Author: Tapiwa Matthew Mutisi

The fintech startup, ImaliPay, was launched earlier this year and has an app that is available on the Google Play Store and iOS and is based in Nigeria and Kenya with an aim to provide financial services specifically to temporary and freelance workers alas gig workers. Through the ImaliPay app, four…

MTN Group and Telecom Infra Project (TIP) have joined forces to support the evolution of MTN’s communication transport infrastructure, which will become a platform for future revenue growth and profitability. “Our partnership with TIP will drive the specific requirements of our network to meet our subscriber demands, setting us apart…

Econet and PanaBIOS have unveiled two new applications that will assist travellers across Africa comply with COVID-19 safety protocols. The applications – the Travel Pass and the PanaBIOS App – have already been adopted by the African Union (AU) and the Africa Centre for Diseases Control (Africa CDC)-led Trusted Travel…

Airtel Africa has expanded its strategic partnership with Ericsson to enable 4G coverage in Kenya. With Ericsson’s Radio Access Network (RAN) and packet core products for 4G, Airtel subscribers will experience enhanced quality of voice and data. The network modernization deal, signed in August 2020, is in line with the…

According to a recent Weibo post from Chinese leaker @Kang, four new iPhone 12 models will be launched at Apple’s upcoming “Hi, Speed” event. According to Kang’s information, the entry-level model will be the iPhone 12 Mini, which will feature a 5.4-inch display, rear dual camera setup and storage options of…

Every toy, gadget and good you see on YouTube could soon be for sale online — not on Amazon, but right on YouTube itself. The world’s largest video site recently started asking creators to use YouTube software to tag and track products featured in their clips. The data will then…

Vodacom is unable to explain why airtime is disappearing from its subscribers when they are connected on a Wi-Fi network. MyBroadband recently conducted a battery of disappearing airtime tests which found that Vodacom and Cell C SIMs lost airtime while other operators did not. The research found that despite being…

Huawei has announced that it will reveal its Mate 40 smartphone on 22 October. In a tweet, Huawei used the tagline “Leap Further Ahead” to refer to the upcoming flagship smartphone. “Unprecedented Power is coming. Don’t miss the announcement on 22.10.20 #LeapFurtherAhead #HUAWEIMate40” said the tweet. The Mate 40 is expected to be…

Just a few days ago we reported that the Lesotho Communications Authority (LCA) had revoked the unified licence of Vodacom Lesotho, but it appears Vodacom has survived, for now, after the high court of Lesotho temporarily blocked the regulator from taking away Vodacom’s operating licence. RELATED READING: LESOTHO COMMUNICATIONS AUTHORITY…

A multi-year strategic partnership has been struck between GameStop and Microsoft. The partnership, they say, aims to advance GameStop’s “key strategic pillars and extend its digital omni-channel ecosystem.” OK! But what does that mean for you? To be clear, here, Microsoft didn’t just acquire GameStop, or vice-versa. This deal will…

International Business Machines (IBM) is splitting itself into two public companies, capping a years-long effort by the world’s first big computing firm to diversify away from its legacy businesses to focus on high-margin cloud computing. IBM will list its IT infrastructure services unit, which provides technical support for 4,600 clients…

Software giant Microsoft will let employees work from home permanently if they choose to, becoming the latest employer to expand work-from-home provisions prompted by the Covid-19 pandemic. Most Microsoft employees are still at home as the health crisis drags on, and the company doesn’t expect to reopen its US offices…

Microsoft has added a new feature to its Edge browser which allows you to compare prices across retailers when shopping online. This tool allows you to compare prices for the same product across multiple sites, removing the need to open up multiple tabs and switch between to find the best deal. Via…

The Lesotho Communications Authority (LCA) has revoked the unified licence of Vodacom Lesotho, the organisation announced in a notice issued on 8 October 2020. It said this action was taken because Vodacom failed to pay a fine of the equivalent of R134 million for contravening local legislation and the conditions…

SK Hynix has launched the world’s first DDR5 DRAM modules, offering greater speeds and higher semiconductor density. The chipmaker said the high speeds and high density offered by this technology make it ideal for furthering big data applications and AI, as well as improving general system performance as the next-generation standard for…

Amazon revealed an electric delivery van model being built for the retail giant by Rivian Automotive Inc., an early step toward getting 100,000 similar vehicles on the road in the next decade. Amazon last year placed the order, the largest electric vehicle purchase in history, as part of a plan to…

SuperSport has launched a new mobile app that offers a new interface and a sleeker experience than the previous version. “A year in development, the app was rolled out last week and offers an entirely remodelled and far-sleeker experience than before,” SuperSport said in a statement. “With emphasis on a…

A report coming from DigiTimes suggests that Qualcomm is going to launch its own brand of gaming smartphones. Yes! You heard it right. The report claims that these smartphones could launch before the end of 2020, and will be made in partnership with Asus. This partnership will reportedly involve Asus designing and…

The web browser is arguably the most important piece of software on your computer. You spend much of your time online inside a browser: when you search, chat, email, shop, bank, read the news, and watch videos online, you often do all this using a browser. Google recently released Chrome 86,…

Samsung Electronics Co. reported earnings that beat analyst estimates after the South Korean tech giant’s mobile and chip businesses benefited from U.S. restrictions on Huawei Technologies Co. The world’s largest manufacturer of memory chips and personal electronics posted operating income of 12.3 trillion won ($10.6 billion) in the three months…