Author: Tapiwa Matthew Mutisi

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…

Kenyan technology startup, xetova, has been named 2020 Global Solve finalist by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the health security and pandemics track. MIT Solve is an initiative of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) with a mission to solve the world’s most pressing challenges. xetova was launched in 2019 by Bramuel Mwalo with the vision…

Digital technologies have changed the way people live, work and interact. Currently, South Africa has embarked on a digitalisation journey which aims to see the country harness the power of emerging digital technologies to propel economic growth and empower its people. To reap the full benefits of digitalisation requires building…

Code found within the latest release of the Apple Music app for Android contains references to “Apple One” – which is evidently a subscription service that bundles several Apple services into a single package. The following strings were found within the app’s codebase: Your Apple Music subscription will be included in…

SecuLetter, a member company of the Born2Global Centre signed a partnership agreement with South African IT security company Afriko on the supply of SecuLetter’s products. Seculetter has been an active member of the Born2Global Centre since 2017. Afriko is a midsize IT company headquartered in South Africa. It provides IT solution consulting and security products…

On Thursday Microsoft said that Russian, Chinese and Iranian hackers have mounted cyber-attacks against hundreds of organizations and people involved in the 2020 presidential race and U.S.-European policy debates, with targets including the campaigns of both Donald Trump and Joe Biden. RELATED READING: JOE BIDEN PARODY SITE OUTRANKS HIS OFFICIAL…

With an aim to take the smart life to a new level for local customers, Infinix, a global player in the consumer electronics market, launched its new X1 smart TV, with their flagship phone ZERO 8. With Android TV™, the high-quality viewing experience, and the AIoT technology, the new smart…

Huawei has announced a new version of its own operating system for smart devices – Harmony OS 2.0, as well as an upgrade of its EMUI user interface for Android-based smartphones. These announcements came during its three-day Huawei Developer Conference (HDC), which began on Thursday. Huawei said that HarmonyOS 2.0…

Kenya music service Mdundo has listed its shares at the Danish Stock Exchange on Nasdaq First North Growth Market. Mdundo.com belongs to the Technology sector and is the seventh company, which will be admitted to trading on Nasdaq Copenhagen in 2020 and is number 33 on the Nasdaq Nordic market.…

Vertiv, a global provider of critical digital infrastructure and continuity solutions announced a distribution partnership with the Fajoba Group, a regional IT solutions and hardware leader for East and Central Africa. The agreement fortifies Vertiv’s commitment to boosting local stock levels to meet the growing demand for its popular IT…

Google has appointed Agnes Gathaiya as Country Director for East Africa with her role being managing regional operations for the region. Agnes Gathaiya will be responsible for developing and executing the organisation’s in-country strategy for innovation and growth in line with Google’s regional priorities and mission, vision, and values and…

Liquid Telecom, the leading pan-African telecommunications group, unveiled its Cyber Security unit which offers end-to-end managed services for digital security solutions. The offering is designed to protect customers at every intersection of their digitally transformed business including network, people, and systems, revolutionizing how cyber security is approached. Cyber security is…

Four high-profile MultiChoice executives have resigned or have left the company in recent weeks, raising questions as to what is behind these departures. This week, MultiChoice announced that the CEO of its South African operations, Mark Rayner, had resigned to “further his journey outside the group” and the company said Rayner will…

Google has launched its new Android 11 operating system, bringing a number of powerful new features to its software platform. The operating system has been in beta for months and has now been released for Google Pixel devices, as well as selected smartphones from OnePlus, Xiaomi, Oppo, and Realme. Highlights of…

Seven months after launching its first modern reboot of the early-2000s classic, Motorola on Wednesday announced its second-generation foldable Razr and said the first had greater impact on improving its brand rather than sales. The new Android smartphone continues to give China’s Lenovo Group Ltd. a unique selling point versus the likes…