Author: Tapiwa Matthew Mutisi

CEO Pick n Pay Richard Brasher said he had expected to step down when he announced the retailer’s 2019 annual results but due to uncertainties caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, instead he is “stepping up”. Brasher announced the Pick n Pay annual results to end-February on Tuesday, which included a contraction of headline earnings per…

On our breaking news today for those who were following the Anthony Okolie’s case, the Federal High Court, Asaba, Delta State, has fixed May 14, 2020 for judgment in the lawsuit filed by a Nigerian businessman, Anthony Okolie, against Hanan Buhari, the Department of State Services and telecommunication company, MTN.…

The new normal during the coronavirus pandemic means doing your job from home for many. The flip side? Jobs may be terminated remotely, as about 3,700 Uber employees learned recently via Zoom. RELATED READING: UBER LAYS OFF 3,700 EMPLOYEES DUE TO CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC Uber used the popular teleconference software to conduct multiple meetings last…

Convergence Partners has announced that its African digital service provider platform, Inq Holdings Limited, has acquired Vodacom Business Africa’s operations in Nigeria, Zambia, and Cote d’Ivoire. It also plans to acquire the operations in Cameroon pending regulatory approvals. “This represents a further milestone in our journey to create a group…

Elon Musk restarted production at Tesla Inc.’s only U.S. car plant, flouting county officials who ordered the company to stay closed and openly acknowledging he was risking arrest for himself and his employees. “I will be on the line with everyone else,” the chief executive officer said in a tweet…

Ghanaian telecom operator, AirtelTigo has announced its partnership with popular mobile web browser Opera Mini to offer free data and browsing on the Opera Mini browser and Opera News App for three months. Through the partnership, both new and existing AirtelTigo customers will automatically receive free 50MB data every day…

Twitter recently announced that it has launched a new prompt that will display when users are about to publish a mean tweet, giving them a chance to rethink it. As part of a limited experiment, Twitter will be asking users if they’re sure they want to post that mean tweet…

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) has announced that it will give 30 days free access to the company’s Learning-as-a-Service Platform – provided users register before the end of May 2020. Offering around 5000 hours of training across numerous modules, the HPE Digital Learner Platform acts as a global example of how…

The first phones with Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 765 processor are just starting to trickle out, but that isn’t stopping the company from announcing an upgraded version today called the Snapdragon 768G, which offers better CPU and GPU performance than its predecessor. The original 765G was announced back in December alongside the standard Snapdragon 765…

Google is making more moves into the video chatting space during the coronavirus pandemic, now providing its premium video conferencing service Google Meet free for consumers. Previously available only to organizations using G Suite, Meet is now open to everyone, in a move that puts Google in competition with rival video chat service Zoom. While Google…

The world’s largest enterprise cloud computing hyperscaler, Amazon Web Services (AWS) has launched its next wave of data centres in South Africa. Amazon’s partnership with the largest mobile provider in South Africa – will enable Vodacom Business to grow its offering further and deliver improved business, cloud and other solutions…

The success of the Nintendo Switch during the worldwide pandemic has propelled Japanese entertainment company to a stand-out year. Nintendo says that it had made 352-billion yen ($3.3-billion) in operating profit for the fiscal year ending in March – a 41% surge from a year ago. Profit in the three…

Ericsson has announced the appointment of Todd Ashton as the Vice President and Head of Ericsson South & East Africa. Prior to assuming this role, Ashton served as the Head of Ericsson Malaysia, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh and Global Customer Unit Axiata within Ericsson in Market Area South East Asia…

Gozem has officially integrated Etisalat Benin’s mobile money capabilities to its app.  Essentially, the integration means that Gozem customers can now use Moov Money to safely top up their Gozem wallets and take trips without cash. RELATED READING: GOZEM LAUNCHES THREE-WHEELED AUTO-RICKSHAW SERVICE IN LOME & COTONOU This move could…

The organisers of the Tokyo Game Show have announced that this year’s event has been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. TGS 2020 was scheduled to take place from 24 to 27 September at the Makuhari Messe convention centre just outside of Tokyo, Japan. Now, the organisers are planning to…

Mukuru, one of the largest international money operators and remittance companies in Africa, has confirmed that it has acquired Zoona Malawi’s operational assets along with the technology systems that support its Malawian operations. Zoona, which has worked with Mukuru for four years as a trusted partner, is an Africa-based fintech…

Google recently announced that it is extending the preview period of Android 11 by about a month. So instead of launching a beta this month, as it had previously planned, it has since released a fourth developer preview instead. The first beta will officially launch on June 3, during an Android-centric online event it’ll…

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic with today’s stats according to ncov2019.live recording 4,027,068 total confirmed cases, 276,129 deaths and 48,499 serious cases worldwide Google has decided to allow employees to work from home until the end of 2020, following similar announcements from other major tech companies earlier this week. Key…

Apple and Google the two tech industry’s biggest players and rivals are working together to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, announcing a new set of tools that could come to a majority of smartphones around the world. The new technology, outlined in white papers published by Apple and Google on Friday, relies on Bluetooth wireless radio technology…

One of the world’s leading telecommunications operators Orange has confirmed its ambitions to expand its operations in Africa by opening a regional headquarters in Morocco on Wednesday. The firm’s Middle East and Africa (MEA) activities were previously run out of Paris, but will now operate exclusively out of North Africa’s…