Author: Tapiwa Matthew Mutisi

In our OnePlus 7 Pro release date breakdown we’ll tell you everything you need to know about this impressive new phone. With a big 6.67-inch notchless display, four cameras, and a premium design, the new OnePlus 7 Pro is absolutely worth considering over the competition. While OnePlus still isn’t a household name, they’re growing in…

Africa’s biggest mobile operator, MTN, yesterday received the green light to list on the Nigerian unit on the Nigerian Stock Exchange today to take the value of its biggest market to 1.8 trillion Naira (R71bn). The group lists at a hefty discount as a result of unresolved regulatory disputes with…

The Governing Committee of the Women Entrepreneurs Finance Initiative (We-Fi) has approved a funding allocation of $61.8 million for the African Development Bank’s Affirmative Finance Action for Women in Africa (AFAWA). We-Fi is a partnership among 14 donor governments, eight multilateral development banks, and other public and private sector stakeholders, established…

Amazon employees are getting an opportunity to become business owners, as the online retail giant announced earlier today that it would be expanding its Delivery Service Partner program. Created last year to encourage drivers to start their own package delivery services, the program now includes additional incentives to make the transition easier.…

Mr Masiyiwa said Vaya has partnered with Distributed Power Africa (DPA) to ensure the smooth recharging of the electric cars, once they are introduced into the market. 

Qualcomm’s executive team has received bonuses for settling a bitter multi-billion dollar legal battle with Apple, one of its top customers, the company said in an SEC filing on Friday. Qualcomm CEO Steve Mollenkopf received the biggest bonus. He received 40,794 shares of Qualcomm stock, which works out to just under $3,501,757…

Not even Eric Yuan’s closest friends, oldest advisers and earliest investors thought Zoom needed to exist. It was 2011, and the market was littered with video conferencing systems from Google, Skype, GoToMeeting and Cisco, where Yuan had been leading WebEx’s engineering team. “He came to a market that everybody said was done,” said Dan Scheinman,…

Nkosana Makate, the “inventor” of Vodacom’s Please Call Me service, is set to witness another round of battle in his fight to get “reasonable compensation” from Vodacom. According to a report by the Sunday Times, a group which funded Makate’s initial legal case against Vodacom – Raining Men Trade – will…

SOUTH AFRICA-Johannesburg based regtech Intergreatme is looking to raise a whopping R24-million through crowdfunding platform Uprise.Africa in exchange for a 20% share in the startup. The startup — which was founded in 2016 by James Lawson, Dewald Thiart and Luke Warner (pictured above, from left to right) — has an identity management platform which provides users…

Allianz X, the digital investment unit of German financial services company Allianz Group has made in its first investment in an African-based company — Ugandan ride-hailing startup SafeBoda. Allianz X said in a statement on Tuesday (7 May) that it co-invested in a Series-B round with Go-Ventures, the venture fund of Indonesian logistics startup Go-Jek. SafeBoda…

Eight startups from across the continent will convene tomorrow (9 May) in Nairobi to compete in the regional finals of the 2019 American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Innovation Showcase (ISHOW). ASME ISHOW is a global competition for hardware-led social innovation. At the regional finals, three grand prize winners will be selected…

Nigerian micro-investment platform Trove plans to use its recent investment from Ventures Platform to scale its operations and build its team, CEO Tomi Solanke has revealed. It follows an announcement last Thursday (2 May) by Ventures Platform, a Lagos-based early-stage focused fund, that it had invested an undisclosed amount in the fintech startup. Trove’s app enables users to…

Harare-based payments startup Payitup has secured a $13-million Series-A investment from London’s Thawer Fund Management, CEO Aretha Gonyora has revealed. The funding was secured at a $20-million valuation. Payitup currently helps consumers make payments for MultiChoice’s DStv service. The startup plans to use the investment to further develop its system. The funding will…

Econet Wireless has warned the public to be wary of fraudulent investment schemes being run on social media platforms. Some of these schemes use Econet’s electronic money transfer system, EcoCash, to dupe unsuspecting members of the public. One such investment scheme called “EcoCash Trades” has been circulating on WhatsApp offering…

Safaricom has launched a smartphone campaign by introducing the most affordable 4G-enabled smartphones—Neon Ray and Neon Nova—in Kenya. The launching of the smartphones aims at delivering a digital experience for those who do not have smartphones. Sylvia Mulinge, Chief Customer Officer at Safaricom, said:  “At Safaricom, we aim to transform lives by providing…

Drivers worldwide carry out strikes to demand fair pay and reasonable working hours.

Google typically hops between each I/O year to focus on either hardware or software news, and this year brought on more devices than we got from 2018. Now that the keynote’s wrapped, we can confirm a few rumors from the past few months: the Pixel 3A is real, as is…

Here’s everything we know about Disney Plus, the entertainment giant’s Netflix-like push into global streaming.

MTN Group Plc has filed an application for public listing with the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Nigerian Stock Exchange. The company applied for registration of shares and a listing on the NSE. SEC confirmed in a statement on Monday that the commission had received an application from the…

The share price of Africa’s largest mobile operator, MTN, rose 2.78 percent on the JSE after it announced several changes to its board in a bid to strengthen its executive team. The share closed at R105.30 on Friday. MTN has appointed Former Deputy Minister of Finance Mcebisi Jonas as its…