Author: Tapiwa Matthew Mutisi

Liquid Telecom South Africa, part of the leading pan-African telecoms group Liquid Telecom, has concluded an agreement with SITA to deliver much needed broadband services to hospitals, schools, clinics and provincial offices. The high-speed broadband services will enable the Eastern Cape Provincial Government to deliver services to its citizens, using…

Safaricom net profit has grown by 14.7 percent to Sh63.4 billion on strong M-Pesa and mobile data performance, marking the seventh straight year of increasing bottom-line. The performance, covering the financial year ended March 2019, came on the back of total revenue growing by 7.1 per cent to Sh250.96 billion…

MTN Group today Friday announced the appointment of South Africa’s Former Deputy Finance Minister Mcebisi Jonas as chairman-designate in a board shake-up, the telecoms provider said on Friday. Jonas will assume the position of chairman of MTN Group effective on Dec. 15 once Chairman Phuthuma Nhleko steps down, MTN said…

Netflix has said it doesn’t intend to ever run traditional ads. But advertising industry experts aren’t so sure that will be the case. During a panel at IAB’s Digital Content NewFronts, executives from YouTube, JPMorgan Chase, media agency UM and MediaLink were asked about Netflix staying ad-free. “Well, that’s not what their recruiters…

Hulu added 3.8 million domestic subscribers in 2019 compared with Netflix’s 1.74 million domestic net additions it reported in its first quarter earnings results.

Both Apple and Samsung reported slowing smartphone sales in the first quarter of this year, but Huawei is bucking the trend in a big way. Huawei’s smartphone shipments surged 50% in the first quarter compared to the same period last year, while Apple iPhone shipments tumbled 30%, according to new data published Tuesday by research…

For months, Huawei Technologies Co. has faced U.S. allegations that it flouted sanctions on Iran, attempted to steal trade secrets from a business partner and has threatened to enable Chinese spying through the telecom networks it’s built across the West. Now Vodafone Group Plc has acknowledged that it found vulnerabilities going back years with…

Apple Inc. will increase its share buyback program by $75 billion and raise the quarterly dividend to shareholders 5 percent. The iPhone maker announced the moves when it reported fiscal second-quarter results. The new quarterly dividend will be 77 cents per share, up from 73 cents a share, which has been in place…

Facebook’s F8 developer conference kicked off yesterday, and the company just finished its opening keynote. Its overwhelming theme, according to CEO Mark Zuckerberg, is that “the future is private.” After a year plagued by controversy over whether Facebook is invading its users’ privacy and encouraging social division, it’s pushing hard…

Ever feel like Instagram is too much of a popularity contest? A new feature could help alleviate some of that stress. Instagram is experimenting with a new feature that removes exact like counts from posts, the company announced onstage at Facebook’s F8 developer conference today. The feature, which begins testing…

The protest comes six months after the historic Google walkout.

Services revenue, a bright spot for the company, posted an all-time high.

Kenya posted an impressive 136 percent year-on-year growth in tech start-up funding in 2018 to net Sh34.8 billion ($348m), pipping traditional main rivals South Africa and Nigeria, a report shows. The funding came through 44 new deals, which translated to a 76 percent year-on-year growth. “A total of 11 start-ups…

Bob Collymore Safaricom Chief Executive Officer plans to step down in August for health reasons, but the government’s insistence he should be succeeded by a Kenyan has delayed announcing a replacement, two company sources said. Mr Collymore has helped to build Safaricom into East Africa’s most profitable company, thanks to…

Taylor Swift has just smashed a big record with her new song ME!

The Google Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL release date is still several months away, but news and rumors are appearing more each day. These will be Google’s latest and greatest phones running on Android Q, and that’s exciting. Here, we’ve gathered all the latest Pixel 4 news, leaks, and info into one place for potential buyers.…

Apple’s iOS 12.2 update is out of beta and the milestone upgrade is now available for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch users around the world. iOS 12.2 is much bigger than the previous version of iOS 12 (iOS 12.1.4) and comes with a long list of changes including bug fixes, patches, enhancements,…

The first iteration of Apple’s rumored iOS 13 update is getting closer and today we want to take you through everything we know, and think we know, about iOS 12’s successor. Apple is still hard at work improving iOS 12. The company recently released a massive iOS 12.2 milestone upgrade and the…

As part of its growing acquisition of content from Africa, Netflix has announced its first original African animated series – Mama K’s Team 4. The series is produced by award-winning South Africa based studio, Triggerfish Animation, and London based kids and family entertainment specialist, CAKE. Mama K’s Team 4 tells a story…

Luckin, China’s upstart coffee brand, has an audacious plan: convince China to switch from tea to coffee, overtaking Starbucks while they’re at it. It’s an expensive proposition, so they’re relying on an IPO — and a Silicon Valley mindset. “Technology is the core of our business,” Luckin Coffee, the young…