Author: Tapiwa Matthew Mutisi

As the CEO and co-founder of React24, a company offering all site services, built environment trades, and disciplines, South African female entrepreneur, Celeste Margo Le Roux has made a name for herself in the male-dominated built environment and construction industry after scooping the prestigious title of Standard Bank Top Woman Entrepreneur…

Ozow, a South African digital payment tech startup has partnered with one of the country’s leading airlines, FlySafair, and this partnership between Ozow and FlySafair will enable customers to purchase their flight tickets without the use of a credit card, enabling South Africans to pay via an EFT. Thomas Pays,…

CRM startup vcita has partnered with Helplink Africa, an African Growth Company to help entrepreneurs and small businesses reach their growth objectives, through digital innovation. SMEs are the backbone of South Africa’s economy and as such, the small business sector represents more than 98 percent of businesses and employs around 60 percent…

Brad Price, a Cape Town-based entrepreneur, has recently launched a digital platform called KarbonPay, which clients can sign up to use Karbonpay’s system for a 30-day free trial. And this platform aims to assist businesses in managing their payroll systems across different countries. With a wealth of experience, Price is a…

Denislav Marinov, a 22-year-old South African entrepreneur has won the prestigious Stars From All Nations (SFAN) Student Entrepreneur of the Year Award 2020. The award has been created by Stars From All Nations (SFAN), the education company that unlocks the potential of the youth, in partnership with Southern Africa venture builder Founders Factory Africa and…

ROAM Africa, one of Sub-Sahara’s leading market places has recently acquired Nigerian tech startup, NGCareers Jobbermans, to increase transparency and ease of access to employment opportunities in Nigeria that in a recent interview Clemens Weitz, CEO of ROAM Africa, commented on the importance of this acquisition for Nigeria. Jobberman joins several…

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…