Author: Tapiwa Matthew Mutisi

200 entrepreneurs from violence-affected parts of Nigeria will receive business grants and mentorship to rebuild their livelihoods. Yesterday, the Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to empower 200 Nigerians in distressed communities in the northeast and Niger Delta. The foundation…

Zimbabwe is set to host the Data Centre Africa Expo Conference (DCA) – the first ever in the country. Hence, you must buy your tickets now, only 23 days left. Data Centre Conferences occur worldwide, all in a bid to discover, discuss, learn and take advantage of opportunities that data centres…

Africa does offers large, young markets that can sustain mobile phone applications, cybersecurity services and health technology. The government of Finland has raised €8.7m to fund technology start-ups in SA, Botswana, Namibia, Tanzania and Zambia through the Southern Africa Innovation Support (SAIS) programme. Startups and companies will have access to these funds…

Zambia will hold its first ever e-commerce expo this year in June at the Mulungushi Conference Centre under an inspiring theme “E-commerce – A Catalyst in Zambia’s Economic Growth.“ This event is solely dedicated to promoting e-commerce in Zambia and it will provide a unique platform for organizations to interact and…

This is merely to remind you of the Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurship Programme (TEEP) that it’s accepting applications for the 4th cycle of the TEF Entrepreneurship Programme. Outstanding African entrepreneurs who have start-ups or business ideas with the potential to grow are encouraged to apply. Through this business development programme, they provide training, mentoring,…

Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2018) — Toyota vehicles to feature Amazon’s Alexa this new year. At the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) being currently held in Las Vegas, Nevada Amazon.com announced that its voice-activated virtual assistant, Alexa, will be added to a selection of Toyota and Lexus vehicles in 2018, advancing Amazon’s ambitions to expand…

Flare, is a Kenyan emergency services platform that was launched in December 2017, born from the recognized need of private and public providers to better serve their constituencies. In areas underserved by public emergency infrastructure, Flare tools help provide the best care most efficiently. Flare is designed with and for emergency…

Publiseer is a free digital publishing platform for independent Nigerian authors and artists. Publiseer is indeed the lifeline for every young and budding Nigerian author and artist. Even more so, for established Nigerian authors and artists, who are seeking for ways to sell their work on the World Wide Web. It’s…

Data from the Communications Authority (CA) shows that the value of mobile commerce transactions grew significantly faster than person-to-person transfers. Kenyans transacted Sh1.7 trillion over their phones in the quarter through September 2017, a 54.5 percent increase from a similar period last year as subscribers increasingly used mobile money to…

Former NetOne CEO and Whistlebrower Reward Kangai has opened a can of worms on some alleged misuse of office and corruption charges against the ICT and Cyber Security Minister Supa Mandiwanzira. These charges have even gotten the attention of the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) who are currently investigating him but the…

Telecel Zimbabwe, was founded in 1996 as a subsidiary of Telecel International, a company owned by Rwandan-born billionaire Miko Rwayitare. The company was 60% owned by Telecel International and 40% owned by the Empowerment Corporation, a consortium of local empowerment groups. Telecel bid for and won a telecommunications license in early 1997.…

Due to the cash crisis in Zimbabwe the use of plastic and electronic money to make payment for goods and services such as bills and so forth has been on the rise so as to ease the burden on the already strained economy, but what about the public transport sector also accepting…

The tech giant Amazon is very likely going to bid for Premier League streaming rights and this could break up broadcasting dominance shared between BT Sport and Sky Sports. The Premier League has growing markets in Asia and the US. Amazon plans to bid for the rights to stream Premier League matches in the…

Where there’s smoke there’s fire. Though many could now start asking questions why Reward Kangai was quiet all along? With some arguing that he did not feel safe revealing all to the previous G4O run government which Supa was also part of. Recently Reward Kangai revealed that Supa Mandiwanzira engaged a…

Last year in December, NetOne Cellular (Private) Limited sued its ex-managing director Mr Reward Kangai over $2 million financial prejudice it suffered due to his alleged mismanagement. Mr Kangai served as the company’s managing director for four years before his expulsion on a cocktail of charges involving mismanagement. After his…

This is not the first time Twitter is under pressure from certain individuals and groups to remove US President Donald Trump from Twitter.  Last year in July, Twitter ruled that the company reviewed the tweet, which featured a WWE video that has been edited to show Trump beating up a man…

Guess what? There could be yet another voice assistant to choose from. Roku is working on more than just streaming boxes. In its early years, Roku was known for making some of the best streaming boxes around, before integrating its technology into a platform that could power smart TVs. Now the company is…

In 2016, Supa Mandiwanzira was once again accused of purchasing a vehicle worth $195 000 using loans from the telecommunications regulatory authority, POTRAZ, without approvals from the Finance Ministry. The Auditor General’s (AG) report also added that apart from the car loans, the ICT Ministry received an additional $10m loan from POTRAZ for…

The chairman of a British parliamentary inquiry committee warned the two social media giants Facebook and Twitter that they could face sanctions in Britain if they fail to be more forthcoming in providing details about Russian disinformation campaigns that used their platforms in the run-up to last year’s Brexit referendum.…

Indeed, 2017 was a year of many firsts for African filmmaking as filmmakers positively impacted traditional storytelling, pushing the boundaries, with great hope that 2018 will even be much better. In 2017, African directors and producers made movies and documentaries that explored brave new ways of production and challenged traditional…