Author: Tapiwa Matthew Mutisi

eoStar announced that it has integrated with Microsoft to provide Coca Cola Beverages Africa (CCBA) the opportunity to meet sales and delivery needs across their value chain from order generation, picking and distribution throughout their organization. This digital transformation project modernizes the way Coca Cola Beverages Africa CCBA uses technology…

Curtis Ewbank, a whistle-blower at Boeing Co. is urging aviation regulators to add additional protections to the grounded 737 Max. He has previously raised concerns about the plane’s design with congressional investigators, said in comments filed with the Federal Aviation Administration that a proposal to mandate fixes to the jet…

An Iranian hacking group which developed malware capable of stealing two-factor authentication codes from Android devices was recently unraveled by security group Check Point which discovered this malpractice. The group, which is reportedly involved in surveillance operations against Iranian minorities and resistance movements, uses various malware types across Windows and Android.…

In a surprising turn of events Microsoft Corp. said Monday it plans to acquire ZeniMax Media Inc., owner of the storied video-game publisher Bethesda Softworks, for $7.5 billion, its biggest video game purchase ever. Bethesda is the publisher of games like The Elder Scrolls, Doom and Fallout and also has…

Sony has apologized for the apparent mess created with the premature opening of pre-orders for its PlayStation 5 console last week. “Let’s be honest: PS5 preorders could have been a lot smoother. We truly apologize for that,” Sony said on the official PlayStation Twitter account on Saturday. The company said promised it…

When we actually thought US President Donald Trump was bluffing and was going to reconsider signing executive orders banning Chinese owned TikTok and WeChat operations in the country in 45 days if they had not sold their Chinese-owned parent companies, citing national security concerns as the main reason for the ban. Well,…

Facebook Inc. doesn’t appear to be getting off the limelight anytime soon, though not on a positive note. Key learning from Facebook-Cambridge Analytica data privacy invasion was that Facebook is capable of anything. Not being too quick to judge, but not a coincidence, Facebook is again being sued for allegedly…

Nvidia has officially rolled out its new Broadcast application, which allows you to turn your home gaming setup into a professional streaming studio. The company said it previously introduced an updated Nvidia Encoder with the RTX 20 Series, which offloads work from the CPU to boost framerates in games. “While these…

Nintendo has discontinued the 3DS console after a lifespan of nearly 10 years, according to its Japanese website. “Production of the main body of the Nintendo 3DS series has been discontinued,” says the website. “Nintendo 3DS is not just about being able to watch and play in 3D without glasses –…

Nigerian e-commerce startup Kwik Delivery has become the first African last-mile delivery platform to release a WooCommerce plugin, enabling thousands of Nigerian online merchants to integrate seamlessly its delivery service to their WordPress online stores.  By installing this plugin in a few minutes, merchants large and small can offer Kwik Delivery’s on-demand, just-in-time delivery…

Nokia has announced that it will supply Nigerian mobile operator, Tizeti with its Fastmile and Long Term Evolution (LTE) technology enabling them to provide superior internet services to over one million subscribers in Port Harcourt, Edo and Ogun in Nigeria. RELATED READING: TIZETI UNVEILS HIGH-SPEED 4G LTE TO BOOST INTERNET…

Facebook Inc. is upgrading its Oculus Quest all-in-one virtual reality headset with a faster processor for improved gaming, higher-resolution screens and a lighter design as it looks to fend off rivals in the growing VR space. The new headset’s power improvements have given the company enough confidence to discontinue its…

Aruba Networks, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company (HPE), is now offering customers and partners tailored, first-hand experience of its solutions and technology through HPE’s first-ever Lighthouse Customer Experience Centre in South Africa. The Lighthouse, which is based at the company’s Johannesburg office, provides customised briefing sessions and highly personalised technology…

Trust Payments, the global unified payments group for global pay-in, pay-out and customer journey technologies, has partnered with social network, messaging and e-commerce startup Wakanda Messenger to provide the payments element for their online marketplace and money remittance service. Wakanda Messenger, developed by Kemit Kingdom, will be widely available on iPhone and Android from 15 October 2020. It has already launched its Beta app in Africa and Europe to a selected audience of 20,000 trial users. Wakanda Messenger has been established in…

Tesla has officially launched its much anticipated Powerwall backup energy product in South Africa and it’s a home battery that stores excess energy for use when you need it, provides backup power to your home during grid outages, and keeps your appliances running in your home at night or during…

Sony has announced the price and release date of its new PlayStation 5 gaming console. The console will be available in two models – a regular PlayStation console and a disc-less Digital Edition. The PS5 Digital Edition will retail for $399 while the standard PlayStation 5 with a disc drive…

Kauai has partnered with Vodacom to provide the mobile network’s customers with free smoothies and other healthy rewards as part of the VodaBucks rewards programme.  Dean Kowarski, CEO of Real Foods, Kauai’s parent company, said it was collaborating with Vodacom to make healthy eating as convenient and easy as possible for the…

Global smartphone manufacturer realme has announced September 18 as the day it will unveil its latest brand in the Kenyan market, the realme C15, following its recent successful foray into the East African market with the launch of a series of smartphones among them realme C3, realme C11, realme 6…

African Rainbow Capital (ARC) co-CEO Johan van Zyl has provided details on Rain’s latest subscriber numbers, which paints a positive outlook for the mobile operator. ARC holds a 20.7% shareholding in Rain that the company values at R3.111 billion, which means it the mobile operator’s total valuation is R15.03 billion.…

Telkom has recently announced that it has signed a three-and-a-half-year roaming agreement with Telenor, which it said will allow it to improve its roaming retail offering to end-users. Through this agreement, Telenor will be responsible for the full end-to-end wholesale roaming process for Telkom. Telkom will also be able to…