Author: Tapiwa Matthew Mutisi

All over the world trucks are guzzling ever more diesel, polluting towns and cities and fueling climate change and that has become a major concern to both developed and developing countries but today we have Germany which thinks it may have found the answer by using overhead lines to power…

It was a pun waiting to happen – Uber has launched an underwater ride-hailing service named, naturally, ScUber. Ride-share company Uber Technologies Inc. announced on Thursday that it’s launching a new feature called ScUber, allowing customers to book a submarine trip through the Uber app in Queensland, Australia. ScUber is a partnership with…

Those in the SA tech sector and everywhere around who were paying close attention are still scratching their heads wondering how the South African regtech startup Intergreatme was able to raise over $2-million in a week’s time. But the money is still rolling in, having now topped R29-million, barely seven days after…

Vodacom recently released its financial results for the year ended 31 March 2019, which revealed that the company’s capital expenditure related to its roaming agreement with Rain is R2.346 billion. “In terms of the Vodacom’s facilities leasing, services and roaming agreements with Rain, the group will incur R1,121 million (31…

Uber Technologies Inc. an American multinational transportation network company offering services that include peer-to-peer ridesharing, ride service hailing, food delivery, and a bicycle-sharing system has recently under its Uber Eats launched a “Pick-Up” service for users in Johannesburg. From today, users can order food through Uber Eats and then pick…

Still no info, though, on when the console will come out.

Distributed Power Africa (DPA), a subsidiary of Econet Wireless Global, and EDF (Électicité De France) a world leading electricity company, have signed partnership cooperation agreement to jointly develop Commercial and Industrial (C&I) and hybrid energy solutions to the African market. The collaboration is expected to focus on the development of…

Huawei‘s trade ban by the U.S. government has already resulted in Google cutting off Huawei Technologies Co. Now, several tech giants have joined Google in following the government ban. Intel, Qualcomm, Broadcom, and Xilinx have all told employees that they won’t supply Huawei, Bloomberg reported, citing people familiar with the actions. Intel and Qualcomm are…

Google earlier today said that existing users of Huawei Android devices can continue to use Google Play app store, offering some relief to tens of millions of users worldwide even as it remains unclear if the Chinese tech giant will be able to use the fully-functioning version of Android in its future phones. Existing…

In WeChat-dominated China, there’s no shortage of challengers out there claiming to create an alternative social experience. The latest creation comes from ByteDance, the world’s most valuable startup and the operator behind TikTok, the video app that has consistently topped the iOS App Store over the last few quarters. The new offer is called Feiliao…

It would lose Google apps and future OS updates.

iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus problems continue to popup as we push deeper into the year. While some iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus problems are running into minor bugs, others are running into serious issues with their device. Apple’s refined its software with bug fixes and patches, but iOS…

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…