Author: Tapiwa Matthew Mutisi

Avengers: Endgame may well mean the end for some of the Marvel characters we’ve been watching on screen for the past 11 years. And audiences can’t wait to see who. Audiences overwhelmed ticketing web sites when pre-sales began earlier this week and box office trackers now say the highly anticipated film could have the…

Just days ahead of the return of “Game of Thrones,” Roku has forged a deal with HBO that now gives the media device maker the ability to sell the premium channel as a subscription through its dedicated content hub, The Roku Channel. Originally a destination for free and ad-supported movies and TV, The Roku Channel in…

Apple Inc’s streaming music service Apple Music overtook rival Spotify Technology SA in terms of paid subscribers in the United States. Apple’s service had 28 million subscribers as of the end of February compared with Spotify’s 26 million paid subscribers. Both companies charge $9.99 a month for subscriptions, though Spotify…

U.S. security concerns about 5G mobile networks built by Chinese telecoms giant Huawei appear to be driven by politics and trade rather than any evidence, the head of the U.N. internet and telecoms agency said on Friday. Houlin Zhao, secretary-general of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), told reporters in Geneva…

Safaricom, Kenya’s biggest telecoms operator, lost a further percentage point of subscriber market share in the period to the end of December, its fifth straight quarterly fall, data from the sector regulator showed on Tuesday. The firm, part-owned by South Africa’s Vodacom and Britain’s Vodafone, shed 0.9 percentage points of…

Mauritania is a country that is rarely on the global news agenda, and this seems to suit its leaders just fine. Now, the arrest of two bloggers is bringing unwanted attention to years of corruption and human rights abuses. For seven years, a property scam went unchallenged affecting 7,000 Mauritanian…

Boomplay has so far signed up over 44 million users and hosts the largest online African music catalog in the world. Boomplay Music, a leading music streaming and download service in Africa, has raised $20 million in Series A funding to continue its rapid expansion on the continent, the company…

Apple’s H1 chip from the new AirPods is packed inside.

Liquid Telecom has completed the US$180 million sale of an 8 percent stake to the British government Sovereign Wealth Fund for developing countries known as Commonwealth Development Corporation (CDC). The company said in a statement through the Irish Stock Exchange that all conditions precedent to a deal that was announced…

Google still isn’t keeping its older phones around at a discount for very long.

In a move that will further open the world of mobile internet connectivity to even more South Africans, MTN has launched its Smart S phone in South Africa for R249 (USD$17). According to Pew Research Centre, South Africa has 51% smartphone penetration which contributes to the country’s relatively high internet usage of nearly…

Lawyers in Chad on Thursday presented an application to the courts seeking an order to force government to lift a social media blackout. But the Appeals Court struck out the case allowing the government to continue the blackout which has been in force since March 2018. For a year now,…

The company says the delayed product, which was about more than just charging, didn’t meet its “high standards.”

The firm says its net profit grew 25 percent to $8.8bn last year amid concerns its equipment could be used for spying.

MTN Group CEO Rob Shuter walked away with a cool R40 million salary in 2017 – while his predecessor, Phuthuma Nhleko scored R42 million as part of his farewell package at the company. The salaries were published as part of MTN’s integrated annual report for the 2017 financial year, which…

Comparing Mi9 with Huawei P30, Xiaomi wrote: “We really believe in giving you amazing products at #HonestPrices. Do you think a flagship smartphone should cost you a fortune? #Mi9.

It seems very unlikely smartphone manufacturers will start making thicker phones again, and battery technology moves at a snail’s pace, so in order to make our phones work for longer, faster charging seems to be the focus. Xiaomi’s latest effort resets the bar for how fast a battery can be fully recharged. Xiaomi wants…

Google CEO Sundar Pichai met with President Donald Trump on Wednesday.

Part one will be on M-Net 101 on Friday 15 March at 21:00, while part 2 will follow on Saturday 16 March at 21:00.

The European Commission has unveiled its recommendations for security mechanisms for the 5G era, and Huawei lives to fight another day, at least for the next couple of months. While this is the proportionate response many telcos have been calling for, it does not quite give the concrete position of…