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Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has been hospitalized after suffering from a minor stroke, according to…
Nigeria Embraces Digital Transformation with Launch of e-CRVS and National Geospatial Data Repository
In a significant move towards enhancing national planning and public service delivery, the Federal Government…
Wicrypt and peaq Forge New Paths in Bridging the Global Digital Divide with Decentralized Wi-Fi Hotspots
Wicrypt Network, an innovative decentralized mobile Internet sharing and monetization network, has announced its expansion…
Google, along with various telecommunications firms, is urging European authorities to mandate interoperability of Apple’s…
OpenAI is grappling with “abnormal traffic” that suggests hackers are trying to swamp its services,…
Ford’s subsidiary in South Africa to allocate $281 million towards the production of hybrid vehicles
Ford Motor Company’s South African division has declared an investment of 5.2 billion rand (approximately…
Omegle, a chat service that pairs users with a random person so they can talk…
With the end of this month being Black Friday, and the festive season shopping kicking off…
Amazon has begun cutting jobs in its Music division, the company announced on Wednesday, confirming the…
Microsoft has announced a multi-year partnership with Inworld AI, an M12-portfolio company, to build AI game…
According to The Information, Snap is going through a reorganization and has laid off “nearly 20…
You’ll soon be able to use the one-app streaming experience Disney is creating between Disney+…
YouTube is adding a new For You section to creator channels. The TikTok-like feature will…
We’ve already seen Google’s “Live Translate” working its magic on phones calls, but to date,…
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ShopEX, a multi-channel retail business based in Nigeria and exclusive distributors of some of the world’s most successful ‘As Seen On TV’ products has raised a pre seed funding of $400,000 from Cape Town venture capital firm, HAVAÍC. The investment forms part of a US$635,000 convertible notes round alongside existing…
Billionaire founder and CEO of Tesla, Elon Musk declared that he no longer tolerates remote work at Tesla. In an email to the company’s executive staff with the headline “Remote work is no longer acceptable,” , he said employees must spend a minimum of 40 hours per week in the…
Egypt’s mobility startup SWVL today announced plans to reduce its workforce by 32 percent. The company also disclosed that it is implementing a portfolio optimization program to enhance efficiency and reduce central costs to accelerate its path to profitability to turn cash flow positive in 2023. Swvl’s Transport as a…
Earlier this month, Gucci announced that it will start accepting cryptocurrency as a means of exchange. Another luxury fashion house Balenciaga has announced it is towing the same path. The luxury fashion house disclosed it is preparing to accept cryptocurrencies as a payment option for its American clients. Starting next…
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Amazon employees are getting an opportunity to become business owners, as the online retail giant…
Female-focused startups have been invited to apply for the fourth Vodafone F-LANE accelerator, which offers…
As interest in the African tech ecosystem continues to thicken, Microsoft as one of the…
The University of Nigeria has unveiled plans to host the National Innovation Summit and first-ever…
Startups offering digital services to the agricultural sector are invited to apply for the Pitch…
SOUTH AFRICA-Johannesburg based regtech Intergreatme is looking to raise a whopping R24-million through crowdfunding platform Uprise.Africa in exchange for…