netflix to create an Episodic Content Development Lab for writers in South Africa, Kenya, and Nigeria. Realness Institute has a vision to support the development…

The Space-Tech Challenge 2020 identifies and develop the most promising new innovators, entrepreneurs and early-stage businesses across Africa. Henceforth, from the applications submitted on 16 October 2020, fifteen African early-stage tech startups, focusing on the African space industry have been selected to progress in the next step of the prestigious Space…

Just after concluding a six-week long online training for over 100 teachers in Western Kenya, leading communications solutions provider, Liquid Telecom in partnership with Kenya Network Information Centre (KENIC), has successfully connected 152 schools to website domains as part of a broader effort to enhance schools abilities to deliver online learning…

Social media giant, Facebook, in partnership with BellaNaija and Guardian TV recently announced a new #FBSuccessStory campaign aimed at spotlighting Nigerian and Ghanaian entrepreneurs using Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp to grow their businesses.  RELATED READING: FACEBOOK SUPPORTS AFRICAN SMB’S THROUGH ECONOMIC IMPACT PROGRAMMES OFFERED VIRTUALLY IN WAKE OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC…

Black Mamba was born from a love for chillies – from the growing and harvesting to the tasting, and ultimately the power they hold to spice up your life. And it’s not just the people who splash it on their food whose lives have been well and truly spiced up…

According to Microsoft CFO Tim Stuart, stock shortages will continue throughout the first quarter of next year. Speaking at a recent virtual conference, Stuart said that the company’s supply chain would be working at full speed until then, but the supply and demand profiles are only expected to meet in the…

MultiChoice CEO Calvo Mawela highlighted that MultiChoice plans to launch DStv subscriptions bundled with uncapped fibre through South African ISPs in the near future. According to the company’s CEO the company plans to launch this product through partner ISPs before the end of its financial year in March 2021. It…

The UK-South Africa Tech Hub forms part of the International Tech Hub network delivered by DCMS (Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport), under the Digital Access Programme – a UK government initiative designed to build inclusive prosperity through capitalising on digital services and opportunities in partner countries, has been…

Apple has settled a lawsuit filed by 34 US states and the District of Columbia which claimed that the company was throttling the performance of old iPhones. Apple was intentionally slowing old iPhones down, a move that some customers perceived as a tactic to force them into purchasing new, more…

Twitter has launched a new feature worldwide called ‘fleets’, meaning that these tweets disappear after 24 hours, making them comparable to the Stories feature that is available on apps like Instagram and Snapchat. Concern among some users that Fleet feature, similar to stories on Snapchat and Instagram, creates opportunities for online harassment.…