Author: Tapiwa Matthew Mutisi

The personal computer (PC) gaming industry is one of the most innovative technology industries. Its impact on culture, social networking and most importantly entertainment cannot be understated as it provides an immersive experience to more than 2 billion gamers around the world. Globally, the PC gaming hardware market, which consists…

Kabelo Makwane, Managing Executive for Cloud, Hosting & Security at Vodacom Business; Internet of Things (IoT) refers to any object or device that is connected to the internet. This rapidly expanding set of “things,” which capture, send and receive data, includes cars, appliances, smart watches, lighting, home assistants, home security,…

IT Industry Development Agency (itidA) has partnered with Microsoft Egypt to host the 2020 African App Launchpad Cup pitch competition aimed at African startups focusing on app and game development has opened for applications across 21 African countries. Eligible countries are Uganda, Rwanda, Togo, South Africa, Ghana, Egypt, the Democratic Republic of Congo,…

Teraco has announced that it has begun construction on a new hyperscale data centre with 38MW of critical power load in Ekurhuleni, South Africa and the facility is called JB4 and will be the largest data centre in Africa once it is built. Teraco CEO Jan Hnizdo said that Phase…

Apple previously held two events in which it unveiled new iPads, smartwatches, and iPhones, and it is now expected that MacBook laptops will join the list, after Apple announced a “One More Thing” event, which will take place on 10 November. Specifically, the event is widely believed to be an…

A Kenya-based agri-tech startup, Farmers Pride, which targets rural smallholder farmers and agro dealer shops has secured a reported $220 000 in funding from US-based impact investor, Gray Matters Capital. The inclusive agri-tech aims to use the funding to promote its goals in supporting women-owned small farmers The secured funding will be utilised…

Twiga Foods, a Kenyan agri-tech startup has secured US$29.4 million in debt funding from the International Finance Corporation (IFC) to support more than 300 irrigated medium-scale contract farmers to complement Twiga’s seasonal smallholder farmer supply base. Founded in 2014, Twiga Foods is a business to business food distribution company that builds fair…

Facebook is publicly testing a dark mode for its mobile app, and it is seemingly rolling out to public users, reports Engadget, and this new mode is available on both Android and iOS, and can be accessed by navigating to Settings and Privacy under the Menu tab. RELATED READING: FACEBOOK IS…

The eighth Angel Fair Africa (AFA), is going to take place on 5 November 2020, so due to the coronavirus pandemic just like with most global events that happened this year will be held virtually with 43 leading global investors from Africa, Europe, US and the Middle East signing up to…

The South Africa Virtual 2020 programme is officially open for early-stage entrepreneurs to apply until 31 January 2021. Led by The Founder Institute, one of the world’s largest pre-seed startup accelerators, the programme allows entrepreneurs to develop their businesses with the help and support of startup experts. Startup accelerator, the Founder Institute was founded…

Applicants are now invited to apply for the Standard Chartered Women in Technology Incubator Kenya and the programmme is an initiative of Standard Chartered in partnership with @iBizAfrica Centre, Strathmore University. Standard Chartered Women in Technology Incubator Kenya is Africa’s leading women in tech incubator, aligning with calls for more diversity in…

Rain has launched a new mobile app called “My Rain”, which allows customers to manage their accounts and data usage from their mobile phones. The app is currently available to download from the Google Play Store and Huawei AppGallery for Android devices with Google Mobile Services (GMS) and Huawei Mobile Services (HMS), respectively. The application allows…

Kenyan startup, Data Integrated, which provides matatu cooperatives with bus management and digital ticketing systems, has received an undisclosed amount of funding from venture capital firms, Toyota Tsush, and CFAO. The funding received will be used to promote the startup’s efforts in the digitization of public transport in Africa. In a press statement,…

WhatsApp has released new beta updates for the iOS and Android versions of its messaging application, WABetaInfo reports. According to the report, the latest WhatsApp beta update released for iOS through the TestFlight beta programme includes advanced wallpaper configuration tools. These options allow you to customise the in-app wallpaper displayed behind chats…

Pick n Pay has announced that till receipts can now be sent directly to its Smart Shoppers’ email accounts or can be loaded onto their mobile apps. The South African retailer said that this will replace a printed receipt, and is applicable across all Pick n Pay stores – including…

Popular instant messaging platform, WhatsApp Messenger plans to add on additional features for SMEs and startups to market and sell their products via the platform. The new proposed features aim to provide seamless communication between consumers and business owners. This will allow consumers to purchase products directly from SMEs and startups. …

The AMD Radeon RX 6800 series graphics cards are official. AMD unveiled three new graphics cards to compete with the Nvidia RTX 3000 series namely the Radeon RX 6800, RX 6800 XT, and RX 6900 XT. These graphics cards use AMD’s RDNA 2 gaming architecture, which includes improved energy efficiency,…

Nokia has announced that it is supplying 5G services to Vodacom by deploying its 5G radio, core, and fixed network solutions across Vodacom’s network. Vodacom is using Nokia’s 2G, 3G, 4G and fibre access networks, as well as 5G fixed wireless access (FWA) and mobile broadband services. Nokia added that…

As part of its Research and Innovation strategy, SENTECH has launched the #HackTheFuture challenge to encourage coders, developers, technologists, and creators to test their skills in 5G, cloud, and open computing, data analytics, artificial intelligence, web, or mobile applications. The aim of the challenge is to create an innovation that can…

MTN has launched a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) service which will allow other operators without radio access networks of their own to launch mobile networks using MTN’s infrastructure. The company said that with its extensive national network that covers rural areas, it offers MVNO partners a high-quality network experience…